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Good morning. Good morning. And welcome to the September 24th, 2019 Board of Supervisors meeting. I'm going to ask the clerk to, I'm going to call him in the order and ask the clerk to call the roll.

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Good morning, Supervisor Leopold. Here. Friend. Here. Caput. Here. McPherson. And Chair Coonerty. Thank you. Here. And Supervisor McPherson is, was unavailable to attend today.

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But he will watch the meeting and track everything that's going on.

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So we are now going to have a moment of silence and a pledge of allegiance.

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I'm going to ask you in your thoughts during the moment of silence to think about Bob Peterson,

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who served six terms as the assessor here in Santa Cruz County,

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and who recently passed away.

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And we thank him for his public service, and we extend our condolences to his family.

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Are

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there any late additions or additions or deletions to the agenda?

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Yes, there are three revisions to the agenda.

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So on the Consent Agenda, item number 17, there's additional materials,

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a corrected attachment, A packet pages 231 through 247.

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On item 18 and the Consent Agenda, there's additional materials,

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materials, corrected attachment A, packet pages 249 through 254, and on consent item

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number 19, there's additional materials corrected attachment A, packet pages 256 through 258.

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Great.

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Now I'm going to ask if there are any members of the board who would like to remove items

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from the consent agenda and put them on the regular agenda.

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Okay.

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Seeing none.

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No, I won't remove anything, but we'll be able to comment.

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Correct, yeah.

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Thank you.

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We are now going to have public comment.

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Public comment is an opportunity for Mercer Public to do a couple things.

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One, to speak to us about items that are not on our agenda today,

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but are within the purview of the Board of Supervisors.

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The second piece is to speak to us about items on our consent agenda.

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and the third piece is that if you are unable to stay because you have to get to work or

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you have other obligations and want to speak to us about items that are on our regular agenda,

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you can speak to us about those. Can I see a show of hands? How many people would like

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to speak to us today?

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Okay. Great. And so when you come forward, you can adjust

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the microphone to fit your height. Everyone is going to have two minutes, and I will

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We'll encourage everyone that on many of these issues, we've gotten your emails and we've

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read your emails and you can always communicate to us via email or in other ways as well as

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in public comment today.

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So please begin.

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All right.

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Thank you.

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Good morning, supervisors.

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My name is Glenn Schaller.

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I work at the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council, AFL, CIO, about 80 unions, about 35,000

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working families.

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I'm here today in support of the National Union of Healthcare Workers in their struggle

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with Janice of Santa Cruz.

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As you know, they've been trying to negotiate for the last two years.

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As you also know, the county provides a great deal of funding for this really excellent

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Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center.

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When each of you have run for office or for reelection, you filled out a question

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error for the Labor Council.

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And one important question on there is whether you believe California should become what's

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known as a right-to-work state, or a so-called right-to-work state, where people can only

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be getting union benefits if their employers feel like they deserve them.

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We're in a situation where, at the moment, the management at Janus of Santa Cruz would

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like to have their own little right-to-work state right here in Santa Cruz at Janus.

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It's time for them to step up, negotiate in good faith, get a first contract, and move

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on with the good work they do.

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Thank you.

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Good morning.

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My name is Stephen Zunis.

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I'm a professor of politics at the University of San Francisco and a 22-year resident of

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Santa Cruz County.

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My son, Tobin Zunis-Wolf, is a medical assistant at Janice of Santa Cruz.

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He grew up in this community.

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He will be entering grad school next year to become a family nurse practitioner in

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hopes to return to the area to focus his work on underserved communities. He cannot be present

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now because he is currently working in the residential unit at Janus. He asked me to share

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the following. Tobin is motivated by the impact his work

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has on patients and the stark contrast between incoming and outgoing clients. Janus has

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extremely important work in our community and the people who put in all the effort

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deserve a living wage. In addition to this basic principle, the Union has requested a

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grievance procedure so employees can have their voices heard without fearing for their

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jobs. My son has faced significant retaliation for speaking up for his fellow employees and

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a union activities. Without a proper grievance procedure, there is nothing stopping upper

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management, including Rudy Escalante, from retaliating against his workers. We must

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stand with the Janus workers and the vulnerable members of our community to stop this high

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staff turnover and allow for the proper patient care to occur.

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Let me add my sense is that the greatest stress from Tobin's job is not from his patients

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but from the management. He has nevertheless stuck it out despite the low pay and retaliation

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because as a result of the high turnover rate, he recognizes that the medical staff

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experience this kind of work and the procedures of Janus are desperately needed. Without

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Without him and a handful of staff that are willing to stick it out despite their maltreatment,

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the situation would be even worse.

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He is reaching his limit, however.

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The situation for Tobin and his colleagues then is a reminder that this is not simply

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an issue of justice for workers.

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This is a public health issue.

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For unless and until Janice of Santa Cruz provides adequate pay and fairness for its

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workers, it will mean less treatment, incomplete recovery, and more addicted people on the

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streets.

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And this is why this is an urgent issue for the council.

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Thank you.

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Chairman, Councilman Gary Richard Arnold, I think it's important or interesting that

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Joe Biden arrived in Air Force Two in Beijing and ten days later, his son Hunter Biden ended

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up with a hundred, one and a half billion dollar deal funded by the red Chinese government.

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The China General Nuclear Power Company was charged by the FBI of Stealing Secrets

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with military application, which is owned, in part, both by Joseph Biden's son and John

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Kerry's son, of which Zach Friend used to work for.

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There's many other people in the Republican Party, including Mitch McDonald, Dennis Hassard,

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and Gerald Christianer.

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What we've also seen lately, too, in Los Angeles is a human and sex trafficking.

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We hear about a man by the name of Ed Buck.

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Ed Buck you'll have in near hand very soon, where he was active at the Deep State

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30 years ago. He received money from the trilateralists such as Bruce Babbitt, Allen

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Cranston, et cetera. He was also supported by Governor Brown as was Jim Jones. It seems

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like the sexual network included Kamala Harris, who was recruited as a squeeze for Willie

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Brown. The Democratic State Chair recently resigned for sexual misconduct. That was Eric

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Bowman, who was your Democratic leader for a long time.

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Ed Buck contributed to Clinton, Adam Shift, Ted Lu, Mike Honda.

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Ed Buck has also contributed to the DA in Los Angeles

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that refused to take any action while dead young boys

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are found in his home.

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The last one ran out with a hypodermic needle in his arm.

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This reminds me of our DA, and our sheriff

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will not prosecute John Leopold and Zach Friend

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for threats against people's violence and property that remains uninvestigated.

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There are people out there that know all about it and sick and tired of the inaction of this county.

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Good morning. My name is Steve Horan, President of the Coastal Property Owners Association of Greater Santa Cruz County.

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I'm here to speak about Consent Item Number 50 to delay the vote of the county-proposed local coastal program and public safety element.

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We have had the opportunity of meeting again with Cathy Maloy and David Carlson of the Planning Department to share our continued concerns about the proposed LCP and have submitted a letter which you have a copy of with your agenda.

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Without these changes that we have recommended, we fear that the LCP is continually flawed and incomplete. There are some inconsistencies and some language that need to be cleaned up.

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We therefore support the delayed vote to allow more time for the staff to address the concerns of the coastal property owners as well as the Coastal Commission.

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As an association, CPOA of Santa Cruz is prepared to work closely with the property owners along Opal Cliffs to resubmit a proposal for a uniform seawall extending from 41st Avenue to Capitola City border.

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removing the patchwork seawalls,

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revetment rocks provide increased public access to the beaches

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and protect public safety from potential injury

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from falling rocks from the eroding cliffs.

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Opal cliffs is eroding at a rate of 4.2 to 11 inches per year

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depending on which parcel that you're looking at

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according to a geologic report.

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Of the 46 homes along Opal cliffs,

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16 homes are within 25 feet of the bluff's edge

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and 6 are now within 20 feet. We do not want to wait for a disaster to occur such as what

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happened in Encinitas where the bluff failed and 3 people were killed along the beach below.

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We need to act now and we will also work with the Opal Cliff property owners to form

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a G-hat to fund and oversee the installation. Thank you.

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Good morning supervisors. My name is Grace Blake-Slee and I'm staff to the Santa Cruz

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County Regional Transportation Commission and staff to you in that capacity.

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I'm here today to make an announcement to you and to members of the public in attendance

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and those on TV that the RTC is seeking membership for its Elderly and Disabled Transportation

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Advisory Committee.

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The Elderly and Disabled Transportation Advisory Committee is one of the RTC's two citizens

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advisory committees.

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It advises the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission as well as the Santa Cruz Metro

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on transportation funding and policy decisions as well for people living with seniors and

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people living with disabilities. Some of the activities that the Elderly and Disabled

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Transportation Commission typically engages in is identification of unmet transit and

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paratransit needs for Santa Cruz County residents who are living with disabilities

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and who are senior. Also, the committee reviews funding requests for transit and

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pedestrian-related projects and planning efforts.

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The committee has 15 member positions

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at which six are currently vacant.

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Membership positions include representatives

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from each of your Supervisorial Districts,

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potential transit users,

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individuals representing social service providers

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for seniors and people living with disability,

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and the Coordinated Services Transportation Agency,

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which is Community Bridges Lift Line

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and staff of the Santa Cruz Metropolitan Transit District.

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So the RTC right now is really conducting a lot of outreach and to inform people of these

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vacancies and invite interested members of the public to seek more information about

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opportunities to participate.

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You can email info at sccrtc.org or visit the website www.sccrtc.org for more information.

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I also have a few fliers in both English and Spanish that I will leave at the back.

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Thank you very much.

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Good morning.

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My name is Anthony Hong. I'm a Substance Abuse Counselor at Janice and I'm speaking on behalf

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of the Union over there and are going on third year of contract negotiations.

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Our CEO does

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not seem to negotiate in good faith. He rarely makes his face present at the negotiations

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and will communicate through our federal mediator. We've secured half a million dollars of

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grant money thanks to your support, John, and Rudy has indicated that he does not have

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any intention on spending it on wages or benefits, while at the same time our ultra-high deductible

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health insurance plan has gone up by $500, and his last and final best offer included

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a one-person raise, which is, you know, a few cents. He's been unwilling to communicate

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with the county to try to negotiate for better budgets overall, while at the same time implementing

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evidence-based practices for trainings, which I always cite the strongest evidence-based

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study that there is that rapport with our clients matters most regardless of the interventions

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or treatment. And with 60% turnover, it's hard to maintain relationships. And when we're

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working two, three jobs to maintain being able to live in this county while non-profits are

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accepting.

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Up from living wage standards, it's hard to be of service. Thank you.

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Good morning. My name is Jacqueline Dawson, and I am a medical assistant at Janus of Santa Cruz.

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I'm not good at this, so I'll do my best.

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So last night, I worked the graveyard shift. This is an example. I've seen a client for about two, three days.

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he had an abscess in his mouth. He was sent to the doctor, got an antibiotic,

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didn't clear up, went again, got another antibiotic, didn't clear up. He let our

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manager know that he needed to see a doctor, the manager said. I don't believe

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you, you're lying. These are the kind of things that I face daily that

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clients are not being well taken care of. Aside from staff also not being well taken

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care of. I have been literally abused by management taken in a room for two and a

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half hours and browbeat by this man. I am really concerned about our management

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right now for clients and staff. Thanks.

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Good morning. My name is Katherine

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I'm a CMA at Janice of Santa Cruz, I work detox and residential.

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Recently, I was put on a 30-day non-paid administrative leave

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for not having my state certification as a medical assistant.

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I've been a medical assistant for 35 years, I've never had to have it.

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And if you know the laws in California, we no longer have to be state certified.

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But since I started dealing with the union, I've noticed the change in management and the attitude toward me.

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We had a really good rapport with all of them until this.

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I also just, our conditions are not fair.

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We work 16-hour shifts.

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Sometimes we work solo, covering 30 clients

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on the night shift with no help.

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We have emergency situations.

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We call our managers.

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Nobody ever answers the phone at two, three o'clock

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in the morning, and that's our protocol.

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Our manager, Albert, told me that it is no longer protocol.

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We are not to call him after midnight when there's an emergency.

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We can't call any other managers because they don't answer the phone either.

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I think that the clients are really suffering in their rehabilitation.

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There's not much actually drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

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There's much more to giving them rehabilitation than what they have right now.

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They need steps, they need meetings, they need to be able to work a drug and alcohol program

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and that's not what they do.

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They're just there, they never have food, they're always complaining that they never

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have food.

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I mean they get a few hot meals, that's fine, but during the course of the day there's

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nothing.

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Our management, they're very unfair, they pick on us for every little thing and

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And I think that my 30-day nonpaid administrative leave was uncalled for.

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We have many people that are dealing as MedTex dealing with medication who are not legally

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able to do that.

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Thank you.

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Good morning, Chair Coonerty and members of the board.

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My name is Jeffrey Smedberg.

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I am a member of the community.

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committee. I spent many years working in this building just in the floor below. I was active

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as an SEIU member. I'm still active as an SEIU member and currently serve as the vice

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president of the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council. I wanted to let you know that

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yesterday evening at the executive board of the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council

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we voted unanimously to grant strike sanction to the National Union of Health Care Workers,

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which are planning a one-day strike at Janus of Santa Cruz later this week. And when they

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announced, when the union announced that they were planning the one-day strike, the management

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at Janice decided, oh, okay, maybe we will meet with you again

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and talk about the contract.

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This group, two years ago, voted to become union affiliated

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and they've been working for two years for their first contract

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and as you know, that's the hardest contract,

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is always the first one.

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You've heard some of the stories from some of the workers tonight.

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They certainly know their business.

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as many of them have gone through recovery themselves.

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They certainly know the importance of constant turnover.

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Since the 50 workers voted to join the union two years ago,

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only five of those original members

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are still working at Janus.

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We urge you to put pressure on their director,

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Rudy Escalante, to negotiate fairly with the union

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and establish a contract. Thank you very much.

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Good morning to the chair and to the rest of

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the board. I'm sorry, I'm a little bit sick, so my voice might go in and out. My name is

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Keen Chakwanetta. I'm a political and community organizer with the National Union of Health

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Care Workers. I'm here to say that I work on a number of campaigns in my role, from

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our Kaiser campaign to this Janus campaign to many others across the state, but the

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simple truth is that this is without a doubt the most mind-bending and frustrating.

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Never in my career have I ever seen an organization balk at over half a million dollars in funding annually that they didn't actually have to do the work for.

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It was the workers sitting here and in the back of the room who are the ones who actually came to the county and secured that funding and what did they get in return.

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They have management who's saying, oh, well, we might use this money to purchase additional refrigerators instead of stabilizing the workforce which has been going through insane turnover as Jeffrey just said.

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The County Health Services Administration has already sunk almost a year's worth of

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effort into helping Janice secure this funding, and the simple truth is that to make sure that

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the residents of Santa Cruz who have already paid for this work to be done and sank resources

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into this, you need to do whatever you can within your capacity to make sure that they

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get a maximum return on that investment in time and make sure that Janice starts actually

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addressing the issues that are causing the turnover at the work site.

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I'm here to tell you, I'm sorry, we already know that the services that are provided by Janice of Santa Cruz are extremely important to the county.

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Some of the most vulnerable people who live in this area depend on them.

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And what we're asking is that so that patients can access consistent care, not having to worry about being shuttled through two, three, four different counselors,

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that you do what you can to make sure that the workforce is stabilized so that patients can actually get through their path to recovery

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without additional obstacles being placed in their path by Janus of Santa Cruz. Thank you.

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Hi, I'm Alma Torres. I'm a sixth grade student at Tierra Pacifica Charter School,

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and this is my opinion on climate change. What can we do? Nothing.

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There's absolutely nothing we can do to stop global warming.

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This is the thought of billions of people around the globe.

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This is the thought that is preventing us from saving our Earth.

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Well, yes, there is an island of trash the size of Texas in our ocean, and yes, the ice

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caps are melting, and yes, of course, there is something we can do about it.

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We can reduce the amount of plastic and other wasteful products we buy.

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We can reuse old items like clothes.

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We can recycle paper and most plastics, and finally, we can compost.

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Composting is not only a huge benefit for the planet, but for you too.

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A variety of plants go from compost piles and best of all it keeps food waste out of the garbage system.

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Every year 300 million tons of plastic is made around the world and only 10% of it gets recycled.

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We need to be more aware of the stuff that we are throwing away because every year about 7.5 million tons of garbage gets thrown into the ocean each year.

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That's 15 billion pounds of garbage, 15 billion pounds.

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400 million pounds of plastic straws get thrown in the ocean every year.

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And just in the U.S., about 500 million straws are used every single day.

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To help prevent this horrible pollution of plastic straws,

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we can instead purchase reusable straws that last decades,

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or we can just not use straws.

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Together, we can make the world a better, cleaner place.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Hello, everyone.

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My name is Cecilia November,

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and I'm a fifth grade student in Tierra Pacifica Charge School.

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This last Thursday and Friday, our school did a pick up around the neighborhood.

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The four, five, and six class picked up 1,301 pieces of trash.

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Half of that number was plastic bags like this one.

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I know that Santa Cruz has banned plastic bags on July 24, 2012, making us the 51st California

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community to ban single-use plastic bags.

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The ban came into effect on April 2013.

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Those bags are manufactured by using 8% of our oil resources, causing this problem.

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But it is causing global warming and climate change.

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Not only are plastic bags causing this problem, but it's the same for plastic straws.

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They are just as bad, but also smaller and easier for animals to swallow.

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Multiple states, including California, have banned plastic bags, plastic Tupperware, and plastic straws.

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I realize that we have banned for all of these items, but they are still being used and are still littering our streets.

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I am wondering what more we can do to minimize these items used and found in our community.

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Thank you.

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Hello, everyone.

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I'm Reese Weiss.

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I'm a sixth grade student at Tier Pacifica Charter School, and this is, I wanted to

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say something about climate change.

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So at my school, me and my friends have been thinking a lot lately, and we've all come

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to the conclusion that we, Santa Cruz County, have been using way too much plastic.

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Americans throw away 35 billion plastic bottles and 100 billion plastic bags each year.

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Enough plastic is thrown away annually that it could circle the earth four times.

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Other countries and continents are not using any plastic without even knowing it,

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and we do know it and we can't stop.

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Virtually every piece of plastic still exists.

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Plastics do photo degrade, which has been over time,

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so it breaks down the plastics into smaller and smaller bits.

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These plastic particles are then eaten by wildlife, which can kill them.

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Plastics can also release hazardous chemicals into our oceans.

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Because of that, thousands of marine mammals and seabirds are killed every year.

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It is important that we know this because these are our mammals and marine birds.

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They are our responsibility to protect and it affects us.

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Just in the next year, 300 million tons of plastic will be produced worldwide.

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But as much as 13.7 million pounds of plastic will go into the ocean from Santa Cruz alone.

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And 4 billion pounds will go into the oceans worldwide.

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What we've been lacking are the skills to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

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Those are some of the most simple things that the human race is able to do, and we aren't doing it.

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As I have shown here, plastic is awful.

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So my main inspiration was Greta Thunberg and her Climate Strikes.

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After doing some research and searching the web for a while, I've come up with some ways that we can help Santa Cruz County,

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but I need your help.

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One thing that you guys can do as a politician is start encouraging the use of reusable plastic items.

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It's something that you can do because you have just a little bit more authority than an average citizen does.

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Local businesses, something you can do is start asking your customers to bring their own reasonable Tupperware utensils or enforce the use of paper cups and straws instead of using plastic.

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Another thing that you can do is compost. Compost is not only a benefit, but an environment for you too. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Hi, my name is Tony Crane, Aptos residents here to object once again to the second story

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program mental crisis mental health facility that was put in our neighborhood.

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Recently we memorialized the two year anniversary with an arrest of a guest for disorderly

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conduct under the influence of alcohol in our neighborhood.

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And this on top of multiple incidents over the last two years of drug use from Pot to

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heroin in our neighborhood, which had never existed before.

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Two years ago, I brought to your attention with internal emails from your own employees

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of Encompass Community Services and County Mental Health proving that they never intended

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to meet the terms of the grant that was given to them to purchase this property.

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I read to you an email from Eric Riera, who is here today, where he specifically directed

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that they were not going to meet the terms of the grant.

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I have an email, I read an email from Pam Rogers Wyman, who was implementing that program

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and asking the question, how long before we can do this before we have to tell the

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neighbors and reveal what we're doing?

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This is terrible.

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You guys have known about this for two years.

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So recently, I've put forth another criminal report

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showing that there was obstruction of justice.

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We had requested a investigation, a code compliance investigation.

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And during that investigation, both County Council provided

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misleading information to the code compliance officer.

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And I have that in an email in Wanda Williams' own words

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and somebody from Encompass Community Services

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claimed that there had never been any discussion

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about this program going to eight beds.

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The operator, they will not give us the name of that person.

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The whole purpose of the grant was to go to eight beds.

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It was legally mandated.

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So you guys, your conspirators, I'm sorry,

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you've known about this, do something about it.

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We've got our whole neighborhood here to speak to.

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Good morning. My name is Anastasia Babilevich. Good luck spelling that.

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I used to work at Second Story. When I got hired there four years ago, I was struggling deeply with mental health challenges.

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I was feeling constantly overwhelmed by the world around me to the point where I could not communicate with my best friends or my family members.

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I could barely leave my room most of the time.

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Second Story connected me with people who made me feel that I wasn't alone.

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They gave me purpose, hope, and made me feel comfortable and safe for the first time in years.

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One of my fondest memories working there was teaching a guest, a girl my age, how to play piano.

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Though we were both in the midst of depression, we found joy in music and togetherness.

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I credit much of my happiness and health today to this beautiful place.

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But most importantly, what I learned from Second Story was about community.

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community. A kind and sustainable community is an inclusive one. It's one that says it's

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us versus the issue, not it's me versus you. A kind community is imbued with wisdom that

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conflict and difficulties are an inherent part of it. It's where people sit down at

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the dinner table to figure them out without blame or assumptions but with curiosity

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and empathy. I would like to see the neighbors of Estates Drive, Second Story and Santa

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leader get together to address the issues that have been coming up in the neighborhood.

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It's been heartbreaking to watch the controversy.

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I don't believe that the answer lies in either displacing second story or ignoring the neighbors.

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These problems are not unsolvable, and we can work through them if we act like adults

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who recognize each other's humanity.

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Thank you for your time.

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Thank you, County Board of Supervisors.

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My name is Mueller Giesis.

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My wife Stephanie Giesin.

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And I'm here in support of the actions by Tony Crane and the rest of the

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a state's braggest community.

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I'd actually like to somewhat agree totally with what the young lady just said about how

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community acts and how they act with empathy and compassion.

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I also want to say that that starts with honesty.

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It also starts with behavior that reacts the same as a normal neighborhood would.

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It doesn't start with lies, deceit, absolutely misrepresenting the public, misrepresenting

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the laws that are in put in place to protect the public, to protect our children, to

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protect our families, and they've literally ignored everything they just said on their

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own behalf to represent their own needs. They have not come to the table except for one

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time that we called them to a meeting to discuss the thing that was tried to slide in under

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our radar. They tried to bring this to our neighborhood without our knowing. That's

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clear in emails that they said that they were trying to bring it to our neighborhood

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without us knowing and to circumvent the process. The entire program was put

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in place under state emergency, the funds were supposed to be spent under state emergency

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necessity to add beds to the program. That was never the intention. It was never the

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program's design. They simply wanted to, I'm not exactly sure what the whole thing

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was about, except for they've lied to see the public and circumvented the public process

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from day one. Therefore, everything Tony has said is absolutely true, is absolutely

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true and what she said should be true. They should have come to us. They should have acted

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like good neighbors. They should have followed the laws and procedures that a good neighbor

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would do. They should have brought us to the table and they should continue to bring us

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to the table. They're not doing that. They're shutting the door and so are you guys. Every

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chance they can in order to shut us down from our voice. The majority of this room

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is here to speak out against it. So that's what I'd like to say. I appreciate your

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time. Thank you very much.

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Good

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morning. I'm Dana Snyder. I also represent Estates Barragas Drive neighbors. I live at

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the top of the street and I'm privy to all kinds of behavior that has been going on in

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our neighborhood over the last two years. I've had many conversations with Zach. I had

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a lovely conversation with Mr. Leopold and I wanted to thank you personally again

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for calling and reaching out to us. We do not live in your district but our business is in your

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district and I can't tell you how appreciative I am of you recognizing that there's a connection

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there. That we are community people. We give back to our community over and over and over.

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I am in full support of supporting the people who have mental illness in our community.

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It's needed that this program, the way that it has unfolded, is not working.

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It's not working for us.

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It's not working for our children, for our elderly neighbors.

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And actually, it's not working for the guests of Encompass.

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They don't feel safe in our neighborhood.

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I've heard that from Monica directly.

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They feel highlighted.

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Everybody's on alert.

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00:35:16,660 --> 00:35:21,240
Our children cannot move freely throughout the neighborhood the way that they once did.

447
00:35:22,300 --> 00:35:28,020
Just yesterday, I saw almost two people, two people almost got hit by cars because they

448
00:35:28,020 --> 00:35:36,320
continue to mindlessly walk down the middle of the street into an oncoming blind curve

449
00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:42,960
two times from my window doing dishes in 15 minutes, smoking, talking on the phone,

450
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:49,560
not thinking that they're walking into oncoming traffic our drivers had to go

451
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:55,720
around them into then also oncoming traffic someone is going to be hurt and

452
00:35:56,620 --> 00:36:01,940
that is either going to be one of us or one of the guests and it's not going to

453
00:36:01,940 --> 00:36:07,480
be good we need you guys to figure this out we've asked for help and we will

454
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:10,780
continue to ask for help thank you good

455
00:36:14,850 --> 00:36:16,070
morning my name is Rocky Snyder

456
00:36:16,070 --> 00:36:20,470
I am the husband of the previous speaker and we have a business and pleasure point where

457
00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:25,370
our motto is we change lives. I've been a member of the recovery community for 20 years.

458
00:36:26,310 --> 00:36:33,230
So I know a sense of community and I pour my heart out to the people that utilize services

459
00:36:33,230 --> 00:36:40,150
like Janice and Life's Second Story because for many they work. There are places for

460
00:36:40,150 --> 00:36:47,710
that. There are safe places for that and unfortunately a place has been chosen in a residential community

461
00:36:48,370 --> 00:36:53,230
where there is a blind corner and there are people that aren't familiar with these speed

462
00:36:53,230 --> 00:36:58,110
limits or the fact that there's a corner there. Is it not a question of whether or not the

463
00:36:58,110 --> 00:37:04,350
program works or not or us against them or anything like that? It's really a question

464
00:37:04,350 --> 00:37:10,430
of are we going to be in a safe environment for all people that are in that area, whether

465
00:37:10,430 --> 00:37:15,630
it's the elderly walking their dogs, the children riding their bikes, or the guests that come

466
00:37:15,630 --> 00:37:16,890
in every six days.

467
00:37:18,110 --> 00:37:23,050
And we get a lot of guests that are familiar with the area, and they may bring visitors

468
00:37:23,050 --> 00:37:24,370
who aren't familiar with the area.

469
00:37:24,730 --> 00:37:29,390
Coming right off of Soquel Drive immediately around the corner from a place that's going

470
00:37:29,390 --> 00:37:33,110
about 35 to 40 miles an hour into a very small area.

471
00:37:33,110 --> 00:37:36,630
It is a question of when. It's not a question of if.

472
00:37:37,290 --> 00:37:45,850
And the way in which they got into where they are right now has been reiterated over and over in a not-so-nice way.

473
00:37:46,470 --> 00:37:50,730
So we're hoping that this brings awareness. There are a whole bunch of us here,

474
00:37:50,910 --> 00:37:53,510
but there's a whole bunch more that couldn't make it this morning.

475
00:37:54,010 --> 00:37:57,870
And it's been two years and we're not going away.

476
00:37:58,570 --> 00:38:03,670
We just need to see what's best for everybody involved and what's safe for everybody involved.

477
00:38:03,810 --> 00:38:04,790
So thank you for your time.

478
00:38:10,590 --> 00:38:14,870
I'm Marie Thompson and I live on Boregas Drive, the estate circle.

479
00:38:15,270 --> 00:38:17,210
And I just have one comment to make.

480
00:38:17,650 --> 00:38:19,750
Aren't you tired of all of this?

481
00:38:20,590 --> 00:38:25,490
We've been doing this for two years, explaining the problems of this and Compass,

482
00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:31,350
and for the sake of the guests and for the sake of our neighborhood that's been so poorly impacted,

483
00:38:31,350 --> 00:38:33,670
please act and do the right thing.

484
00:38:34,130 --> 00:38:34,590
Thank you.

485
00:38:39,500 --> 00:38:41,280
My name is Milka Dachieva,

486
00:38:41,860 --> 00:38:45,140
and I'm also representing Boracay State's neighborhood.

487
00:38:46,140 --> 00:38:49,180
It's been two years, we've been patient,

488
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,280
and we've been listening to empty promises

489
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:56,040
from our local government.

490
00:38:56,740 --> 00:39:01,120
A year ago, we were promised that the budget,

491
00:39:01,300 --> 00:39:04,340
the funding will be discontinued,

492
00:39:04,340 --> 00:39:09,540
and this facility will be moved out of our neighborhood.

493
00:39:10,160 --> 00:39:12,420
It's not because we are NIMBs.

494
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:16,440
It's not because we are Aptosian lions,

495
00:39:16,840 --> 00:39:22,220
like we were named in the initial emails

496
00:39:22,960 --> 00:39:26,240
between the Encompass and Eric Riera

497
00:39:27,240 --> 00:39:30,720
when they were planning of moving this facility

498
00:39:30,720 --> 00:39:32,240
into our neighborhood.

499
00:39:32,240 --> 00:39:37,020
No, we are supportive to these people who are in need.

500
00:39:37,500 --> 00:39:38,980
We are very supportive.

501
00:39:39,580 --> 00:39:46,120
The problem is that this is not appropriate location, number one.

502
00:39:46,740 --> 00:39:49,060
Number two, it's a business.

503
00:39:49,580 --> 00:39:54,100
It's a real business inserted in a residential neighborhood.

504
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:57,540
It's a motel-like type of business.

505
00:39:57,540 --> 00:40:08,700
And we are also questioning the effectiveness of this program because we are seeing same

506
00:40:08,700 --> 00:40:14,680
phases of same people coming all over and all over again to this facility.

507
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:23,960
And we are questioning the training and expertise of these people who are taking care of these

508
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:25,380
people in need.

509
00:40:25,380 --> 00:40:34,000
Because when we asked at our initial meeting in August 2017, when we asked the question,

510
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:42,380
what is the training and what is the certification of people who will be taking care of them?

511
00:40:43,460 --> 00:40:46,120
The answer was, we are looking for caring people.

512
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:47,480
No, this is not the answer.

513
00:40:47,780 --> 00:40:50,100
And one more thing I want to add.

514
00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:57,680
since we did we your time's up okay just one one more thing we our properties

515
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:06,180
are trespassing okay ma'am your time's up we have to have a fair time for

516
00:41:06,180 --> 00:41:08,480
everybody here ma

517
00:41:13,660 --> 00:41:21,880
'am please it has to you have to respect each other okay a lot

518
00:41:21,880 --> 00:41:24,640
more people are speaking than originally raised their hand and we have

519
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:31,600
58 other items we have to get to so can we can I is this is the gentleman in the red shirt at the end the final speaker today

520
00:41:33,490 --> 00:41:40,290
Okay, can I can I see how many more people there are to speak during oral communications? Please raise your hands

521
00:41:43,820 --> 00:41:44,340
Okay

522
00:41:45,020 --> 00:41:50,060
Those will be our final speakers if you can we have we have

523
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,400
many items to get to visitors from the state to hear about a

524
00:41:54,400 --> 00:42:00,420
A early childhood program, we need to get to action and so please come forward.

525
00:42:03,470 --> 00:42:07,590
My name is Eric Chitwood, I live on the state's drive in support of all the people that are

526
00:42:07,590 --> 00:42:10,430
up here speaking out against incumbents in our neighborhood.

527
00:42:11,070 --> 00:42:14,510
It's been a two-year trial, this just hasn't been working out.

528
00:42:14,590 --> 00:42:16,910
We thought we could get along, but it's not working out.

529
00:42:16,990 --> 00:42:22,170
We have 40 kids in our neighborhood that have constantly been witnessed to bad behavior

530
00:42:22,170 --> 00:42:25,270
and because Marvista is about 400 feet away.

531
00:42:26,030 --> 00:42:33,130
So I just wanted to ask you to take the safety of our children and encompass us into consideration, please.

532
00:42:33,930 --> 00:42:35,390
Good morning.

533
00:42:39,070 --> 00:42:41,950
My name is William Bruce. I'm a member of the state's neighborhood as well.

534
00:42:42,190 --> 00:42:47,730
I've been in business 28 years and I tell my customers regularly, it's not whether or not I make a mistake

535
00:42:47,730 --> 00:42:53,490
because I will screw up. What matters is what you do after the mistake has been made.

536
00:42:54,030 --> 00:42:56,910
It's time to fix the mistake. Thank you.

537
00:42:56,910 --> 00:42:57,490
Thank you.

538
00:42:57,930 --> 00:42:58,010
Good

539
00:43:02,230 --> 00:43:02,850
morning.

540
00:43:03,530 --> 00:43:07,030
I am Justin de Villa, also a member of the Buregas Estates Loop.

541
00:43:07,870 --> 00:43:09,230
I won't take a lot of your time.

542
00:43:09,390 --> 00:43:13,590
You've heard from us repeatedly, both in person and in writing.

543
00:43:15,070 --> 00:43:19,710
I think what this really speaks to is there's a sense of solidarity in our neighborhood.

544
00:43:20,350 --> 00:43:24,310
And it's solidarity that we would have loved to join with this program.

545
00:43:25,010 --> 00:43:30,470
But from the very beginning, there's been a lack of communication and then a lack

546
00:43:30,470 --> 00:43:37,290
of behavior that allows us to feel that we are a unified group.

547
00:43:38,810 --> 00:43:45,850
The behaviors, many of which are intimidating, some of them are flat-out illegal,

548
00:43:46,810 --> 00:43:56,510
and for the most part it's changed not just our own emotional capacity for compassion and understanding

549
00:43:56,510 --> 00:44:00,570
And just the way we feel about our neighborhood, but it's also changed our routines

550
00:44:00,570 --> 00:44:06,970
I drive out a different way every morning and every evening, you know, I like was mentioned in an email

551
00:44:06,970 --> 00:44:12,170
I come home early from work to make sure that my kids can be escorted home and more often than not

552
00:44:12,170 --> 00:44:16,690
You know, we're escorting them by a group smoking either next to a bus stop

553
00:44:16,690 --> 00:44:20,590
Which is illegal or standing on the doctors on duty private lot, which is not okay

554
00:44:20,590 --> 00:44:25,650
There's not really a good way to mitigate for some of these things, you know, and these and these issues

555
00:44:25,650 --> 00:44:31,890
They're not insignificant. They're not nimby issues. They're real and they've been going on for two years if they weren't real

556
00:44:31,890 --> 00:44:33,790
We wouldn't be here. We wouldn't be here in mass

557
00:44:33,790 --> 00:44:36,870
So that's really all I have to say. Thank you.

558
00:44:42,160 --> 00:44:46,500
Hi. My name is Teresa Huntley and I'm also a resident of the Varigas estates loop

559
00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:48,180
I have three small children

560
00:44:49,200 --> 00:44:52,620
This has impacted us all I think Justin said it best

561
00:44:52,620 --> 00:44:58,180
It's actually sometimes intimidating this facility needs to exist somewhere definitely where there's street lights

562
00:44:58,180 --> 00:44:59,920
And maybe it's a nice

563
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:05,020
House, or a house, shredded by businesses. But to come off of SoCal flying, these people

564
00:45:05,020 --> 00:45:09,720
have never been there. People are dropping people off constantly. It's in and out. Blind

565
00:45:09,720 --> 00:45:15,480
curves, no streetlights, no sidewalks. My kids can't ride their bikes. It's wrong. I'm

566
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:21,460
sick of it. We need your help. Please. I want something like this. We need mental health

567
00:45:21,460 --> 00:45:25,240
facilities. Trust me, we all agree with that. This is the wrong place and you know

568
00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:28,720
it. And it's time. And we're sick of it. Please help us. Please.

569
00:45:35,830 --> 00:45:40,390
My name is Jessica Smith. I'm here to respond to the issue of safety in the

570
00:45:40,390 --> 00:45:44,530
estate's neighborhood. I want to say that my gentle eight-year-old daughter Emma

571
00:45:44,530 --> 00:45:49,230
went to school around the corner from second story and I pulled my dot my

572
00:45:49,230 --> 00:45:52,690
eight my gentle eight-year-old daughter went to school around the corner

573
00:45:52,690 --> 00:45:57,110
from the estate's neighborhood and second story at Mar Vista elementary

574
00:45:57,110 --> 00:46:01,010
school. I pulled her out because she was regularly being physically assaulted

575
00:46:01,010 --> 00:46:04,970
by other children. It was happening to so many other children that a large

576
00:46:04,970 --> 00:46:09,930
parent group formed in a desperate attempt to find answers to protect our kids there.

577
00:46:10,850 --> 00:46:16,070
And no one at Second Story attacked my daughter. Kids in the neighborhood did. We don't like

578
00:46:16,070 --> 00:46:21,010
to admit it, but Aptos has its fair share of problems. I feel that Second Story is

579
00:46:21,010 --> 00:46:26,390
a scapegoat. There's no evidence about the alleged drug use by the guests at the

580
00:46:26,390 --> 00:46:28,930
house, or that this beating is from them.

581
00:46:29,970 --> 00:46:31,630
Listen, we're not going to yell out.

582
00:46:31,630 --> 00:46:36,130
I was a partner of a second. We're going to respect each other in this community.

583
00:46:36,270 --> 00:46:39,370
We're not going to yell out. And if you can't do that, then you need to leave the room.

584
00:46:40,310 --> 00:46:43,790
Thank you. My partner of 10 years was a private investigator.

585
00:46:44,030 --> 00:46:47,710
And if I learned anything, it's that everyone has skeletons in their closet.

586
00:46:51,130 --> 00:46:55,750
Anybody, every, a lot of people make mistakes and anybody can have a record.

587
00:46:56,010 --> 00:47:00,490
The people at second story are required to put the results of their background

588
00:47:00,490 --> 00:47:05,370
investigation online and the rest of the neighborhood is not required to do that.

589
00:47:07,370 --> 00:47:11,290
None of the second story people have hurt anyone in the surrounding neighborhood.

590
00:47:11,970 --> 00:47:16,710
We all want to keep our families safe and attacking the respite house and other respite

591
00:47:16,710 --> 00:47:22,910
houses like it has been unceasing. Blaming the guests is the wrong fight. The second story is

592
00:47:22,910 --> 00:47:28,190
bringing people together. They're fostering well-being. Let's find a better cause than

593
00:47:28,190 --> 00:47:30,390
and hurting the people who've already been hurt the most.

594
00:47:30,910 --> 00:47:33,670
Yes, we're tired of this issue on both sides.

595
00:47:33,970 --> 00:47:36,310
Let's stop trying to solve our problems by blaming

596
00:47:36,310 --> 00:47:37,890
and pushing out people in need.

597
00:47:38,030 --> 00:47:38,450
Thank you.

598
00:47:44,990 --> 00:47:49,350
Marilyn Garrett, part of Wireless Radiation Alert Network.

599
00:47:50,110 --> 00:47:53,070
And thanks to the previous speakers here.

600
00:47:53,450 --> 00:47:56,610
And I must say, in coming to the board meetings almost

601
00:47:57,070 --> 00:47:59,770
20 years since I retired from teaching,

602
00:47:59,770 --> 00:48:07,610
I share your frustration and observe the lack of response for the well-being of the community

603
00:48:07,610 --> 00:48:10,630
from this Board of Supervisors.

604
00:48:11,070 --> 00:48:18,830
The issue I come about is wireless microwave radiation that is emitted from wireless devices

605
00:48:18,830 --> 00:48:26,950
and cell towers and small cells on utility poles all over that are definitely an assault.

606
00:48:26,950 --> 00:48:36,330
instead of doing anything to protect the public or prevent this onslaught, the Board of Supervisors continues it.

607
00:48:36,710 --> 00:48:45,270
I've given the Board a DVD called 5G Apocalypse, the Extinction Event, and it starts out.

608
00:48:45,390 --> 00:48:50,550
It's important to understand what 5G is doing and what they say it's doing.

609
00:48:50,550 --> 00:48:58,410
We're told on the Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers being forming document

610
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:03,830
that this technology cooks your eyes like eggs in World War II.

611
00:49:04,450 --> 00:49:08,670
We all need to understand these are military weapons.

612
00:49:09,390 --> 00:49:11,650
These are assault frequencies.

613
00:49:12,230 --> 00:49:16,250
If you know nothing more than that, that's what you need to know.

614
00:49:16,250 --> 00:49:23,090
It's microwave radiation warfare, that's what it is.

615
00:49:23,370 --> 00:49:29,370
And I have given you a document I urge you to endorse called the International Appeal

616
00:49:29,370 --> 00:49:33,650
to Stop 5G on Earth and in Space.

617
00:49:34,250 --> 00:49:36,910
And I urge you to put that on the agenda,

618
00:49:37,270 --> 00:49:44,270
and also to support this Keep Space for Peace Week coming up.

619
00:49:46,390 --> 00:49:49,190
spaceforpeace.org. Thank you.

620
00:49:57,140 --> 00:50:00,320
Thank you, Board. Michael Beaton, Director of General Services.

621
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:04,780
This year marks an exciting year for General Services as a department with the appointment

622
00:50:04,780 --> 00:50:09,800
of two key management positions. First, it is my utmost pleasure to announce the permanent

623
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:14,880
appointment of Carol Johnson as our new Deputy Director of General Services overseeing

624
00:50:14,880 --> 00:50:21,180
admin, fleet, purchasing, energy management, and warehouse activities. Carol started her

625
00:50:21,180 --> 00:50:24,860
accounting career in 2002 and joined the GSD family in 2003.

626
00:50:25,540 --> 00:50:30,960
During Carol's 16 years of GSD, she has served in a multitude of roles, starting from senior

627
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:36,020
accounting tech, working her all the way up to acting interim department director.

628
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:39,800
And the past year as acting assistant director.

629
00:50:40,500 --> 00:50:44,540
With a degree in business and a strong analytical and customer service orientated attitude,

630
00:50:44,940 --> 00:50:46,840
Carol was selected to help lead our organization.

631
00:50:46,840 --> 00:50:52,720
Over this past year, Carol has been specifically recognized for her outstanding project deliverables

632
00:50:52,720 --> 00:50:58,500
related to the installation of the county's solar system, earning her the 2018 Clean Air

633
00:50:58,500 --> 00:51:02,140
Leader Award from the Monterey Bay Air Resource District.

634
00:51:02,620 --> 00:51:09,380
Carol has also been recognized by earning her credentials as a California County Senior

635
00:51:09,380 --> 00:51:12,180
Executive from the California State Association of Counties.

636
00:51:12,180 --> 00:51:13,120
Thank you.

637
00:51:13,880 --> 00:51:19,780
In addition, I am pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas J. Fackner as our new Deputy Director

638
00:51:19,780 --> 00:51:22,320
of General Services over capital projects and facilities.

639
00:51:23,100 --> 00:51:27,200
Thomas' credentials include being a certified construction manager, having a bachelor's

640
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:31,740
degree in civil engineering, a master's degree in public administration and urban studies.

641
00:51:32,720 --> 00:51:33,980
I'm not exactly sure what that is.

642
00:51:34,360 --> 00:51:34,860
I'll tell you.

643
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:35,320
Okay.

644
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:40,740
And over 30 years of experience in horizontal and vertical building construction industry.

645
00:51:40,740 --> 00:51:45,920
His private sector experience with industry leaders such as Parsons Corporation, Harrison

646
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:51,300
Associates, Swinerton Builders and Vanner Construction Management will add value to the county services

647
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:52,900
and the public we serve.

648
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:58,500
In his time with Vanner, Thomas has served as a project director for county projects

649
00:51:58,500 --> 00:52:01,340
including the successful remodel of the 1080M line.

650
00:52:02,100 --> 00:52:02,720
Thank you.

651
00:52:03,560 --> 00:52:04,000
Am I good?

652
00:52:04,420 --> 00:52:04,560
Yeah.

653
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:05,000
Wrap it up.

654
00:52:06,940 --> 00:52:11,000
With that, I'm proud to announce the appointment of two deputy directors of the Department of

655
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:11,420
Journal Services.

656
00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:12,280
Welcome.

657
00:52:12,680 --> 00:52:13,120
Thank you.

658
00:52:20,180 --> 00:52:20,940
Good morning.

659
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:22,540
My name is Becky Steinbruner.

660
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,100
I'm a resident of Verrill, Aptos.

661
00:52:24,740 --> 00:52:30,160
I really urge you to take action immediately on what Mr. Crane and his neighbors have

662
00:52:30,160 --> 00:52:34,260
told you today and what Mr. Crane has been coming and telling you for two years.

663
00:52:34,720 --> 00:52:39,160
This is a clear miscarriage of justice, and you need to address it right now.

664
00:52:39,900 --> 00:52:45,920
I also think you need to support appointing a youth commission. You've got them right here.

665
00:52:46,600 --> 00:52:55,460
And your action needs to establish a youth commission that will participate in local government and make a change here.

666
00:52:56,580 --> 00:53:03,640
I also want to say that correspondence, as Chairman Coonerty said, we've already received your emails.

667
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:09,500
It's in the record that correspondence is not available in the back of the room for people to read

668
00:53:09,500 --> 00:53:12,960
So correspondence is not as public as it needs to be

669
00:53:12,960 --> 00:53:20,540
I have submitted a number of pieces because your board agenda consent agenda today is like a fire hose

670
00:53:20,540 --> 00:53:26,760
You have a lot of stuff and that it's almost palpable. What's on the horizon here in terms of development

671
00:53:27,740 --> 00:53:33,500
Which leaves me to number 19, which I did read write to you about I think this is watering down

672
00:53:33,640 --> 00:53:38,280
the authority of the California Environmental Quality Act and what you can do.

673
00:53:38,740 --> 00:53:52,000
It removes from language of the purpose that you can take additional action to instill additional environmentally beneficial actions on things when CEQA does not require it.

674
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:57,360
We saw that with the approval of the mid-pen housing development that will be coming to you.

675
00:53:57,360 --> 00:54:03,380
It's less than five acres, so under California Environmental Quality Act law they don't have to do an EIR.

676
00:54:04,300 --> 00:54:08,520
There will be over 100 trees cut down. The traffic will be terrible.

677
00:54:08,740 --> 00:54:12,340
The answer is the county will someday widen Capitola Road.

678
00:54:12,740 --> 00:54:19,760
You can take action on that now, but under the changes of number 19 you will not be explicitly given that authority.

679
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:25,960
And I wanted to say it's red flag fire conditions. We need to fund county fire. Thank you.

680
00:54:25,960 --> 00:54:26,840
Hi,

681
00:54:33,700 --> 00:54:36,980
my name is Gabrielle White and I am an EMT that works at Genesis Santa Cruz.

682
00:54:38,460 --> 00:54:43,500
During my derentation of the last one and a half years I have seen countless employees

683
00:54:43,500 --> 00:54:45,040
come through Genesis Santa Cruz.

684
00:54:45,220 --> 00:54:48,560
I have gone through two supervisors and over 15 employees.

685
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:54,420
I believe that if the allocated funds that are coming to Genesis Santa Cruz this December

686
00:54:54,420 --> 00:54:59,260
are properly distributed to the employees and not just rationed out into more expansion

687
00:54:59,260 --> 00:55:06,800
programs that we could create the change that this community needs. This month alone, Janice has closed

688
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:14,160
the intensive outpatient program just in time for the most recent audit. I don't honestly know what

689
00:55:14,160 --> 00:55:18,340
speaking at this meeting will do against a hostile management that refuses to treat its employees

690
00:55:18,340 --> 00:55:25,760
well. I want to see the most trauma-induced people in this community get

691
00:55:29,000 --> 00:55:30,200
the help that they

692
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:35,820
deserve. Many come from low social economic backgrounds that could not get the drug and

693
00:55:35,820 --> 00:55:40,140
alcohol treatment they need without chance of Santa Cruz. However, without employees

694
00:55:40,140 --> 00:55:44,420
that are paid a living wage, these individuals are left with nowhere to go. We must address

695
00:55:44,420 --> 00:55:48,220
drug and alcohol problems in Santa Cruz County, and this starts with helping the employees

696
00:55:48,220 --> 00:55:50,740
and the program that it has. Thank you.

697
00:55:58,500 --> 00:56:02,940
Good morning, Chair Coonerty and the rest of the board. My name is Justin Palmer.

698
00:56:03,340 --> 00:56:06,980
I'm an organizer with the National Union of Healthcare Workers. This is Felipe

699
00:56:06,980 --> 00:56:11,540
He works at Janice of Santa Cruz right across the street at the sobering center.

700
00:56:12,460 --> 00:56:18,880
Felipe is only one of five workers at Janice of Santa Cruz still working there

701
00:56:18,880 --> 00:56:23,880
since workers voted overwhelmingly to form a union two years ago.

702
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:30,840
Despite this obscene level of turnover, which is, as you should know by now,

703
00:56:31,100 --> 00:56:34,680
a result of the poverty wages that Janice pays its staff,

704
00:56:34,680 --> 00:56:40,320
staff, and despite egregious acts of retaliation by CEO Rudy Escalante and other members of

705
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:45,200
Janice upper management, support for the union remains strong, and the current staff at Janice

706
00:56:45,200 --> 00:56:47,880
continues this two-year struggle for a fair contract.

707
00:56:48,500 --> 00:56:54,040
Last week they voted by a 60-to-one margin to authorize a one-day strike, which will

708
00:56:54,040 --> 00:56:55,080
be held this Thursday.

709
00:56:56,060 --> 00:57:01,340
You might recall that workers at Janice met with each of you last year and testified

710
00:57:01,340 --> 00:57:05,940
twice at budget hearings to make the appeal to improve the poverty wages at

711
00:57:05,940 --> 00:57:10,820
Janus, stabilize the turnover, and improve patient care. Ultimately, that's what

712
00:57:10,820 --> 00:57:15,280
this is all about. With the help of Supervisor Leopold, these workers identified

713
00:57:15,280 --> 00:57:20,220
up to $500,000 in new funding for Janus. And although Janus initially

714
00:57:20,220 --> 00:57:25,000
resisted the process to secure these funds, they successfully pressured the

715
00:57:25,000 --> 00:57:28,680
employer into doing so. However, last week, Santa Cruz County Health

716
00:57:28,680 --> 00:57:36,560
Health Services Director Mimi Hall confirmed in an email that Janice CEO delayed this process

717
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:45,240
earlier this year and thereby is denying these workers who provide an invaluable service to

718
00:57:45,240 --> 00:57:48,060
this county a fair contract with a livable wage.

719
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:54,000
Janice was recently found in violation of federal law for retaliating against workers

720
00:57:54,000 --> 00:58:00,120
for their union activity and there are numerous charges still pending with NLRB. It is an

721
00:58:00,120 --> 00:58:05,880
absolute disgrace and embarrassment to Santa Cruz County that these workers are still without

722
00:58:05,880 --> 00:58:10,680
a contract after two years. We demand each member of the Board of Supervisors call CEO

723
00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:14,300
Rudy Escalante and settle a fair contract now. Thank you.

724
00:58:19,280 --> 00:58:20,620
This will be our final speaker.

725
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:26,140
Yes. Good morning, Board. Sam Laforte with Santa Cruz County Cannabis Licensing Office.

726
00:58:26,140 --> 00:58:34,960
with regard to consent item number 26 agenda item 7778 the autonomous fire

727
00:58:34,960 --> 00:58:39,740
protection district modifications. I wanted to bring to your attention that

728
00:58:39,740 --> 00:58:46,040
there's a conflict with the newly defined term greenhouse with Santa Cruz

729
00:58:46,040 --> 00:58:54,400
County Code chapter 7.12030 and Santa Cruz County Code 1310.650. Also

730
00:58:55,780 --> 00:58:59,220
So Santa Cruz County Code Chapter 7.92,

731
00:58:59,320 --> 00:59:02,080
which is the current fire code, does not define greenhouse,

732
00:59:02,520 --> 00:59:04,500
but provides provisions where greenhouses

733
00:59:04,500 --> 00:59:06,060
of non-combustible materials

734
00:59:06,060 --> 00:59:07,780
shall not require fire sprinklers.

735
00:59:08,480 --> 00:59:11,360
I bring this to your attention to avoid a conflict

736
00:59:11,740 --> 00:59:14,220
and the CLO's office would like to suggest

737
00:59:14,220 --> 00:59:16,340
that the proposed definition of greenhouses

738
00:59:16,700 --> 00:59:19,580
in the autonomous fire protection district language

739
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:23,220
be changed to a greenhouse structure is,

740
00:59:23,220 --> 00:59:28,340
A greenhouse is a structure with walls and a roof made chiefly of transparent materials

741
00:59:28,340 --> 00:59:33,780
and a framing material, example given wood, steel, or aluminum that may be open to the

742
00:59:33,780 --> 00:59:34,700
elements periodically.

743
00:59:35,340 --> 00:59:41,260
The current definition as proposed in the fire code changes are, a greenhouse is a

744
00:59:41,260 --> 00:59:46,060
structure with walls and a roof made chiefly of noncombustible transparent materials

745
00:59:46,060 --> 00:59:51,020
such as glass in which plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown.

746
00:59:51,020 --> 00:59:55,340
Construction within greenhouses is also of a non-combustible nature.

747
00:59:56,300 --> 00:59:59,980
The proposed changes allow a greenhouse to be made of...

748
01:00:00,820 --> 01:00:11,920
Standard materials, including wood, and we suggest this change to avoid a conflict that would also affect our building code for these types of greenhouses. Thank you.

749
01:00:12,760 --> 01:00:13,160
Thank you.

750
01:00:14,020 --> 01:00:26,560
Okay, I'm going to bring it back to the board for action. This will be on items 13 through 63 on our consent agenda with

751
01:00:26,560 --> 01:00:31,680
with including the additions and deletions that were mentioned previously by Mr. Palacios.

752
01:00:32,500 --> 01:00:35,040
Is there any discussion? Supervisor Leopold.

753
01:00:35,640 --> 01:00:40,180
Thank you, Chair. Thank you for the testimony we heard from so many different folks today.

754
01:00:41,580 --> 01:00:47,960
We're listening, that's what I'll say. On item number 24, I want to thank our county

755
01:00:47,960 --> 01:00:54,460
administrative officer for identifying a source of funds to provide $4.7 million towards

756
01:00:54,460 --> 01:00:59,800
road repairs that the federal government has shirked their responsibility on.

757
01:01:00,560 --> 01:01:04,820
We're going to be hearing a report on other winter storm damage roads

758
01:01:04,820 --> 01:01:08,760
and what's going on with the federal government, but our board remains committed

759
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:14,460
and I appreciate the CAO's efforts to find the resources to make sure that we can repair these roads.

760
01:01:17,340 --> 01:01:22,460
Given the testimony we just heard from our cannabis licensing manager,

761
01:01:23,560 --> 01:01:33,580
I'd like to propose either we table or talk about this issue on item 28 because it's late

762
01:01:33,580 --> 01:01:38,480
and I'm not – there isn't – I don't have time to review what it is he's saying

763
01:01:38,480 --> 01:01:40,740
in terms of definitions and everything else.

764
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:46,960
So, I mean, it looks like the council wants to add something.

765
01:01:47,260 --> 01:01:51,440
So I caught the greenhouse definition discrepancy last week.

766
01:01:51,440 --> 01:01:54,320
I thought we were going to get some corrections.

767
01:01:54,740 --> 01:01:56,960
I also thought it was related to item 27,

768
01:01:57,080 --> 01:01:58,280
which is just a setting.

769
01:01:58,840 --> 01:02:02,320
But I think Mr. Laforte referenced item 28.

770
01:02:02,960 --> 01:02:07,620
And if we didn't get correction pages for item 28

771
01:02:07,620 --> 01:02:08,900
and it is indeed in there,

772
01:02:09,080 --> 01:02:11,640
I think that it should be moved to the next meeting.

773
01:02:12,080 --> 01:02:14,820
Yeah, so I'd like to propose that we table that

774
01:02:14,820 --> 01:02:16,680
until our next agenda.

775
01:02:19,900 --> 01:02:24,800
So just for clarification, are we continuing Item 27 or?

776
01:02:25,040 --> 01:02:30,620
I think Item 27 to the extent the greenhouse definition is going to come back, 27 is just

777
01:02:30,620 --> 01:02:32,720
a setting and we have time to fix it.

778
01:02:32,860 --> 01:02:34,920
You haven't seen that ordinance proposal yet.

779
01:02:35,480 --> 01:02:41,160
To the extent he was talking to 28 and those corrected pages didn't come in, I think we

780
01:02:41,160 --> 01:02:42,060
should move 28.

781
01:02:42,460 --> 01:02:44,380
28, continue 28, continue 28.

782
01:02:45,060 --> 01:02:45,880
Thank you.

783
01:02:48,380 --> 01:02:54,980
Item number 38, I want to appreciate all the departments, human services, health

784
01:02:54,980 --> 01:02:59,400
services, probation and county council for their work on the Silicon Valley data trust

785
01:02:59,400 --> 01:03:04,620
initiative. This is a very important effort to be able to share information that will

786
01:03:04,620 --> 01:03:10,840
help our children in our community and this is some path-breaking work. There's a lot

787
01:03:10,840 --> 01:03:15,860
of hurdles to help make it happen, and I appreciate all the efforts of everyone involved to help

788
01:03:15,860 --> 01:03:18,740
break those down so this will work as well as possible.

789
01:03:19,600 --> 01:03:25,660
On item number 41, which is a report on the drug MediCal organized delivery system residential

790
01:03:25,660 --> 01:03:31,300
bed utilization, I appreciate this information from Health Services and the fact that we

791
01:03:31,300 --> 01:03:36,100
are seeing such great utilization of our residential treatment beds.

792
01:03:36,100 --> 01:03:41,200
beds, it probably highlights that we need to continue to find additional treatment beds

793
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:45,840
because if we're operating at 100 percent capacity, there's probably more need out there

794
01:03:45,840 --> 01:03:46,780
than we can actually meet.

795
01:03:51,470 --> 01:03:57,870
On item number 43, I appreciate this update from Health Services about the former Harbor

796
01:03:57,870 --> 01:03:59,870
Veterinary Hospital building.

797
01:04:00,930 --> 01:04:05,510
I'm excited to see that one of these options is the Children's Crisis Center, which

798
01:04:05,510 --> 01:04:10,190
I think would be very much in need and one of the things that has been highlighted with

799
01:04:10,190 --> 01:04:14,110
the establishment of the behavioral health center that we have now is the need to support

800
01:04:14,110 --> 01:04:21,850
children. I think as we have these discussions about how we use our debt capacity, this

801
01:04:21,850 --> 01:04:26,350
should be in the mix as well because this is really a critical need in our community.

802
01:04:26,690 --> 01:04:30,250
We've heard from school districts about the importance and I'd like to see this

803
01:04:30,250 --> 01:04:30,550
happen.

804
01:04:30,550 --> 01:04:32,890
And I think that's it.

805
01:04:33,970 --> 01:04:34,790
Mr. President Friend.

806
01:04:36,610 --> 01:04:37,250
Thank you, Chair.

807
01:04:37,530 --> 01:04:41,510
I'd like to thank the Sheriff's Office on items 33, 34 and 35,

808
01:04:41,510 --> 01:04:43,670
which the grant funding is very important.

809
01:04:44,730 --> 01:04:48,750
The additional protections that Montevista-Christian are also important.

810
01:04:48,870 --> 01:04:50,370
And the consolidation of the record system,

811
01:04:50,410 --> 01:04:53,510
well, seems kind of like a behind-the-scenes-inside baseball thing,

812
01:04:53,550 --> 01:04:55,650
really actually matters a lot for public safety

813
01:04:55,650 --> 01:04:59,030
within the community, the ability for all the agencies

814
01:04:59,030 --> 01:05:00,730
seems to be able to communicate in that way.

815
01:05:01,530 --> 01:05:03,610
I'd also like to acknowledge the work of the residents

816
01:05:03,610 --> 01:05:06,210
on Zills Road who are requesting,

817
01:05:06,610 --> 01:05:08,750
and I imagine my colleagues that are in their support

818
01:05:08,750 --> 01:05:10,370
of these road bumps.

819
01:05:10,550 --> 01:05:11,970
There was a significant amount of process

820
01:05:11,970 --> 01:05:14,750
associated with it that was led by that neighborhood,

821
01:05:15,070 --> 01:05:16,430
and actually, we've received feedback

822
01:05:16,430 --> 01:05:18,330
on how to improve that program,

823
01:05:18,330 --> 01:05:20,410
and I'll be working with public works

824
01:05:20,410 --> 01:05:21,690
on some of that feedback that I thought

825
01:05:21,690 --> 01:05:23,090
were very good suggestions,

826
01:05:23,270 --> 01:05:25,190
but regardless, it's a high bar

827
01:05:25,190 --> 01:05:26,350
in order to get these installed,

828
01:05:26,430 --> 01:05:27,850
and the neighborhood stuck with it,

829
01:05:27,850 --> 01:05:29,830
and was able to get that done.

830
01:05:30,490 --> 01:05:32,810
On item 61 on the Sheridan Mobility Services,

831
01:05:33,090 --> 01:05:35,690
I definitely appreciate the work of Public Works

832
01:05:35,690 --> 01:05:37,810
on this very difficult issue as well as Council.

833
01:05:39,450 --> 01:05:41,450
One of the vendors that is currently,

834
01:05:41,630 --> 01:05:42,750
or the vendor that's currently operating

835
01:05:42,750 --> 01:05:43,910
within the city of Santa Cruz

836
01:05:44,520 --> 01:05:47,010
was not really willing to negotiate with the county

837
01:05:47,010 --> 01:05:47,810
on a lot of regards.

838
01:05:47,810 --> 01:05:49,630
And I think it's reasonable for us to go out

839
01:05:49,630 --> 01:05:51,950
and see what options are available

840
01:05:51,950 --> 01:05:53,670
for not just the county, but Capitola,

841
01:05:53,830 --> 01:05:55,890
which most people pass through

842
01:05:55,890 --> 01:05:57,110
when they're going to this southern portion

843
01:05:57,110 --> 01:06:00,370
of the county anyway. So I appreciate your work on that. It's been deferred significantly,

844
01:06:00,530 --> 01:06:04,090
but it's been deferred not because of lack of work, but because of the fact that we've had a

845
01:06:04,090 --> 01:06:08,330
difficult time with the one provider. And I think that Public Works deserves a lot of credit for

846
01:06:08,330 --> 01:06:10,630
your work and the negotiation on that. Thank you.

847
01:06:11,450 --> 01:06:12,250
Mr. Caput.

848
01:06:15,450 --> 01:06:28,680
Just a comment on 62 and 63. They're basically the same thing, but it is $4,492,000.

849
01:06:28,680 --> 01:06:29,880
And

850
01:06:35,480 --> 01:06:46,450
that will basically, what they're doing, it overlaps on District 2 and District 4 and

851
01:06:46,450 --> 01:06:56,370
it deals with the grant not to exceed the amount of what I mentioned, $4,492,000.

852
01:06:56,370 --> 01:07:08,370
And I think we're talking about replacing wastewater in that area.

853
01:07:09,090 --> 01:07:20,810
We're replacing 9,700 linear feet of deteriorated clay sanitary sewer pipes in that area.

854
01:07:20,810 --> 01:07:27,930
So that – do we have a start date on that or does – I don't want to put you on the

855
01:07:27,930 --> 01:07:35,530
spot here, but does it look like we do have any type of date that would start?

856
01:07:41,900 --> 01:07:43,800
Good morning, Matt Machado, Director of Public Works.

857
01:07:44,280 --> 01:07:46,460
We're targeting next summer to kick off construction.

858
01:07:46,620 --> 01:07:49,740
It's an underground job, and so not a great job to do during the winter months.

859
01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:51,120
So next summer.

860
01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:53,160
That – thanks a lot.

861
01:07:53,160 --> 01:08:00,680
I think that it'll be a disruption in that area for a while with traffic and dealing

862
01:08:00,680 --> 01:08:01,200
with it.

863
01:08:01,420 --> 01:08:14,180
But we're talking about replacing some of the sewer lines, basically, and it's a major

864
01:08:14,180 --> 01:08:15,000
undertaking.

865
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:26,160
I think some of those lines are over 50 to 60 years, 70 years old, is that correct?

866
01:08:26,980 --> 01:08:27,200
Yeah.

867
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:28,200
Okay.

868
01:08:28,800 --> 01:08:29,700
So thank you.

869
01:08:30,780 --> 01:08:31,560
All right.

870
01:08:31,600 --> 01:08:31,800
Great.

871
01:08:32,480 --> 01:08:33,860
Just a couple brief comments.

872
01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:41,160
The first is item number 24, which has to do with the storm damage repairs to our roads.

873
01:08:41,160 --> 01:08:46,040
I'd also like to add additional direction that our county council explored possible legal

874
01:08:46,040 --> 01:08:48,000
action we can take against the federal government.

875
01:08:48,420 --> 01:08:55,440
It's unprecedented to have the federal government basically break their promises to communities

876
01:08:55,440 --> 01:09:02,740
after storms to help fund repairs, and I think we need to explore legal action if this

877
01:09:02,740 --> 01:09:06,580
administration is going to fail the people of California repeatedly.

878
01:09:07,700 --> 01:09:13,700
The second one is on item number 42, which is a deferral on the SSP program.

879
01:09:14,340 --> 01:09:16,200
I think it's great that we're doing outreach.

880
01:09:16,500 --> 01:09:22,800
I think supervisors should be noticed or should be told about meetings about SSP

881
01:09:23,220 --> 01:09:26,440
that are occurring in their districts as part of this outreach.

882
01:09:27,440 --> 01:09:29,640
So I'd add that as an additional direction.

883
01:09:30,200 --> 01:09:31,080
So do we have a motion?

884
01:09:31,780 --> 01:09:33,740
I move the consent agenda as amended.

885
01:09:33,740 --> 01:09:37,900
We have a motion, and a motion by Leopold, a second by Friend.

886
01:09:38,160 --> 01:09:39,780
All those in favor, please say aye.

887
01:09:40,100 --> 01:09:40,560
Aye.

888
01:09:41,060 --> 01:09:41,560
Opposed?

889
01:09:41,980 --> 01:09:43,100
That passes unanimously.

890
01:09:45,060 --> 01:09:52,560
We're now going to move on to a fun item, which is to consider the selection of Denise

891
01:09:52,560 --> 01:09:58,520
Davidson as the public artist for the Selva Beach Library Project, adopt a resolution accepting

892
01:09:58,520 --> 01:10:03,300
and unanticipated revenue in the amount of $5,000

893
01:10:03,300 --> 01:10:06,040
for related actions, as outlined in a memorandum

894
01:10:06,040 --> 01:10:07,540
of the Director of Parks, Open Space,

895
01:10:07,780 --> 01:10:08,480
and Cultural Services.

896
01:10:09,360 --> 01:10:10,200
Good morning.

897
01:10:10,940 --> 01:10:13,700
I want to thank you guys for all the hard work that you do.

898
01:10:13,820 --> 01:10:15,120
I really appreciate you.

899
01:10:15,720 --> 01:10:18,140
I feel like I've been going through a war zone.

900
01:10:19,180 --> 01:10:20,760
My name is Cynthia Killian,

901
01:10:20,960 --> 01:10:22,020
and I'm the Chairperson

902
01:10:22,020 --> 01:10:24,500
for the Santa Cruz County Arc Commission,

903
01:10:24,500 --> 01:10:27,280
and I represent District 2.

904
01:10:28,360 --> 01:10:32,300
And I'm really happy to present this to you this morning.

905
01:10:33,200 --> 01:10:34,980
It's been 28 years in the making.

906
01:10:35,180 --> 01:10:37,560
It was originally proposed in 1991,

907
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reviewed in 2008,

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and here we are 2019.

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And the Art Commission is pleased to recommend

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for your approval today

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01:10:48,370 --> 01:10:53,140
a proposal for the Lacello Beach Library public art component.

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01:10:53,140 --> 01:11:00,240
The art selection panel comprised of community members, professional artists, county art commissioners,

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01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:09,140
and representatives of the involved department met in April to review the proposals that were submitted by the artists.

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Two artists were invited to interview with the selected panel on May 23rd.

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The artists were asked to bring detailed drawings or a mancat to further define their project proposals.

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After each deliberation, the panel chose Denise Davidson to continue in the selection process.

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At the June meeting of the Art Commission, the commissioners reviewed the panel's decision and voted to recommend

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01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:46,800
that your board approved this election Ms. Davidson as a public artist for the

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01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:53,120
Licella Beach Library. I'd like to introduce Denise Davidson to you now and

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01:11:53,600 --> 01:11:56,740
if you have any questions you'd be happy to answer them. Denise?

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01:12:00,780 --> 01:12:01,900
Thank you Silvia.

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01:12:02,280 --> 01:12:03,020
I mean Cynthia.

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01:12:05,470 --> 01:12:06,730
Hello. Hello.

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01:12:15,240 --> 01:12:20,040
Sorry but emotional. Thank you for considering me

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01:12:20,040 --> 01:12:25,340
and my mosaic art for the La Selva Beach Library Project.

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01:12:27,580 --> 01:12:32,500
Mosaic art is ideal for public space because it's low maintenance,

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01:12:33,260 --> 01:12:36,580
evokes a sense of permanence, and is universally appealing.

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01:12:38,080 --> 01:12:39,780
I'll be using stained glass.

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01:12:40,540 --> 01:12:44,400
It's hard wearing, weatherproof, and virtually indestructible.

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01:12:45,020 --> 01:12:48,500
It's color fast and available in a vast array of colors.

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01:12:48,500 --> 01:12:55,120
The vision is to welcome the visitor, delight, inspire.

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01:12:57,180 --> 01:13:02,940
It will be a representational piece suggesting ocean.

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01:13:04,820 --> 01:13:06,900
I have brought my rough sketch.

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01:13:07,920 --> 01:13:12,080
This is going to be five feet tall, three feet across.

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01:13:13,480 --> 01:13:15,940
I think I can just put that right there.

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01:13:19,050 --> 01:13:22,270
and it will be installed near the back entrance.

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01:13:22,930 --> 01:13:25,790
I've also brought the maquette,

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01:13:26,090 --> 01:13:27,790
showing the beautiful colors.

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01:13:30,150 --> 01:13:34,090
And Kathy's gonna pass that around for you.

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01:13:36,810 --> 01:13:39,750
Most, excuse me, most of my mosaic art

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01:13:39,750 --> 01:13:42,170
is inspired by nature, especially the beauty

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01:13:42,170 --> 01:13:44,130
of our unique central coast.

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01:13:44,130 --> 01:13:50,350
coast. In creating this piece, I was inspired by our ocean but didn't want it to be a particular

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01:13:50,350 --> 01:13:56,270
place on our coast, just a suggestion of the ocean's many colors and its movement.

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01:13:58,720 --> 01:14:06,590
It will be built using roughly these colors of stained glass and will be installed on a

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01:14:06,590 --> 01:14:11,350
lightweight concrete board which will be installed and it's going to be on the outside

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01:14:11,350 --> 01:14:18,770
of the building so if you have any questions I'm happy to answer and that

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01:14:18,770 --> 01:14:26,630
is an example of the concrete board no it's beautiful thank you I don't have

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01:14:26,630 --> 01:14:31,810
any questions anyone else I don't have questions I'm I'm excited about this I'm

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01:14:31,810 --> 01:14:37,070
excited that you were selected this is a long time coming for the Waselva

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01:14:37,070 --> 01:14:42,010
Beach community who fought to ensure that that library wouldn't be closed

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01:14:42,010 --> 01:14:46,430
when there was an effort to close it and now is not only seeing that it's it's living but it's

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01:14:46,430 --> 01:14:52,230
living with an entirely new spot and I know that that is technically the new back entrance but we

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01:14:52,230 --> 01:14:56,550
still all view that as the front entrance so don't be concerned about that but it's also a spot

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01:14:57,150 --> 01:14:59,970
that will be seen by people beyond just those using a lot of

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01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:04,860
February, which is important, it's a community center right across the walkway from there. Right

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01:15:04,860 --> 01:15:09,720
outside the children's room, it's going to bring this warmth and joy. We had multiple community

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01:15:09,720 --> 01:15:14,540
meetings and this sense of community place and this sense of making sure that it has

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01:15:14,540 --> 01:15:19,800
some connection to the ocean and the environment, where what we heard repeatedly in your piece

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01:15:19,800 --> 01:15:26,520
captures it perfectly. So thank you for that. And congratulations on this. I know we need

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01:15:26,520 --> 01:15:30,600
to accept public comment before we bring it back for a motion but I'm excited to see this

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01:15:30,600 --> 01:15:34,980
piece come up. Thank you. I think you said it better than I did.

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01:15:38,520 --> 01:15:44,260
Is there any public comment on this item? Does anyone like to speak to us? Seeing none, I'll

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01:15:44,260 --> 01:15:50,560
bring it back to the board for deliberation action. With a lot of thanks for parks, a

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01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:53,660
lot of thanks to our Arts Commission and to the artists. I'd like to move the

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01:15:53,660 --> 01:15:54,300
recommended actions.

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And I'll second it and say it's a beautiful piece, and I look forward to seeing it when

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01:15:59,420 --> 01:16:01,900
it's all hung on the library wall.

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01:16:02,700 --> 01:16:02,880
Yes.

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01:16:03,200 --> 01:16:03,540
Thank you.

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01:16:03,780 --> 01:16:04,100
Congratulations.

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01:16:04,960 --> 01:16:07,720
So we have a motion by Friend and a second by Leopold.

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01:16:07,820 --> 01:16:09,460
All those in favor, please say aye.

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01:16:09,720 --> 01:16:09,980
Aye.

975
01:16:10,680 --> 01:16:11,160
Opposed?

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01:16:11,340 --> 01:16:12,320
That passes unanimously.

977
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:15,040
Look forward to the construction.

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01:16:18,650 --> 01:16:22,190
Our next item is item number eight, which is a considerable report on the focused

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01:16:22,190 --> 01:16:29,110
Intervention Team, the FIT team pilot program to increase services to eligible FIT participants

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01:16:29,110 --> 01:16:33,870
and reduce community impacts from aggressive criminal behavior and to direct staff to return

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01:16:33,870 --> 01:16:38,830
with an annual report in March 2020 as outlined in a memorandum of the CAO.

982
01:16:39,630 --> 01:16:44,330
And we have the sheriff here to present and Mr. Herrera from Mental Health.

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01:16:44,750 --> 01:16:48,190
Well, good morning, Chairman Coonerty, Board of Supervisors, Jim Hart, Sheriff Corner.

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01:16:49,990 --> 01:16:56,470
And today's presentation, we're going to provide you with a brief update of the first five months of the FIT program.

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01:16:58,450 --> 01:17:04,350
And we're going to give you a quick reminder of how and why the FIT pilot came to be.

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01:17:04,450 --> 01:17:05,870
We're going to look at who our clients are.

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01:17:06,370 --> 01:17:13,610
We're just going to share a couple of brief client experiences and provide a summary of what we believe the program strengths are.

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01:17:13,610 --> 01:17:18,310
and then we are going to be looking at the risks and outlining our full pilot

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01:17:18,310 --> 01:17:23,690
evaluation plan. Eric Riera is here from Health Services and he'll walk you

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01:17:23,690 --> 01:17:28,150
through the program history and client profile. Eric? Good morning, Board. Eric

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01:17:28,150 --> 01:17:35,890
Riera, County Behavioral Health Director. I wanted to begin with a history of

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01:17:35,890 --> 01:17:41,130
collaboration and innovation in developing this program. Between County

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01:17:41,130 --> 01:17:46,230
law enforcement and behavioral health, we both have a long history of adapting innovative

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01:17:46,230 --> 01:17:53,250
programs to our local community. Two examples are our crisis intervention team at the jail,

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01:17:53,830 --> 01:17:59,050
as well as our law enforcement liaison program, and now our focused intervention team.

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01:17:59,930 --> 01:18:05,590
The focused intervention team pilot was not developed as an off-the-shelf program.

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01:18:10,290 --> 01:18:11,110
It's

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01:18:11,110 --> 01:18:13,830
building on the mental health liaison program

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01:18:13,830 --> 01:18:16,250
that's been so successful in our community.

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01:18:21,720 --> 01:18:25,060
The FIT pilot is a county program that was developed

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01:18:25,060 --> 01:18:28,120
by the sheriff, behavioral health,

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01:18:28,380 --> 01:18:30,060
and our county administrative office.

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01:18:31,080 --> 01:18:34,080
The team is comprised of three peace officers,

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01:18:34,560 --> 01:18:37,320
three clinicians, and one administrative aide.

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01:18:39,410 --> 01:18:42,130
It provides intense field-based supervision

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01:18:42,130 --> 01:18:45,290
and in custody services for those participants.

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01:18:45,290 --> 01:18:50,650
fast-track custody assessment, service and treatment plan development,

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01:18:51,730 --> 01:18:55,570
and the custody status determined at arraignment or conditional release.

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01:18:57,010 --> 01:19:03,310
It's heavily focused on community engagement and participation from the members served in the program,

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01:19:03,930 --> 01:19:09,270
and we also have an independent program evaluation that's being done by ASR.

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01:19:09,270 --> 01:19:10,190
On

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the next slide, I wanted to talk a little bit about some client profile information.

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01:19:19,480 --> 01:19:26,660
As you can see from the slide, the average age of our fit clients is approximately 41 years of age.

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01:19:28,400 --> 01:19:33,460
The next highest category are individuals between 30 and 39.

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01:19:36,970 --> 01:19:41,110
Over 90% of the clients served by the fit team are men,

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01:19:41,110 --> 01:19:46,010
And you can see some other pertinent demographic information on the slide.

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01:19:50,060 --> 01:19:56,060
Over 70 percent of the clients served through the FIT program have lived in Santa Cruz County

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01:19:56,060 --> 01:19:59,340
for over 10 years prior to enrolling in FIT.

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01:20:00,800 --> 01:20:07,380
Not shown here, but critical to understanding the client population is that all 45 clients

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01:20:07,640 --> 01:20:13,200
were determined to need substance use treatment services, and 96 percent of the clients

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01:20:13,200 --> 01:20:16,440
were experiencing homelessness at the time of enrollment.

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01:20:21,340 --> 01:20:27,160
We'd like to give the board two examples of actual fit clients that illustrate the challenges

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01:20:28,050 --> 01:20:30,680
of the clients that were targeting with this program.

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Client A in the illustration on the slide in the year prior to enrolling in fit was

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01:20:38,260 --> 01:20:45,400
booked into jail 11 times, arrested 43 times, and had over 50 stay-away orders.

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01:20:47,160 --> 01:20:54,080
People reported this client described him as yelling, belligerent, refusing to leave

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01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:59,520
local premises and engaging in other inappropriate behaviors in the community.

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01:21:00,860 --> 01:21:09,160
After enrolling in FIT, the client had no additional jail bookings and was arrested only three times.

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01:21:10,260 --> 01:21:15,380
The client entered five recovery programs and obtained a part-time job.

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01:21:16,580 --> 01:21:24,020
The client went 60 days without arrest and received a FIT completion letter on July 30th of this year.

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01:21:25,080 --> 01:21:31,440
However, since then, the client has regressed and was arrested twice and has subsequently

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01:21:31,440 --> 01:21:35,620
been added back to the FIT caseload on August 23rd.

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I'm going to turn it over to Sheriff Hart to talk about our next client.

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01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:51,680
So client B is a very interesting example of some of the different people that we're

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01:21:51,680 --> 01:21:52,760
seeing come through the program.

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As you can see in the year prior to Rowling and Fit, he was booked into jail seven times.

1037
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And in that year, he spent 238 days in county jail.

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He'd been disrupting businesses, challenging people to fight, harassing public works employees.

1039
01:22:09,100 --> 01:22:14,140
Since in Rowling and Fit, the client has eight arrests and spent about half as much

1040
01:22:14,140 --> 01:22:15,960
time in jail with 118 days.

1041
01:22:16,720 --> 01:22:21,520
This person's refused mental health and substance use treatment and has been hostile towards

1042
01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:26,980
fit deputies and clinicians. The client informed the fit court that he does not want to participate

1043
01:22:26,980 --> 01:22:32,200
in the program. However, perhaps due to the client's intense dislike for the program,

1044
01:22:32,380 --> 01:22:36,280
he has not been arrested since August 5th of this year, so he's gone nearly 60 days

1045
01:22:36,280 --> 01:22:41,860
now without an arrest. And we share these examples today because as it's too early

1046
01:22:41,860 --> 01:22:45,980
to draw conclusions about these clients, it is also too early to draw conclusions

1047
01:22:45,980 --> 01:22:52,060
about the FIT pilot. These clients are very difficult to engage and we expect that they

1048
01:22:52,060 --> 01:22:54,080
will cycle in and out of the program over time.

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01:23:00,000 --> 01:23:06,520
Next slide we want to talk about is some preliminary data for the first five months of operations

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and overall we're seeing a decline in arrests among FIT clients as well as jail bed days.

1051
01:23:11,880 --> 01:23:16,060
I know there was some concern from board members about this program possibly causing

1052
01:23:16,060 --> 01:23:23,940
more incarceration days and again it's a small data set but preliminarily in the first five

1053
01:23:23,940 --> 01:23:31,080
months we're seeing that in column one and the six months before FIT 13 of the 45 people

1054
01:23:31,080 --> 01:23:36,240
who have been enrolled in the program spent about 15 days a month in county jail and then

1055
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you can see now these people since they've been enrolled in FIT are spending about

1056
01:23:40,900 --> 01:23:43,180
six and a half days a month in county jail.

1057
01:23:43,180 --> 01:23:47,180
So their time in custody has been reduced by about 50 percent.

1058
01:23:47,740 --> 01:23:53,680
And then the whole set of 45 people who have been in the program, their jail days have been

1059
01:23:53,680 --> 01:23:56,720
reduced by 25 percent during the last five months.

1060
01:24:02,780 --> 01:24:06,640
The FIT pile requires intense supervision, and that's what we're providing.

1061
01:24:06,860 --> 01:24:08,980
Deputies and clinicians work closely in the field.

1062
01:24:09,480 --> 01:24:14,020
And together, they've made about 1,100 client contacts outside of the jail in

1063
01:24:14,020 --> 01:24:14,580
the courthouse.

1064
01:24:14,580 --> 01:24:21,780
So out in the field, they've contacted about 1,100 different times over the five month period.

1065
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We've had 16 cases closed so far.

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And as we can see that of the 16 cases, there's been two people who have completed the 60 days on the FIT program

1067
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and no arrests have been taken off the FIT client list.

1068
01:24:43,770 --> 01:24:46,990
And then you can see that there's a very small sample size here.

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and so we need to be careful about drawing conclusions on this preliminary data.

1070
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But so far of the 16 people, you can see six actually left the county

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01:24:54,870 --> 01:24:57,030
because they didn't want to be involved in the FIT program.

1072
01:24:57,670 --> 01:24:59,950
If five people picked up new felony cases,

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then you can see the rest of the data on your screen there.

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In terms of risk review, many of the risks are out of control of the FIT team

1075
01:25:11,590 --> 01:25:15,490
and they continue to impact the program, but they're not new to our community.

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01:25:16,230 --> 01:25:22,190
As Eric had mentioned, 96 percent of FIT clients are experiencing homelessness, and lack of

1077
01:25:22,190 --> 01:25:26,870
housing options often constrains opportunities for clients to successfully complete programming.

1078
01:25:27,930 --> 01:25:32,270
Treatment capacity, especially for withdrawal management and residential treatment, continues

1079
01:25:32,270 --> 01:25:33,010
to be an issue.

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And as mentioned, you know that all 45 people who have been in the program have substance

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01:25:37,330 --> 01:25:38,590
use disorder issues.

1082
01:25:40,330 --> 01:25:44,890
In terms of evaluation, the FIT pilot will complete its first year of operation

1083
01:25:44,890 --> 01:25:51,210
at the end of January 2020 and with our partners at ASR we will complete a full evaluation of

1084
01:25:51,210 --> 01:25:56,810
the FIP pilot across the outcome areas that are listed on the screen. We plan to complete

1085
01:25:56,810 --> 01:26:00,910
this evaluation by March 2020 and report back to the board with the results.

1086
01:26:02,410 --> 01:26:09,190
So in summary, the FIP pilot is an initiative to enhance community safety and move into

1087
01:26:09,190 --> 01:26:15,290
people into treatment who are high-frequency criminal justice offenders. It's a strong collaboration

1088
01:26:15,290 --> 01:26:21,070
between the Sheriff's Office, Behavioral Health and CAO. In terms of demographics, clients

1089
01:26:21,070 --> 01:26:26,690
are generally male, homeless, local, and they have substance use disorder. And the first

1090
01:26:26,690 --> 01:26:30,950
six months of operation has yielded fewer arrests and more treatment. And then we're

1091
01:26:30,950 --> 01:26:34,250
looking forward to the independent evaluation by S.R. in 2020.

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01:26:34,850 --> 01:26:37,810
So I want to thank you for your time on this brief presentation.

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01:26:38,710 --> 01:26:41,190
Eric and I are happy to answer any questions you might have.

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01:26:41,350 --> 01:26:43,430
We have most of our FIT team is here.

1095
01:26:43,510 --> 01:26:45,330
I believe six of the seven team members are here.

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01:26:45,850 --> 01:26:49,510
And if there's a question for them, they're happy to answer that as well.

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01:26:49,850 --> 01:26:50,490
So thank you very much.

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01:26:51,270 --> 01:26:51,870
Thank you.

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01:26:52,950 --> 01:26:56,070
I'll just start with – first, I want to say thank you.

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This is by far the most challenging population to deal with.

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and I appreciate the sheriff and HSA's leadership in being willing to step up and try to address

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the issue when essentially all the other systems have failed, both these people and the community

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01:27:11,690 --> 01:27:12,330
over the years.

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I also want to take a moment to appreciate that this is a program that puts community

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01:27:17,770 --> 01:27:24,550
impacts as a high priority, if not the highest priority, because every one of those arrests

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is traumatic for either an individual or even groups of people, children, seniors who are

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01:27:31,250 --> 01:27:36,270
just trying to be in our public spaces and are having to deal with people who are causing

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01:27:36,270 --> 01:27:44,550
tremendous impacts. And so to reduce those incidences is a major benefit to the whole

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01:27:44,550 --> 01:27:53,570
community. I think the structural challenges we face as a society as well as just the

1110
01:27:53,570 --> 01:27:59,490
limitations of what you can do are clear, but I appreciate having these teams patrolling

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01:27:59,490 --> 01:28:06,590
across the county, not limited by jurisdictional lines and trying to address what is the critical

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01:28:06,590 --> 01:28:07,750
issue facing our community.

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01:28:07,930 --> 01:28:10,510
So I just want to thank both of you for your work.

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Thank you.

1115
01:28:11,750 --> 01:28:12,210
Supervisor Leopold.

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01:28:12,670 --> 01:28:13,510
Thank you, Chair.

1117
01:28:13,810 --> 01:28:14,890
Thank you for the presentation.

1118
01:28:15,470 --> 01:28:20,630
I really appreciate the information because my concern at the start of this is it wasn't

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01:28:20,630 --> 01:28:26,690
always clear what it is we were trying to accomplish. And we had a general idea of what

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01:28:26,690 --> 01:28:30,550
it is we wanted to do, but it was hard to figure out what those metrics would be. And

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so it's helpful, at least to me, to see where people are coming from, what kind of pre-fit

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01:28:41,950 --> 01:28:49,250
behavior and post-fit behavior. We see I'm grateful that we aren't just putting

1123
01:28:49,250 --> 01:28:54,230
more people in jail. I don't think that was the intent of the program, and so this information

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01:28:54,670 --> 01:28:59,250
that looks like the people who spend, that we're spending more time in jail or spending

1125
01:28:59,250 --> 01:29:05,490
less time in jail, and that we have a number of people in this program which are receiving

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01:29:05,490 --> 01:29:10,190
treatment services, which is, I think, which we would all agree, is critically

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01:29:10,190 --> 01:29:16,890
important to address the issues that they face and the issues, the impacts of affected

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01:29:16,890 --> 01:29:22,730
community. I'm wondering of the small dataset that we have, those that have completed the

1129
01:29:22,730 --> 01:29:27,870
FIT program, what kind of transition do they have to something else? Because these are

1130
01:29:27,870 --> 01:29:38,390
obviously high-need individuals and the FIT programs are or interventions seem to be

1131
01:29:38,390 --> 01:29:45,070
useful in getting people to start addressing some of the issues that they face, whether

1132
01:29:45,070 --> 01:29:50,610
they'd be substance use disorder or maybe mental health services. When someone graduates

1133
01:29:51,350 --> 01:29:58,510
from the FIT program, are they involved with the HOPS program or some other program that

1134
01:29:58,510 --> 01:29:59,030
that we have.

1135
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:04,200
To make sure that there's some ability to maintain their status.

1136
01:30:05,440 --> 01:30:10,900
The focus of the HOPE's team is to work with homeless individuals who have not yet been

1137
01:30:10,900 --> 01:30:16,720
connected to services, so fit participants would generally be connected with ongoing treatment

1138
01:30:16,720 --> 01:30:21,920
either through our substance use disorder system or through specialty mental health

1139
01:30:21,920 --> 01:30:26,460
services or even through our integrated behavioral health program in clinics.

1140
01:30:26,460 --> 01:30:32,860
I do want to mention that one of our biggest challenges in supporting people's recovery

1141
01:30:32,860 --> 01:30:34,240
is the lack of housing.

1142
01:30:35,080 --> 01:30:40,800
As was mentioned during the presentation, 96 percent of the FIT participants were homeless.

1143
01:30:41,460 --> 01:30:46,740
We have been successful in housing very small numbers of FIT participants, but for those

1144
01:30:46,740 --> 01:30:51,940
who are leaving a treatment program like from Janice, for example, having to go back

1145
01:30:51,940 --> 01:30:57,680
out onto the streets and maintain their sobriety at a time when they continue to be homeless

1146
01:30:57,680 --> 01:31:01,360
is one of the most significant challenges that we deal with.

1147
01:31:01,980 --> 01:31:07,960
I can imagine that when you see the numbers of people in this program, their percentage

1148
01:31:07,960 --> 01:31:13,480
of 96% homeless, we know how hard that would be and it's a big challenge.

1149
01:31:14,500 --> 01:31:26,500
The other question I had is, have we earlier today in our consent agenda heard about the

1150
01:31:26,500 --> 01:31:30,320
drug Medi-Cal residential treatment bed utilization?

1151
01:31:31,040 --> 01:31:37,540
And as I mentioned, they were at 100 percent or nearly 100 percent everywhere.

1152
01:31:38,180 --> 01:31:42,440
Do we have people in the FIT program who could, who need residential treatment but

1153
01:31:42,440 --> 01:31:43,860
there isn't a bed when they need it?

1154
01:31:45,640 --> 01:31:49,260
We have been running at full capacity

1155
01:31:49,260 --> 01:31:51,000
within residential services.

1156
01:31:51,620 --> 01:31:53,280
And for the first time, actually,

1157
01:31:53,600 --> 01:31:57,720
we had two instances where we were not

1158
01:31:57,720 --> 01:32:00,920
able to immediately get someone into a residential bed.

1159
01:32:01,040 --> 01:32:01,800
They had to wait.

1160
01:32:02,660 --> 01:32:05,600
So it's something that we're paying particular attention

1161
01:32:05,600 --> 01:32:08,080
to how we can build residential capacity

1162
01:32:08,080 --> 01:32:09,080
within the community.

1163
01:32:10,200 --> 01:32:12,740
They're not easy programs to cite,

1164
01:32:12,740 --> 01:32:21,940
as you can imagine. So we've been working both on potential in-county solutions as well

1165
01:32:21,940 --> 01:32:28,520
as out-of-county. Our current efforts are to work with another non-profit in Santa Cruz

1166
01:32:28,520 --> 01:32:34,340
County who has submitted an application to the state to become a drug medical provider.

1167
01:32:35,680 --> 01:32:41,340
And that application has been in for approximately four months. So we should be hearing from

1168
01:32:41,340 --> 01:32:45,500
the state on whether that's approved within the next couple of months, and that will be

1169
01:32:45,500 --> 01:32:51,020
bringing additional residential bed capacity online for our community.

1170
01:32:51,880 --> 01:32:51,900
Great.

1171
01:32:52,280 --> 01:32:57,800
And of the 30 fit clients we have on the caseloader right now, seven are in a treatment

1172
01:32:57,800 --> 01:32:58,900
program today.

1173
01:33:00,040 --> 01:33:04,740
Well, I really appreciate the collaborative nature of this program.

1174
01:33:05,120 --> 01:33:10,520
I want to thank the staff who's out there every day doing the hard work necessary

1175
01:33:10,520 --> 01:33:17,700
to ensure that people get good services, that they aren't impacting the community anymore

1176
01:33:17,700 --> 01:33:22,500
and are collecting the data so we can all see, you know, so what progress we're making.

1177
01:33:22,700 --> 01:33:28,040
I look forward to the full evaluation next spring, but I think you're off to a good

1178
01:33:28,040 --> 01:33:29,300
start, so thank you for that.

1179
01:33:35,350 --> 01:33:36,290
Thanks a lot.

1180
01:33:37,050 --> 01:33:44,650
I mean, it's good, it's a good program and I'm really happy to see that we are

1181
01:33:44,650 --> 01:33:53,610
addressing a problem that many, many areas everywhere are facing right now and it's good

1182
01:33:53,610 --> 01:33:57,730
to see you working together and so basically I'd just say thank you.

1183
01:33:58,230 --> 01:33:58,690
Thank you.

1184
01:33:58,910 --> 01:33:59,750
Thank you.

1185
01:34:00,650 --> 01:34:06,290
And to the, I think a point, I was just, to the point about housing, I was just hearing

1186
01:34:06,290 --> 01:34:13,130
about a shelter provider over in Santa Clara County who is developing a program or has

1187
01:34:13,130 --> 01:34:19,330
developed a program that helps connect people who, once they get stabilized and go through

1188
01:34:19,330 --> 01:34:25,730
treatment, then connects them with jobs in, you know, places where there's high demand

1189
01:34:25,730 --> 01:34:31,370
for relatively low-skilled labor and lower-cost housing prices and then facilitates people

1190
01:34:31,370 --> 01:34:37,250
being going to those communities where there's an endless supply of jobs and relatively

1191
01:34:37,250 --> 01:34:41,590
low housing and giving people an opportunity to start building a life where it's going

1192
01:34:41,590 --> 01:34:48,590
to be sort of financially possible to make a living and pay rent and everything else.

1193
01:34:48,750 --> 01:34:54,070
So I think looking at partnering, I think the folks in the FIT team have their hands full

1194
01:34:54,070 --> 01:35:00,650
on databases, but if there's a way that we can work with the HSD staff or other providers

1195
01:35:00,650 --> 01:35:05,090
to help facilitate a path for folks once they've completed a program and put in the work

1196
01:35:05,090 --> 01:35:10,530
and been stabilized, I think it's – and helping us really – we should be facilitating

1197
01:35:10,530 --> 01:35:14,130
and supporting people, I think it's worth looking at.

1198
01:35:14,850 --> 01:35:15,390
Thank you.

1199
01:35:15,510 --> 01:35:21,410
And I just want to briefly add that a team like this, when they're dealing with a really

1200
01:35:21,410 --> 01:35:25,050
challenging group, you have to have the right people in this assignment.

1201
01:35:25,550 --> 01:35:31,510
And particularly for the deputy sheriffs, there's been no use of force issues.

1202
01:35:31,650 --> 01:35:36,750
These guys go out and they're compassionate and they work with this group and they bring

1203
01:35:36,750 --> 01:35:39,790
them into custody when they have to and they look at the different options that

1204
01:35:39,790 --> 01:35:44,870
they have, but on both sides on the behavioral health and the law enforcement side, I just

1205
01:35:44,870 --> 01:35:48,010
– I can't say enough about how well this team works together and what a good group

1206
01:35:48,010 --> 01:35:49,310
of people are doing this work every day.

1207
01:35:49,710 --> 01:35:50,010
Absolutely.

1208
01:35:51,190 --> 01:35:51,750
Thank you.

1209
01:35:52,010 --> 01:35:55,370
Is there any public comment from folks who would like to speak to us about this item?

1210
01:36:02,700 --> 01:36:05,000
Am I restricted to two minutes or will be LL3?

1211
01:36:05,440 --> 01:36:06,040
Two minutes.

1212
01:36:06,420 --> 01:36:07,840
We have a presentation coming up.

1213
01:36:08,020 --> 01:36:08,360
I understand.

1214
01:36:08,620 --> 01:36:08,920
Thank you.

1215
01:36:09,320 --> 01:36:10,660
My name is Becky Steinbrenner.

1216
01:36:10,760 --> 01:36:11,980
I'm a resident of rural Aptos.

1217
01:36:12,160 --> 01:36:13,280
Thank you for this information.

1218
01:36:13,280 --> 01:36:20,740
It was a big chunk of the Measure G, half-cent sales tax money that was approved last fall

1219
01:36:20,740 --> 01:36:23,360
for funding unmet needs.

1220
01:36:23,760 --> 01:36:27,020
So I've been curious to see how this would unfold as well.

1221
01:36:27,860 --> 01:36:31,900
I really think there needs to be a cost-benefit analysis of this done.

1222
01:36:32,840 --> 01:36:37,960
45 clients is a good number, but how does that pan out in terms of the economic?

1223
01:36:39,420 --> 01:36:44,940
So I would like to see that cost-benefit analysis done when you come back in March.

1224
01:36:45,480 --> 01:36:46,540
Sheriff Hart, thank you.

1225
01:36:47,360 --> 01:36:50,800
I'm wondering where in the county these clients come from?

1226
01:36:51,340 --> 01:36:53,860
Do they tend to be from a certain area?

1227
01:36:54,600 --> 01:36:55,840
Where are they from?

1228
01:36:56,540 --> 01:36:59,460
And I would like some information about that.

1229
01:36:59,880 --> 01:37:00,920
How many of them are veterans?

1230
01:37:01,680 --> 01:37:04,400
I think that's a big question we need to find out too.

1231
01:37:04,400 --> 01:37:09,120
And how is the community engaged in this process?

1232
01:37:09,360 --> 01:37:19,100
We heard this morning from many people in the haptos area that are unhappy with these sorts of clients in their residential neighborhood.

1233
01:37:19,860 --> 01:37:24,800
How is the public being and community being engaged in this process as it goes along?

1234
01:37:25,360 --> 01:37:26,900
What is the long-term goal?

1235
01:37:27,020 --> 01:37:30,780
What are the things that we aspire to with this program?

1236
01:37:30,780 --> 01:37:37,760
I note that 13% of the program closures are because they left the county.

1237
01:37:37,900 --> 01:37:41,120
That's about half of them. They left the county. Where did they go?

1238
01:37:41,280 --> 01:37:47,600
What are they getting there? And what have we invested in and have them leave?

1239
01:37:48,240 --> 01:37:50,980
I want to suggest that to instill some dignity.

1240
01:37:51,160 --> 01:37:56,140
It's about the transition when they leave to instill some dignity and self-respect.

1241
01:37:56,140 --> 01:38:03,140
In fact, I do know that the Cal Fire Corrections work crews and Ben Lohman are down significantly

1242
01:38:03,780 --> 01:38:05,520
because of the change in regulations.

1243
01:38:06,300 --> 01:38:12,200
What would happen if we gave these people a job up there as two separate specialized

1244
01:38:12,200 --> 01:38:17,320
crews and they go out under supervision of law enforcement, they have a place to

1245
01:38:17,320 --> 01:38:20,580
live up there, they have pay, and they do community service jobs?

1246
01:38:21,120 --> 01:38:21,620
Thank you.

1247
01:38:22,080 --> 01:38:22,440
You're welcome.

1248
01:38:22,680 --> 01:38:22,980
Thank you.

1249
01:38:22,980 --> 01:38:23,960
I

1250
01:38:30,360 --> 01:38:37,940
would also like to see the questions Becky Steinbruner brought up addressed in your next

1251
01:38:37,940 --> 01:38:38,540
report.

1252
01:38:39,000 --> 01:38:49,680
I noticed the important factor of homelessness, lack of housing, and this and your comments,

1253
01:38:50,180 --> 01:38:57,480
Chair Coonerty, about helping to facilitate people into housing and jobs are definitely

1254
01:38:57,480 --> 01:39:06,620
what's needed. However, we have an economic system that is one of the most inequitable

1255
01:39:07,480 --> 01:39:17,300
anywhere. And more and more people are unemployed and driven into homelessness as the corporations

1256
01:39:17,300 --> 01:39:24,260
and the wealth, they have more money. So what's happening here is in context of that.

1257
01:39:26,700 --> 01:39:37,680
Also, I keep thinking of this doctor speaking about the major illnesses of our time having

1258
01:39:37,680 --> 01:39:46,120
to be with heart problems, diabetes, and mental health issues, including suicides that are

1259
01:39:46,120 --> 01:39:54,760
linked to the exposure to the wireless microwave radiation. And 5G will make it worse. I notice

1260
01:39:54,760 --> 01:40:02,520
on the agenda it says about aggressive criminal behavior. I have a friend in Felton. I want

1261
01:40:02,520 --> 01:40:08,680
to give a case in point without names. But there is a very aggressive neighbor that

1262
01:40:08,680 --> 01:40:14,740
is pretty much terrifying the neighborhood. He actually choked my friend's boyfriend,

1263
01:40:14,740 --> 01:40:21,060
friend was pounding at the car window, threatened another neighbor who has an injunction against

1264
01:40:21,060 --> 01:40:29,580
this person, and she has repeatedly pled with the sheriff and to get some remedy and to get

1265
01:40:29,580 --> 01:40:36,700
this person out of the neighborhood. Nothing's been done to help this problem.

1266
01:40:37,880 --> 01:40:44,380
Thank you. So there's no action required today other than to, again, thank you, thank

1267
01:40:44,380 --> 01:40:48,800
the team who's out there and we look forward to the annual report.

1268
01:40:48,800 --> 01:40:49,300
There is action.

1269
01:40:49,520 --> 01:40:50,000
There is action.

1270
01:40:50,480 --> 01:40:50,600
Yeah.

1271
01:40:50,940 --> 01:40:51,160
Absolutely.

1272
01:40:51,980 --> 01:40:54,200
First, I want to thank the presentation.

1273
01:40:55,240 --> 01:40:59,720
Some of the questions that were asked are actually part of the report about who the

1274
01:41:00,520 --> 01:41:05,700
agencies are that are making referrals, and that gives you an idea of what part

1275
01:41:05,700 --> 01:41:06,580
of the county I encourage.

1276
01:41:06,680 --> 01:41:07,740
I wanted to read the report.

1277
01:41:08,160 --> 01:41:12,560
I would move the recommended actions of accepting and filing this FIT report and direct

1278
01:41:12,560 --> 01:41:14,820
staff to return with the annual report in March 2020.

1279
01:41:15,520 --> 01:41:21,620
All right. We've got a motion and a second. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed.

1280
01:41:21,760 --> 01:41:24,380
That passes unanimously. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you.

1281
01:41:27,560 --> 01:41:35,080
We now – well, let me ask the Director of Public Works the timing of this. How long

1282
01:41:35,080 --> 01:41:37,320
will this report going to take? Ten minutes.

1283
01:41:40,600 --> 01:41:44,880
Why don't we – why don't you make it eight minutes and we're ready to go.

1284
01:42:02,360 --> 01:42:04,560
Good morning, Chair, Board of Supervisors.

1285
01:42:04,620 --> 01:42:07,200
Thank you for giving me the time and space here.

1286
01:42:07,820 --> 01:42:11,220
So this is our 2017 Storm Report, an update.

1287
01:42:13,080 --> 01:42:15,120
Today I'm going to cover a handful of items,

1288
01:42:17,910 --> 01:42:20,810
including primarily about the funding status.

1289
01:42:21,150 --> 01:42:25,770
That's the most critical part for time extensions on storm damage projects, but we will go

1290
01:42:25,770 --> 01:42:29,070
through all those that are involved and the process involved.

1291
01:42:29,870 --> 01:42:31,470
And so there are a lot of people involved.

1292
01:42:31,610 --> 01:42:32,850
There are a lot of regulatory agencies.

1293
01:42:33,590 --> 01:42:35,170
And we all work together.

1294
01:42:35,370 --> 01:42:38,110
We have good relationships with all of them, but it does take time.

1295
01:42:38,250 --> 01:42:40,190
And I will share that timing here shortly.

1296
01:42:41,650 --> 01:42:50,290
So in 2017, we had 207 storm damage sites on county roads, 94 of them were FEMA.

1297
01:42:50,490 --> 01:42:52,970
These are local roads, 95 for federal highways.

1298
01:42:52,970 --> 01:42:59,190
these are federal aid routes. There were 18 locally-programmed projects that did not qualify

1299
01:42:59,190 --> 01:43:04,790
for federal aid but are still resulted in damage. Additionally, not on the slide, there were 24

1300
01:43:05,370 --> 01:43:13,510
CSA roadways damaged and six sites in our parks damaged. Just the roadway portions for the

1301
01:43:13,510 --> 01:43:17,810
county road responsibility added up to about $140 million.

1302
01:43:22,300 --> 01:43:24,160
So here's the status of where we

1303
01:43:24,160 --> 01:43:27,700
We have completed 34 of those county roadway projects.

1304
01:43:28,420 --> 01:43:32,220
We have 10 in construction, 44 are ready for construction,

1305
01:43:32,680 --> 01:43:36,200
and 119 are in design and permitting.

1306
01:43:37,500 --> 01:43:43,490
Here is some before and after of the projects that we've completed.

1307
01:43:44,470 --> 01:43:47,310
So we're making good headway, but we've got a ways to go.

1308
01:43:49,660 --> 01:43:52,080
So here is a bit about the process.

1309
01:43:53,840 --> 01:43:58,640
Through federal highways, we have to have projects ready to construct within two years

1310
01:43:59,060 --> 01:43:59,900
of the declaration.

1311
01:44:00,880 --> 01:44:06,520
And what that means is that we have to have a request for authorization into Caltrans

1312
01:44:07,400 --> 01:44:13,400
that includes the scope filed in, the design complete, environmental review complete,

1313
01:44:13,600 --> 01:44:17,840
right-of-way secured, utilities relocated, and agreements in place.

1314
01:44:17,840 --> 01:44:26,540
Then we can submit for our request for authorization and the result from that is called an E76.

1315
01:44:26,820 --> 01:44:32,340
That's the authorization we're working toward so that we can meet the two-year construction timeframe.

1316
01:44:33,240 --> 01:44:41,260
As of today, out of the 49 packages we've submitted recently, as of today we have six of those with E76.

1317
01:44:41,600 --> 01:44:42,320
So that's good news.

1318
01:44:42,520 --> 01:44:43,160
Those are clear.

1319
01:44:43,920 --> 01:44:46,880
Do not need time extensions any longer, but that's just as of today.

1320
01:44:46,880 --> 01:44:52,700
The rest of the 49 are under review through Caltrans and Federal Highways.

1321
01:44:57,680 --> 01:44:59,980
So I will share with you that this two-year...

1322
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:07,460
Requirement is very unrealistic through federal highways. Today, our average is about two and

1323
01:45:07,460 --> 01:45:12,320
a half years just through the federal process so that we can submit that RFA, that request

1324
01:45:12,320 --> 01:45:18,440
for authorization. Here's a timeline of what we have experienced that it takes to go through

1325
01:45:18,440 --> 01:45:23,360
the federal process. 12 months for a federal procurement process, that's to hire consultants

1326
01:45:23,360 --> 01:45:28,900
to design the project. Six months to do the damage assessments, that's federal highways

1327
01:45:28,900 --> 01:45:33,740
and Caltrans coming to our county and reviewing the sites. These are average months, of course.

1328
01:45:34,820 --> 01:45:39,520
The environmental review permitting on average takes seven and a half months. Typically,

1329
01:45:39,840 --> 01:45:44,220
all of these federal projects require betterment justification because of our terrain,

1330
01:45:44,580 --> 01:45:48,760
and then we average about three months or more for right-of-way certification

1331
01:45:48,760 --> 01:45:53,860
and utility coordination, adding up to two and a half years when the federal rule is two

1332
01:45:53,860 --> 01:45:57,800
years. So we certainly have a problem in this area, and that's why we're here today

1333
01:45:57,800 --> 01:46:00,920
sharing our status and our risks.

1334
01:46:07,100 --> 01:46:10,140
So in order to get a time extension beyond

1335
01:46:10,140 --> 01:46:17,000
the two years, we do have to submit requests and justification for those delays. Here is

1336
01:46:17,000 --> 01:46:24,740
a table that shows what is acceptable and what is not. We've primarily focused our

1337
01:46:24,740 --> 01:46:32,600
strategy on getting our R phase in so that we can secure the E76, but considering the

1338
01:46:32,600 --> 01:46:37,500
federal process of two-and-a-half years. We typically, our justification is

1339
01:46:38,220 --> 01:46:42,600
demonstrating that the delays are not due to our local agency, but due to the federal process.

1340
01:46:48,680 --> 01:46:53,220
So just a matter of a few weeks ago, we submitted 85 time extension requests,

1341
01:46:54,160 --> 01:47:00,720
and you'll notice that most of this presentation is focused on the federal highway portion. The FEMA projects are actually

1342
01:47:01,320 --> 01:47:04,560
fairly well moving forward, and we don't have the same

1343
01:47:05,640 --> 01:47:07,140
risks and and troubles.

1344
01:47:07,940 --> 01:47:10,000
So I'll just continue to focus on the Federal Highway.

1345
01:47:16,120 --> 01:47:18,980
So the 85-time extensions equate

1346
01:47:18,980 --> 01:47:20,980
to about $48 million of risk.

1347
01:47:21,460 --> 01:47:23,360
I will direct you to the very last page

1348
01:47:23,360 --> 01:47:24,860
of the exhibit of the board letter.

1349
01:47:25,140 --> 01:47:27,720
It does have a breakdown on what these 85 projects are.

1350
01:47:28,580 --> 01:47:31,440
We have a number of them, let me turn to myself,

1351
01:47:32,340 --> 01:47:34,120
where we have submitted RFAs.

1352
01:47:35,320 --> 01:47:39,160
There are 45 projects

1353
01:47:39,160 --> 01:47:41,080
where we've submitted the RFAs on,

1354
01:47:41,080 --> 01:47:44,520
And that totals $24 million worth.

1355
01:47:45,640 --> 01:47:55,400
Additionally, we have 37 projects that we have not been able to submit RFAs on due to their status and environmental review and processing.

1356
01:47:55,680 --> 01:47:56,740
Those are worth $18 million.

1357
01:47:57,540 --> 01:48:06,360
And then if you're tracking my math, there is an additional $6 million on projects that we built during the storm event that we're still working to get reimbursement.

1358
01:48:06,800 --> 01:48:08,840
So we've requested time extensions for those.

1359
01:48:08,840 --> 01:48:12,100
So, that totals 85 projects worth 48 million.

1360
01:48:12,500 --> 01:48:17,400
The high risk are the projects that have not – we have not been able to submit RFAs on,

1361
01:48:17,480 --> 01:48:20,680
which is approximately $18 million worth.

1362
01:48:27,610 --> 01:48:32,690
To date, we've conducted a large amount of legislative efforts – Santa Cruz County,

1363
01:48:33,070 --> 01:48:38,310
CISAC, NACO, Representative Panetta, Representative Eshoo, Senator Harris, Senator Feinstein,

1364
01:48:38,410 --> 01:48:44,070
and many other federal legislators are urging Congress to amend their codes so

1365
01:48:44,070 --> 01:48:50,230
that we can change the two years to six years so we don't have to continue to risk the funding

1366
01:48:50,790 --> 01:48:57,670
that's at stake today. I would certainly like to thank our Board of Supervisors. Many of

1367
01:48:57,670 --> 01:49:04,570
you have been very, very active. You've taken a big role and responsibility to help us get

1368
01:49:04,570 --> 01:49:11,410
the word out, to mount an effort to change the law so that we can be more secure in

1369
01:49:11,410 --> 01:49:18,570
funding and I would like to provide extra thanks to Representative Panetta and Representative

1370
01:49:18,570 --> 01:49:22,990
Eshu for multiple joint letters to Federal Highways encouraging their support for needed

1371
01:49:22,990 --> 01:49:23,670
time extensions.

1372
01:49:24,250 --> 01:49:28,590
I will share with you today that Federal Highways has informed us that within a couple

1373
01:49:28,590 --> 01:49:34,950
weeks we should have their summary of review of our time extension requests, our

1374
01:49:34,950 --> 01:49:39,230
fingers are crossed we're working hard and closely with their staff to ensure

1375
01:49:39,230 --> 01:49:43,290
that they have the justification they need to grant us extensions.

1376
01:49:46,090 --> 01:49:48,590
With that, I will thank

1377
01:49:48,590 --> 01:49:53,710
you and ask for any questions. And the item before you today is to consider this report

1378
01:49:54,170 --> 01:49:58,590
and to direct public works to return in March of 2020 with an update to the board. And

1379
01:49:58,590 --> 01:50:01,790
I can answer any questions you may have. Thank you. Are there any questions from

1380
01:50:01,790 --> 01:50:07,790
board members? Brief questions. Supervisor Friend. I don't have a question.

1381
01:50:10,150 --> 01:50:10,630
I'll

1382
01:50:10,630 --> 01:50:15,430
You have taken a remarkable leadership role on this yourself, be it on your recent trip

1383
01:50:15,430 --> 01:50:18,810
to D.C. that we did together, but also you've been to San Francisco to meet with state legislators

1384
01:50:19,950 --> 01:50:24,950
that were there in Sacramento with our state delegation and with FHWA in Sacramento.

1385
01:50:26,150 --> 01:50:31,130
We wouldn't be even in the opportunity, I think, to be considered for an extension

1386
01:50:31,130 --> 01:50:34,830
if it weren't for your advocacy and along with Mr. Wiesner catching this pretty early

1387
01:50:34,830 --> 01:50:35,730
on some of these issues.

1388
01:50:35,730 --> 01:50:40,870
With that said, I think it's important for the community to understand, because we here,

1389
01:50:40,990 --> 01:50:45,250
for those of us that had so much of the damage, just actually most of it was in my district,

1390
01:50:45,870 --> 01:50:50,530
constantly what is the status we've provided timelines to the community with that status

1391
01:50:50,530 --> 01:50:54,130
that unfortunately haven't been able to come true as a result of what's happening at

1392
01:50:54,130 --> 01:51:00,910
the federal level, that the county is ready to build on at least half of these projects.

1393
01:51:01,090 --> 01:51:05,150
We just simply need, in essence, a paperwork approval for an extension, just to put

1394
01:51:05,150 --> 01:51:09,790
that in perspective it's not but without that 40 plus million dollars it'll be a

1395
01:51:09,790 --> 01:51:14,950
significant delay in the ability for us to do this and so any advocacy that the

1396
01:51:14,950 --> 01:51:19,590
community also wants to do to reach out to your federal delegation and the

1397
01:51:19,590 --> 01:51:23,930
administration would be appreciated but the county and the leadership of this

1398
01:51:23,930 --> 01:51:27,850
public works director deputy CAO has been very strong in this issue and I

1399
01:51:27,850 --> 01:51:29,610
I wanted to acknowledge you for that work, Mr. Rashadon.

1400
01:51:30,410 --> 01:51:30,670
Thank you.

1401
01:51:31,270 --> 01:51:31,710
Mr. Rashadon?

1402
01:51:32,050 --> 01:51:37,630
I want to express my appreciation also to my colleague, Supervisor Friend, who took time

1403
01:51:37,630 --> 01:51:42,670
off during his July recess to attend the NACO Convention and get them on board to help

1404
01:51:42,670 --> 01:51:43,710
make this happen.

1405
01:51:43,910 --> 01:51:49,950
And our Chair also, if we're going to D.C., to advocate to these agencies.

1406
01:51:51,050 --> 01:51:58,730
It is hard to believe that in the time of national disaster, a nationally declared natural disaster,

1407
01:51:59,250 --> 01:52:04,410
that our federal government would shirk its responsibilities about helping local communities like ours,

1408
01:52:04,870 --> 01:52:07,970
especially when we're so close to actually getting the work done.

1409
01:52:10,270 --> 01:52:13,430
I remain concerned of what's going to happen.

1410
01:52:13,430 --> 01:52:18,710
and this item says it's not to come back until March,

1411
01:52:19,410 --> 01:52:21,870
but you said you're gonna know in a couple weeks

1412
01:52:22,470 --> 01:52:26,030
about what the extension requests would be.

1413
01:52:26,670 --> 01:52:29,250
I think it would be useful to get something back

1414
01:52:29,250 --> 01:52:34,610
from the department to know, A, what happened in those,

1415
01:52:34,770 --> 01:52:36,470
but also to know what our plan is.

1416
01:52:37,370 --> 01:52:40,890
Because as I look at these roads in my district,

1417
01:52:40,890 --> 01:52:46,490
you know, and look at the priorities and the concerns, the delay that people have had

1418
01:52:48,110 --> 01:52:49,530
because of the damage.

1419
01:52:51,470 --> 01:52:56,730
The need's still going to be there, whether the federal government comes through or not.

1420
01:52:57,210 --> 01:53:02,310
And I think we need to start talking way before March 2020 about how we're going

1421
01:53:02,310 --> 01:53:03,110
to make that happen.

1422
01:53:03,110 --> 01:53:10,510
And so I'd like to see us add on, you know, getting a report maybe by our first meeting

1423
01:53:10,510 --> 01:53:14,990
in November to get an update about what's going on and just sort of what our strategy

1424
01:53:14,990 --> 01:53:15,610
is from there.

1425
01:53:16,070 --> 01:53:18,990
But I appreciate the work of our public work staff.

1426
01:53:19,710 --> 01:53:24,770
As I looked at the pictures that you shared, there was a blue van that had fallen into

1427
01:53:24,770 --> 01:53:25,210
the earth.

1428
01:53:25,770 --> 01:53:32,330
That was a repair that you guys got fixed within a couple months of that.

1429
01:53:32,330 --> 01:53:39,130
that. So I know that the Department is hardworking, and it doesn't feel good to be at the hands

1430
01:53:39,130 --> 01:53:43,310
of the federal government at this point, because they seem to be taking it out on states that

1431
01:53:43,310 --> 01:53:44,130
don't support them.

1432
01:53:46,780 --> 01:53:47,160
So brief.

1433
01:53:50,200 --> 01:53:50,620
Thank you.

1434
01:53:52,800 --> 01:54:01,300
It's hard to believe that if I'm not mistaken that in the whole state

1435
01:54:01,300 --> 01:54:08,620
the state of California, we had more damage than any other county in the state of California.

1436
01:54:09,140 --> 01:54:17,500
Is that more damage as far as money, or is it more damage as far as area?

1437
01:54:17,920 --> 01:54:24,300
For the 2017 storms, we had more site damage and more dollar damage than anybody else in

1438
01:54:24,300 --> 01:54:24,600
the state.

1439
01:54:25,120 --> 01:54:25,820
That's amazing.

1440
01:54:26,060 --> 01:54:26,160
Yeah.

1441
01:54:27,260 --> 01:54:36,020
I think we're one of the smallest counties and well we were basically there's only one

1442
01:54:36,020 --> 01:54:40,960
county smaller than Santa Cruz County and the whole county and the whole state of California

1443
01:54:40,960 --> 01:54:52,880
and so it does say if we get money it says we have to show that within two years that

1444
01:54:52,880 --> 01:55:02,560
were at least have a plan to get something done. And then it also says that some things

1445
01:55:02,560 --> 01:55:10,060
are beyond our control. Okay. Now, if the state of California doesn't, I'm sorry, if

1446
01:55:10,060 --> 01:55:16,700
the Federal Highway Administration doesn't give us any money, that's beyond our control,

1447
01:55:16,800 --> 01:55:16,960
right?

1448
01:55:17,560 --> 01:55:23,400
Well, what they're talking about is that the process to get through the environmental,

1449
01:55:23,880 --> 01:55:30,720
the permitting, the right-of-way needs, the design, that process per the federal regulation

1450
01:55:30,720 --> 01:55:32,440
is restricted to two years.

1451
01:55:33,280 --> 01:55:37,420
And so we need to justify why it takes longer than two years.

1452
01:55:37,540 --> 01:55:41,800
And our justification is that the federal process alone, the permitting process, the

1453
01:55:41,800 --> 01:55:44,980
betterment, justification, and so on, takes more than two years.

1454
01:55:44,980 --> 01:55:50,060
and so that's out of our control. The funding doesn't actually get authorized

1455
01:55:50,060 --> 01:55:55,280
until we have a project ready to construct and we receive the E76 that

1456
01:55:55,280 --> 01:55:58,640
that's the authorization that we're targeting that's when the money is

1457
01:55:58,640 --> 01:56:06,200
secured at that point. No, that part is very understandable but if the

1458
01:56:06,200 --> 01:56:12,640
Federal Highway Administration is not giving any money we really can't do

1459
01:56:12,640 --> 01:56:20,520
So what I'm getting at is it's kind of a catch-22 in a sense.

1460
01:56:21,160 --> 01:56:28,420
They're not going to give money for the damage that we already repaired.

1461
01:56:29,800 --> 01:56:31,640
It's a challenging process for sure.

1462
01:56:32,120 --> 01:56:37,300
And so, you know, we've thrown everything at it to secure the funding and to get the projects delivered.

1463
01:56:37,500 --> 01:56:38,660
But you're right, it's difficult.

1464
01:56:39,300 --> 01:56:39,560
Yeah.

1465
01:56:39,560 --> 01:56:39,860
Very difficult.

1466
01:56:39,860 --> 01:56:43,280
So we're basically starting out in the hole, right?

1467
01:56:44,260 --> 01:56:45,380
What, about $10 million?

1468
01:56:49,240 --> 01:56:52,520
So during the storm event, we did go in the hole quite a bit.

1469
01:56:52,980 --> 01:56:55,460
Your action today filled a big chunk of that hole,

1470
01:56:55,500 --> 01:56:56,400
so thank you for that.

1471
01:56:56,820 --> 01:56:57,980
That was very, very helpful.

1472
01:56:58,700 --> 01:57:01,900
Going forward, this additional time extension

1473
01:57:01,900 --> 01:57:04,660
requests and needs from the federal government

1474
01:57:04,660 --> 01:57:06,660
could create a bigger hole, a new hole for us.

1475
01:57:06,700 --> 01:57:07,580
We're hoping it doesn't.

1476
01:57:07,960 --> 01:57:10,220
We're hoping the time extension comes in,

1477
01:57:10,220 --> 01:57:13,360
and we can deliver these projects and we don't create a new hole.

1478
01:57:13,940 --> 01:57:14,960
So that's the plan.

1479
01:57:15,920 --> 01:57:16,380
Thank you.

1480
01:57:16,640 --> 01:57:16,980
Thank you.

1481
01:57:17,420 --> 01:57:19,620
Are there any members of public who would like to speak to us about this item?

1482
01:57:28,080 --> 01:57:34,000
Thank you, Becky Steinbrenner, rural resident on one of the damaged roads in the CSA that

1483
01:57:34,000 --> 01:57:34,760
also had damage.

1484
01:57:34,880 --> 01:57:38,980
Thank you for this good report and for answering many of my questions in advance

1485
01:57:38,980 --> 01:57:39,800
of today's meeting.

1486
01:57:39,940 --> 01:57:41,140
I appreciate that very much.

1487
01:57:41,940 --> 01:57:46,680
So my question is it takes two and a half years.

1488
01:57:46,680 --> 01:57:52,540
you showed a good timeline there of what each step takes, how much of that can be done

1489
01:57:52,540 --> 01:57:58,320
concurrently. I'm sure that you're very efficient and the consultants that the county has hired

1490
01:57:58,320 --> 01:58:03,060
to help with this are very efficient. So what would be the shortest amount of time

1491
01:58:03,640 --> 01:58:07,640
if a lot of work were being done concurrently and there were no snags?

1492
01:58:08,440 --> 01:58:14,060
I also want to know, I also think we need to point out that it's not just a one-time damage

1493
01:58:14,920 --> 01:58:20,560
assessment. In my neighborhood I'm seeing the county crews coming out before the winter

1494
01:58:20,560 --> 01:58:27,480
storms and stabilizing these damaged areas so there are ongoing costs that are associated

1495
01:58:27,480 --> 01:58:33,200
with these things and I hope that those will be able to be covered. I hope that we can

1496
01:58:33,200 --> 01:58:42,280
come cooperate with possibly the state and get some money to focus on repairing the

1497
01:58:42,280 --> 01:58:50,500
areas that are damaged, that may not be funded, that are prime fire evacuation routes. Fire

1498
01:58:50,500 --> 01:58:56,440
safety, fire preparedness is a huge issue in the state. Governor Newsom has shown that

1499
01:58:56,440 --> 01:59:02,800
he's willing to put money to address these issues. And I would like to ask that the

1500
01:59:02,800 --> 01:59:09,740
county supervisors and the Public Works Director talk with the state level to see what they

1501
01:59:09,740 --> 01:59:16,120
could do to help us, if we can't fix it using federal highway money, that we at least focus

1502
01:59:16,120 --> 01:59:22,200
some state money to address the issue of dangerous fire evacuation routes that are damaged and

1503
01:59:22,200 --> 01:59:25,340
could be problematic in the event of a fire. Thank you.

1504
01:59:30,950 --> 01:59:40,570
A very informative report and also quite disturbing. I keep thinking of this documentary

1505
01:59:40,570 --> 01:59:47,010
called Taken for a Ride about how good public transportation systems, I guess,

1506
01:59:47,230 --> 01:59:54,810
around the 1930s or 40s were removed and because of I think it was General Motors,

1507
01:59:55,010 --> 01:59:59,970
Goodyear, Tyre, Phillips, Petroleum, conspired to destroy the

1508
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:07,780
Systems, and now we have this highway system that's very destructive and environmentally

1509
02:00:07,780 --> 02:00:15,020
damaging, and we're in this big mess. And I also think how, you know, I listened to the news,

1510
02:00:15,260 --> 02:00:22,060
how the president can order something to be done right away, executive order, build that wall,

1511
02:00:22,360 --> 02:00:29,140
things I, you know, cage children, things I didn't think are despicable. And yet,

1512
02:00:29,140 --> 02:00:36,060
when we have needs in the community and the county, somehow, you know, there isn't funds,

1513
02:00:36,260 --> 02:00:43,880
it takes a long time, and boy, we're in a mess here, I think we have a big structural problem

1514
02:00:43,880 --> 02:00:50,860
of the money not going where it should go to benefit the public. But thank you for your report.

1515
02:00:51,940 --> 02:00:56,020
Thank you. So that concludes public comment, I'll bring it back to the board for action.

1516
02:00:56,020 --> 02:00:57,960
Move to approve.

1517
02:00:58,560 --> 02:01:02,700
Well, I want to suggest that we move the recommended actions,

1518
02:01:02,800 --> 02:01:05,880
but move up a report back to our first meeting in November,

1519
02:01:06,600 --> 02:01:08,640
if that's amenable to the board.

1520
02:01:09,680 --> 02:01:10,660
Is that okay with you?

1521
02:01:11,120 --> 02:01:11,920
Let's go with the makers.

1522
02:01:12,200 --> 02:01:14,080
So that's a motion and a second by Leopold.

1523
02:01:14,480 --> 02:01:16,220
All those in favor, please say aye.

1524
02:01:16,400 --> 02:01:16,780
Aye.

1525
02:01:17,220 --> 02:01:17,660
Opposed?

1526
02:01:17,780 --> 02:01:18,500
That passes unanimously.

1527
02:01:19,120 --> 02:01:20,320
Thank you, Mr. Trotto, for your work.

1528
02:01:21,220 --> 02:01:23,520
We're now moving on to our 1045 scheduled item,

1529
02:01:23,600 --> 02:01:25,780
and I want to thank everyone for their patience.

1530
02:01:25,780 --> 02:01:30,480
This is a presentation on the Thrive by 3 and Nurse Family Partnership Program as outlined

1531
02:01:30,480 --> 02:01:35,260
in the memorandum of the Director of Human Services and the Health Services Agency Director.

1532
02:01:36,000 --> 02:01:38,620
And we have a whole team, looks like, coming forward.

1533
02:01:40,940 --> 02:01:41,380
Okay.

1534
02:01:42,500 --> 02:01:43,380
This is...

1535
02:01:43,380 --> 02:01:43,700
There we go.

1536
02:01:43,900 --> 02:01:47,300
I think I'll go ahead and get started as folks are getting seated.

1537
02:01:47,520 --> 02:01:49,620
Good morning, Chair Coonerty, members of the board.

1538
02:01:50,600 --> 02:01:53,060
I'm Ellen Timberlake, the Director of the Human Services Department.

1539
02:01:53,060 --> 02:01:58,240
We're very excited to be here today to present you with an update on our Thrive by 3 initiative.

1540
02:01:58,980 --> 02:02:03,760
And before I turn it over to Emily Bali who will introduce the item and our speakers,

1541
02:02:04,400 --> 02:02:09,500
I'd like to take this opportunity to express our deep appreciation to your board

1542
02:02:09,500 --> 02:02:14,780
and to Supervisor Coonerty for your leadership and commitment to increase Santa Cruz County's investment

1543
02:02:14,780 --> 02:02:20,200
in young children and their families and to push us to design and deliver more holistic,

1544
02:02:20,200 --> 02:02:25,360
comprehensive and coordinated service approaches that improve outcomes for children. When we

1545
02:02:25,360 --> 02:02:29,520
started down this path two and a half years ago, I don't think any of us imagine what we'd

1546
02:02:29,520 --> 02:02:34,320
be able to create. Everything you hear in today's presentation is the result of the

1547
02:02:34,320 --> 02:02:39,500
passion, creativity, and commitment of our partners. I'd like to say a special thank

1548
02:02:39,500 --> 02:02:44,900
you to the health services. Mimi Hall and her team have been fantastic partners.

1549
02:02:45,460 --> 02:02:49,560
To first five, Supervisor McPherson, who is not here with us today, is a strong

1550
02:02:49,560 --> 02:02:53,720
advocate for children, our first five commissioners as well as David Brody and of course Nicole

1551
02:02:53,720 --> 02:02:58,700
Young, and of course to all of our community partners, child care advocates and service

1552
02:02:58,700 --> 02:03:01,000
providers who have been with us each step of the way.

1553
02:03:01,920 --> 02:03:08,240
Two years ago we could also not have imagined that our local efforts would receive an unimaginable

1554
02:03:08,240 --> 02:03:14,080
boost in the form of Governor Newsom and his unprecedented investment in California's

1555
02:03:14,080 --> 02:03:15,360
youngest children and their families.

1556
02:03:15,360 --> 02:03:20,840
The synergy between the Governor's vision and our local Thrive by 3 initiative is clear.

1557
02:03:21,700 --> 02:03:27,320
And today we are honored to have Chris Perry, Governor Newsom's Deputy Secretary and Senior

1558
02:03:27,320 --> 02:03:31,780
Advisor for Early Childhood Development join us and share her perspective on these efforts.

1559
02:03:32,420 --> 02:03:36,460
So without further ado, I'd like to turn it over to Emily Bolly, our Deputy Director

1560
02:03:36,460 --> 02:03:38,660
who will introduce the item and our guest.

1561
02:03:39,340 --> 02:03:40,100
Good morning.

1562
02:03:40,800 --> 02:03:44,500
I'd like to begin by thanking the board for dedicating this time to hear a presentation

1563
02:03:44,500 --> 02:03:47,720
about Thrive by Three and some of our early success stories.

1564
02:03:48,600 --> 02:03:50,720
I'm joined today by my co-presenters,

1565
02:03:50,920 --> 02:03:54,060
David Brody, Executive Director of First Five Santa Cruz County,

1566
02:03:54,560 --> 02:03:56,680
and Jennifer Herrera, Chief of Public Health

1567
02:03:56,680 --> 02:03:58,000
for the Health Services Agency.

1568
02:04:02,180 --> 02:04:03,020
It's not working.

1569
02:04:07,560 --> 02:04:09,500
We'll start the presentation with an update

1570
02:04:09,500 --> 02:04:11,100
on the Governor's vision and commitment

1571
02:04:11,100 --> 02:04:13,660
to investing in California's babies and families.

1572
02:04:14,160 --> 02:04:15,060
From Chris Perry,

1573
02:04:15,620 --> 02:04:17,780
the Deputy Secretary of the California Health

1574
02:04:17,780 --> 02:04:19,080
and Human Services Agency

1575
02:04:19,080 --> 02:04:24,320
for Early Childhood Development and Senior Advisor to the Governor on Implementation of

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Early Childhood Development Initiatives. We are honored and grateful that Ms. Perry has

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come to Santa Cruz County specifically to speak to the Board on this item today.

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Then

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we'll provide a brief reminder about what Thrive by 3 is and our systems of care approach.

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And finally, we'll highlight some of our key success stories. Today's presentation

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The presentation will focus on just a few of the notable successes.

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The progress report you received in June, and again with today's board packet,

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contains more detail about our Thrive by Three process, partnerships,

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number of people served, and indicators of progress.

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At this time, I'd like to invite Chris Perry to the podium to share important updates

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in context about California's investments in young children and families.

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Thank you. And thank you so much for joining us today and for all your work and the governor's

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work to support early childhood programs in the state.

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Thank you Chair Coonerty and members of the board and members of the social services team

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and First Five Santa Cruz. It's a great honor to be here. I send greetings from the governor,

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the first partner, the surgeon general and the secretary of Health and Human Services,

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all of whom know that I'm here today are very excited by the work that you're

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leading on children birth to three.

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As Director Timberlake said, the work that's happening

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in California is highly consistent with what you've been

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doing here in Santa Cruz.

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And what I'd like to do is just quickly run through

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the investments that the governor was fortunate enough

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to pass through the recent budget that went into effect

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on July 1st of this year.

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And I think that you'll hear a number of items

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that are remarkably familiar and similar.

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And hopefully you may even feel a little bit

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of pride and ownership that some of these ideas were spurred by the great work here

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in Santa Cruz County.

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Before I get started, I think I'll just remind you that California is home to the highest

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number of children in the country living in concentrated poverty.

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The Annie E. Casey Foundation just released this report today updating us on that number,

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which is very unfortunate, but the good news is we're down 13 percent since 10 years

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ago.

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So the recession, it fortunately is over and we're seeing some improvement in the concentration

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of poverty in California, however, it continues to be a very big problem for the state.

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And the governor was trying to address deep poverty in his recent budget by looking at

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two generation approaches, particularly thinking about children living in deep poverty and

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their parents.

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The most exciting investments came through a number of supports to families with

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a pregnant mother. In California we are experiencing very disproportionate bad outcomes for African

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American mothers, sometimes four times higher health conditions for them and infant mortality

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for their children. So there has been a doubling of Black infant health investments in California

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as well as perinatal equity initiative, which is intended to support those parents

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even further. Postpartum, I'm really happy to talk to you a little bit today about paid family leave

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improvements. I know that may not seem like exactly the same thing as what's happening here,

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but it's intended to support what you're doing here by giving parents the option of being home

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to bond and attach with their newborn. Many people refer to this period of time as the

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fourth trimester for good reason. Children are very vulnerable and it's also very difficult

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and expensive to care for them outside of the home, so the governor is very committed

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to increases in paid family leave, as well as increases to wage replacement.

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We know from looking at the data that even though we are now offering up to eight weeks

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of paid family leave for caregivers, they're only using about five of those weeks, and

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we think that's because the wage replacement is too low.

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So we're considering how we get both wage replacement and weeks of leave up to encourage

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parents to bond and attach with their children.

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The other really exciting new investment, here's where I think we're really in alignment, is around home visiting, particularly evidence-based home visiting, particularly nurse-family partnership.

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As you know, both the Public Health Department and the Social Services Department in the State of California send money to counties to support their work on home visiting.

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This is hopefully going to really do a lot to support the work that you started here, as well as across the state.

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We want to be the state that invests the most in home visiting especially evidence-based home visiting in the case of the social services program

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It's almost a quadrupling of what we were spending on parents who are eligible for Cal works

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They may not even be enrolled yet, but they are eligible. We're doing everything we can to help them reach their self-sufficiency

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Looking further down the age spectrum, but also sometimes connected to birth to three are early learning investments

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investments, everything from increases to child care for low-income children to increased

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access to preschool and increased access to full-day kindergarten.

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There are a number of underlying policy decisions that support those investments, but really

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wanted to point out, if you step back and look at the full spectrum, prenatal through

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age five or kindergarten entry, the governor proposed more than 19 separate policy and

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budget items across multiple departments and agencies to lift up all children,

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children, but particularly children living in poverty or in very under-supported communities.

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My last, in some ways, most exciting updates have to do with the appointment of the first-ever

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California Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, who is leading the work in California

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around trauma-informed care, and particularly screening children for adverse child experiences.

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This hopefully will also add to the efforts you have here by creating another funding

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stream within your county to help identify children that may have been exposed to adverse

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child experiences, as well as new dollars to support them being screened for their development.

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It's a different screen, but also important for catching issues that may need to be addressed

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through early intervention.

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Thinking ahead to the future, I wanted to talk just a moment about the importance

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of greater structural integration at the state level to reduce the burden on Santa

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County and other counties who are trying to administer integrated programs to families

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that need them and who need it to be easier. At the Health and Human Services Agency,

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we're going to be launching a master plan for early learning and care. We will be looking

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at everything we can do within our authority and our power to reintegrate programs that

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have been, in some cases, disintegrated over many decades and have created more and

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burden at the local level. And we also see ourselves as having to be the bridge or the

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conduit to the federal government who sends, in many cases, more than 80 percent of the

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dollars we spend in California on children under five. And we have to figure out what

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can we do to help them integrate, too.

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So we have a role between the local and federal government to create an integrated

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hub of services and supports for children who are in the public safety net programs

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so that we can be partners in this, co-investors in their future, because we do view the Governor's

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budget as an investment in California's future.

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Thank you very much for having me here.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Good news.

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We needed some good news, so thank you.

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Thank you again, Ms. Perry, for starting off today's presentation with the Big Picture.

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It's a great reminder of the alignment and synergy between statewide and local innovation

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and strategic investments.

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Next, I'll do a quick review of what Thrive by 3 is.

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As you know, Thrive by 3 is the early childhood fund that was established by the board in January 2017,

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with direction to invest those funds in the earliest years of childhood from the prenatal stage through three years old

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during the most rapid and critical period of brain development.

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In evidence-based two-generation approaches that achieve breakthrough outcomes for young

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children facing adversity and an integrated, comprehensive, prenatal to three system of

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care in order to improve the types of outcomes and about to review, particularly among children

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and families facing the greatest cumulative risk.

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The next two slides will show the highest level outcomes or community impacts that

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we're aiming to influence with the Thrive by Three investments.

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We want to ensure that all babies in Santa Cruz County are born healthy.

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We're monitoring countywide indicators related to this community-level impact, such as early prenatal care

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and babies born full-term and at healthy birth weights to gauge how we're doing overall as a county.

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Over time, we hope to demonstrate that Thrive by Three investments are contributing to positive trends in community-level impacts.

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We also want to ensure that families have the resources they need to support children's

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optimal development.

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Countywide indicators we're monitoring include access to high quality care and early learning

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opportunities and access to economic and self-sufficiency supports.

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We want to ensure all young children in our county live in safe, nurturing families.

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We're exploring options for establishing countywide measures of parenting confidence

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and practices, parent-child relationships, and parent and caregiver emotional well-being.

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And ultimately, we want to ensure that all children are happy, healthy, and thriving by age three.

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Although there are several ways to measure health and well-being, we're paying particular attention to rates of child maltreatment

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and entries into foster care to gauge whether our prevention efforts are effective.

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And now I'll turn it over to David for the overview of how we've taken a systems approach

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to maximize the impact of the Thrive by Three Funds.

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Thank you, Emily.

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Thank you, members of the Board.

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First, let me define what we mean by system of care.

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In its simplest form, a system of care means a service delivery approach that builds

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partnerships to create a broad, integrated process for meeting families' multiple needs.

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This has been our North Star.

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From the beginning it continues to drive every discussion and decision about how we invest

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and how we implement activities that will achieve the broad goals and outcomes that this board

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has outlined.

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The Thrive by Three system of care is built on these basic building blocks.

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a whole child.

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Generation approach to identifying risk and protective factors at the earliest point possible.

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Linkages to a coordinated continuum of care, a reintegration, as Secretary Perry has said.

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A strong, sustainable foundation of partnerships with mutual accountability, high-quality programs,

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and results-based framework. Programs, practices, and policies that leverage resources and create

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equitable opportunities for young children and families to experience interconnected,

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core conditions for health and well-being.

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We hope this graphic of the core conditions for health and well-being looks familiar to you.

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The key message of this visual is that these are the eight essential conditions that must be present and connected

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in order to achieve equitable health and well-being across the community and across the lifespan.

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In other words, if we're aiming to improve health and wellness, for instance,

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We must acknowledge and address the opportunities and gaps related to life-long learning and

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education, which is tied to economic security and mobility, and stable, affordable housing

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and shelter and so on.

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And now we overlay the Thrive by 3 initiative.

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We can see how our efforts to strengthen the system of care are contributing or helping

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to create the core conditions for health and well-being for young children and families.

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Here's one example, Healthy Steps, an evidence-based interdisciplinary primary care program by definition

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a model for enhancing health and wellness.

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It does this through team-based well-child visits where child development, social, emotional

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and behavioral screening are conducted routinely.

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In the Healthy Steps model, families with young children are also connected to early

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learning resources, which is a vital support and strategy for increasing families' economic

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as well as children's learning and development.

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The Healthy Steps model also integrates parenting support

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into its primary care services, which supports thriving families

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and identifies other family needs such as economic supports

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and housing and links them to resources,

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which is another way of supporting thriving families.

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Essentially, the yellow lines that connect the large health

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and wellness circle with the other core conditions

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represent care coordination and system navigation which are integral to the

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Healthy Steps model. In the ideal system of care all of the dotted lines

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connecting the core conditions would turn yellow. Emily?

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At this point you may be

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wondering how Thrive by 3 is impacting people's lives and service

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providers' experiences. So we'll highlight what we see as the most

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notable success stories.

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Starting with our key implementation partners

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centers, which include HSD, HSA, First 5, Encompass Community Services, the Public Health

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02:17:57,960 --> 02:18:03,200
Department, Nurse Family Partnership, the Health Improvement Partnership, Santa Cruz

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02:18:03,200 --> 02:18:08,700
Community Health Centers, Salud para la Gente, Nicole Young of Optimal Solutions and ASR.

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Partnerships between these agencies existed before Thrive by 3 and have only grown stronger

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through our collective efforts to coordinate, implement, and evaluate the Thrive by

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system of care.

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Our ability to leverage investments is another major success. As you can see from

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this chart, we've leveraged other funds that support our goals of enhancing the capacity

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and coordination of the Thrive by 3 system of care and establishing a strong foundation

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for the system. Some of these funds were existing resources within partners budgets

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that were designed to support implementation of Thrive by 3 activities. For example,

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HSD allocates a portion of its CalWorks funding to increase participants' access to home visiting programs.

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In other cases, our early successes in building the Thrive by 3 system of care have positioned our county to receive additional funds from the state,

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such as the CalWorks home visiting program funding. This funding is helping to expand the capacity of the Nurse Family Partnership.

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In the first year of Thrive by 3, fiscal year 17-18, these leveraged investments doubled

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the board's annual allocation of $350,000.

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The amount of funds leveraged from other sources has increased each year, and now in the current

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fiscal year, those additional funds have tripled the board's allocation, bringing

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total investment in Thrive by 3 to over $1 million.

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We think this is a model for collective investments and impact that can and should grow and be replicated.

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The innovation and strategic investments of 3x3 partners has also resulted in policy changes that will have a lasting impact.

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For instance, last year, the Board approved updates to the Child Care Developer Fee Ordinance and a three-year graduated fee increase.

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The Child Care Developer Fee funds the Child Care Developer Fee Loan Program that provides

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forgivable loans to child care centers and family child care homes for projects that

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will result in the expansion or improvement of child care opportunities in the county.

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This is important because the availability of safe, high quality child care facilities

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is a key driver of increased child care capacity.

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In fiscal year 1920, $170,000 is available for loans.

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In June of this year, the application process for this funding was launched with a series of three workshops that were held in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, and Scotts Valley.

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24 applications were received, requesting a total of over $450,000.

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Two applicants were child care centers, 21 were family child care homes, and one was in the licensing process to become a family child care home.

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The Human Services Commission reviewed funding recommendations on September 18th, and those recommendations will be submitted to the board next month.

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And we are pleased that at the state level, the current budget includes over $200 million

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02:21:13,910 --> 02:21:20,370
to construct, renovate, repair, modernize or retrofit childcare and preschool facilities,

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as we know that our local dollars alone cannot address all the childcare and preschool facilities

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needs.

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Another recent Thrive by Three success story is the development of a childcare career

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pathways model.

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In partnership with the Santa Cruz County Workforce Development Board and local early childhood

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stakeholders, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning developed early childhood education

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career pathways.

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Eleven occupations were determined to be reflective of the early childhood education opportunities

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available and an inventory of local early care and education, or ECE, career-related

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02:21:59,240 --> 02:22:01,600
education and training programs was developed.

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The career pathways will serve as a tool to create awareness of opportunities and encourage job seekers to consider a career in early childhood education, which in turn will help to continuously build a qualified, ready workforce.

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This is important because having a qualified, ready workforce is also a key driver of childcare capacity and the quality of the care and education provided.

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We often hear administrator of ECE programs talk about the increased difficulty of hiring

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and retaining qualified staff, usually due to the high cost of living and the low wages

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in the childcare field, which affects the number of children they can enroll and the

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02:22:43,780 --> 02:22:44,680
quality of the care.

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We are also encouraged by the state's commitment to investing in the early childcare

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and education workforce.

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The current state budget includes nearly $200 million to provide tuition stipends, professional

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development, coaching, and counseling to current and aspiring ECE professionals.

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02:23:04,780 --> 02:23:09,000
And we recently learned that the Santa Cruz County Office of Education has developed

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a career and technical education pathway that links high school students to early

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02:23:13,520 --> 02:23:16,220
childhood development courses offered through Cabrillo College.

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This synergy of local policies and practices and state-level funding has the potential to

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create transformational changes in our early care and education system.

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Another strategic investment this board has made is in the Early Learning Scholarship

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Program, or ELS.

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The ELS is designed to reduce the gap between the cost of providing high quality,

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infinite toddler care and available state subsidy.

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02:23:43,220 --> 02:23:46,960
This is important because closing the gap between available subsidies and the true

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02:23:46,960 --> 02:23:52,120
the cost of providing quality care is also a key driver of child care capacity and quality.

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In 1819, we allocated $120,000 in ELF scholarships to some 32 providers, three center-based 29

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02:24:00,660 --> 02:24:06,460
family child care homes. Benefiting services provided to some 214 infants and toddlers.

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Over two fiscal years, this county has provided $180,000 to our infant and toddler early learning

1821
02:24:12,660 --> 02:24:17,460
and care community for services to some 274 infants and toddlers.

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02:24:18,080 --> 02:24:23,100
These funds are available to providers to use as they see fit, whether it is for program

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02:24:23,100 --> 02:24:28,840
supplies, facility improvements, professional development, or other strategies to help attract

1824
02:24:28,840 --> 02:24:29,920
and retain staff.

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Our intent is that funding will incentivize programs to continue or even expand their

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02:24:35,420 --> 02:24:40,520
provision of high-quality infant and toddler care to low-income families in our community.

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We've also supported the adoption of Healthy Steps, the program we featured a moment ago

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in safety net clinics.

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Healthy Steps, as I said, is an evidence-based interdisciplinary pediatric primary care program

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02:24:53,350 --> 02:24:58,390
that promotes positive parenting and healthy development for babies and toddlers, with

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02:24:58,390 --> 02:25:01,210
an emphasis on families living in low-income communities.

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02:25:01,970 --> 02:25:06,370
In randomized control trials across the country, children in Healthy Steps programs

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02:25:06,370 --> 02:25:13,510
have been found to be twice as likely to receive age-appropriate well-child visits on time,

1834
02:25:14,250 --> 02:25:17,390
eight times more likely to receive developmental assessments.

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They've been found to be more securely attached to their mothers and have fewer behavior problems,

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27% less likely to experience severe physical discipline,

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02:25:29,250 --> 02:25:35,190
and they are found to be 23% less likely to visit the emergency room for injury related causes.

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These are just some of the positive findings from multiple evaluations of the program.

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In 1819, staff at both Santa Cruz Community Health Centers and Salud Parlehente participated

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02:25:45,830 --> 02:25:50,110
in a multi-day training on a Healthy Steps program and are now implementing the program

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countywide with overall assistance from the Health Improvement Partnership.

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This is important because linkages to a coordinated system of care within and outside of

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primary care settings is a key driver to preventative care and early intervention, which are essential

1844
02:26:08,350 --> 02:26:11,210
during one of the most critical periods of human development.

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3x3 has also served as a catalyst for increasing the capacity and coordination of evidence

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02:26:20,570 --> 02:26:22,670
based and high quality home visiting programs.

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As you might recall, one of the primary goals of 3x3 is to increase the capacity

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02:26:28,190 --> 02:26:31,870
to provide intensive care coordination through a network of home visiting programs.

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02:26:33,410 --> 02:26:38,470
This is important because home visiting programs provide parents with information, support and

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02:26:38,470 --> 02:26:42,850
referrals to community resources and services and promote greater health and well-being

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02:26:42,850 --> 02:26:43,330
of families.

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These programs are part of a coordinated system of care for families with young children.

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They connect families with a designated support person such as a nurse, clinician

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02:26:52,870 --> 02:26:58,430
or early childhood specialists who assesses the family's needs and links them with appropriate resources,

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such as economic supports, child care, health care, parenting support, and more.

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In 2018, the Thrive by 3 Home Visiting Program served over 500 families and provided over 3,000 community referrals.

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This is another area of alignment and synergy with efforts at the state level.

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Governor Newsom has championed home visiting programs as part of his parents' agenda,

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and the state legislature recently approved over $135 million to expand state-funded

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home visiting programs that promote optimal health, optimal child development

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for eligible CalWORKS and other low-income families.

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Nurse Family Partnership, or NFP, is one of the evidence-based

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3x3 home visiting programs.

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NFP links a trained public health nurse with first-time parents

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from pregnancy until their child turns two years old.

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The Health Services Agency successfully implemented

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the Santa Cruz County NFP program in 2017

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and has since served over 180 families.

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As of last Friday, September 20th,

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the program was at max capacity.

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NFP was featured in a recent Education Dive article

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as an effective program in Santa Cruz County

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and also as an example of the power of collaboration

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between the county, first five,

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and nonprofit partners.

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And this fall, NFP will have its first cohort of graduates.

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We are pleased to share with you a video about our NFP program,

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featuring nurse Nicole and two of her moms, Andy and Mary Lou.

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The video is a little quiet, so if everyone can please

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maintain being quiet so we can hear you.

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We'd like to thank all the moms who came here to achieve their dreams.

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How

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are we, like babies, first to be accused of big signs and how to respond to that in a way that they do use to you?

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There are gross motor skills and fire motor skills.

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Special thanks to Andrew Stewart for helping put that video together. He did a great job.

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And at this time I want to thank you again, Chair Coonerty, for setting the vision for Thrive

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by 3. We hope the Board can see that we've come a long way in a short period of time

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and hear how proud we are of the progress that's been made. We hope that with your

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continued support and investments in Thrive by 3, all families with young children will

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02:34:12,200 --> 02:34:17,140
echo the words of Andy, the mom in the NFP video, and be able to say, we've got this.

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That concludes our presentation, and we're happy to take any questions.

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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One, just to get to look at all these cute babies all morning, totally, totally brightens

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the meeting up.

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But I just want to say, you know, a couple years ago, as of a conference that the White

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House put on performance and innovation in government, and I was back when the

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White House wanted performance and innovation in government, but they were talking about

1899
02:34:45,720 --> 02:34:51,640
the importance of early childhood programs and how we in the government spent so much

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02:34:51,640 --> 02:34:58,220
money downstream trying to fix problems that could have been prevented upstream with a

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02:34:58,220 --> 02:35:03,200
little bit of thought and intervention and really the hard work of the people who are

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02:35:03,200 --> 02:35:06,600
on the front lines in our community doing this work every day.

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And when we came back here, our budget looked a lot like a lot of government's budgets

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02:35:12,280 --> 02:35:18,980
who are spending money on incarceration and job training programs and other programs on

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02:35:18,980 --> 02:35:21,040
the back end instead of at the front.

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And so we headed in this direction, but it was all of you who really took this baton

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and ran with it in a way that said, we're going to really invest in the kids and

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02:35:33,920 --> 02:35:40,280
their moms early and we're going to go and you've gone so much faster and farther than

1909
02:35:40,280 --> 02:35:46,160
I ever thought possible. It's been hard work every step of the way, but I really appreciate

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where we're going and I'm excited about where we go next and especially when we have an

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opportunity to partner with the state to drive an agenda and hopefully be a model

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for other counties and then to pilot different new programs and see what we can do to

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02:36:03,080 --> 02:36:09,280
really make generational change not only for these kids and their moms but also for the

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whole community because we all benefit when we make these investments. So thank you so

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02:36:14,340 --> 02:36:17,400
much for that work. Supervisor Friend.

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Thank you Chair for your leadership on this and thank you for those that have dedicated

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02:36:23,280 --> 02:36:29,600
your career to these kinds of issues. Everybody that's sitting up here as a parent,

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in

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that are sitting on the board right now, and two of them are still three and under.

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And when you become a parent, as I'm sure so many of you know, you become acutely aware

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of how much of their life is dictated by things that are completely outside of their control,

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02:36:51,520 --> 02:36:56,540
and how much of their opportunity is dictated by things that are totally outside of their

1923
02:36:56,540 --> 02:37:03,560
control. But when you're put into positions, as all of you are, to be able to make decisions

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02:37:03,560 --> 02:37:09,840
in the board as well, to have an impact on that for kids that don't even recognize what

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02:37:09,840 --> 02:37:15,380
difference their futures will be as a result of this, I think we're really called upon

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02:37:15,380 --> 02:37:23,920
to do exactly this, to shift that trajectory for these kids and their parents. But these

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02:37:23,920 --> 02:37:28,040
kids are the ones that we're really ultimately focusing on because the only way to break

1928
02:37:28,040 --> 02:37:37,160
a lot of cycles is it has to start with the first break. And the break can be viewed in

1929
02:37:37,160 --> 02:37:42,780
a positive or negative way, the terms in various ways. But I consider this, these parents

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and these kids haven't been given any breaks in their lives. And this really is the first

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02:37:47,920 --> 02:37:52,800
intervention to say, even before you're born, we're going to start making sure

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that you get that first break to set you up on a different trajectory than you've been

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02:37:58,680 --> 02:38:04,480
on before. And I remember the debate over this item, both in advance and during it, there

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were members of the community that questioned the cost. There were even questions at the

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02:38:08,700 --> 02:38:14,960
board of the cost. But to see now, I think it's pretty unassailable, but you have not

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only with the leveraging but just with the commitment of shown that there are

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02:38:18,680 --> 02:38:23,640
fundamentally different outcomes that will be realities now for the kids that you've

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invested in.

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And I think it says a lot.

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I'd like to thank the state, strong statement of commitment to take the time down to come

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02:38:30,220 --> 02:38:30,960
down to our county.

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There are worse counties you could have traveled to, I mean, let's be honest.

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02:38:33,900 --> 02:38:36,840
But still, the fact that you came down here says a lot.

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And even though you're leaving us, Ms. Timberlake, at the end of the year, these

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things aren't possible without your leadership from the top either.

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you are such a dedicated public servant, but such a dedicated force for good for those

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that don't have a strong voice in our community. And you are elevating these kids' voices,

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and I appreciate it in your partnership with the Chair on this issue is a legacy project.

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So thank you for that as well.

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Thank you, Chair. Thank you for the presentation.

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The ongoing work of this initiative is very impressive and, you know, it made me reflect

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02:39:18,520 --> 02:39:25,780
when we heard from Ms. Perry about all the work that's happening in Sacramento and the

1953
02:39:25,780 --> 02:39:30,700
leadership from the governor is that it makes a difference who sits in chairs.

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And I noticed as someone has been on this board that when we started having parents

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02:39:37,900 --> 02:39:43,360
of small children, we started talking about issues of young children. It made a difference.

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And now that we have a governor who is the parent of young children, maybe it's no surprise

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that we have a commitment at a state level to fund these kind of programs. Because it's

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there every day. You see it. And some of us might be more fortunate than others.

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But when you're out in the community trying to find childcare, trying to see who else is in the schools,

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recognizing that not everybody has had the same opportunity or privilege,

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02:40:15,200 --> 02:40:22,260
it's programs like this that are a leveling force that allow us all to succeed and be successful.

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And so I really appreciate the work that's going on, not just with our county staff, which has been incredible,

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But with our partner in first five, our safety net clinics, HIP, and all the organizations

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that have helped make this successful because that's kind of what we do here in Santa Cruz

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is we try to work together in order to provide for the needs of the community.

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I also would point out that this Thrive by Three is really part of a larger portfolio

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of the way in which we do programs here in Santa Cruz,

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changing the way in which we funded community programs

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to our core funding model is reflection of some

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of these same values and engagements.

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I see it with the creative to career initiative in Live Oak

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where when I look at some of these pieces

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and some of these partners,

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it's all part of that same model.

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And so I believe that the continued success of these efforts will improve the health of our community.

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We'll ensure that every child has the equal opportunity for success.

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And we shouldn't take our foot off the pedal.

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We should push down a little bit harder in order to reach as many people as possible.

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So thank you for your work. Thank you for the presentation.

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I think this is wonderful what you're, you know, trying to do and keep it up and whatever

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02:42:03,670 --> 02:42:08,490
the others said, I'm behind them.

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Thanks.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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We'll now open it up to public comment.

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It's an opportunity for members of the public to speak to us if they want about this

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item.

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Thank

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you. Thank you for that good report. It is heart-hitting. And as a mom whose kids

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are grown, it happens in a blink of an eye. So thank you for supporting the young members

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of our society.

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I do have questions. What is the county's profile like for these clients

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that you work with, what is the status of healthy births in the county or not healthy

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births?

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What do we need to do to really address?

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And the question that keeps coming up in my mind are the homeless, the houseless families,

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those who may be pregnant and are in substance abuse, how are we working with them and

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how are we going to help support those children, those beings coming in under those circumstances.

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02:43:20,070 --> 02:43:25,290
So I would, thank you for the report, it's very good. I would appreciate more information

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about the demographics of who it is that we're working with in this program.

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And also,

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the money coming up is impressive. I would like information about where that money

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is coming from. You mentioned several state funding sources. Are there also private donors

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02:43:44,990 --> 02:43:50,070
coming in? For example, the Community Foundation or something like that. Who is it that's really

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02:43:50,070 --> 02:43:56,390
our partner here out there? And I would like that information as well. And I'm happy

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02:43:56,390 --> 02:44:01,970
to see that Cabrillo College Early Childhood Education Program is being partnered with.

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Also that's a great program. And we really do need to value those students and what

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02:44:07,270 --> 02:44:13,290
that they will and are giving to our society and support them in any way they need, whether

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02:44:13,290 --> 02:44:15,870
it be housing or what it is.

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02:44:16,490 --> 02:44:19,570
And I also have some questions about the foster care piece.

2011
02:44:20,150 --> 02:44:25,210
How much of your work goes to foster care people and families there?

2012
02:44:25,650 --> 02:44:25,830
Thank you.

2013
02:44:31,000 --> 02:44:32,120
Good morning, honorable supervisors.

2014
02:44:32,860 --> 02:44:36,820
My name is Alisa Arona and I'm the Executive Director of the Health Improvement Partnership.

2015
02:44:36,820 --> 02:44:41,780
I want to thank you all for your vision and for your investment in the Thrive by 3 program.

2016
02:44:43,280 --> 02:44:49,640
The Health and Brewing Partnership has been very closely part of this work and it has

2017
02:44:49,640 --> 02:44:51,240
been an honor to do so.

2018
02:44:52,320 --> 02:44:55,900
What I'll say about the work of the Safety Net Clinics is that, you know, this really

2019
02:44:55,900 --> 02:44:57,980
does require workflow changes.

2020
02:44:57,980 --> 02:44:59,840
It requires investment changes.

2021
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:08,840
At the ground level of our health providers. And when we come at it as a team and when we

2022
02:45:08,840 --> 02:45:14,220
bring resources to the table for them to really devote the time and energy, then we can see

2023
02:45:14,220 --> 02:45:19,280
the result of over 90 members of the health care teams at Santa Cruz Community Health

2024
02:45:19,280 --> 02:45:25,720
Centers and Salud trained in the first, the initial kickoff of the Healthy Steps program.

2025
02:45:25,720 --> 02:45:32,980
In this year, that's now underway, we're looking at extending and keeping that training

2026
02:45:32,980 --> 02:45:38,980
ongoing and we're going to see the change in the delivery of care, you know, within

2027
02:45:38,980 --> 02:45:39,920
the clinics themselves.

2028
02:45:40,440 --> 02:45:41,420
So this is really exciting.

2029
02:45:41,700 --> 02:45:47,060
What I can also commit to is that we are really working on strengthening the health

2030
02:45:47,060 --> 02:45:52,660
information exchange capacity here in our community so that the navigation that we

2031
02:45:52,660 --> 02:45:58,500
about that can happen for a patient in an exam room or with a healthcare provider can

2032
02:45:58,500 --> 02:46:02,860
also extend outside to the community of service providers.

2033
02:46:03,440 --> 02:46:09,000
So we're really committed to making that work so that our nurse family partnership and our

2034
02:46:09,000 --> 02:46:13,140
home visiting programs can communicate with pediatricians and with other members of the

2035
02:46:13,140 --> 02:46:13,580
care team.

2036
02:46:13,980 --> 02:46:18,100
This is how this can all really knit together and when we think about innovation and

2037
02:46:18,100 --> 02:46:22,340
think about the power of technology, we and this community can make something like this

2038
02:46:22,340 --> 02:46:22,560
work.

2039
02:46:22,920 --> 02:46:27,880
So I just want to tell you all that we're at the table and we are very much committed

2040
02:46:27,880 --> 02:46:33,500
to this process and to, you know, relate the ability of this community to pull something

2041
02:46:33,500 --> 02:46:33,860
off.

2042
02:46:34,580 --> 02:46:35,060
Thank you.

2043
02:46:35,200 --> 02:46:35,520
Thank you.

2044
02:46:35,620 --> 02:46:36,740
And thank you for your work on this.

2045
02:46:43,020 --> 02:46:52,940
Thank you for your work and as a 30-year teacher, taught over 30 years for second

2046
02:46:52,940 --> 02:47:04,020
in third grade. A mother, my daughter is now 51. I've always prioritized health and assuring

2047
02:47:04,020 --> 02:47:14,540
a healthy environment. I was one of the nursing mothers in the lawsuit to ban DDT in 1969. Carcinogenic

2048
02:47:14,540 --> 02:47:24,660
pesticide found in the milk of all of us nursing mothers, pretty horrifying that chemical corporations

2049
02:47:24,660 --> 02:47:35,260
can poison everyone. Now the toxic exposure to children, all that you're trying to do

2050
02:47:35,260 --> 02:47:47,360
is even more intense. And two focuses I have, and I'll leave some literature here, is that

2051
02:47:47,360 --> 02:47:55,820
vaccines are not safe. They all have toxic chemicals. This is a list of what's in these

2052
02:47:55,820 --> 02:48:07,400
vaccines and proof in part that they're not safe is that in 1986, the pharmaceutical industry

2053
02:48:07,400 --> 02:48:17,760
got passed the Childhood Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund and they were removed from all liability

2054
02:48:18,500 --> 02:48:23,880
and since then, vaccine profits have skyrocketed.

2055
02:48:23,880 --> 02:48:32,300
So, all these children are forced now to have these toxins injected into them.

2056
02:48:32,580 --> 02:48:34,140
That's not healthy.

2057
02:48:34,880 --> 02:48:41,160
The other focus is on the exposure to the microwave radiation from wireless devices,

2058
02:48:41,480 --> 02:48:49,780
cell phones wiped by, et cetera, that should be removed from the harm, removed from the

2059
02:48:49,780 --> 02:48:50,240
environment.

2060
02:48:50,240 --> 02:48:55,120
And so I'll leave you three items here for the board and for you.

2061
02:48:55,440 --> 02:48:55,880
Thank you.

2062
02:48:56,780 --> 02:49:06,280
I should say that I'm proud that this program works with moms to get appropriate vaccinations so that we avoid the lies that have been

2063
02:49:06,280 --> 02:49:08,960
spread and are creating public health crises around the country.

2064
02:49:10,440 --> 02:49:12,060
Anyway, next speaker.

2065
02:49:12,060 --> 02:49:13,040
My

2066
02:49:15,600 --> 02:49:19,420
name is Lisa Sandoval and I'm with Paro Valley Unified School District, the Child Development

2067
02:49:19,420 --> 02:49:19,800
Department.

2068
02:49:20,000 --> 02:49:24,200
And I just want to thank you guys, the Board of Supervisors and First Five and Public Health

2069
02:49:24,200 --> 02:49:28,720
and everybody else who's been a thriving partner with this program.

2070
02:49:29,300 --> 02:49:34,440
I just wanted to share briefly with our school district what it's done is help support

2071
02:49:34,440 --> 02:49:40,040
the team parent program and in particular our infant development center at Watsonville

2072
02:49:40,040 --> 02:49:46,040
high school where we were able to purchase effort at the first time ever a play structure

2073
02:49:46,040 --> 02:49:52,600
to help gross and fine motor development with the children for outside activities as well

2074
02:49:52,600 --> 02:49:58,380
as increase our amount of parenting materials that we were able to support the teen parents

2075
02:49:58,380 --> 02:50:04,820
with and through that also educate them on the support and child development of their

2076
02:50:04,820 --> 02:50:12,420
children, also just a brief statistic from the last two years of the students who participate

2077
02:50:12,420 --> 02:50:18,920
in the Thrive by 3 are still on track to either graduate high school or have graduated high

2078
02:50:18,920 --> 02:50:24,620
school and are now at Cabrillo or a secondary program to continue their education. The

2079
02:50:24,620 --> 02:50:29,540
program also helps support funding for our point of vista migrant seasonal program

2080
02:50:29,540 --> 02:50:34,980
program, and we were able to support some of the infants in that program as well, receiving

2081
02:50:34,980 --> 02:50:41,420
parent-ed and additional supplies to help their education process starting at their

2082
02:50:41,420 --> 02:50:45,480
program starts at two months. The infant center at Watsonville High takes children

2083
02:50:45,480 --> 02:50:50,960
as young as four weeks so that the teen parents get back into school. That's it. So thank

2084
02:50:50,960 --> 02:50:51,080
you.

2085
02:50:51,200 --> 02:50:52,280
Thank you for your work.

2086
02:50:57,140 --> 02:51:01,160
Good morning, members of the board. My name is Bree Bodie. I'm a licensed marriage

2087
02:51:01,160 --> 02:51:05,220
a family therapist and the program manager for the Families Together Threat by 3 program

2088
02:51:05,220 --> 02:51:10,700
of Encompass Community Services. And I've had the privilege of being involved in the

2089
02:51:10,700 --> 02:51:17,840
implementation of Threat by 3 at the program level since around January of 2018. I love

2090
02:51:17,840 --> 02:51:22,940
my job and this initiative is very close to my heart. It's close to my heart not only

2091
02:51:22,940 --> 02:51:27,520
as a service provider who was born and raised in this county and has provided services

2092
02:51:27,520 --> 02:51:33,000
is in this field for over 15 years, but also because I am a mom of a two-year-old boy and

2093
02:51:33,000 --> 02:51:34,860
a pregnant mother with my second on the way.

2094
02:51:36,220 --> 02:51:41,660
So I click one of the criteria boxes as the candidate for this program.

2095
02:51:41,860 --> 02:51:49,100
However, I have not experienced a fraction of the hardships, economic instability, and

2096
02:51:49,540 --> 02:51:55,160
life stressors that many, if actually all of our families, have experienced and continue

2097
02:51:55,160 --> 02:51:56,540
you to experience on a daily basis.

2098
02:51:58,280 --> 02:52:00,940
Through my son, I get to witness the massive development

2099
02:52:00,940 --> 02:52:02,820
that happens in the first three years of life.

2100
02:52:03,260 --> 02:52:04,760
And I could re-quote many statistics

2101
02:52:04,760 --> 02:52:07,460
that you heard today regarding the importance of investing

2102
02:52:07,460 --> 02:52:10,040
in early childhood development programs.

2103
02:52:10,700 --> 02:52:12,740
However, this morning, I'm going to simply give voice

2104
02:52:12,740 --> 02:52:15,120
to a couple of families that we have served.

2105
02:52:15,680 --> 02:52:17,540
Information has been changed for confidentiality.

2106
02:52:18,320 --> 02:52:20,140
So I want to say thank you from the mother who

2107
02:52:20,140 --> 02:52:22,400
has spent sleepless nights worrying about her child's

2108
02:52:22,400 --> 02:52:23,980
delayed development and is now connected

2109
02:52:23,980 --> 02:52:25,800
with the San Andreas Regional Center

2110
02:52:25,800 --> 02:52:27,080
and the Pediatric Therapy Center.

2111
02:52:27,980 --> 02:52:29,960
All of the Thrive by Three system of care partners

2112
02:52:29,960 --> 02:52:32,220
utilize a screening tool that flags for fine,

2113
02:52:32,320 --> 02:52:36,160
gross motor deficits as well as emotional deficits.

2114
02:52:37,240 --> 02:52:39,240
Thank you from the mother who no longer has to keep

2115
02:52:39,240 --> 02:52:41,940
her child in a dirty diaper for longer than she wants

2116
02:52:42,700 --> 02:52:44,060
because she had to make the choice

2117
02:52:44,060 --> 02:52:45,280
as to whether to buy diapers

2118
02:52:45,280 --> 02:52:47,540
or pay her electricity bill to keep her child warm.

2119
02:52:48,060 --> 02:52:49,760
And Thrive by Three has provided her with diapers.

2120
02:52:51,240 --> 02:52:55,260
Thank you from the mother who had a gun held to her head and life threatened by a violent

2121
02:52:55,260 --> 02:52:57,400
partner while her children were sleeping in the room.

2122
02:52:59,160 --> 02:53:03,500
She has been able to process that traumatic event with the 3x3 clinician and then be

2123
02:53:03,500 --> 02:53:06,800
linked to resources that will help her and her children stay safe.

2124
02:53:08,100 --> 02:53:09,880
So those are just a couple of snapshots.

2125
02:53:09,960 --> 02:53:11,200
I had more, but I'll stop.

2126
02:53:12,080 --> 02:53:16,060
I mean, I think you're part of this program, so you should...

2127
02:53:16,060 --> 02:53:16,520
Keep going?

2128
02:53:16,720 --> 02:53:17,040
Go ahead.

2129
02:53:17,100 --> 02:53:17,460
Thank you.

2130
02:53:18,320 --> 02:53:21,880
Thank you from the mother who is struggling with a perinatal mood and anxiety disorder,

2131
02:53:22,340 --> 02:53:27,540
who just needed someone to help pull her out of the darkness so that she could take care

2132
02:53:27,540 --> 02:53:30,020
of herself and then be better able to take care of her child.

2133
02:53:30,680 --> 02:53:35,120
She is now attending a new mother's support group and is receiving proper care from her

2134
02:53:35,120 --> 02:53:40,540
doctor and psychiatrist through referrals and warm handoffs that were provided by three

2135
02:53:40,540 --> 02:53:40,920
partners.

2136
02:53:41,800 --> 02:53:45,900
Thank you from the father, father figure or partner who was struggling with supporting

2137
02:53:45,900 --> 02:53:50,440
his partner during the fourth trimester and did not know how to bond with his newborn

2138
02:53:50,440 --> 02:53:55,580
daughter. He and his partner received some short-term couples counseling and he learned

2139
02:53:55,580 --> 02:54:00,320
ways to bond with and support his newborns' development during tummy time and several

2140
02:54:00,320 --> 02:54:05,860
related activities taught through the Promoting First Relationships curriculum. And thank

2141
02:54:05,860 --> 02:54:09,360
you from the young mother who is experiencing her first pregnancy and is learning the

2142
02:54:09,360 --> 02:54:13,900
importance of prenatal care and how it relates to both her and her baby's long-term health

2143
02:54:13,900 --> 02:54:18,640
outcomes. So again, this is just a snapshot of some of the families served in the work

2144
02:54:18,640 --> 02:54:23,000
that's being done through this initiative, but there's still much work to be done in

2145
02:54:23,000 --> 02:54:27,680
our county. Children are precious and they deserve our investment. And so on behalf of

2146
02:54:27,680 --> 02:54:32,820
myself, my team, and families together, and the families that we serve, we thank you

2147
02:54:32,820 --> 02:54:37,220
for your continued support of this dedicated funding stream and your commitment to invest

2148
02:54:37,220 --> 02:54:39,660
in our county's youngest and most vulnerable citizens.

2149
02:54:39,660 --> 02:54:40,780
Thank you.

2150
02:54:41,020 --> 02:54:41,360
Thank you.

2151
02:54:41,420 --> 02:54:42,360
Those are powerful stories.

2152
02:54:44,660 --> 02:54:46,620
That concludes public comment.

2153
02:54:47,380 --> 02:54:52,280
There's no one else who'd like to speak today, and I'll bring it back to the board, or actually

2154
02:54:52,280 --> 02:54:57,660
there's no action, so we'll just express our gratitude to you, the team.

2155
02:54:58,080 --> 02:55:04,700
Ms. Perry, thank you for coming, and everyone, and we look forward to continuing to do

2156
02:55:04,700 --> 02:55:07,680
this work and hearing more about the work you're doing on a daily basis.

2157
02:55:07,880 --> 02:55:08,580
Thank you so much.

2158
02:55:08,580 --> 02:55:09,560
Thank you.

2159
02:55:11,520 --> 02:55:19,560
We are going to move item 10, which is the 2020 growth goal, to be right at 1.30.

2160
02:55:19,680 --> 02:55:27,340
And then we will then consider the study session to discuss the sustainability policy and

2161
02:55:27,340 --> 02:55:31,580
regulatory update, since there are two planning items and they sort of group together nicely.

2162
02:55:31,580 --> 02:55:38,040
So we will reconvene at 1.30 for item 10 and item 12 for

2163
02:58:33,280 --> 02:58:37,340
the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on September 24, 2019.

2164
02:58:37,940 --> 02:58:47,820
We have two items. The first item that we'll be discussing is item number 10, which is a public hearing to consider the report on the year 2020 growth goal.

2165
02:58:47,820 --> 02:58:51,580
refer the matter to the planning commission for consideration and recommendation to the board

2166
02:58:51,580 --> 02:58:58,120
and to continue the public hearing to establish the year 2020 growth goal to December 10th, 2019

2167
02:58:58,120 --> 02:59:03,520
as outlined in the memorandum of the planning director. Good afternoon. Good afternoon.

2168
02:59:04,000 --> 02:59:09,180
And members of the board. So as you know, the county's growth management system was instituted

2169
02:59:09,180 --> 02:59:14,880
in 1979 following the adoption of Measure J. And this was to address the resource and

2170
02:59:14,880 --> 02:59:19,640
public services impacts of the population growth in Santa Cruz County. As part of the

2171
02:59:19,640 --> 02:59:24,060
growth management system, each year the county is required to set an annual growth goal for

2172
02:59:24,060 --> 02:59:29,180
the upcoming year. The 2020 growth goal report is before you today and for consideration

2173
02:59:29,690 --> 02:59:31,380
prior to referral to the Planning Commission.

2174
02:59:34,550 --> 02:59:36,970
This report examines various factors used

2175
02:59:36,970 --> 02:59:41,630
in establishing the year 2020 growth goal for the unincorporated area, including analysis

2176
02:59:41,630 --> 02:59:47,810
analysis of population growth trends, resource constraints and the status of the current allocations

2177
02:59:47,810 --> 02:59:54,030
available for 2019. This year's report also includes analysis of demolition permits and

2178
02:59:54,030 --> 02:59:59,390
the density bonus projects approved in the past year, the regional housing needs allocation

2179
02:59:59,390 --> 02:59:59,970
and the.

2180
03:00:01,260 --> 03:00:01,900
As

2181
03:00:04,520 --> 03:00:11,540
noted in the growth goal report, the unincorporated areas population decreased in both 2017 and

2182
03:00:11,540 --> 03:00:19,060
2018 with an estimated negative 0.62% growth rate last year. All jurisdictions across the

2183
03:00:19,060 --> 03:00:23,000
county saw similar negative growth rates or essentially stagnant growth rates during the

2184
03:00:23,000 --> 03:00:28,060
same time, and the county as a whole also saw declining population totals in recent years.

2185
03:00:28,060 --> 03:00:34,920
While the state's population continues to increase, California's growth rate has also decreased in recent years.

2186
03:00:38,000 --> 03:00:47,900
This represents a continuing downward trend of population growth rates in the decades since the 1960s and 70s when the county grew much faster than the state.

2187
03:00:52,440 --> 03:00:57,960
The growth goal report also summarizes the current status of the 2019 residential permit allocations.

2188
03:00:57,960 --> 03:01:02,020
This year, 42 allocations have been granted as of August 1st.

2189
03:01:02,880 --> 03:01:08,380
If demand continues at the current rate, 72 allocations will be granted by the end of this year,

2190
03:01:08,680 --> 03:01:12,080
and it will mark the highest number of allocations granted since 2007.

2191
03:01:12,800 --> 03:01:16,760
However, demand for allocations continues to remain low compared to previous decades,

2192
03:01:16,980 --> 03:01:21,060
and we anticipate that there will be more than enough permits available for the remainder of 2019.

2193
03:01:21,060 --> 03:01:22,160
The

2194
03:01:25,560 --> 03:01:39,960
growth goal report recommends that the population growth rate be set at 0.5% for calendar year 2020, rounded from the state's growth rate of 0.47% for 2018 and the same rate that has been adopted every year since 2001.

2195
03:01:41,020 --> 03:01:46,280
This would result in an allocation of 255 market rate units available for the year 2020.

2196
03:01:46,280 --> 03:01:50,820
County. Unlike previous years, allocations will be distributed between the urban and

2197
03:01:50,820 --> 03:01:57,740
rural areas of the County at a 75% to 25% ratio. This is in order to recognize the greater

2198
03:01:57,740 --> 03:02:00,780
potential for infill development in the urban areas of the County.

2199
03:02:01,760 --> 03:02:07,300
And the 2020 growth goal report also recommends as in previous years that the unused market

2200
03:02:07,300 --> 03:02:14,140
allocations from 2019 be carried over to 2020 in accordance with policy 3.2 of the General

2201
03:02:14,140 --> 03:02:21,200
plan housing element. This would result in a projected total of 439 market rate allocations

2202
03:02:21,200 --> 03:02:22,360
available for 2020.

2203
03:02:25,720 --> 03:02:29,660
Staff has found that establishment of the 2020 growth goal is exempt under the

2204
03:02:29,660 --> 03:02:33,660
California Environmental Quality Act and a categorical exemption will be prepared.

2205
03:02:34,540 --> 03:02:39,320
Therefore, staff recommends that the board 1. Open the public hearing to consider the report

2206
03:02:39,320 --> 03:02:43,840
on the year 2020 growth goal. Refer this matter to the Planning Commission for consideration

2207
03:02:43,840 --> 03:03:00,120
recommendation and recommendation to the board and three continue the public hearing to establish the year 2020 growth goal to December 10, 2019 with direction to planning staff to return with the recommendation of the Planning Commission and a resolution for final action by the board.

2208
03:03:00,460 --> 03:03:04,500
This concludes the staff presentation and we'd be glad to answer any questions you might have.

2209
03:03:04,600 --> 03:03:05,940
All right. Do we have any questions?

2210
03:03:09,460 --> 03:03:12,060
I'll say, Dave, thank you.

2211
03:03:16,280 --> 03:03:21,580
Thank you for the presentation. This is it's always interesting because the community doesn't

2212
03:03:21,580 --> 03:03:30,440
feel less populated but we always see these numbers ticking down. Are you aware of any

2213
03:03:30,440 --> 03:03:38,360
projects that of a scale that would cause us to see a significant increase in the use

2214
03:03:38,360 --> 03:03:48,740
of permits? I mean, this 2019 saw a modest uptick in activity, but does even reach the

2215
03:03:49,200 --> 03:03:56,380
level of just for this year would be a dramatic impact. And I'm wondering how that would happen

2216
03:03:57,780 --> 03:03:59,380
or if there's any plans for it.

2217
03:04:01,900 --> 03:04:09,600
You're right. It would be a very dramatic uptick in permit activity for us to meet the goal.

2218
03:04:10,100 --> 03:04:14,520
In fact, we haven't come close to meeting the allocation in a very, very long time.

2219
03:04:15,560 --> 03:04:21,140
So we've set it in the standard rate for now. We don't foresee any big projects coming forward.

2220
03:04:22,240 --> 03:04:31,300
Last year we discussed assisted living units, and those are considered commercial developments,

2221
03:04:31,420 --> 03:04:32,420
so they wouldn't even count.

2222
03:04:33,400 --> 03:04:37,940
A lot of our activity has been actually in the ADUs, and they're considered affordable,

2223
03:04:38,100 --> 03:04:42,260
so they don't count, so we think it will continue to be pretty low.

2224
03:04:42,260 --> 03:04:50,260
Yeah, I mean the ADUs and the affordable housing, what would be the number of permits there curiously?

2225
03:04:52,520 --> 03:05:02,020
Well, we did do a pipeline analysis of lots and whatnot. We were showing a demand for 133 all together.

2226
03:05:02,460 --> 03:05:05,460
So you might see a good percentage of that.

2227
03:05:06,000 --> 03:05:07,560
Affordable and ADUs as well.

2228
03:05:07,560 --> 03:05:12,920
Yeah, that's for total, but you could see a good percentage of that being affordable.

2229
03:05:13,480 --> 03:05:14,120
Or 80s.

2230
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All right, thank you.

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All right, thank you for your work.

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Is there any public comment?

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Thank you, Becky Steinbrenner, resident of rural Aptos.

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First of all, I want to make a comment unrelated about this new system that's available to the public to use for plugging in our own devices.

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03:05:42,610 --> 03:05:43,410
That's really great.

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Thank you.

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03:05:43,890 --> 03:05:52,110
I would like to speak to the issue of water in the Mid County area and in general on page 12 of this report

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it says that there are grant applications in progress with the internet, with the Regional Water Management Foundation

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and that those are due to be coming to fruition late this year. I'd like to know more about that.

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I'm watching carefully the issue of water in the Mid County area

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And I do think it should be included in there that the Soquel Creek Water District's

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Pure Water Soquel Plan is under litigation and may not happen or could be delayed.

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That's not mentioned at all.

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03:06:26,330 --> 03:06:32,210
I think it's interesting that Central Water District is the only sustainable...

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03:06:32,210 --> 03:06:33,770
Am I limited to two minutes?

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Yes, yeah.

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All right.

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Central Water District is the only one with a sustainable groundwater level.

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However, the hydrologists for the mid-county area have said that, by and large, the groundwater levels within the mid-county base are at sustainable levels now.

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So that really needs to be corrected.

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There are very serious problems with water contamination in the mid-county area.

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Socal Creek's had to shut down one well in the seascape area due to 1, 2, 3 trichloropropane,

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and it is toxic.

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03:07:07,710 --> 03:07:11,850
And they are looking at hexchromium that is also causing problems.

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And in fact, two schools have contaminated water and should be receiving bottled water

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but are not refusing it.

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03:07:19,810 --> 03:07:26,690
I want to know where the Measure J units in the Aptos Village Project, Phase 1, are.

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03:07:26,690 --> 03:07:29,410
I've seen no talk about that at all.

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03:07:29,810 --> 03:07:31,890
I should be seeing talk about that at all.

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03:07:32,090 --> 03:07:35,690
So where are those measure J units in Aptos village project?

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Thanks for giving me two minutes.

2262
03:07:37,370 --> 03:07:37,570
Thank you.

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That concludes public comment.

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I'll bring it back to the board for action.

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03:07:42,790 --> 03:07:43,210
Professor Brown.

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I'll move the recommended actions.

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03:07:45,550 --> 03:07:48,010
I also just want to make a brief statement of not just

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appreciation, but a recognition that although this is not

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an ADU update per se, it's clear just

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03:07:53,070 --> 03:07:55,330
from these numbers that our ADU policies and the modifications

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03:07:55,330 --> 03:07:59,190
we made toward affordable housing are actually making a difference since over now half of

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units were affordable and I think a lot of that has to do with our changes in ADU policy

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03:08:03,130 --> 03:08:04,570
so committed to all of those changes.

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03:08:05,930 --> 03:08:08,790
So we got a motion by Friend, second by Caput.

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All those in favor please say aye.

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03:08:11,070 --> 03:08:11,390
Aye.

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03:08:12,670 --> 03:08:13,150
Opposed?

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03:08:13,270 --> 03:08:14,010
That passes unanimously.

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03:08:14,850 --> 03:08:15,890
Thank you very much.

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03:08:16,550 --> 03:08:21,750
Moving on to our next item which is item number 12 which is to conduct a study session

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to discuss the sustainability policy and regulatory update, review the scope and content to the

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03:08:27,130 --> 03:08:32,270
general plan, local coastal plan policies, and county code amendments and review how

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03:08:32,270 --> 03:08:37,930
recent changes in state laws and county codes related to the housing influence, to housing

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03:08:37,930 --> 03:08:43,910
influence the effort as, as outlined in the memorandum of the planet record.

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03:08:44,570 --> 03:08:49,490
Good afternoon Chair Coonerty and supervisors. My name is Stephanie Hansen. I'm the principal

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03:08:49,490 --> 03:08:54,970
planter for sustainability and special projects in the planning department and with me today

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03:08:54,970 --> 03:09:00,790
is Kathy Malloy, Planning Director. Today we'll be discussing the proposed sustainability policy

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03:09:00,790 --> 03:09:05,970
and regulatory update to the county's general plan, local coastal program, and county code.

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03:09:10,840 --> 03:09:11,440
Maybe.

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03:09:17,460 --> 03:09:24,720
Oh, down. Thank you. Okay. We'll get there. This session was requested by Supervisor

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03:09:24,720 --> 03:09:30,140
Mr. Leopold, back in March when the board approved the request for proposals to solicit

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03:09:30,140 --> 03:09:35,740
proposals for the preparation of the environmental impact report for the update, specifically

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03:09:35,740 --> 03:09:40,620
we were requested to look at the scope and elements of the sustainability update that

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03:09:40,620 --> 03:09:45,560
have changed since the original adoption of this sustainable Santa Cruz County plan,

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03:09:46,180 --> 03:09:51,800
including information on how state laws and local land use changes with respect

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03:09:51,800 --> 03:09:56,800
to accessory dwelling units and the density bonus, bonus density ordinance would interface

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03:09:56,800 --> 03:10:02,060
with the changes. To get us started, we'll review the history and past actions that have

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03:10:02,060 --> 03:10:07,480
gotten us here to date, the proposed amendments, status report on where we are with the development

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03:10:07,480 --> 03:10:12,000
of the amendments and new laws that need to be addressed, including next steps moving

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03:10:12,000 --> 03:10:15,280
forward, including environmental review and public outreach.

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The sustainable Santa Cruz

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Land Use County Plan, also called the SSCC, began back in 2011 after the county received

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03:10:25,650 --> 03:10:27,910
a Sustainable Communities Planning Grant.

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The purpose of the grant was to fund land use planning projects that implement strategies

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03:10:32,870 --> 03:10:38,830
to promote equity, strengthen the economy, reduce greenhouse gases and protect the

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03:10:38,830 --> 03:10:41,690
environment, and promote healthy, safe communities.

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The SSCC was accepted by the Board on October 28, 2014 as a planning study.

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The SSCC's high-level guiding principles link land use and transportation planning

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03:10:55,970 --> 03:11:01,230
and strive to improve the quality of life in the county by reducing vehicle travel

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03:11:01,230 --> 03:11:06,990
and increasing transportation options, expanding housing types, protecting natural resources,

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03:11:06,990 --> 03:11:10,850
services, promoting healthy neighborhoods, and increasing economic vitality.

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The bullets in this slide represent a summary of the guiding principles in the SSCC.

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03:11:18,770 --> 03:11:23,410
Development of the plan involved intensive public participation with a series of workshops

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03:11:23,410 --> 03:11:28,650
that were held throughout the county between 2012 and 2014, there were 16 total.

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03:11:29,290 --> 03:11:32,450
These included both visioning and plans for focus areas.

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03:11:33,230 --> 03:11:38,750
Visit visioning began with a discussion at the first workshops and included three main questions.

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03:11:39,510 --> 03:11:45,510
What does sustainability mean to you relating to the concepts of environment, equity and economy?

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03:11:46,490 --> 03:11:50,510
What are the ways in which we can become more sustainable in Santa Cruz County?

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03:11:51,390 --> 03:11:57,310
Of the ways to achieve sustainable communities, which ideas are most important for our county?

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03:11:58,130 --> 03:12:01,210
There was also an advisory group and many stakeholder meetings.

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03:12:01,210 --> 03:12:08,250
The Board accepted the vision statement and guiding principles based on community input.

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03:12:08,790 --> 03:12:13,710
Several of the key points included concentrating sustainable infill development within the Urban

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03:12:13,710 --> 03:12:19,850
Services Line, developing a multimodal transportation network, and encouraging community development

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03:12:19,850 --> 03:12:23,510
near transportation corridors and high activity areas.

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This slide shows the potential future land use and transportation pattern for the

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urban area, which was the geographic focus of the SSCC. The red star and the red shading

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03:12:35,470 --> 03:12:41,050
around it indicate regional employment centers. The red circle with yellow shading indicates

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neighborhood activity centers. The blue lines are primary transit corridors, the white

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03:12:47,350 --> 03:12:52,050
lines secondary transit corridors, and the green dash line is the Monterey Bay Sanctuary

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Scenic Trail.

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03:12:57,850 --> 03:13:01,490
Based on the identification of the activity nodes, the presence of vacant

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03:13:01,490 --> 03:13:06,290
and underutilized properties, the desire to learn from closer examination of different

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03:13:06,290 --> 03:13:12,630
geographic settings for focus areas were studied. Focus area one was the medical district

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03:13:12,630 --> 03:13:18,950
featuring mixed uses around Soquel Drive. Focus area two, the service commercial uses with new

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03:13:18,950 --> 03:13:26,750
multifamily residential. Focus area three, upper 41st employment district. Focus area four was

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03:13:26,750 --> 03:13:30,610
mixed use and residential neighborhood around 17th and Brommer.

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03:13:32,090 --> 03:13:37,890
The focus area concepts in the SSCC reflect the consensus-based preferred alternatives

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03:13:37,890 --> 03:13:39,610
determined through the planning process.

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03:13:40,470 --> 03:13:45,790
Within the focus areas, the community identified key opportunity sites where potential redevelopment

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could occur.

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03:13:47,510 --> 03:13:51,950
A fifth focus area was also studied to develop recommendations for improving circulation

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03:13:51,950 --> 03:13:54,270
in the Aptos town center area.

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03:13:54,270 --> 03:13:55,330
The

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SSCC resulted in recommendations on both land use and transportation.

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03:14:02,690 --> 03:14:08,390
The land use recommendations included a focus on exduced infill development, better utilization

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03:14:08,390 --> 03:14:14,310
of multifamily sites, more options for housing types, support for the development of medical

2347
03:14:14,310 --> 03:14:19,950
facilities within the Soquel Drive focus area, development along transportation corridors

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03:14:19,950 --> 03:14:21,470
and key opportunity sites.

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03:14:22,390 --> 03:14:28,610
Transportation recommendations included created a multimodal transportation system, multimodal

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03:14:28,610 --> 03:14:34,450
being the utilization of all available modes of travel including highway, transit, non-motorized

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03:14:34,450 --> 03:14:36,590
and demand management strategies.

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03:14:37,550 --> 03:14:42,870
Complete streets means accommodating all the users in a right-of-way, but this is

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03:14:42,870 --> 03:14:47,070
difficult to do when the right-of-way is constrained as in many areas of the county.

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03:14:47,070 --> 03:14:55,910
Therefore, a layered network approach was recommended for all users by prioritizing different users

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03:14:55,910 --> 03:14:59,850
on individual streets so that when the network is taken

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As a whole, a complete street is accomplished.

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03:15:03,880 --> 03:15:10,280
Updating the design criteria is roadway typology system in order to accommodate the layered network

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approach.

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03:15:11,950 --> 03:15:16,740
Parking supply management tools may include reduced requirements for studio one-bedroom

2360
03:15:16,740 --> 03:15:23,360
and two-bedroom units, including maximum distance for shared parking, reduced maximum onsite

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03:15:23,360 --> 03:15:25,480
parking and transit priority areas.

2362
03:15:26,660 --> 03:15:36,100
Recommendations also included utilizing vehicle miles traveled and I just like to go over this a little bit because it has other ramifications as well.

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Senate Bill 743 was passed in 2013 with the intent to balance the needs of congestion management with statewide goals related to infill development, the promotion of health through active transportation and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Specifically, the bill defined transportation impacts under CEQA and moved them from level

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03:16:00,620 --> 03:16:07,460
of service which identifies automobile delay at intersections and roadway segments to vehicle

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03:16:07,460 --> 03:16:13,540
miles traveled or VMT which identifies the total number of miles traveled in automobiles

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that are associated with a project.

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The State Office of Planning and Research updated the CEQA guidelines in December

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03:16:21,960 --> 03:16:28,920
of 2018 to allow the immediate use of VMT for jurisdictions and require all

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03:16:28,920 --> 03:16:34,840
jurisdictions to use VMT by June 2020 as a CEQA threshold of significance. As

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03:16:34,840 --> 03:16:38,960
provided in the county's climate action strategy, planning and public work staff

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now require that new developments subject to CEQA analyze VMT

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03:16:42,900 --> 03:16:47,400
associated with projects and if necessary mitigate impacts to less than

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03:16:47,400 --> 03:16:53,660
significance as defined in the state's technical advisory on VMT.

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Level of service information regarding impacts on county intersections and roadways will continue

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to be provided and assessed with projects required to make improvements or pay traffic impact

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03:17:06,180 --> 03:17:07,540
fees as necessary.

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03:17:10,960 --> 03:17:16,820
Since the finalization of the SSCC in 2014, the board has taken several actions to direct

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the implementation of the plan.

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In 2015, the Board reviewed drafts of development standards for the new zoning districts which

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will review in an upcoming slide.

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03:17:27,100 --> 03:17:32,680
The Board also improved the updated general plan housing element and directed the preparation

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03:17:32,680 --> 03:17:36,200
of accessory dwelling unit and other near-term housing and code amendments.

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03:17:37,140 --> 03:17:42,560
In 2016, the Board directed staff to prepare the Pleasure Point Commercial Corridor Vision

2385
03:17:42,560 --> 03:17:47,440
and Guiding Design Principles, the Portola Drive Streetscape Plan, and the County

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03:17:47,440 --> 03:17:53,120
Y commercial design guidelines. The board accepted the vision and guiding principles and the Portola

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03:17:53,120 --> 03:17:59,200
Drive plan in December 2018. Environmental review of those documents has been folded into the

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03:17:59,200 --> 03:18:05,180
sustainability update. The board also approved affordable housing ordinances and separated

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03:18:05,180 --> 03:18:11,900
out some immediate tools as near-term housing amendments. These included accessory dwelling

2390
03:18:11,900 --> 03:18:19,100
Installing units ordinances developed between 2016 and 2018, enhanced and city bonus, inclusionary

2391
03:18:19,100 --> 03:18:25,980
housing requirements and the R-combining process which were adopted in March 2019, the Permanent

2392
03:18:25,980 --> 03:18:32,260
Room Housing Amendments which were adopted in August 2019, and Agriculture Employee Housing

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03:18:32,260 --> 03:18:36,140
Elements which will be presented to the Board before the end of the year along with

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03:18:36,140 --> 03:18:42,580
proposed amendments that would allow 100% affordable housing on PF zone sites and school employee

2395
03:18:42,580 --> 03:18:44,040
housing on school properties.

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03:18:47,610 --> 03:18:51,850
So now onto the scope of the sustainability update and the current work program.

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Work items in the sustainability update will amend the general plan and local coastal program

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03:18:57,310 --> 03:19:01,870
as well as the development regulations in Title 13 and Title 18 of the code.

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03:19:02,950 --> 03:19:07,070
The goals of the project are to update the general plan and local coastal program

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03:19:07,070 --> 03:19:13,350
and County Code to reflect recent policy documents, regulations, and sustainability goals, and

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03:19:13,350 --> 03:19:17,670
to enhance the general plan and local coastal program to be more clear and user-friendly

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03:19:17,670 --> 03:19:22,190
and clarify and augment the County Code, also known as the Code Modernization.

2403
03:19:24,420 --> 03:19:28,200
The State Office of Planning and Research General Plan Guidelines were amended in

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03:19:28,200 --> 03:19:32,560
2017, and they provide requirements and guidance for general plan amendments.

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03:19:32,560 --> 03:19:39,520
Since portions of the general plan have not been updated since 1994, some amendments will

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03:19:39,520 --> 03:19:41,620
aim to bring the document up to current standards.

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03:19:42,500 --> 03:19:47,440
New requirements in the general plan guidelines include addressing environmental justice in

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03:19:47,440 --> 03:19:49,980
healthy communities and climate change.

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03:19:50,860 --> 03:19:56,240
General plan must also be consistent with regional plans including AMBAG's 2040 Metropolitan

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03:19:56,240 --> 03:19:59,300
and Transportation Plan and Sustainable Community Strategy,

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03:20:00,080 --> 03:20:03,440
AMBAX 2040 Population Housing and Employment Regional

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Forecasts, the Regional Housing Needs Assessment,

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03:20:07,890 --> 03:20:10,560
also Regional Transportation Commissions,

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03:20:11,060 --> 03:20:14,760
Regional Transportation Plan, Highway 9, San Lorenzo Valley

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03:20:14,760 --> 03:20:17,580
Complete Streets Corridor Plan, and the Monterey Bay

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03:20:17,580 --> 03:20:21,080
Sanctuary Scenic Trail Final Master Plan.

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03:20:21,080 --> 03:20:27,500
The local coastal program guidelines were also revised in 2013, so there will be revisions

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03:20:27,500 --> 03:20:30,640
particularly related to addressing coastal access.

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03:20:31,900 --> 03:20:36,260
Finally, state regulations have been changing quite a bit since 2014, including a very

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03:20:36,260 --> 03:20:39,180
strong focus on regulations to solve the housing crisis.

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03:20:39,500 --> 03:20:40,900
We'll talk about those in a minute.

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03:20:43,680 --> 03:20:49,120
The sustainability update will comprehensively amend the land use introduction and circulation

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03:20:49,120 --> 03:20:52,160
elements of the general plan to reflect the SSCC.

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03:20:53,040 --> 03:20:57,360
These will include new population housing and employment targets to 2040,

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03:20:57,500 --> 03:21:04,320
consistent with AMBAG's forecasts, integrated climate action strategies and policies,

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03:21:05,020 --> 03:21:09,240
focus on sustainability emphasis in the SSCC vision and guiding principles,

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03:21:09,980 --> 03:21:14,120
new land use designations and zoning districts, which we'll discuss in the next slide,

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03:21:14,120 --> 03:21:18,540
and as well as multi-modal transportation parking supply and circulation,

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03:21:18,860 --> 03:21:22,260
including a comprehensive look at transportation projects

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03:21:22,260 --> 03:21:25,100
that can help address congestion in the urban areas.

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03:21:26,200 --> 03:21:30,040
The update will partially amend the conservation and open space elements,

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03:21:31,100 --> 03:21:35,800
particularly the agricultural timber and water and groundwater policies.

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03:21:37,400 --> 03:21:40,760
The parks recreation and public facilities elements will be updated

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03:21:40,760 --> 03:21:47,240
minimally to be consistent with the park strategic plan and to ensure that facilities are adequate

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03:21:47,240 --> 03:21:53,860
to accommodate growth. And the community design element will be updated to include policies

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03:21:53,860 --> 03:21:59,140
related to building design, relate to the new design guidelines, include green infrastructure,

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03:21:59,800 --> 03:22:04,360
and be combined with the land use element and rename all of it to the built environment

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03:22:04,360 --> 03:22:11,640
element. Other chapters such as Chapter 4, the housing element which was amended in 2016,

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03:22:12,440 --> 03:22:18,300
Chapter 6, the public safety element which will be amended in 2020, and the new Chapter

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03:22:18,300 --> 03:22:23,560
9 noise element which was adopted in 2019 will not be changed substantially if at all.

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03:22:24,640 --> 03:22:30,000
Overall, the updates will amend the general plan per the SSCC organizational recommendations.

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03:22:30,000 --> 03:22:35,960
These improvements include eliminating redundancies between elements, keeping the general plan,

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03:22:36,180 --> 03:22:41,900
more policy level, and leaving greater detail to the codes, modernizing graphics and dynamic

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03:22:41,900 --> 03:22:47,220
format for a more reader-friendly document, and reviewing policies and programs for specific

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03:22:47,220 --> 03:22:47,880
parcels.

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03:22:50,940 --> 03:22:55,460
As part of the Actions taken in 2015, the Board reviewed certain regulatory tools

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03:22:55,460 --> 03:23:00,700
recommended in the SSCC and the Planning Department was directed to draft three

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03:23:00,700 --> 03:23:06,320
new implementing districts. The residential flex district would fall under the urban high

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03:23:06,320 --> 03:23:10,920
land use designation. It would allow for a mix of multi-family types at greater density.

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03:23:11,660 --> 03:23:17,280
Appropriate locations would be along existing transportation corridors. Density would be

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03:23:17,280 --> 03:23:23,740
governed by development standards to restrict size, bulk, massing, including maximum heights,

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03:23:23,740 --> 03:23:30,580
rates, floor area ratios, setbacks, stepbacks for other upper stories and parking requirements.

2453
03:23:31,200 --> 03:23:35,980
To address concern for non-pedestrian scale development, these projects would be subject

2454
03:23:35,980 --> 03:23:38,180
to design guidelines and appropriate siting.

2455
03:23:39,040 --> 03:23:43,800
The workplace flex zone is designed to create dynamic employment districts to serve existing,

2456
03:23:44,080 --> 03:23:45,060
growing and new businesses.

2457
03:23:45,900 --> 03:23:50,400
It would include a flexible range of commercial, office, light industrial and research and

2458
03:23:50,400 --> 03:23:51,120
design uses.

2459
03:23:51,120 --> 03:23:56,700
would also allow for employees serving uses such as coffee shops and other small commercial services.

2460
03:23:57,640 --> 03:24:02,160
The medical mixed use zone would allow a range of uses in specified locations.

2461
03:24:02,900 --> 03:24:09,000
These uses include hospitals, medical clinics, laboratories, medical offices, and the like, as well as support services.

2462
03:24:10,020 --> 03:24:16,460
These would allow a four-story buildings of up to 60 feet, and the maximum height would be contemplated for sites with 10 acres minimum.

2463
03:24:16,460 --> 03:24:16,520
him.

2464
03:24:17,200 --> 03:24:20,640
These would be subject to design review to ensure appropriate massing as well.

2465
03:24:23,660 --> 03:24:27,800
Back in 2015, the Board reviewed some of the proposed standards for the new districts and

2466
03:24:27,800 --> 03:24:30,700
this slide is a summary of what the Board reviewed at that time.

2467
03:24:31,560 --> 03:24:36,480
In conjunction with the initial phase of the SSCC implementation, the Board also directed

2468
03:24:36,480 --> 03:24:40,780
the production of commercial and as mixed use design guidelines to ensure compatibility

2469
03:24:41,540 --> 03:24:43,660
and concerns about massing of larger buildings.

2470
03:24:44,620 --> 03:24:50,360
Our work program also includes establishing density ranges, which weren't addressed at

2471
03:24:50,360 --> 03:24:57,020
the time, establishing standards for small-lot single-family developments, a tool recommended

2472
03:24:57,020 --> 03:25:04,720
by the SSCC, and adding new and revised standards for R1 and particularly RM code sections.

2473
03:25:05,480 --> 03:25:09,900
We will be creating new mixed-use standards to better define the use of commercial versus

2474
03:25:09,900 --> 03:25:12,580
residential standards in mixed juice developments

2475
03:25:13,430 --> 03:25:16,040
and reviewing standards for multifamily development

2476
03:25:16,040 --> 03:25:18,840
to look at variable floor area ratios,

2477
03:25:19,020 --> 03:25:20,600
open space and parking requirements

2478
03:25:20,600 --> 03:25:23,100
to better utilize multifamily's own property.

2479
03:25:24,720 --> 03:25:26,820
Additional transportation changes include

2480
03:25:26,820 --> 03:25:29,280
reducing parking standards for smaller units

2481
03:25:29,280 --> 03:25:30,980
to support compact development,

2482
03:25:31,600 --> 03:25:33,680
working with the Department of Public Works

2483
03:25:33,680 --> 03:25:36,540
on the design criteria to update roadway standards,

2484
03:25:37,140 --> 03:25:39,280
accommodating multimodal transportation

2485
03:25:39,280 --> 03:25:45,260
via the layered network, addressing issues around reduced right-of-way, roadway exceptions.

2486
03:25:46,380 --> 03:25:50,840
At this time, the update does not include the development of standards for zoning overlays

2487
03:25:50,840 --> 03:25:52,800
that were recommended by the SSCC.

2488
03:25:53,520 --> 03:25:58,040
However, these tools will be accommodated as potential future strategies in the general

2489
03:25:58,040 --> 03:25:58,340
plan.

2490
03:26:01,680 --> 03:26:06,460
The update also incorporates the code modernization effort to clarify the code and make it

2491
03:26:06,460 --> 03:26:08,360
consistent with the updated general plan.

2492
03:26:08,360 --> 03:26:15,100
This includes code corrections and clean-ups, but also changes to Chapter 13.10, including

2493
03:26:15,100 --> 03:26:21,520
updating agricultural uses to support new uses in markets and agritourism, updating

2494
03:26:21,520 --> 03:26:25,780
temporary uses and accessory structures, addressing wineries, breweries and weddings,

2495
03:26:26,740 --> 03:26:28,360
outdoor storage and drive-up windows.

2496
03:26:29,320 --> 03:26:36,660
Chapter 1311 will be revised to address a new site development permit and design review

2497
03:26:36,660 --> 03:26:38,960
and incorporating the design guidelines.

2498
03:26:40,140 --> 03:26:44,400
Chapter 1650 would address agricultural land preservation

2499
03:26:44,400 --> 03:26:49,680
and protection, and Chapter 1810 would be revised

2500
03:26:49,680 --> 03:26:51,820
to modernize a permit approval and procedures.

2501
03:26:56,310 --> 03:26:58,550
So his previously mentioned consistency

2502
03:26:58,550 --> 03:27:04,530
with the adopted county plan requires us to be consistent

2503
03:27:04,530 --> 03:27:07,370
with adopted county plans and new state legislation,

2504
03:27:07,370 --> 03:27:09,450
which will inform the amendments as well.

2505
03:27:10,270 --> 03:27:12,710
County plans include the climate action strategy,

2506
03:27:13,130 --> 03:27:14,410
the county strategic plan,

2507
03:27:14,570 --> 03:27:16,670
the park strategic plan and the upcoming update

2508
03:27:16,670 --> 03:27:18,250
of the long range facilities plan.

2509
03:27:19,450 --> 03:27:21,890
Since the adoption of the general plan in 1994,

2510
03:27:22,390 --> 03:27:24,510
several state initiatives largely focused

2511
03:27:24,510 --> 03:27:27,070
on climate change in the earlier part of the century,

2512
03:27:27,670 --> 03:27:30,610
such as SB 375 sustainable communities

2513
03:27:30,610 --> 03:27:33,550
and AB 1358 complete streets have been adopted.

2514
03:27:34,390 --> 03:27:36,510
The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

2515
03:27:36,510 --> 03:27:42,670
Act was adopted in 2014 and requires groundwater management agencies to adopt groundwater sustainability

2516
03:27:42,670 --> 03:27:46,250
plans to ensure the sustainability of groundwater resources.

2517
03:27:47,210 --> 03:27:51,250
Jurisdictions engaged in major general plan amendments are required to coordinate with

2518
03:27:51,250 --> 03:27:55,090
agencies to ensure the availability of water supplies.

2519
03:27:56,050 --> 03:28:00,110
And as mentioned before, we'll also be addressing disadvantaged communities and incorporating

2520
03:28:00,110 --> 03:28:04,950
environmental justice as required by SB 1000 and other legislation.

2521
03:28:04,950 --> 03:28:06,030
More

2522
03:28:08,750 --> 03:28:12,030
recently, state legislation has begun to focus on the housing crisis.

2523
03:28:12,370 --> 03:28:15,290
Several laws were passed regarding accessory dwelling units.

2524
03:28:16,270 --> 03:28:23,250
Additional ADU legislation is also the topic of several upcoming bills headed for the governor's desk this year.

2525
03:28:23,950 --> 03:28:31,210
In 2017, the legislature passed SB 35, which provided a streamlined review process for eligible multifamily projects.

2526
03:28:31,210 --> 03:28:46,330
Projects meeting certain infill requirements are exempt from environmental review, and permitting for them must be regulatory slash ministerial rather than discretionary, meaning that if the project complies with applicable objective standards, it must be approved.

2527
03:28:47,350 --> 03:28:55,370
The law also provides more flexible density and parking requirements and reduce project timelines and extended project approval expirations.

2528
03:28:57,630 --> 03:29:03,190
Concurrently, with the update, the planning department is also working on the process

2529
03:29:03,190 --> 03:29:08,350
of collecting the objective standards that would be applicable to such projects and identifying

2530
03:29:08,350 --> 03:29:13,290
the holes in our codes where additional objective standards are needed to ensure neighborhood

2531
03:29:13,290 --> 03:29:15,450
compatibility and appropriate massing.

2532
03:29:15,870 --> 03:29:19,730
We'll then propose standards that can be included in the sustainability update to

2533
03:29:19,730 --> 03:29:20,510
address those holes.

2534
03:29:20,510 --> 03:29:27,750
Staff will be presenting more on the SB Streamlining and Objective Planning Standards to the Board and Planning Commission later this winter.

2535
03:29:29,250 --> 03:29:50,490
By creating new zoning districts, modernizing the code and refining the development standards and sustainability update will help the county in meeting its goals under the regional housing needs allocation or VINA.

2536
03:29:50,490 --> 03:29:54,950
for housing affordable to very low, low, moderate, and above moderate income levels.

2537
03:29:55,950 --> 03:29:59,970
As of the end of 2018, the county had achieved approximately 32 percent

2538
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:05,540
of its overall arena at about 50% of the way through the planning period. At this

2539
03:30:05,540 --> 03:30:09,080
time, the county has only achieved the sub-allocation for moderate income

2540
03:30:09,080 --> 03:30:14,580
housing. Right now, AMBAG is currently awaiting the next set of rena numbers

2541
03:30:14,580 --> 03:30:18,800
from the state for the next 10-year planning period. Based on the allocations

2542
03:30:18,800 --> 03:30:24,000
that are being provided to other communities, our rena numbers may be one

2543
03:30:24,000 --> 03:30:29,100
half to two times greater than what they were one and a half, thank you, to

2544
03:30:29,100 --> 03:30:32,380
two times greater than what they were during the current planning period.

2545
03:30:33,420 --> 03:30:38,240
The zoning districts and other revisions in the update will help us meet those RENA goals.

2546
03:30:41,520 --> 03:30:45,860
In the past several years, the Planning Department has been working to implement a variety of

2547
03:30:45,860 --> 03:30:48,400
housing strategies to help address the housing crisis.

2548
03:30:49,000 --> 03:30:54,780
These include ADU ordinances and outreach, enhanced density bonus allowances, and process

2549
03:30:54,780 --> 03:30:59,900
for the R Combining District, as well as the most recent permanent room housing ordinance.

2550
03:30:59,900 --> 03:31:04,600
All these new policies and codes would continue to apply to residential mixed use developments.

2551
03:31:04,800 --> 03:31:06,540
There are some restrictions to note.

2552
03:31:06,980 --> 03:31:11,300
For instance, only one ADU is allowed per single family dwelling.

2553
03:31:12,120 --> 03:31:18,160
The Enhanced Density Bonus Program is currently capped at 30 dwelling units per acre if affordable and 26 otherwise.

2554
03:31:18,920 --> 03:31:21,940
And the R Combining District only exists on very few sites.

2555
03:31:22,480 --> 03:31:27,620
An application to new properties would require rezoning, which would have to be approved by the Board.

2556
03:31:28,520 --> 03:31:33,700
The upcoming Agriculture Employee Housing, public facilities and school employee amendments

2557
03:31:33,700 --> 03:31:38,840
would further allow specialized and or affordable housing on certain sites, but that will have

2558
03:31:38,840 --> 03:31:41,780
little overlap with the amendments in the sustainability update.

2559
03:31:42,460 --> 03:31:46,320
These amendments are expected to be reviewed by the Board by the end of the year as well.

2560
03:31:49,700 --> 03:31:54,940
The SB 35 objective standards that we previously talked about is a process improvement that

2561
03:31:54,940 --> 03:31:57,160
will streamline housing on urban infill sites

2562
03:31:57,160 --> 03:31:58,560
as required by the state,

2563
03:31:58,920 --> 03:32:01,220
but will not interact in a cumulative manner

2564
03:32:01,220 --> 03:32:02,480
with the update amendments.

2565
03:32:04,020 --> 03:32:07,600
In addition, legislature recently passed

2566
03:32:07,600 --> 03:32:10,020
several housing-related amendments that affect tools

2567
03:32:10,020 --> 03:32:12,360
such as ADUs, density bonus provisions,

2568
03:32:13,040 --> 03:32:15,000
and approval streamlining.

2569
03:32:15,520 --> 03:32:17,120
These bills are now on the governor's desk

2570
03:32:17,120 --> 03:32:19,220
for signature by October 13th.

2571
03:32:19,360 --> 03:32:21,300
Planning department will return with an overview

2572
03:32:21,300 --> 03:32:22,500
of the ones that are signed

2573
03:32:22,500 --> 03:32:27,100
when we bring back the SB objective standards later this year.

2574
03:32:28,640 --> 03:32:34,700
Little bit on the environmental process, the EIR will analyze the potential impacts of the

2575
03:32:34,700 --> 03:32:35,480
proposed amendments.

2576
03:32:36,320 --> 03:32:40,520
As a first step, progress continues to be made to update the traffic demand model that

2577
03:32:40,520 --> 03:32:41,780
will be used in the EIR.

2578
03:32:42,760 --> 03:32:47,260
This work on the model establishes both the transportation and land use assumptions

2579
03:32:47,260 --> 03:32:50,180
that will create the baseline of existing conditions

2580
03:32:50,180 --> 03:32:52,760
and establish future growth patterns.

2581
03:32:53,640 --> 03:32:55,860
As the EIR alternatives are developed,

2582
03:32:56,040 --> 03:32:58,340
the upper limit of height and density standards

2583
03:32:58,340 --> 03:33:00,480
can be analyzed, which will in turn inform

2584
03:33:00,480 --> 03:33:03,060
an iterative process to develop the draft standards

2585
03:33:03,060 --> 03:33:05,020
that will eventually be brought before the board.

2586
03:33:07,980 --> 03:33:10,460
Finally, a quick snapshot of the timeline

2587
03:33:10,460 --> 03:33:13,280
for the amendments in the EIR and where we are now.

2588
03:33:13,440 --> 03:33:15,400
We're currently in the process of creating

2589
03:33:15,400 --> 03:33:17,940
administrative drafts of the General Plan and Code

2590
03:33:17,940 --> 03:33:23,360
amendments which is outlined in orange on the timeline. A notice of preparation of scoping

2591
03:33:23,360 --> 03:33:29,900
meeting are being prepared for the release of the EIR in January 2020. There will be an extended 90

2592
03:33:29,900 --> 03:33:36,120
day or longer public review period for the draft amendments and the draft EIR during which time

2593
03:33:36,120 --> 03:33:40,580
there will be community meetings in every district with exist additional meetings in the

2594
03:33:40,580 --> 03:33:46,200
urban areas as needed. Comments on both the amendments and the EIR will be sought at that

2595
03:33:47,020 --> 03:33:53,280
draft amendments are expected to be released in mid 2020 on the draft EIR to follow in the fall of 2020.

2596
03:33:53,960 --> 03:33:59,500
Public outreach will include new user-friendly and interactive website for the effort that will encourage the public

2597
03:33:59,500 --> 03:34:02,420
to explore the amendments by topic and allow public input.

2598
03:34:03,420 --> 03:34:09,640
And the draft code amendment, general plan and code amendments will be available as necessary

2599
03:34:09,640 --> 03:34:13,540
and released with, excuse me, will be amended as necessary,

2600
03:34:13,640 --> 03:34:15,120
released with the final EIR,

2601
03:34:15,320 --> 03:34:16,880
along with responses to comments,

2602
03:34:17,000 --> 03:34:19,100
which is expected in the spring of 2021.

2603
03:34:20,200 --> 03:34:22,480
Planning commission and the board would have public hearings

2604
03:34:22,480 --> 03:34:25,120
in the spring through fall of 2021,

2605
03:34:25,760 --> 03:34:28,140
and final board adoption would be expected

2606
03:34:28,140 --> 03:34:29,480
at the end of 2021.

2607
03:34:30,000 --> 03:34:31,640
And finally, the Coastal Commission certification

2608
03:34:32,020 --> 03:34:34,480
is expected in 2022.

2609
03:34:37,440 --> 03:34:39,180
That ends our presentation.

2610
03:34:39,740 --> 03:34:43,420
If you have questions, Kathy and I are here to answer and we'd be happy to do that.

2611
03:34:43,580 --> 03:34:43,900
Thank you.

2612
03:34:44,280 --> 03:34:44,640
Okay.

2613
03:34:44,860 --> 03:34:46,100
I'll ask if anyone has any questions.

2614
03:34:48,840 --> 03:34:49,480
Thank you.

2615
03:34:49,720 --> 03:34:51,020
Thank you for the presentation.

2616
03:34:54,440 --> 03:34:58,540
One of the reasons I was interested in us talking about this is because I was hoping

2617
03:34:58,540 --> 03:35:04,280
it would provide some light on what we're actually going to be studying in the EIR.

2618
03:35:04,280 --> 03:35:14,380
are. It's interesting to me that the board item that we had was pretty limited. And then

2619
03:35:14,380 --> 03:35:18,280
the information that we had in this presentation included some new information that wasn't in

2620
03:35:18,280 --> 03:35:23,780
the board item. So I think we're going to have to work on when we share information

2621
03:35:23,780 --> 03:35:29,380
with the public as to what we're actually talking about because there doesn't seem

2622
03:35:29,380 --> 03:35:33,400
to be a complete match with the information being provided and what we're actually

2623
03:35:33,400 --> 03:35:34,480
going to be putting in the document.

2624
03:35:35,240 --> 03:35:37,380
So I'll give you a couple of examples.

2625
03:35:38,420 --> 03:35:41,180
In your presentation, we didn't talk

2626
03:35:41,180 --> 03:35:43,500
about the economic vitality strategy, which

2627
03:35:43,500 --> 03:35:45,420
is referenced in the board item.

2628
03:35:46,020 --> 03:35:48,940
We didn't talk about cannabis, which is also in there.

2629
03:35:49,340 --> 03:35:51,200
We didn't talk about commercial weddings

2630
03:35:51,200 --> 03:35:58,810
and special events and seascape beach

2631
03:35:58,810 --> 03:36:00,110
estates combining district.

2632
03:36:01,070 --> 03:36:04,090
I don't think my sense is that some of these

2633
03:36:04,090 --> 03:36:10,830
these are going to be part of the EIR, but not all these things. I'm not sure what would

2634
03:36:10,830 --> 03:36:14,530
be the cannabis part of it, for instance, because we've talked about this quite a bit,

2635
03:36:16,850 --> 03:36:21,890
but it's just hard to wade through all the different things because of the amount of time

2636
03:36:21,890 --> 03:36:27,910
we've had. Likewise, in one of the items where we got a little bit more information

2637
03:36:27,910 --> 03:36:35,810
in the board item about medical mixed use. In the board item it had information about

2638
03:36:35,810 --> 03:36:43,990
height, the floor-air ratio, step-backs, et cetera. But there was an item in here that

2639
03:36:43,990 --> 03:36:50,130
there are some other items that you might consider for different sized lots. That wasn't

2640
03:36:52,150 --> 03:36:59,190
included in any way in the written documentation, so it's just hard for me to get a sense of

2641
03:36:59,190 --> 03:37:06,990
what it is we're actually talking about because it's difficult to wade through all the different

2642
03:37:06,990 --> 03:37:07,890
portions of this.

2643
03:37:09,510 --> 03:37:20,570
On the transportation element with the vehicle miles traveled, I welcome a new way to take

2644
03:37:20,570 --> 03:37:21,190
a look at this.

2645
03:37:23,050 --> 03:37:28,390
But at least what I understood in your presentation, and you can correct me if I'm wrong, is we

2646
03:37:28,390 --> 03:37:30,110
don't know exactly how we're going to look at this.

2647
03:37:30,570 --> 03:37:34,390
Kim Lee Horm is going to help us figure this out along the way, and then there's

2648
03:37:34,390 --> 03:37:35,930
going to be something in this document.

2649
03:37:36,610 --> 03:37:42,970
Will we have looked at that here at the board first, or will we see it when the draft EIR comes out?

2650
03:37:43,110 --> 03:37:44,150
I'm just trying to figure that out.

2651
03:37:44,230 --> 03:37:47,970
Yeah, so that's why we wanted to just spend a little bit of time explaining it.

2652
03:37:49,630 --> 03:38:02,690
Part of what would be in the sustainability update would be to establish what the existing VMT is by very small zones,

2653
03:38:02,690 --> 03:38:07,970
so that we can understand the impact of the general plan

2654
03:38:07,970 --> 03:38:12,110
and code changes on VMT, but also so we can establish

2655
03:38:12,110 --> 03:38:16,410
an existing threshold so that we can understand

2656
03:38:16,410 --> 03:38:18,970
what that threshold is when it comes to new developments.

2657
03:38:19,590 --> 03:38:21,510
So that's kind of a two-pronged thing,

2658
03:38:21,650 --> 03:38:23,830
and that would be establishing the general plan

2659
03:38:23,830 --> 03:38:25,010
as a function of this.

2660
03:38:25,630 --> 03:38:28,610
So I get that that's our goal.

2661
03:38:28,850 --> 03:38:31,990
I'm just trying to figure out when we have

2662
03:38:31,990 --> 03:38:36,590
any kind of when will be the discussions here at the board level. Will it be after the draft

2663
03:38:36,590 --> 03:38:42,530
EIR comes out or will it be before it's sent to study or that's what I'm trying to figure.

2664
03:38:42,590 --> 03:38:49,190
You'll have some options, but it's been a while now. It's acknowledged, but the last

2665
03:38:49,190 --> 03:38:54,910
direction we had when we started to bring draft code amendments that were fairly detailed

2666
03:38:54,910 --> 03:38:59,250
before the board, some of the members of the public were starting to get concerned

2667
03:38:59,250 --> 03:39:05,190
that we didn't have the benefit of environmental review information as you were discussing fairly

2668
03:39:05,190 --> 03:39:12,010
detailed draft proposals. And so it's iterative and we feel that at this point it's appropriate.

2669
03:39:12,610 --> 03:39:16,950
We've got the economic vitality strategy and all the cannabis information.

2670
03:39:17,330 --> 03:39:23,190
We have the commercial weddings, draft proposals, all of the things that we've been working on

2671
03:39:23,190 --> 03:39:26,230
over time, including most importantly, this is Stample-Santa Cruz County Plan.

2672
03:39:26,230 --> 03:39:27,830
and there's a lot of information in there.

2673
03:39:27,950 --> 03:39:30,330
So what we wanna do is distill it down

2674
03:39:30,330 --> 03:39:33,670
into clear, readable content

2675
03:39:34,730 --> 03:39:38,410
and have the environmental and traffic consultants

2676
03:39:38,410 --> 03:39:41,690
do some work with us and have that analysis

2677
03:39:41,690 --> 03:39:43,930
be able to inform the refinement

2678
03:39:43,930 --> 03:39:46,030
of what we would consider draft policies.

2679
03:39:46,450 --> 03:39:48,750
Once we feel that we're at a place

2680
03:39:48,750 --> 03:39:51,270
where we've got draft materials

2681
03:39:51,790 --> 03:39:54,310
that are informed by environmental analysis

2682
03:39:54,310 --> 03:39:58,850
and, you know, they pull together and they reflect existing plans and state laws and

2683
03:39:58,850 --> 03:40:00,070
the SACC and all that.

2684
03:40:00,530 --> 03:40:06,750
We would have the option to begin at some level to discuss it with the Planning Commission

2685
03:40:06,750 --> 03:40:11,910
and or with yourself, but I think I just still always have that caution about wanting

2686
03:40:11,910 --> 03:40:17,750
also for it to be reviewed in conjunction with the draft EIR and that environmental

2687
03:40:17,750 --> 03:40:21,530
review information that the public has been requesting.

2688
03:40:21,530 --> 03:40:28,910
So that is a long answer to what that's why we are proposing a minimum of a three month

2689
03:40:29,530 --> 03:40:32,370
review period for the EIR and draft amendments.

2690
03:40:32,890 --> 03:40:37,330
And I think that I understand that it's a lot.

2691
03:40:37,530 --> 03:40:38,590
It's a lot to absorb.

2692
03:40:38,810 --> 03:40:40,990
And I understand where your question is coming from.

2693
03:40:41,230 --> 03:40:48,070
Yeah, I'm just – it's what I'm – as the person who's trying to sign off on the EIR costs,

2694
03:40:48,490 --> 03:40:51,230
I'm just trying to figure out what it is that's going out for the EIR.

2695
03:40:53,070 --> 03:41:00,090
And that's the part that's hard to grasp at this point because it hasn't been developed.

2696
03:41:00,790 --> 03:41:06,770
I mean, we have both things that have been sitting on a shelf for five years and things

2697
03:41:06,770 --> 03:41:09,970
that haven't been developed, and we're going to try to put it all in one document,

2698
03:41:10,690 --> 03:41:14,070
and we're going to expect that the public understands.

2699
03:41:14,770 --> 03:41:20,390
I mean, as outlined in the general plan, it's basically a rewrite of the general plan,

2700
03:41:20,750 --> 03:41:26,410
or it mostly rewrite of the general plan, save a couple elements which we're also taking

2701
03:41:26,410 --> 03:41:29,090
up or have taken up, right?

2702
03:41:29,510 --> 03:41:36,650
So these are big changes that we're considering, and it's hard, at this point, it's still

2703
03:41:36,650 --> 03:41:43,850
hard for me to completely get how all these disparate elements are going to be shared

2704
03:41:43,850 --> 03:41:51,970
in some way that people will be able to understand what the impacts are and for us to be confident

2705
03:41:51,970 --> 03:41:54,330
that we're making a good decision because...

2706
03:41:54,330 --> 03:42:01,210
I think one way to look at it is to realize that we will be using the AMBAG's 2040 population

2707
03:42:01,210 --> 03:42:06,870
and employment forecasts and they're not that much different than the 2035 population

2708
03:42:06,870 --> 03:42:10,610
employment forecasts that we had when we were working with the SSCC.

2709
03:42:11,990 --> 03:42:15,850
So I don't think you'll see really a lot of land use changes.

2710
03:42:16,310 --> 03:42:20,470
We are creating some new tools and some new policies around sustainability as you know

2711
03:42:20,470 --> 03:42:25,530
and around our approach to how we look at transportation and the VMT and multimodal and all of that.

2712
03:42:25,970 --> 03:42:29,470
But in terms of actual land use changes, I think that will be fairly modest.

2713
03:42:29,890 --> 03:42:32,690
There will be some new tools and policies available for use.

2714
03:42:32,690 --> 03:42:39,990
But we, you know, we expect that, you know, what we do as the land use and transportation,

2715
03:42:40,570 --> 03:42:46,410
you know, workers is we take AMBAGS forecast and we use professional judgment along with

2716
03:42:46,410 --> 03:42:50,630
the transportation and EIR consultants about where that development might occur.

2717
03:42:51,090 --> 03:42:55,990
AMBAGS existing transportation model and RTC's model already have that for the 2035

2718
03:42:55,990 --> 03:42:56,690
forecast.

2719
03:42:56,690 --> 03:43:02,690
We'll be updating that to 2040 and we'll be asking ourselves, you know, what has changed,

2720
03:43:02,910 --> 03:43:09,570
you know, and how much in terms of what our projected land use distribution will be from

2721
03:43:09,570 --> 03:43:10,650
last time we modeled it.

2722
03:43:10,890 --> 03:43:12,230
So it's going to be fairly modest.

2723
03:43:12,430 --> 03:43:15,610
There's not a lot of population employment growth as you saw by the last growth goal

2724
03:43:15,610 --> 03:43:19,130
report and so that's one answer.

2725
03:43:19,850 --> 03:43:26,430
But we expect that, you know, what we forecast will be consistent with the preferred alternatives

2726
03:43:26,430 --> 03:43:32,690
in the focus areas that were accepted by the board?

2727
03:43:33,090 --> 03:43:37,330
Yeah, I mean, that's to another point,

2728
03:43:37,530 --> 03:43:39,270
is we went out and had these discussions,

2729
03:43:40,010 --> 03:43:43,150
engaged the public in meaningful discussions.

2730
03:43:43,470 --> 03:43:44,350
I know I was there.

2731
03:43:44,830 --> 03:43:45,870
I thought they were pretty...

2732
03:43:45,870 --> 03:43:47,290
We got good information.

2733
03:43:47,830 --> 03:43:48,990
There was good exchanges.

2734
03:43:50,190 --> 03:43:53,310
But, you know, we're headed into Year 7

2735
03:43:53,310 --> 03:43:54,950
since the meeting started.

2736
03:43:54,950 --> 03:44:03,430
we're going to be at year 10 when this thing is done, we're making a lot of assumptions

2737
03:44:03,430 --> 03:44:06,310
as to what people even remember as part of the discussions.

2738
03:44:07,190 --> 03:44:14,430
And so it's been complicated, I would add, that we then have made changes that weren't

2739
03:44:14,430 --> 03:44:19,910
discussed there that don't reflect the same goals as the sustainable Santa Cruz

2740
03:44:19,910 --> 03:44:20,570
County plan.

2741
03:44:20,570 --> 03:44:28,770
And so it's, the public is, which is generally suspicious of government, will be doubly suspicious

2742
03:44:29,570 --> 03:44:38,250
of government because they, we had a conversation, we adopted something, we took on other policies

2743
03:44:38,250 --> 03:44:40,730
which were not in concert with that plan.

2744
03:44:41,290 --> 03:44:49,670
And now we have this document that has a lot of different things, wineries, structures

2745
03:44:49,670 --> 03:44:58,950
and driveways, you know, housing regulations, transportation element, it's going to be a

2746
03:44:58,950 --> 03:44:59,970
very con-

2747
03:45:00,000 --> 03:45:05,820
Confusing document and it's going to be really important to have clear information or at least

2748
03:45:05,820 --> 03:45:15,420
information and chunks that are digestible. And the PowerPoint was a little bit better

2749
03:45:15,420 --> 03:45:19,160
than what was included here, although I don't think there were elements that were included

2750
03:45:19,160 --> 03:45:28,320
in the written report. And so I think it's a work in progress. I'm also looking at what

2751
03:45:28,320 --> 03:45:39,220
we're asking the EIR consultant that you mentioned only briefly was the noise section. Now we

2752
03:45:39,220 --> 03:45:47,180
recently changed our noise element and so I'm just wondering what is, what's going to

2753
03:45:47,180 --> 03:45:51,400
happen in this part of the EIR and what should we expect there?

2754
03:45:52,720 --> 03:45:58,540
I mean, the noise element has already been adopted by your board at the last meeting.

2755
03:45:58,900 --> 03:46:01,180
And so that is, I guess, considered baseline.

2756
03:46:01,620 --> 03:46:07,440
But in terms of its policies, it's not substantively a whole lot different than what existed before.

2757
03:46:07,800 --> 03:46:11,560
The new noise element, I think, is a lot more clear and explanatory about what noise

2758
03:46:11,560 --> 03:46:14,900
is and has policies.

2759
03:46:14,900 --> 03:46:21,600
and now we've got a noise planning ordinance that will be part of the code that reflects

2760
03:46:21,600 --> 03:46:28,440
that noise element. So we feel that those new materials, which are now adopted, won't

2761
03:46:28,440 --> 03:46:30,500
really need to be this part of this EIR.

2762
03:46:31,200 --> 03:46:38,500
No, I don't disagree with you. I'm just saying it's in the DUDEC proposal about a section

2763
03:46:38,500 --> 03:46:39,040
on noise.

2764
03:46:39,280 --> 03:46:44,020
Yeah, they have to address noise in the context of the general plan update and

2765
03:46:44,020 --> 03:46:44,940
any of the county code.

2766
03:46:45,040 --> 03:46:50,260
But we're not expecting any, it sounds like major changes to it.

2767
03:46:51,080 --> 03:46:56,820
The recent changes will provide a baseline, if you will, of what the EIR looks like.

2768
03:46:57,460 --> 03:46:59,200
It's not new amendments to noise.

2769
03:47:01,360 --> 03:47:06,180
The question about state legislation and the rapid changes in which the state is looking

2770
03:47:06,180 --> 03:47:09,640
at housing I think are generally pretty good.

2771
03:47:09,640 --> 03:47:14,600
But there's some that I think does not accomplish our goals, but that's neither here nor there

2772
03:47:14,600 --> 03:47:16,020
for the topic of this conversation.

2773
03:47:16,600 --> 03:47:22,140
But since we adopted five years ago a set of new zoning designations, are they still

2774
03:47:22,140 --> 03:47:25,480
the right zoning designation given the changes in state law?

2775
03:47:27,880 --> 03:47:28,200
You know.

2776
03:47:28,520 --> 03:47:35,260
We're going to, you may recall that when in 2015 we presented an outline of what the

2777
03:47:35,260 --> 03:47:39,620
proposed new development standards would be for what we call the new tools, you

2778
03:47:39,620 --> 03:47:45,640
sex, medical mixed use, we specifically said that these numbers are at the upper limit

2779
03:47:45,640 --> 03:47:46,980
of what we might consider.

2780
03:47:47,440 --> 03:47:52,940
Because of CEQA and how it's structured, you want to study the most intensive that you

2781
03:47:52,940 --> 03:47:56,220
might possibly adopt, and you could also go down, you could always go down from that.

2782
03:47:56,700 --> 03:48:03,660
So that's why I think that we probably will back off at some level from those

2783
03:48:03,660 --> 03:48:13,400
maximums in certain areas because of the changes in state laws and the local changes we made

2784
03:48:13,400 --> 03:48:14,400
to some of our provisions.

2785
03:48:15,140 --> 03:48:23,100
And I think that we understand that you'll want a lot of detailed analysis about just

2786
03:48:23,100 --> 03:48:28,420
what that is and what options we considered in developing the final recommendations for

2787
03:48:28,420 --> 03:48:29,640
what those numbers are.

2788
03:48:30,440 --> 03:48:36,240
Yeah, I look forward to that. Again, it's hard for me to see what that's going to look

2789
03:48:36,240 --> 03:48:43,340
like and understand that. And so, again, I hope the information we get from the EIR is

2790
03:48:43,340 --> 03:48:48,860
telling enough to give us, because there are a few things that I can be sure of.

2791
03:48:48,860 --> 03:48:54,300
But if anybody remembers coming to these meetings, they'll remember that we asked

2792
03:48:54,300 --> 03:48:58,160
them about the height of buildings, and they'll remember what they told us. They

2793
03:48:58,160 --> 03:49:06,160
You may not remember anything about res flex or work flex, but they remember that, right?

2794
03:49:06,280 --> 03:49:07,460
That makes sense to them.

2795
03:49:10,420 --> 03:49:15,580
It's just a word to the wise that we entered into that social contract.

2796
03:49:15,740 --> 03:49:18,120
We should do everything we can to honor that social contract.

2797
03:49:20,160 --> 03:49:24,560
And if we don't want to honor it, we should go out and tell people that we've changed

2798
03:49:24,560 --> 03:49:31,220
our mind and do is the same sort of intensive process as we did to get their opinion the

2799
03:49:31,220 --> 03:49:34,020
first time to see if it reflects where the community wants to be.

2800
03:49:34,780 --> 03:49:40,640
I mean we're not seeing any changes from what the public was told and what's in the SACC.

2801
03:49:40,920 --> 03:49:45,860
As I just mentioned, if anything, some of those draft development standards were on

2802
03:49:45,860 --> 03:49:49,820
the higher end and will probably be brought down a bit because of all the different

2803
03:49:49,820 --> 03:49:56,540
of layers of other local and state opportunities, if you will, that have now come into existence.

2804
03:49:58,320 --> 03:50:03,940
I guess the last thing, I'm going to get your perspective of how to share this with the public.

2805
03:50:04,740 --> 03:50:10,940
You talked in this presentation that we might see Ryan in numbers that it might be as

2806
03:50:10,940 --> 03:50:16,800
much as two times what we have to take now. But our growth analysis that we just heard

2807
03:50:16,800 --> 03:50:22,880
shows the population decline. How do we go out and talk to the public about why we're

2808
03:50:22,880 --> 03:50:28,220
going to have to provide twice as many housing units now, but at the same time we expect

2809
03:50:28,220 --> 03:50:29,420
a population to be decreasing?

2810
03:50:29,800 --> 03:50:36,560
Yeah, I mean, it's going to be really interesting to see what the rena numbers really end

2811
03:50:36,560 --> 03:50:41,980
up being for our region. I mean, we know that in Southern California, some of those

2812
03:50:41,980 --> 03:50:46,000
areas are getting rena numbers triple from what they used to get. So the state

2813
03:50:46,000 --> 03:50:50,580
is taking a much more aggressive approach in trying to ensure that local governments

2814
03:50:51,780 --> 03:50:57,360
have policies and zoned land that's available to accommodate housing need.

2815
03:50:57,740 --> 03:51:03,340
And so there's this whole conversation and policies and laws at the state level all

2816
03:51:03,340 --> 03:51:09,910
around that and with the threats of taking local land use control away, of fines and

2817
03:51:09,910 --> 03:51:16,570
penalties of ministerial automatic approvals and all of that if you don't have adequate

2818
03:51:16,570 --> 03:51:22,030
zone land at the appropriate densities to meet the variety of housing needs in your

2819
03:51:22,030 --> 03:51:22,970
adopted housing element.

2820
03:51:23,450 --> 03:51:31,770
And so this SSCC, the general plan update, we will hope that the Coastal Commission

2821
03:51:31,770 --> 03:51:38,250
certifies it in 2022 that our next housing element is due at the end of 2023.

2822
03:51:38,250 --> 03:51:58,190
This is the opportunity. This is the vehicle to ensure that from a policy and land use zoning standpoint, our regulatory framework can accommodate the arena and not be subject to these state pressures and all of that.

2823
03:51:58,190 --> 03:52:05,450
Whether it actually happens or not is a function of the market and job creation and available

2824
03:52:05,450 --> 03:52:09,110
land sites for development and a whole lot of other things.

2825
03:52:11,530 --> 03:52:18,190
But our burden and where the state is really pressuring right now is to have local governments

2826
03:52:18,190 --> 03:52:22,130
at least plan for and accommodate it, and that's what this would do.

2827
03:52:22,690 --> 03:52:27,150
And you bring up the housing element, and I know we're behind in our timeline on

2828
03:52:27,150 --> 03:52:29,930
the housing element. Do we have any sense of when that's going to be?

2829
03:52:30,310 --> 03:52:34,830
Oh no, we're fine with the housing element. No, I know. We have an approved housing element.

2830
03:52:34,830 --> 03:52:40,750
Oh, you mean in terms of housing production? We set targets for looking at policies, creation

2831
03:52:40,750 --> 03:52:45,330
of units, a whole bunch of things. Some of those were behind on, and I'm wondering

2832
03:52:45,330 --> 03:52:49,730
if it's in the work plan to sort of catch that up.

2833
03:52:52,110 --> 03:52:55,810
In terms of the housing element, implementation of our existing adopted housing element,

2834
03:52:55,810 --> 03:53:01,270
But I think we've been actually doing pretty well in terms of implementing some of the policies

2835
03:53:01,270 --> 03:53:07,810
and programs such as the ADU changes, the Ag and Employee Housing, School Employee Housing,

2836
03:53:08,250 --> 03:53:14,710
Permanent Room Housing, Overlay District, a lot of those things per your board's direction.

2837
03:53:14,990 --> 03:53:20,130
We got started early on and we're finishing up on those now.

2838
03:53:20,130 --> 03:53:27,650
So, you know, the ability to focus now on this general plan update, you know, will I

2839
03:53:27,650 --> 03:53:32,130
think allow us to, you know, take a hard look at what else is still left in that housing

2840
03:53:32,130 --> 03:53:33,770
element and address that?

2841
03:53:34,610 --> 03:53:38,970
Yeah, I'll get you some of the things that I don't want to get into a discussion about

2842
03:53:38,970 --> 03:53:40,270
the housing element here.

2843
03:53:41,450 --> 03:53:45,710
I just, I'll just reiterate it's important that we have information that's understandable

2844
03:53:45,710 --> 03:53:53,830
material that is the same from a platform to platform, what I looked at this presentation

2845
03:53:53,830 --> 03:53:58,350
versus the written material, that was not there yet, and so I want to encourage you

2846
03:53:58,350 --> 03:54:02,630
to try harder to make it, to increase the clarity.

2847
03:54:02,990 --> 03:54:07,370
We are putting together a special website, which Stephanie could probably elaborate

2848
03:54:07,370 --> 03:54:13,870
on better than I, but we can post this PowerPoint with the notes, you know, so

2849
03:54:13,870 --> 03:54:20,850
that people can read the information that was presented to you today and we'll keep

2850
03:54:20,850 --> 03:54:29,390
populating that website. Again, the first big next public opportunity probably will be when

2851
03:54:29,390 --> 03:54:33,550
we release the notice of preparation in the EIR and we're expecting that at the beginning

2852
03:54:33,550 --> 03:54:39,950
of 2020. There will be a public scoping meeting where we reach out to people and ask for their

2853
03:54:39,950 --> 03:54:43,210
input on what the IR should cover, et cetera.

2854
03:54:43,850 --> 03:54:51,890
And we understand that this is a lot of material, and a lot of existing documents, both regionally

2855
03:54:51,890 --> 03:54:55,770
and other agencies as well as our own, are going to be reflected in this.

2856
03:54:56,310 --> 03:55:04,010
So we're working really hard to create a clear and distilled down version of that.

2857
03:55:04,010 --> 03:55:09,410
So hopefully by the time we're ready to go public with that draft material and draft EIR,

2858
03:55:10,830 --> 03:55:15,190
we can walk people through it at community workshops and have it be understandable.

2859
03:55:15,390 --> 03:55:16,710
It is a lot. We know that.

2860
03:55:17,510 --> 03:55:20,650
It's tough now and hopefully gets better, so thank you.

2861
03:55:21,650 --> 03:55:28,850
I just want to follow up on John's question because I think combining the previous growth goals

2862
03:55:28,850 --> 03:55:31,650
where we're seeing essentially a stagnant or declining population,

2863
03:55:31,650 --> 03:55:35,030
and we have seen a significant number of house,

2864
03:55:36,130 --> 03:55:37,270
significant amount of housing built,

2865
03:55:37,410 --> 03:55:40,590
especially in the city of Santa Cruz and Watsonville

2866
03:55:40,590 --> 03:55:42,230
and to some extent in the county.

2867
03:55:43,550 --> 03:55:46,790
Yet we are all feeling housing crisis

2868
03:55:46,790 --> 03:55:48,830
and seeing doubling rena numbers.

2869
03:55:50,270 --> 03:55:54,710
Is that because we are losing a significant number

2870
03:55:54,710 --> 03:55:56,910
of our housing stock to second and third homes

2871
03:55:56,910 --> 03:55:59,310
that people are no longer,

2872
03:55:59,310 --> 03:56:06,330
Is that because we are aging at a rapid rate, so we're seeing a shrinking household size?

2873
03:56:06,550 --> 03:56:08,970
Is that, like, what's going on?

2874
03:56:09,350 --> 03:56:15,490
Because if we took this to the community, it wouldn't make any sense.

2875
03:56:16,110 --> 03:56:18,950
So what's your explanation?

2876
03:56:19,290 --> 03:56:25,790
I think all of the above, you know, new family formation is, you know, at a much lesser rate,

2877
03:56:25,790 --> 03:56:30,030
you know, in terms of young people forming families and having children themselves and

2878
03:56:30,030 --> 03:56:38,030
living here, the cost of living, you know, job creation, the Silicon Valley and second

2879
03:56:38,030 --> 03:56:43,510
and third homes, vacation rentals, you know, all of those things I think influence it.

2880
03:56:43,930 --> 03:56:45,050
Cost of housing.

2881
03:56:45,270 --> 03:56:46,990
The cost is a huge one.

2882
03:56:49,610 --> 03:56:55,990
Right, but in theory, if sort of traditional economics worked, you have declining demand

2883
03:56:55,990 --> 03:57:02,170
and or stagnant demand and increased supply but it's not we're obviously not

2884
03:57:02,170 --> 03:57:07,410
seeing that yeah I think that some of what the state might be up to is is having

2885
03:57:07,410 --> 03:57:13,990
these numbers at some level accommodate addressing past unmet needs rather than

2886
03:57:13,990 --> 03:57:21,290
only growth because you there you know the the inappropriately housed the

2887
03:57:21,290 --> 03:57:27,470
under housed, the homeless, all of these people that would make different housing choices

2888
03:57:27,470 --> 03:57:30,410
if housing, different types of housing units were available.

2889
03:57:30,810 --> 03:57:34,790
I think that's some of why the numbers in terms of what we should be zoning for are

2890
03:57:34,790 --> 03:57:40,250
higher than actual population growth is that making up for past deficiencies is I think

2891
03:57:40,250 --> 03:57:40,750
part of the-

2892
03:57:40,750 --> 03:57:45,850
I wish they do it where the jobs have been and continue to be created and they

2893
03:57:45,850 --> 03:57:50,030
have not created the housing, which is why we get the spillover effect here.

2894
03:57:51,330 --> 03:57:57,490
I mean, I think to then linking it back to this presentation, I think the point I'd make

2895
03:57:57,490 --> 03:58:10,630
is to the extent that we're losing part of our housing to use or we have the wrong type

2896
03:58:10,630 --> 03:58:15,370
of housing, I think we need to understand that trend so that when we are building housing

2897
03:58:15,370 --> 03:58:19,690
after this update and co-demarization, we're building the right kind of housing.

2898
03:58:19,690 --> 03:58:24,170
We're not building homes that are conducive to being a second or third home.

2899
03:58:24,370 --> 03:58:30,510
We're building homes that are smaller units for families that are smaller than they have

2900
03:58:30,510 --> 03:58:31,010
been in the past.

2901
03:58:31,150 --> 03:58:35,810
I think we have to sort of see where the market's going and then adjust our home supply.

2902
03:58:35,950 --> 03:58:41,150
So if we do build, we're building the kinds of units that our community needs, not just

2903
03:58:41,150 --> 03:58:43,030
sort of units for unit's sake.

2904
03:58:43,990 --> 03:58:44,230
Right.

2905
03:58:44,610 --> 03:58:45,570
I think you're right.

2906
03:58:45,570 --> 03:58:50,790
And that's the emphasis of the sustainability plan and the greenhouse gas reduction and all of that is

2907
03:58:51,570 --> 03:59:00,930
at least get our land use pattern in better alignment with actual needs and the type of housing that's needed

2908
03:59:00,930 --> 03:59:07,670
so that when development does happen, you're using your available land efficiently for the right type of development

2909
03:59:07,670 --> 03:59:12,330
rather than gobbling up with large lot single family homes, et cetera.

2910
03:59:12,330 --> 03:59:12,790
Right.

2911
03:59:13,070 --> 03:59:18,250
Real emphasis on small units for seniors and for young people who aren't having families

2912
03:59:18,250 --> 03:59:23,030
like they used to, and I think that's kind of part of the missing element, you know,

2913
03:59:23,430 --> 03:59:25,750
that we're not, that we don't necessarily have.

2914
03:59:25,770 --> 03:59:29,050
And I would think, I mean, I think a thing to think about, right, is to the extent

2915
03:59:29,050 --> 03:59:36,010
that we are doing density bonuses or trying to determine public benefit, can we require

2916
03:59:36,010 --> 03:59:43,650
that all the units be on are occupied, right? Like can we try to position the market so

2917
03:59:43,650 --> 03:59:48,550
that it's, or position the conditions on the housing so that it isn't, we aren't building

2918
03:59:48,550 --> 03:59:55,510
housing that then becomes somebody's surf shack one week in a month, right? So I think

2919
03:59:55,510 --> 03:59:59,810
Think about how we make sure that it's housing for...

2920
04:00:00,000 --> 04:00:04,480
The people, you know, working families and seniors and other people in our community.

2921
04:00:05,420 --> 04:00:13,220
The second piece, and this relates to the state action, is we have SB 330 that's sitting on the governor's desk.

2922
04:00:14,060 --> 04:00:23,520
That seems to be a game changer in terms of essentially eliminating local land use control.

2923
04:00:25,780 --> 04:00:32,640
So, in the context of those rules, assuming the governor signs it, which I – the indications

2924
04:00:32,640 --> 04:00:36,140
are he will, what does that look like for this?

2925
04:00:36,240 --> 04:00:44,480
Because it may be doing a lot of this work good and bad for us, and we may not – some

2926
04:00:44,480 --> 04:00:48,560
of this may be Trump, you know, overcome by state action.

2927
04:00:48,560 --> 04:01:06,100
So I think I would ask maybe in this forward that if the governor signs it, you get us a memo, you know, a month later that says, here's what this legislative action did for the sustainability plan, and here's what we won't have to look at going forward.

2928
04:01:06,100 --> 04:01:14,120
Well, I'm not sure that they cancel each other out, you know, they may be compatible to some

2929
04:01:14,660 --> 04:01:21,800
degree, but Senate Bill 330 is certainly going to kind of push the envelope as if you will,

2930
04:01:21,980 --> 04:01:27,200
you know, to where the state is really trying to get us to places that we didn't get

2931
04:01:27,200 --> 04:01:32,460
to before when they thought they were doing that in terms of streamlining and environmental

2932
04:01:32,460 --> 04:01:37,880
review and a lot of the things that SB 35 tried to do. So when we start looking at those

2933
04:01:37,880 --> 04:01:44,520
objective standards, our intent is to return to the board with what you can expect those

2934
04:01:44,520 --> 04:01:49,220
objective standards to look like and give you a summary of these other housing forces

2935
04:01:49,220 --> 04:01:49,700
that are approved.

2936
04:01:49,700 --> 04:01:54,120
The two components, I'm not an expert in this bill, but the two components that seem

2937
04:01:54,880 --> 04:02:04,060
to come from this is if we're upzoning and then essentially the state is adding a density

2938
04:02:04,060 --> 04:02:11,900
bonus on top of that, given the conversations we have, we should decide sort of what density

2939
04:02:11,900 --> 04:02:16,600
we want and then build it based on the fact that you're going to have this additional

2940
04:02:16,600 --> 04:02:23,220
density right or bonus at the state so we don't sort of get to one place and then

2941
04:02:23,220 --> 04:02:28,600
have that be the floor and something added in, and the second part is it seems to me that

2942
04:02:28,600 --> 04:02:34,840
basically we won't have design review over housing projects, and so to the extent that

2943
04:02:34,840 --> 04:02:40,920
we want to have design guidelines in this area, we need to develop those because we

2944
04:02:40,920 --> 04:02:45,540
won't be able to sort of, through our traditional mechanisms, look at design.

2945
04:02:45,840 --> 04:02:46,180
Right.

2946
04:02:46,300 --> 04:02:49,200
That's where those objective standards are really important, and we want to make

2947
04:02:49,200 --> 04:02:54,560
sure we can fill the holes we need to fill because you won't have that discretionary ability

2948
04:02:54,560 --> 04:02:55,300
in the future.

2949
04:02:56,780 --> 04:02:57,280
We agree.

2950
04:02:58,080 --> 04:02:58,320
Okay.

2951
04:02:59,200 --> 04:03:06,040
You know, as Mike, there are things that we can do with the construction of any new housing

2952
04:03:06,040 --> 04:03:09,880
through with this workplace flex or res flex or anything.

2953
04:03:10,020 --> 04:03:12,800
I mean, we have some tools in place, right?

2954
04:03:13,380 --> 04:03:16,340
We can have, we have a vacation rental ordinance that say if you get the res flex,

2955
04:03:16,540 --> 04:03:18,140
you don't get the vacation rental, right?

2956
04:03:18,140 --> 04:03:20,980
I mean, we could put that out there.

2957
04:03:22,120 --> 04:03:27,860
We could expand our inclusionary zoning to ensure that some of these new smaller other

2958
04:03:27,860 --> 04:03:35,100
units are actually affordable for people because that is, we're going to be challenged with

2959
04:03:35,100 --> 04:03:43,620
affordability with the construction of these new denser units if what we've seen already

2960
04:03:43,620 --> 04:03:47,100
is an example of what's going to happen in the future, which is you're going to

2961
04:03:47,100 --> 04:03:51,680
have small units that are more expensive than my monthly mortgage payment, right?

2962
04:03:51,940 --> 04:03:59,020
So there's a disincentive to even move, to have someone as age move if they can't afford

2963
04:03:59,020 --> 04:04:00,840
these places that are expensive.

2964
04:04:01,080 --> 04:04:06,220
So there are tools that we have, but I think your points are right on.

2965
04:04:06,600 --> 04:04:08,640
Yeah, and I totally agree.

2966
04:04:08,760 --> 04:04:14,260
I think to me the single biggest threat to this community is second and third homes

2967
04:04:14,260 --> 04:04:19,360
that aren't vacation rentals that are just empty, and we become Carmel, which is essentially

2968
04:04:19,360 --> 04:04:20,740
a failed community, right?

2969
04:04:21,420 --> 04:04:28,580
So I think that's managing that part of the market is the part that I want to, we should

2970
04:04:28,580 --> 04:04:29,040
think about.

2971
04:04:31,760 --> 04:04:32,380
I'm in favor.

2972
04:04:33,780 --> 04:04:36,800
Anyone else have any questions or comments before I open up to the public?

2973
04:04:38,740 --> 04:04:41,980
Okay, now open it up for public comment.

2974
04:04:41,980 --> 04:04:43,000
Good

2975
04:04:48,030 --> 04:04:49,630
afternoon, supervisors.

2976
04:04:51,650 --> 04:04:54,770
My name is Rick Longinati with the Campaign for Sustainable

2977
04:04:54,770 --> 04:05:00,550
Transportation. I'm a bit confused about this and I'm making some assumptions that I hope

2978
04:05:00,550 --> 04:05:06,090
are wrong. I was a strong supporter of the Sustainable Santa Cruz County plan. I thought

2979
04:05:06,090 --> 04:05:11,670
the point of that was to channel development onto transit corridors where there'd be

2980
04:05:11,670 --> 04:05:16,570
lots of other amenities. Workplaces that have a lot of people working, people would

2981
04:05:16,570 --> 04:05:19,730
go out to lunch, be able to walk to their lunch, and so on.

2982
04:05:20,370 --> 04:05:23,650
I thought that the zoning was going to follow that,

2983
04:05:23,850 --> 04:05:27,630
and what's going on now with these overlays

2984
04:05:27,630 --> 04:05:30,750
and the flex whatever's, and I just don't get it.

2985
04:05:30,850 --> 04:05:32,630
I hope that that fulfills the purpose,

2986
04:05:33,090 --> 04:05:36,750
but what my fear is, is that it is a vision of the purpose

2987
04:05:37,410 --> 04:05:40,170
that will allow is essentially spot zoning.

2988
04:05:40,990 --> 04:05:43,590
So what we have now is, we have developers

2989
04:05:43,590 --> 04:05:50,530
who want to build something, you know, a workplace, and they look for vacant land,

2990
04:05:50,650 --> 04:05:52,730
and it's not necessarily on transit corridors.

2991
04:05:52,890 --> 04:05:55,490
So I hope we're going in the right direction.

2992
04:05:55,690 --> 04:05:55,970
Thank you.

2993
04:06:06,840 --> 04:06:07,540
Thank you.

2994
04:06:07,720 --> 04:06:09,660
Becky Steinbruner is in a rural Aptos.

2995
04:06:10,100 --> 04:06:11,360
First of all, I want to thank you,

2996
04:06:11,360 --> 04:06:14,620
because he provides really a hope for bringing this to the public

2997
04:06:14,620 --> 04:06:17,100
and forefront here for this discussion this afternoon.

2998
04:06:17,360 --> 04:06:17,740
Thank you.

2999
04:06:20,020 --> 04:06:21,900
I'm in agreement with Mr. Longinati.

3000
04:06:21,900 --> 04:06:27,960
This is really confusing, and I think that, you know, having sat through many of the code

3001
04:06:27,960 --> 04:06:33,440
modernization public meetings, those were very alarming, and I feel like a lot of what

3002
04:06:33,440 --> 04:06:38,980
was presented to the public at that time with the promise of an EIR coming at any time,

3003
04:06:39,680 --> 04:06:44,340
that a lot of it has already been instilled with cherry picking, and that bothers me.

3004
04:06:44,580 --> 04:06:49,100
So I'm curious to see how all of this is going to be pulled together in an EIR

3005
04:06:49,100 --> 04:06:51,000
with Dudak doing the work.

3006
04:06:52,280 --> 04:06:55,580
I will also be curious to see what the project alternatives are.

3007
04:06:56,120 --> 04:07:02,700
What would happen if we put instead of our dense infill along Soquel Drive and some of

3008
04:07:02,700 --> 04:07:05,360
those places, if we put it along the railroad corridor?

3009
04:07:05,920 --> 04:07:11,040
And that would support multimodal transportation with population densities nearby.

3010
04:07:12,360 --> 04:07:19,020
I was confused too with the change suggested change in mixed use, possibly considering

3011
04:07:20,300 --> 04:07:24,560
75%, 25% mix instead of the 50%, 50 now.

3012
04:07:25,320 --> 04:07:26,960
And that's the first time I've ever seen that.

3013
04:07:27,300 --> 04:07:29,140
So that's interesting to me.

3014
04:07:31,920 --> 04:07:35,900
The change in population is declining.

3015
04:07:36,160 --> 04:07:44,420
And so how are you going to sell these dense infill and also how are we going to do that

3016
04:07:44,420 --> 04:07:52,000
with the level of service of intersections because we're seeing a decline in population, but

3017
04:07:52,000 --> 04:07:57,860
the traffic is getting worse. So I'm curious to see how that goes. And no one has talked

3018
04:07:57,860 --> 04:08:04,460
about UCSC here today. That's a huge driver in a lot of our housing and traffic things.

3019
04:08:04,820 --> 04:08:07,660
So that needs to be addressed. Thank you.

3020
04:08:09,730 --> 04:08:13,210
Thank you. That concludes public comment. And I'll bring it back to the board.

3021
04:08:13,730 --> 04:08:15,650
I don't think there's any action on this.

3022
04:08:15,650 --> 04:08:16,970
There's no action.

3023
04:08:17,210 --> 04:08:21,770
I would, because it won't be included in action, I would ask that if 330 is signed that we

3024
04:08:21,770 --> 04:08:28,110
get a memo back from you a month later, sort of walking us through what the implications

3025
04:08:28,110 --> 04:08:28,610
of that are.

3026
04:08:29,210 --> 04:08:34,770
Just a clarification, we have to have four votes here.

3027
04:08:35,050 --> 04:08:35,490
Is that correct?

3028
04:08:35,990 --> 04:08:37,570
No, this is non-voting.

3029
04:08:37,790 --> 04:08:38,390
Non-voting.

3030
04:08:38,590 --> 04:08:39,390
It's just information.

3031
04:08:39,750 --> 04:08:40,230
Informational.

3032
04:08:40,410 --> 04:08:40,650
Okay.

3033
04:08:40,870 --> 04:08:41,050
Yeah.

3034
04:08:42,310 --> 04:08:47,050
I think it would also be helpful that when the notice of preparation is out that you

3035
04:08:47,050 --> 04:08:52,870
think will be easier for people to understand if we could get copies of that as soon as

3036
04:08:52,870 --> 04:08:54,330
it's done, that would be really helpful.

3037
04:08:55,190 --> 04:09:05,450
And also information about where the public sessions will be, you know, those scoping

3038
04:09:05,450 --> 04:09:05,850
sessions.

3039
04:09:06,230 --> 04:09:07,490
I think that would be very useful.

3040
04:09:10,430 --> 04:09:15,690
I would argue that we need it more than just three o'clock on a Friday here in the board's

3041
04:09:15,690 --> 04:09:21,910
chambers that we want to try harder than that and maybe do it out in the community, maybe

3042
04:09:21,910 --> 04:09:24,210
do it in the evening, try to get people involved.

3043
04:09:24,550 --> 04:09:28,090
There's a lot of public education as part of this as we heard from the testimony.

3044
04:09:28,270 --> 04:09:30,810
Typically we do it out in the evening in the community.

3045
04:09:32,310 --> 04:09:32,610
Great.

3046
04:09:33,930 --> 04:09:38,350
So, with that, we will adjourn our meeting to the next regular schedule meeting, which

3047
04:09:38,350 --> 04:09:43,210
is October 8th, 2019 at 9 a.m. here in the Board Chambers.

3048
04:09:43,370 --> 04:09:43,970
Thank you very much.