[7:52] signs which you can see in many

[7:56] locations throughout the county

[7:57] the qr code links to the county

[8:00] hosted website we had monthly

[8:03] cleanups in particular

[8:03] supervisor fernandes's office

[8:07] in south county and in

[8:08] partnership with the county we

[8:08] have installed cameras to seek

[8:11] prosecutions on illegal

[8:11] dumping.

[8:12] We are working with businesses

[8:15] and schools.

[8:16] We are working very hard right

[8:17] now to organize the second

[8:20] annual pitch in santa cruz

[8:23] county cleanup day on MAY 10th

[8:23] .

[8:24] And as you know I am asking for

[8:26] your help because in writing I

[8:27] requested that you put this

[8:30] into your newsletters and help

[8:31] amplify this message to your

[8:31] constituents.

[8:34] You have broad reach and the

[8:35] more of the community and our

[8:38] residents and visitors frankly

[8:39] to help with this effort, the

[8:41] more successful will be.

[8:42] And more importantly, I'm

[8:43] inviting each of you to

[8:45] actually articipate to

[8:46] actually show up to a clean up

[8:49] or organized one with your

[8:50] constituents and lead by

[8:50] example.

[8:53] It's a great press opportunity

[8:53] .

[8:54] It's a great photo op and it

[8:55] would show our community that

[8:57] our supervisor are critically

[9:01] concerned about this issue and

[9:02] our goal is to make santa cruz

[9:02] the cleanest county in the

[9:05] state and we appreciate your

[9:05] help.

[9:12] Thank you so much, gus.

[9:13] Hi, my name's david mckune.

[9:17] I live downtown here in

[9:20] justin's district and I believe

[9:24] that man who brought forth a I

[9:25] don't know what you ould call

[9:28] it brought forth some substance

[9:32] that would eliminate or outlaw

[9:36] a gas blowing leaf blowers.

[9:40] I feel really strongly about

[9:40] this.

[9:41] I want to explain I live in a

[9:44] to three rather large apartment

[9:47] buildings and on different days

[9:48] of the week these maintenance

[9:51] crews come through and they

[9:52] blow these things and it's so

[9:56] disruptive air polluting, noise

[9:57] polluting.

[10:00] I mean we have a I live in

[10:00] barbacoa.

[10:04] It's a senior citizen complex.

[10:05] I mean it's driving these

[10:08] people myself included

[10:08] absolutely nuts.

[10:11] These things need to go and I

[10:16] just want to say a personal

[10:16] note.

[10:17] I mean santa cruz is supposed

[10:20] to be forward thinking and you

[10:21] need to get after this one in

[10:22] particular I really hope you

[10:26] will.

[10:30] It's so obnoxious these things

[10:30] .

[10:31] I want to tell you a quick

[10:32] personal story.

[10:34] When I was 14 I took two busses

[10:38] into downtown santa cruz to

[10:41] sweep the floors of a large

[10:42] drugstore and two years later I

[10:45] got a job sweeping the alameda

[10:49] county fairgrounds from

[10:50] midnight till 8:00 in the

[10:50] morning.

[10:53] My point is what's wrong with a

[10:54] broom?

[10:54] I mean these guys are just

[10:57] blowing this stuff up in the

[10:57] air.

[10:58] You can see the dust particles

[11:02] and in the noise is just beyond

[11:05] reasonable.

[11:06] you got to do something about

[11:08] this as I understand it, these

[11:09] things were supposed to be put

[11:12] to bed as of JANUARY 1st,

[11:13] DECEMBER 31st, whatever you

[11:16] want to call it.

[11:27] And now they prolonged this

[11:28] final decision on this until as

[11:29] I understand JUNE or JULY.

[11:29] Thank you.

[11:30] So please leave your following

[11:31] remarks.

[11:31] I'm sorry the time is up to me

[11:32] and I hope we'll do something

[11:33] about this.

[11:33] It's really driving our older

[11:39] people crazy.

[11:40] Good morning, board of

[11:43] supervisors.

[11:44] As you MAY know, my name is

[11:45] casey van nguyen, the business

[11:46] representative for the

[11:48] sheetmetal workers local one 04

[11:48] and I also am PRESIDENT And ceo

[11:51] of the monterey santa cruz

[11:52] county building and

[11:52] construction trades council.

[11:55] I'm extremely excited to

[11:56] finalize this agreement which

[11:59] we've been working on for over

[11:59] the last year.

[12:00] This is going to guaranteed

[12:03] apprenticeship opportunities

[12:04] from joint labor management

[12:04] trust.

[12:07] This is going to guarantee

[12:08] health care for these workers.

[12:08] This is going to guarantee

[12:10] retirement benefits and e are

[12:11] going to increase the local

[12:14] hire here locally.

[12:15] I'm very excited and I want to

[12:18] congratulate both monika and

[12:18] kimberly.

[12:19] You two have been working so

[12:22] hard to get into these seats

[12:23] and I was so excited to see the

[12:25] new faces on this board and

[12:26] where this board is going to go

[12:26] in this future.

[12:29] these opportunities are going

[12:30] to expand more than just what

[12:33] I've just presented to you

[12:34] current climates right now with

[12:34] immigration.

[12:37] Do you feel that someone

[12:38] without it would feel safe to

[12:41] come forward with a wage

[12:41] violation?

[12:41] No.

[12:45] So giving an opportunity for

[12:45] these workers to have

[12:48] representation which they've

[12:49] never had before is going to

[12:52] improve this community tenfold.

[12:53] I thank you for all of your

[12:57] hard work and I look forward to

[12:57] what we're going to bring to

[12:58] this county.

[13:03] Thank thank you.

[13:04] There's nothing here.

[13:07] Is there anybody online?

[13:07] Yes.

[13:12] Sheriff's because online on if

[13:12] these people are going to

[13:14] speak, can you please line up

[13:22] behind the podium?

[13:23] I oh my name is dora.

[13:24] I'm a senior citizen.

[13:26] I just wanted to comment on the

[13:26] homeless encampment sweeps that

[13:29] occurred recently in santa cruz

[13:30] on monday the twenty seventh

[13:33] the city county and chp

[13:33] officers displaced homeless

[13:37] people on coral street highway

[13:38] one the levy and the park they

[13:38] destroyed destroyed their

[13:41] survival equipment including

[13:42] any tents, tarps, sleeping

[13:45] bags, warm clothes, food and

[13:46] medicine they could not move in

[13:46] time.

[13:49] These sweeps happened in the

[13:50] middle of a stretch of nights

[13:51] that were so cold that the

[13:53] emergency shelters were open

[13:57] and full nd just before a week

[13:58] brain hey also happened to

[13:58] just three ays before the

[14:01] point in time counts which for

[14:01] anyone who doesn't know is a

[14:04] visual census of the homeless

[14:05] population in santa cruz.

[14:08] These sweep's were brutal and

[14:09] put so many people's lives at

[14:12] risk destroying their survival

[14:13] equipment during some of the

[14:14] coldest, harshest, wettest

[14:16] nights of our year in what was

[14:17] clearly an attempt to force our

[14:20] homeless population to hide

[14:21] before the point in time

[14:21] counts.

[14:22] We all know that sleeping

[14:25] encampments doesn't make people

[14:25] any less homeless.

[14:28] It just traumatizes them

[14:29] physically and mentally and

[14:29] sets any progress.

[14:32] They believe that displacing

[14:33] homeless people is obviously

[14:33] ineffective.

[14:36] A waste of ur taxpayer money

[14:40] and so cruel especially when

[14:41] they have nowhere else to go.

[14:41] Our shelters are full.

[14:44] I urge you guys to do anything

[14:45] in your power to take resources

[14:48] meant for sweeps like this and

[14:48] put them towards literally any

[14:51] kind of support for homeless

[14:51] people.

[14:52] Thank you.

[14:58] Thank you.

[15:03] I learned about hi my name is

[15:06] athena from santa cruz so I

[15:07] learned about the sweeps that

[15:08] happened on monday the twenty

[15:08] seventh from an article that

[15:10] was posted on the out.

[15:11] They said that there were seven

[15:14] arrests taken that day.

[15:15] They said that they was just

[15:16] three days before the point in

[15:18] time out.

[15:19] I am a really concerned citizen

[15:22] that it seems like santa cruz

[15:23] city as well as santa cruz

[15:26] county might be on purposely

[15:27] messing with the point in time

[15:27] count census.

[15:29] There is both sheriffs, chp and

[15:30] police there that day on the

[15:33] monday the 27th actively

[15:34] displacing people, putting

[15:38] people in jail right before a

[15:39] time count.

[15:42] I am really, really concerned

[15:43] that there is a process of

[15:43] making people hide.

[15:47] I think making eople hide is

[15:47] one of the most ehumanizing

[15:50] things that this county does to

[15:53] our homeless folk.

[15:54] I have friends that can't call

[15:55] the ambulance because they're

[15:57] afraid that the ambulance

[15:58] coming to where they are

[15:59] residing is going to out them

[16:00] and they are going to be back

[16:01] on to the streets.

[16:02] I have friends who are

[16:04] terrified.

[16:05] I have friends who are

[16:08] sleeping, sleep deprivation,

[16:09] displacement are some of the

[16:10] most cruel tortures that you

[16:12] can put humans through and we

[16:13] have a process across the

[16:16] entire county of regulatory

[16:17] torturing our homeless

[16:17] residents.

[16:20] These are community members.

[16:21] They pick up trash, they talk

[16:24] to kids, they talk to adults.

[16:25] They are playing music in the

[16:26] courtyard.

[16:28] They are sharing their

[16:29] information.

[16:29] These are active members of our

[16:32] community that our police and

[16:33] parks and rec officers are

[16:36] actively torturing.

[16:37] This is not ok and it's a waste

[16:40] of money sweeping people does

[16:41] not make people get into

[16:41] services.

[16:44] The shelters are full.

[16:45] The winter shelter is full.

[16:46] there's no reason to continue

[16:48] torturing people and spending

[16:49] so much money on a high police

[16:52] force that show up in mass and

[16:52] makes mass arrests.

[16:55] Sweeps are just purely torture

[16:56] and interrupting the point in

[16:59] time count by making people

[17:00] hide should be illegal and

[17:02] should be investigated.

[17:06] Thank you.

[17:07] Good morning.

[17:10] I'm greg benson.

[17:11] I'm homeless.

[17:14] I reside in a tree as goes

[17:15] district five just met monica

[17:16] this morning.

[17:18] Thank.

[17:22] I do realize that a certain

[17:23] level of social engineering

[17:26] does need to pressure my

[17:30] homeless community into seeking

[17:31] services to the greatest extent

[17:31] they can.

[17:34] But what's happening currently

[17:38] is absurd and level of just

[17:40] psychological mayhem that it's

[17:45] causing and the physical

[17:48] aftereffects it's it's sad and

[17:51] I think we I think santa cruz

[17:55] county has a better way a

[18:02] moderate medium path that that

[18:03] does encourage people to seek

[18:07] services but doesn't crush them

[18:07] to the point where they can't

[18:10] even make a decision about

[18:14] things and happy although I do

[18:15] appreciate the women's shelter

[18:15] when it's open and when it's

[18:18] not soldier capacity like the

[18:22] two nights ago and then in a in

[18:26] a parked two blocks away and

[18:26] get woken up at 3:00 in the

[18:29] morning lightly by santa

[18:29] observatory.

[18:30] They've always been very polite

[18:34] to me when they were still

[18:34] three in the morning and it's

[18:38] freezing out and where do we

[18:38] go.

[18:40] they have no answer.

[18:45] No answer so we just stay there

[18:46] and then we get rousted again

[18:48] at 7:00 in the morning like

[18:52] they wait a bit.

[18:53] Where do we go?

[18:59] I mean they're is no peace if

[19:00] that you're thinking caps and

[19:04] I'll continue bringing friends

[19:04] and we'll be at city council

[19:08] this afternoon speaking to

[19:08] thank you.

[19:18] Thank you.

[19:19] Good morning and thank you for

[19:23] this forum.

[19:24] In the wake of the mars

[19:26] landing, this job facility fire

[19:27] I'm here to urge you to enact

[19:30] an emergency moratorium on

[19:31] lithium battery using best

[19:31] facilities in santa cruz

[19:32] county.

[19:34] Weld county staff works with

[19:35] new leaf energy and independent

[19:38] industry experts to identify

[19:38] where we want best facilities

[19:42] developed and safety regulation

[19:43] that actually protect the

[19:43] safety and health of our

[19:44] community, our agricultural

[19:47] infrastructure which is very

[19:47] precious and our natural

[19:49] environment.

[19:50] I also urge you to establish an

[19:51] advisory committee of

[19:53] independent professional

[19:54] industry experts to advise the

[19:55] county board on appropriate

[19:58] siting and regulation that

[19:59] could and should be more

[20:00] restrictive than current

[20:03] regulation the movement that

[20:03] questions the wisdom of

[20:06] investing long term in lithium

[20:07] battery using best facilities

[20:10] is growing orange county just

[20:10] passed an emergency moratorium

[20:13] on test facility development in

[20:14] unincorporated county land

[20:14] pending a thorough

[20:17] investigation of appropriate

[20:18] siting and regulations in

[20:18] NOVEMBER.

[20:21] In JANUARY of twenty twenty

[20:22] three, leaf energy pulled its

[20:25] plans to build the best

[20:26] facility next to a church and

[20:27] immediately adjacent to six

[20:29] schools in a dense residential

[20:29] area of staten island in

[20:32] NOVEMBER of twenty twenty for

[20:33] another best developer withdrew

[20:34] its plans for a grid scale

[20:37] facility in the town of

[20:37] catskill in new york state new

[20:41] leaf energy's proposed seahawk

[20:41] facilities within several

[20:42] hundred feet of dense

[20:43] residential neighborhoods

[20:44] surrounded by multiple nearby

[20:45] schools pinto park precious

[20:49] agricultural land a protected

[20:49] riparian zone two lakes one of

[20:52] which is part of a clean water

[20:52] reclamation project that

[20:53] irrigates parker valley

[20:56] farmland a proposed new

[20:56] residential development and a

[20:59] proposed new regional park and

[21:00] active fault line runs through

[21:00] the property.

[21:01] The facility sited on it is

[21:04] surrounded by acres of fuel in

[21:07] the event of a wildfire I.

[21:08] I agree that energy storage is

[21:11] a critically needed resource to

[21:11] achieve a carbonated electric

[21:15] grid and I agree with the

[21:15] concept behind it but it must

[21:17] not be done at the cost of our

[21:19] safety and our precious

[21:19] environment and agricultural

[21:20] land.

[21:23] I urge you again to please put

[21:24] an emergency moratorium in

[21:25] place to give us all time to

[21:26] think through this process.

[21:34] Please.

[21:34] Good orning.

[21:37] Welcome here.

[21:38] i just want to thank everybody

[21:41] for speaking I I concur with

[21:45] the garbage.

[21:46] Recycle is a big thing if you

[21:50] look you can make kind of make

[21:50] it to the door without just

[21:51] seeing a non-recyclable

[21:54] situation and so I think it

[21:56] matters.

[21:57] I agree with the power tools

[22:01] and the blowers and stuff.

[22:04] I'm that's why I like to sweep

[22:05] it does take a little extra

[22:08] time but it is worth it and I I

[22:09] agree with the homeless thing.

[22:12] I've been there I am homeless.

[22:13] I understand how it feels to

[22:16] lose everything in one quick

[22:20] decision by an officer that

[22:23] maybe didn't think it through.

[22:26] So also I just was going to

[22:27] review some of the things here

[22:28] today that you guys are going

[22:31] to be speaking on and thank you

[22:32] for again for your community

[22:35] service.

[22:35] But it says consent agenda

[22:39] number 12 staff request to be

[22:39] deleted.

[22:40] I was just helping you make

[22:43] sure that you if that is the

[22:44] case if you can please just

[22:47] make a comment on it and give

[22:48] reason or whatever it is.

[22:53] Thank you.

[22:54] Good morning.

[22:55] My name is gregory ardino.

[22:58] I live on district two.

[22:59] I've been in this county for

[23:02] thirty eight years and in this

[23:04] district for twenty over twenty

[23:04] .

[23:05] I need to voice my concern

[23:09] about the best facility going

[23:10] 90 meter road the planning of

[23:13] it newly energy is telling you

[23:14] that the battery system they

[23:17] intend to use is safe, that it

[23:18] is lithium ion phosphate not

[23:20] lithium ion.

[23:24] this type of battery can also

[23:25] experienced a thermal runaway

[23:25] incident.

[23:27] It is not one hundred percent

[23:28] fallible.

[23:32] It will burn at a higher

[23:35] temperature which means what it

[23:36] will tell you many good things

[23:39] about the next gen technology.

[23:40] They themselves have said that

[23:44] their best should be in an

[23:44] industrial commercial zone

[23:47] location minto road is neither

[23:47] of these orange county just

[23:52] passed a moratorium on any

[23:52] besse in their county.

[23:55] There is other battery tech

[23:56] that is not that does not burn.

[24:00] It will be available in three

[24:00] to four years.

[24:03] Dang is timing for that close

[24:04] to having better technology.

[24:05] That's what's happening with

[24:10] this electronics new leaf will

[24:11] sell you on how safe it is and

[24:14] work with you until they can't

[24:16] then they will go around you

[24:17] directly to the state where

[24:18] they have permission for these

[24:21] best facility.

[24:22] Then what assembly bill three

[24:25] or three gives control the

[24:26] power back to you to decide on

[24:29] these facilities we all need to

[24:30] call our state assembly member

[24:33] and support in support of ab

[24:36] three 03.

[24:37] We need to have control of this

[24:40] here in our county not at the

[24:41] state level in sacramento.

[24:44] I not in electronics or

[24:45] electrical electrical ngineer.

[24:48] I have spoken to a couple of

[24:48] them.

[24:49] They are all saying that these

[24:52] lithium ion batteries are nasty

[24:55] when they burn they are so

[24:56] please educate yourselves.

[25:02] Thank you.

[25:05] Good morning baude.

[25:06] hello my name is crystal

[25:07] gonzalez and I'm the sumi does

[25:10] director adventure's I want to

[25:11] take this opportunity to

[25:14] introduce myself to the new

[25:14] board of supervisors and to

[25:15] thank all of you for your

[25:18] ongoing support and approval of

[25:21] the semitones grant tricorp as

[25:22] some of you MAY know, semih

[25:25] does open a college savings

[25:26] account for every newborn in

[25:26] santacruz county.

[25:29] This effort has changed the way

[25:30] we welcome each baby into our

[25:31] county, planting the seeds of

[25:34] opportunity from the very

[25:35] beginning to date we have

[25:38] opened over eleven thousand

[25:38] babies at eleven thousand

[25:42] accounts for babies across the

[25:42] county with approximately 50

[25:45] percent from south county and

[25:45] thirty percent from santa cruz

[25:48] and the remainder from the rest

[25:49] the jurisdictions.

[25:50] Through our annual surveys we

[25:52] have seen a meaningful impact

[25:53] on families aspirations and

[25:56] expectations for their

[25:57] children's futures not only

[26:01] about 36 percent as they meet

[26:02] those families now expect their

[26:02] children to complete alesi

[26:05] master's degree and increase

[26:05] compared to previous years.

[26:08] Somy does is a true

[26:09] collaborative community

[26:10] investment made possible

[26:11] through strong partnerships

[26:12] with organizations like the

[26:13] county health service agencies,

[26:15] human services department,

[26:16] santa cruz county office of

[26:20] education first five united way

[26:21] the indissoluble entry central

[26:24] california alliance for health

[26:25] and many more many.

[26:27] This is a place of community

[26:28] unity, relationships and hope

[26:29] for what we can build on

[26:32] sensate sustainable together a

[26:33] promise for a more united and

[26:36] prosperous future for all like

[26:37] success of so many does depends

[26:39] on a strong partnership and our

[26:40] shared responsibility to

[26:41] protect the families we serve

[26:44] for the more there is a deep

[26:45] commitment of our partners and

[26:48] ventures to maintaining trust

[26:48] with our community particularly

[26:49] when it comes to safeguarding

[26:52] family data.

[26:52] I look forward to working more

[26:53] closely with all of you and

[26:55] will be reaching out soon to

[26:56] share more about the impact of

[26:58] our work and thank you for your

[27:01] time and support.

[27:06] Tank you.

[27:09] Good morning board.

[27:10] My name is becky steinbrunner.

[27:14] I live in the aptos hills.

[27:16] I was disappointed a bit

[27:17] surprised to see there's

[27:21] nothing on the agenda today to

[27:25] formally discuss any of the

[27:25] proposals that supervisor

[27:28] konate put forth to you at your

[27:28] last meeting regarding the

[27:32] county proposed battery energy

[27:36] storage system vss ordinance

[27:40] that is in the works.

[27:41] I would like to ask that this

[27:44] issue be on every single one of

[27:47] your agendas so that you can

[27:48] openly discuss it and the

[27:51] public can come to you.

[27:55] I spent last week researching

[27:59] this proposal that is now in

[28:00] permit process for the nineteen

[28:03] montoro vss and our new leaf

[28:07] submitted by swift consulting.

[28:10] I was amazed to see they had

[28:11] the wrong fire department

[28:14] listed on their application.

[28:15] Maybe that's why our valley

[28:18] fire district didn't know about

[28:19] the hearing the public meeting

[28:23] that nearly held before filing

[28:26] the application last DECEMBER.

[28:27] Maybe that's why they didn't

[28:30] know because they weren't

[28:31] listed as the proper fire

[28:34] department.

[28:34] That postcard went out to

[28:37] probably very few people.

[28:38] Postcard didn't have a time on

[28:41] it when that public meeting

[28:42] happened.

[28:43] It was improper noticing and it

[28:46] must be stopped.

[28:46] It must be done again and

[28:50] properly notice I was surprised

[28:51] to see that there's so little

[28:53] spacing between the battery

[28:54] storage units proposed by this

[28:58] developer.

[28:59] I was surprised to see that

[29:02] chibbaro knows the very dense

[29:05] affordable housing was not

[29:06] listed as a sensitive eceptor.

[29:09] It is ery nearby.

[29:10] There are a lot of people very

[29:11] nearby that were not listed as

[29:13] sensitive symptoms.

[29:14] Please put this on your next

[29:14] board meeting.

[29:15] Thank you.

[29:17] Thank you.

[29:21] See there is none here no other

[29:22] other comment here on the on

[29:22] the chambers.

[29:25] Anybody nline?

[29:25] Yes, sure.

[29:28] We have speakers on line gene

[29:29] and michael, your microphone is

[29:30] now available.

[29:30] Good morning.

[29:36] This is gene brockbank I this

[29:36] is the first board meeting that

[29:41] I was not able to access on my

[29:41] own computer the interactive

[29:45] online agenda so that I could

[29:48] study every single topic which

[29:49] I have done every board meeting

[29:52] for years.

[29:54] I could not do this because you

[29:55] now have a new interactive

[30:00] online system that my macintosh

[30:01] laptop computer which at which

[30:05] it's operating system cannot be

[30:09] updated I I cannot no longer

[30:09] access the board meetings.

[30:13] I am able to access the any

[30:17] board meeting agenda items and

[30:21] staff reports up until twenty

[30:24] twenty four from now on I

[30:25] cannot I'm wondering how many

[30:29] other people in the county of

[30:30] santa cruz who have older

[30:40] computers that are functioning

[30:41] perfectly well for everything

[30:42] else but can no longer access

[30:43] board meeting materials or I

[30:44] used to submit comments to you

[30:49] this new system is very user

[30:49] unfriendly.

[30:52] It has and you know me well

[30:53] enough to know that I am

[30:56] capable on a computer to

[30:57] interact with you as a board

[31:01] but I can no longer do that.

[31:02] I understand that the system

[31:04] was changed recently.

[31:08] I'm asking the board to do

[31:09] whatever they can to have that

[31:13] particular system retrofitted

[31:16] somehow or other to allow

[31:20] everyone to be able to use

[31:24] otherwise ou're you've made it

[31:28] more difficult for the public

[31:29] to interact with you online.

[31:35] Thank you for listening

[31:36] following user one your

[31:43] microphone is now available of

[31:44] hi can you hear me?

[31:44] Yes we can.

[31:48] Good morning board as you are.

[31:51] My name is diane nicole.

[31:52] As you are aware scientists

[31:52] have found levels of toxic

[31:55] heavy metals that elkhorn flu

[31:59] are one 100 to 1000 times

[31:59] higher than prior.

[32:03] The moss landing fire monterey

[32:03] county is testing its soils

[32:07] with the help of the california

[32:07] department of toxic bstances

[32:08] and cal epa.

[32:10] I requesting the board for our

[32:14] county santa cruz county

[32:15] similarly to do a directive a

[32:18] resolution to have our county

[32:18] reach out further and

[32:19] persistently.

[32:22] The california department of

[32:23] toxic substances and cal epa to

[32:26] help our county with testing

[32:30] our soils in this county that

[32:31] begins about a mile or two from

[32:34] osland.

[32:35] There is no good reason for

[32:38] santa cruz to not do at

[32:38] monterey county is doing and

[32:42] availing itself of taking

[32:42] advantage of the services that

[32:45] this state offers without

[32:46] charge as reported in the last

[32:50] meeting by montrezl officials,

[32:51] the toxic plume blew north and

[32:53] northeast during part of the

[32:57] fire.

[32:58] These chemicals are extremely

[33:01] toxic and even after the fire

[33:05] stops reading epa fact sheet,

[33:06] lithium ion batteries can

[33:09] spontaneously ignite explode in

[33:12] the toxic gases of particulate

[33:13] even after the fire is out.

[33:16] Thank you very much.

[33:19] I hope that you will even if

[33:20] you'll just reach out to our

[33:24] county health department and

[33:24] encourage them to be persistent

[33:28] with the cal epa epartment of

[33:31] toxic substances so we can use

[33:31] these services.

[33:39] Thank you.

[33:40] And your microphone is now

[33:40] available.

[33:43] Thank you so much, tim delaney

[33:44] here.

[33:47] So anyways I got a litany of

[33:50] things to complain about so

[33:51] first of all the emergency

[33:54] battery moratorium otally

[33:55] agree with the other folks that

[33:58] just talked about that.

[33:59] so these energy companies and

[34:01] everybody and politicians

[34:02] everyone's confused about this.

[34:03] No one has their act together.

[34:06] A good example is alpine

[34:10] meadows a couple of days back.

[34:11] So my powder day was ruined

[34:14] again because of the energy

[34:15] company at the polls came down

[34:18] and everything.

[34:19] Now just think about this here.

[34:20] I've been skiing for five

[34:22] decades and I go around town

[34:26] here nd all of force and I see

[34:27] all these old rotten power

[34:30] poles that are older than me.

[34:33] So that's got your energy

[34:34] companies.

[34:37] They're a bunch of crooks all

[34:38] over the whole state and think

[34:38] about trump here releasing the

[34:42] water, everything and then the

[34:42] farmers and all that sort of

[34:45] stuff up up northern california

[34:45] .

[34:46] Well, when it gets dry, guess

[34:49] what's going to happen up in

[34:50] tahoe in northern california a

[34:53] bunch of fires.

[34:53] All right.

[34:54] So yes, the emergency battery

[34:57] moratorium is imperative.

[35:01] Ok, also a presidency built on

[35:01] attacking the vulnerable that

[35:05] is that is remarkably weak.

[35:06] Today's republican s so eager

[35:09] to be sweet.

[35:10] Talked by evil, hitler attacked

[35:13] the vulnerable.

[35:14] Eisenhower turns in his grave

[35:17] as today's republicans embrace

[35:18] the legacy of stalin and hitler

[35:21] to pieces of the same rotten

[35:21] GOD.

[35:22] All right.

[35:25] Americans despise dictatorship

[35:25] .

[35:26] We are against king george as

[35:29] george is of the world noticed

[35:29] the frail ego american leaders

[35:33] do not demand apologies and

[35:34] love criticism to be an

[35:37] effective leader you encourage

[35:37] criticism.

[35:38] All right.

[35:42] So that's how I feel about

[35:42] trump.

[35:44] I'm really concerned here and

[35:45] no, I don't like folks messing

[35:48] with my social security

[35:48] numbers.

[35:49] All right.

[35:50] And drawing the dots to all the

[35:52] combat veterans going out to

[35:53] world war one anyways.

[35:56] You folks have a great day.

[36:03] Thank you so much, paul.

[36:04] And use your to your

[36:11] microphones now available

[36:11] marilyn gerould.

[36:16] Yes, we need to act an

[36:19] emergency moratorium on these

[36:23] lithium batteries storage

[36:23] facilities.

[36:27] This is a technology from

[36:32] beginning to and from children

[36:35] in congo and elsewhere mining

[36:39] for lithium in toxic conditions

[36:43] and a website where you can see

[36:47] and learn the extensive

[36:51] consequences of these batteries

[36:55] is of fog horn express dot com

[37:03] and that was a whole issue

[37:04] somewhere around JANUARY 20 I

[37:08] thought week a whole episode on

[37:11] these lithium out or is if

[37:15] something is hazardous in all

[37:19] its aspects and these chemical

[37:20] that have poisoned salad bowl

[37:27] of us are nanoparticles.

[37:28] You can't remove them.

[37:31] You have to prevent in the

[37:31] first place.

[37:34] That's the only way regulating

[37:39] it so that they can continue

[37:42] with their poisoning and other

[37:43] struction is not going to

[37:46] protect the public.

[37:47] I want to invite people to a

[37:50] meeting tonight nelson center

[37:55] never again islanding get an

[37:59] update from one of the

[38:02] organizers, brian roder of

[38:03] never again miles landing dog

[38:07] that six o'clock london elson's

[38:10] center tonight.

[38:14] We need to prohibit this and

[38:15] any of this should be taken out

[38:18] of the planning department

[38:22] right now about the mental

[38:22] proposal.

[38:26] Thank you.

[38:30] We have no further speakers on

[38:33] line to thank you, MADAM Chair

[38:34] that will bring it back to the

[38:35] board, see if there's any

[38:35] questions comments on the

[38:38] consent agenda or begin to my

[38:41] left with supervisor konik.

[38:42] Thank you.

[38:42] Chair on item thirty for

[38:44] approving the revised project

[38:44] labor agreement.

[38:45] I just want to thank staff for

[38:46] all their hard work on this.

[38:49] It was a good long years worth

[38:49] of work, particularly our

[38:52] director of general services

[38:53] michael beaton and assistant

[38:56] ceo alyssa benson who I know

[38:57] worked hard on this.

[38:58] I want to thank the partnership

[39:00] with the building trades, MS.

[39:00] Vanden heuvel and of course

[39:01] your work has just begun.

[39:03] We look forward to the hiring

[39:04] of all those apprentices as

[39:08] just as I was building out the

[39:08] local workforce.

[39:09] Thank you.

[39:12] On item thirty eight the report

[39:12] on the healing the streets

[39:15] program and the crisis grant

[39:16] pilot program.

[39:18] I want to think hsa leadership

[39:19] for all their work standing up

[39:22] the wenty seven crisis

[39:23] response really great to

[39:26] finally have that service

[39:27] available in our community.

[39:30] it's also really great to see

[39:31] the success of the healing the

[39:32] outreach program including the

[39:34] forty six percent decrease the

[39:35] psychological distress and just

[39:38] hoping that state provides a

[39:39] consistent source of funding to

[39:42] fulfill this mandate and we can

[39:43] see denigration of our ability

[39:44] to get reimbursed through

[39:46] medicaid now going forward.

[39:47] But thank you for creating a

[39:49] legal framework to provide

[39:50] these services and then finally

[39:54] on I'm 42 proving the agreement

[39:54] for a polo grounds scoreboard.

[39:55] I want to thank the arks

[39:57] department for thinking

[39:58] creatively to come up with this

[40:02] solution nd the agreement with

[40:02] mid county pony baseball league

[40:05] and aptos sports foundation.

[40:06] And so this great electronic

[40:07] scoreboard can be installed for

[40:09] our community.

[40:10] Thank you.

[40:13] Supervisor virginia's thank

[40:13] you.

[40:14] Good morning.

[40:17] I just want to start as a

[40:17] general comment for those of

[40:20] you who took the time to speak

[40:21] to us during public comment, I

[40:22] want to thank you for sharing

[40:25] and let you know that we are

[40:25] listening.

[40:26] It's not a time for us to

[40:29] engage back and forth but we

[40:29] are here and we are listening.

[40:30] So just thank you for your

[40:32] comments as far as the consent

[40:35] agenda goes, I want to o to

[40:36] begin with number twenty seven

[40:37] larry pegler is my art to see

[40:40] alternative or alternate.

[40:40] You MAY remember that he was a

[40:43] candidate for the metro board

[40:44] during my first meeting as a

[40:47] supervisor and although he went

[40:48] with a different nominee, we

[40:48] all recognized his

[40:51] contributions and his expertize

[40:51] .

[40:52] I'm really proud to have him

[40:53] come on as my rtc alternate so

[40:56] we can continue to contribute

[40:56] to the community as it relates

[40:59] to transportation on item

[41:00] number thirty for our project

[41:03] labor agreements.

[41:04] I also want to thank our labor

[41:08] partners and those in the ceo's

[41:08] office and cci for bringing

[41:11] this forward.

[41:12] You know plays are really

[41:15] intended to support a local

[41:15] workforce.

[41:19] It keeps our local dollars here

[41:20] in this local economy and

[41:20] supports the development

[41:22] training of our workforce.

[41:23] And so I want to thank

[41:24] everybody for their effort to

[41:27] bring this forward and I look

[41:27] forward to hearing about the

[41:28] progress of how these pilot

[41:30] projects go.

[41:31] Item number thirty six our

[41:34] water resources report.

[41:35] I want o thank the water

[41:38] resources division within the

[41:39] health services agency for this

[41:42] really informative report.

[41:43] It's helpful to have such a

[41:47] detailed overview of all of our

[41:47] very valuable and vulnerable

[41:51] water sources locally and as we

[41:54] continue to think about our

[41:55] efforts to project to protect

[41:58] our fragile natural environment

[41:59] from climate change and prepare

[42:02] for the impact of climate

[42:03] change and the impact it will

[42:04] have on the health of our

[42:07] environment and the ealth of

[42:07] our ublic, this information is

[42:10] going to be really helpful.

[42:11] So thank you for preparing that

[42:13] for us.

[42:14] And finally on the report of

[42:17] the various behavioral health

[42:18] grants, you know, I know from

[42:19] my personal professional

[42:22] experience how valuable these

[42:22] dollars are.

[42:25] These are grants so above and

[42:29] beyond the regular course of

[42:30] funding that comes into our

[42:31] community for behavioral health

[42:31] dollars.

[42:34] It takes a lot of work to seek

[42:37] these grants and to meet the

[42:38] outcomes.

[42:39] But as it relates to the crisis

[42:42] program, suicide prevention

[42:42] task force healing the streets

[42:46] we've been able to do this

[42:47] really valuable work because of

[42:47] the hard work of our team.

[42:50] So thank you to the behavioral

[42:50] health division and health

[42:54] services agency for all of us,

[42:54] really good work.

[42:55] Thank you.

[43:00] Cummings you very much.

[43:04] I remember thirty four this has

[43:04] been a long time coming the

[43:07] project labor agreement between

[43:10] the building trades and the

[43:11] county and I just want to thank

[43:12] everyone for all their hard

[43:13] work and patience as we tried

[43:15] to get to something that that

[43:18] is mutually agreeable and also

[43:19] gives us an opportunity to show

[43:20] how these project labor

[43:22] agreements work.

[43:23] And so I'm I'm hopeful that

[43:26] this is going to be a really

[43:27] fantastic program for our

[43:30] community to help as we see an

[43:31] aging workforce that's oing to

[43:31] be retiring out and getting

[43:33] more people into the trades

[43:34] which is a very viable career

[43:34] path.

[43:37] And so I just want to thank

[43:38] everybody for their hard work

[43:39] on this and I look forward to

[43:40] seeing how this develops over

[43:42] time and I hope that some of

[43:43] the neighboring jurisdictions

[43:45] will consider conducting

[43:46] something that similar to what

[43:47] we're doing as well.

[43:50] I don't have a 38.

[43:51] I just want to congratulate our

[43:51] staff for standing up here on

[43:54] the streets program and for the

[43:54] 24/7 crisis response.

[43:56] This is something that back in

[43:57] 2020 everybody was really

[43:57] saying we need more social

[44:01] workers engaging people

[44:02] engaging with people who are

[44:03] having mental health crisis.

[44:05] These are not long horsemen and

[44:06] it just goes to show, you know,

[44:10] 3001 92 direct services

[44:13] provided to 346 unduplicated

[44:14] participants.

[44:14] I'm just really goes to show

[44:17] that this is this is doing a

[44:17] lot for a lot of people who are

[44:18] struggling in our community.

[44:20] And so I look forward of

[44:21] continuing to support these

[44:24] programs and seeing how they

[44:25] can, you know, provide help for

[44:26] people in our community and

[44:28] then item number forty nine

[44:31] this is davenport water tank

[44:32] and I just want to thank the

[44:33] staff for their hard work on

[44:35] this.

[44:36] This is an example of a project

[44:39] that came in below that

[44:40] estimated cost and so I just

[44:42] want to continue to see us

[44:43] bring these types of projects

[44:44] forward and also just you know,

[44:47] this critical water source for

[44:48] the residents of davenport

[44:51] 700000 gallons I believe that

[44:52] we use as backup storage for

[44:55] the towns ater supply.

[44:55] So really grateful that we have

[44:59] this going on for the residents

[44:59] of davenport.

[45:00] That concludes my comments.

[45:02] oh, and I will just say to the

[45:03] folks who came and spoke to us

[45:03] today about homelessness and

[45:05] the homeless sweep's.

[45:06] I understand and please correct

[45:07] me if I'm wrong, but the county

[45:10] is doesn't engage in those in

[45:13] terms of law enforcement.

[45:14] But we do understand the way

[45:15] the city has been approaching

[45:17] as I said on a committee with

[45:18] the city of santa cruz where we

[45:19] discuss homelessness issues and

[45:21] I will be bringing that forward

[45:22] to our discussion that we will

[45:22] be having this wednesday.

[45:25] So thank you very much for

[45:26] bringing that o our attention

[45:27] and I'll bring your concerns to

[45:28] santa cruz as well.

[45:31] Thank you.

[45:32] Thank you so much.

[45:36] Supervisor thank you chair and

[45:40] welcome everybody today.

[45:44] We've been very busy, monica

[45:45] and I orienting with the

[45:47] various departments across the

[45:48] county and I think all of the

[45:53] staff for the wonderful

[45:53] orientations that we've had to

[45:57] date very impressed with the

[45:57] level and commitment of the

[46:01] staff here at santa cruz county

[46:04] and regarding the consent

[46:05] agenda, I'd like to call out

[46:09] number 25, the appointment of

[46:12] jerry suza to the emergency

[46:13] medical commission.

[46:14] Jerry was the executive

[46:16] director of the dignity medical

[46:16] foundation.

[46:20] He ran the cath lab at dignity

[46:20] health.

[46:21] He's in R.N. He's a paramedic.

[46:24] He's been a paramedic leader

[46:27] and he's currently standing up

[46:28] the cath lab the heart

[46:31] catherine catherine utilization

[46:32] lab at watsonville hospital so

[46:33] that they can start doing

[46:35] procedures there.

[46:36] I think he'll be a wonderful

[46:39] addition and I thank him for

[46:39] his interest.

[46:40] Number 26, jonathan sherborn

[46:44] zinnanti an appointment to the

[46:44] disability commission.

[46:47] Jonathan is a dear friend of

[46:48] mine and somebody I worked with

[46:51] in a professional way for many

[46:51] years.

[46:54] He is a quadriplegic, uses a

[46:56] power chair and is a part a

[46:59] wonderful person just graduated

[47:03] from ucsc and will be a

[47:03] wonderful addition to the

[47:04] disability commission.

[47:06] So thank you jonathan for your

[47:07] interest number thirty four I'm

[47:10] going to echo what many of my

[47:11] colleagues have said thank you

[47:11] to the building trades for the

[47:14] play work that has happened

[47:14] this year.

[47:15] Monica and I on the campaign

[47:18] trail met with the building

[47:19] trades multiple times, sat down

[47:21] with them, made presentations

[47:22] to them and I'm really excited

[47:23] to see the work that we're

[47:26] going to do together through

[47:26] this agreement.

[47:30] I also want to let everybody

[47:30] here know that I've worked for

[47:34] many years trying to build a

[47:35] workforce development with an

[47:38] paravel unified so we have a

[47:38] lot of kids ready to start

[47:41] working as apprentices.

[47:42] So we're hoping that you guys

[47:45] can pick p many of the

[47:46] students that we've trained

[47:47] over the years.

[47:50] Number 42 echoing what motto

[47:53] had said about the scoreboard.

[47:54] Thank you for pointing that out

[47:58] and that's something and I've

[47:58] worked with john milanovich on

[47:59] that scoreboard up at ptos

[48:02] high was donated to them.

[48:03] they're getting a new one and

[48:05] this beautiful perfectly

[48:06] working scoreboard will now be

[48:10] an addition at the polo field

[48:11] so that the pony league can

[48:13] have a beautiful scoreboard.

[48:14] They're all free of charge.

[48:17] So thank you very, very much.

[48:17] Our parks are making that

[48:18] happen and thanks to the aptos

[48:21] sports foundation and all of

[48:22] the actual the contractors who

[48:24] are donating their time

[48:25] electricians, carpenters, et

[48:28] cetera to make this a reality

[48:29] and I'm glad we can get this

[48:29] done before the season starts.

[48:32] So I think that'll conclude my

[48:32] comments.

[48:40] Thank you so I'd like to you

[48:41] know, once again reiterate that

[48:44] we have is a big santacruz

[48:45] county cleanup day and I want

[48:47] to urge all my colleagues to be

[48:50] part of it organize one

[48:52] happening on MAY 10th with item

[48:55] 34, the project labor

[48:55] agreement.

[48:58] I'd like to think of course our

[48:59] county seems to have worked

[49:02] hard and diligently on this and

[49:06] of course the labor of course

[49:07] is one of the things I'm really

[49:09] excited about is the

[49:10] opportunities for young people

[49:13] to get in this field.

[49:14] It normally wouldn't go to

[49:17] universities or colleges but to

[49:17] get into this field the pay's

[49:21] just as much if not more than

[49:21] if they did go to college.

[49:22] So thank you for that

[49:25] opportunity and item 24, I want

[49:28] to thank charlie david walker

[49:29] women for in-home support

[49:33] services and that concludes my

[49:40] comments with that I'd like to

[49:41] bring it back to the board to

[49:44] entertain the motion.

[49:48] I'm a content econd got a

[49:49] motion from supervisor cummings

[49:51] and the second from supervisor

[49:51] koeneke.

[49:52] Can we take wukong certainly

[50:02] supervisor to support I

[50:04] cummings martinez I connect

[50:04] hernandez I motion passes

[50:07] unanimously I will move on to

[50:07] the regular agenda item number

[50:11] seven the next agenda item to

[50:12] consider adopting a resolution

[50:14] for the issuance of tax

[50:18] allocating refunding bonds 2025

[50:19] series a and an amount of to

[50:22] exceed ninety five million.

[50:25] I'll turn it over to kim namba

[50:26] ,senior department

[50:27] administrative analyst and

[50:30] susan para managing director of

[50:31] herel and company advisors for

[50:55] the presentation and start

[50:59] answering.

[51:00] Good morning chair members of

[51:01] the board.

[51:01] I'm suzanne here.

[51:02] All the county's financial

[51:03] advisor.

[51:04] Im here to present some

[51:07] information on a refinancing

[51:07] opportunity for the

[51:11] redevelopments accessor agency

[51:14] tax allocation bonds currently

[51:18] the redevelopment success

[51:22] agency has five series of

[51:23] outstanding bonds.

[51:27] They're secured by the former

[51:31] tax increment maicon.

[51:32] Ok, sorry I'll talk a little

[51:34] bit louder.

[51:35] The bonds are secured by the

[51:36] former tax increment of the

[51:39] redevelopment agency and you

[51:42] can see on the screen of the

[51:45] maturities range from twenty

[51:49] thirty to twenty thirty six the

[51:50] bonds that are eligible for

[51:53] refinancing at this moment are

[51:54] two series of bonds issued in

[51:57] twenty fifteen series a and b

[51:58] and a twenty sixteen series

[52:02] only the twenty fifteen series

[52:05] and the twenty sixteen bonds

[52:05] have sufficient savings to make

[52:06] refinancing economical at this

[52:14] time this slide summarizes the

[52:14] existing interest rates on the

[52:18] outstanding bonds estimated

[52:18] interest rates on the

[52:21] refinancing how much nnual

[52:22] savings we anticipate as well

[52:26] as the total annual saving.

[52:27] S you can see that the average

[52:29] reduction in debt service is

[52:30] expected to be seven point five

[52:32] percent or a total of almost

[52:33] eight point eight dollars

[52:36] million because this will

[52:37] reduce the amount of tax

[52:40] increment or are what we call

[52:41] our etf redevelopment property

[52:44] tax trust fund funding required

[52:45] to pay debt service on the

[52:47] redevelopment successor agency

[52:48] bonds.

[52:51] Those savings get distributed

[52:52] among the different taxing

[52:56] entities in accordance with a

[52:56] formula the county gets

[52:59] thirteen point two percent.

[53:00] County districts will get three

[53:03] point five six percent.

[53:04] That's like the library

[53:06] district and then the schools

[53:07] and colleges and other special

[53:08] districts will get the

[53:11] remainder.

[53:11] So we're anticipating those

[53:15] will benefit by about seven

[53:16] point three dollars million.

[53:17] The county will benefit by

[53:22] about one point five million.

[53:23] The process of dissolution of

[53:25] redevelopment requires the

[53:26] successor agency to first

[53:29] approve the refinancing and

[53:30] then it will go to the

[53:31] consolidated oversight board to

[53:33] approve the refinancing.

[53:35] Then it is presented to the

[53:35] department of finance and they

[53:37] have sixty days to review the

[53:41] documentation and provide their

[53:42] authorization to proceed so we

[53:44] don't anticipate the bonds will

[53:45] be issued until JUNE.

[53:49] The funding will be available

[53:49] for a SEPTEMBER one twenty five

[53:50] twenty twenty five redemption

[53:53] of the outstanding bonds.

[53:57] So the recommended action is to

[53:57] approve the resolution which

[54:00] approves a form of an indenture

[54:01] of trust for the bonds to

[54:05] escrow agreements, an official

[54:06] notice of sale, the preliminary

[54:07] official statement and the

[54:09] continuing disclosure

[54:09] certificate.

[54:10] The bonds are expected to be

[54:13] sold at competitive sale.

[54:17] It also authorizes a not to

[54:18] exceed ninety five million

[54:21] which is the amount we expect

[54:22] to be required to pay off the

[54:24] old bonds and the savings in

[54:25] accordance with the county's

[54:28] debt policy must be greater

[54:29] than four percent and that

[54:33] concludes my report if you have

[54:34] any questions.

[54:34] Thank you for the presentation

[54:36] on to my fellow board members

[54:37] that if anyone would like to

[54:40] have ny questions comments

[54:41] I'll start to my right with

[54:46] supervisor now this is great.

[54:47] I'll be supporting today

[54:50] anything that we can do to save

[54:51] the taxpayer and the state and

[54:54] us money is something that I'm

[54:55] in favor of so thank you for

[54:57] bringing aboard swearwords.

[55:02] Cummings so as a machinist I

[55:02] have no questions.

[55:03] I just appreciate the

[55:05] recommendation.

[55:06] Thank you so was good.

[55:09] Yeah likewise thanks for your

[55:10] work on this and obviously

[55:11] anything going save the county

[55:11] money is a great idea in my

[55:13] book.

[55:14] Oh now turn to the public see

[55:15] if there's that we should speak

[55:16] on this item.

[55:24] Anyone from the public in thank

[55:28] you becky steinberger I.

[55:28] I also support saving the

[55:31] county money but for the

[55:31] benefit of the public nd you

[55:35] can explain what these bonds

[55:35] are funding.

[55:39] What is the reason that our

[55:40] county has gone into debt like

[55:40] this?

[55:43] What are the projects that they

[55:43] are supporting?

[55:46] Thank you.

[55:51] Anyone online?

[55:55] I see no speakers no longer

[55:56] with that I'll bring it back to

[55:58] the board to entertain a motion

[55:58] .

[55:59] I just wanted to see if we

[56:00] could get a response from staff

[56:02] to a question that was just

[56:05] raised.

[56:09] Sure, the redevelopment agency

[56:09] funded capital improvements as

[56:13] well as low and moderate income

[56:14] housing projects throughout the

[56:17] live socal redevelopment

[56:18] project area.

[56:21] Thank.

[56:22] I just want to express my

[56:23] appreciation for all the work

[56:25] that's going into this in the

[56:26] savings that's going to come

[56:26] back to the county.

[56:27] And so with that I'll move the

[56:29] staff recommendation.

[56:30] We have a supervisor coming in

[56:33] the second from supervisor

[56:33] Kvnig.

[56:34] We take a will call the

[56:37] supervisor sir but I cumming's

[56:40] martinez iconic and hernandez

[56:44] eye motion passes unanimously

[56:48] well now move on to item number

[56:49] eight and the next agenda item

[56:51] concerning approving

[56:51] specifications in engineer's

[56:56] estimate for 2025 event

[56:56] management project set online

[57:00] bid opening four to fifteen

[57:03] P.M. On MARCH six of 2025 and

[57:03] direct community development

[57:04] and infrastructure to return to

[57:07] on or before JUNE 24th, 2025

[57:11] ratification of the contract

[57:12] award and take all related

[57:15] actions alternate over to dc

[57:16] carlson senior civil engineer

[57:19] and steve wiesner assistant

[57:20] director of public works for

[57:27] the presentation a thank you

[57:28] chair hernandez and ood

[57:30] morning board members opelousas

[57:34] members of the public again my

[57:35] name is steve wiesner,

[57:35] assistant director of public

[57:38] works in the community

[57:38] development infrastructure

[57:42] department and today with casey

[57:42] carlson.

[57:43] Casey is our senior civil

[57:44] engineer in charge of our

[57:45] pavement management program in

[57:46] public works and in chambers

[57:49] today also is matt machado

[57:50] who's our director of community

[57:53] development infrastructure and

[57:54] and as our chair said, we're

[57:57] here today to present on the

[57:58] twenty twenty five patient

[58:01] management project before I get

[58:02] going, I'd like to welcome

[58:02] supervisors martinez and

[58:05] desirably.

[58:06] I've had a chance to meet both

[58:09] of you and your staff and we're

[58:10] really looking forward to

[58:10] working with you on all things

[58:12] transportation in your

[58:13] districts looking forward to

[58:16] this this term as of today

[58:20] we're here again present on the

[58:21] 24 25 patient management

[58:24] project and it'll consist of a

[58:25] brief project funding overview.

[58:28] we'll talk a little about the

[58:29] project locations and some of

[58:29] the roads that are in the

[58:32] program and then finally we'll

[58:33] end with our recommended

[58:35] actions.

[58:36] Ok, just to cover the project

[58:39] funding a little bit.

[58:40] This project in particular is

[58:40] leveraging several funding

[58:43] sources to provide a robust

[58:44] paving project for the twenty

[58:47] twenty five season that

[58:47] integrates multiple sources of

[58:50] similar work into a single

[58:51] project which increases bid

[58:51] competition and lowers the

[58:55] overall cost of the work the

[58:55] project this project in

[58:58] particular is largely funded by

[59:02] major d which is which is the

[59:03] first funding source primarily

[59:03] dedicated to a local road

[59:05] paving.

[59:06] We've been putting out projects

[59:09] with measured since it passed.

[59:10] They passed in 2016.

[59:11] Our irst project came out in

[59:13] twenty eighteen and we've

[59:14] delivered a project every

[59:14] single year.

[59:17] I will note that we don't do

[59:18] work in every district every

[59:18] year.

[59:21] Sometimes we some we work at

[59:22] the supervisor's offices we opt

[59:25] to save money for a larger more

[59:28] meaningful project or sometimes

[59:29] the funding gets used for other

[59:32] projects as well but largely

[59:33] we're trying to keep this on

[59:36] local road resurfacing.

[59:37] So within this project there is

[59:40] an rtp grant which is it's

[59:40] federal regional surface

[59:41] transportation grant which gets

[59:44] exchanged to state dollars and

[59:47] and again we're using local

[59:48] measure d on that is our local

[59:51] match.

[59:52] and then in addition this

[59:53] project has a couple of other

[59:55] elements where we're partnering

[59:56] both with county parks and the

[59:56] county sanitation district to

[59:59] integrate some of their paving

[1:00:00] work into this project and we

[1:00:01] try to do that on a year to

[1:00:03] year asis.

[1:00:04] Sometimes it's with other

[1:00:04] jurisdictions.

[1:00:05] For instance, last year we

[1:00:07] partnered the city capitola

[1:00:08] when we're doing paving work on

[1:00:11] the boundaries of the county,

[1:00:12] we'll talk to our neighboring

[1:00:13] jurisdictions to see if they

[1:00:14] want to go on with us as well.

[1:00:15] Ok, so with that we're going to

[1:00:16] go into the project locations.

[1:00:19] I'll turn it over to asey.

[1:00:19] All right.

[1:00:22] So thank you, steve.

[1:00:23] Good morning everyone.

[1:00:27] District one we're working in

[1:00:30] the live oak and socal area

[1:00:31] district two we're going to be

[1:00:33] in the seacliff district three

[1:00:33] .

[1:00:34] We're going to be on swanton

[1:00:37] district for the very southern

[1:00:38] part of the county ruggie lane

[1:00:41] and murphy's crossing and

[1:00:42] district five funds were used

[1:00:45] for the mountain charlie storm

[1:00:46] repair and I'm going to go into

[1:00:49] each of those in detail here.

[1:00:50] The district one you can see

[1:00:53] we're doing a lot f work in

[1:00:56] lubbock kind of the story

[1:00:57] behind hat's going on here is

[1:01:01] the portions that stretch as

[1:01:01] you can see in the photo there

[1:01:04] on socal avenue, the frontage

[1:01:05] road, the pure water socal

[1:01:08] project came through and did a

[1:01:09] pipeline and we're required to

[1:01:12] resurface half of the road that

[1:01:13] was affected by their project.

[1:01:14] We're going through the same

[1:01:17] corridors and picking up he

[1:01:17] second half of the road so that

[1:01:20] we can have full road projects

[1:01:21] through all those main

[1:01:24] transport corridors going to

[1:01:25] update the striping green bike

[1:01:26] lanes, enhanced striping for

[1:01:28] safety.

[1:01:29] So we're going to end up with a

[1:01:30] lot of great large stretches of

[1:01:33] roadway to this also doing some

[1:01:33] kind of more traditional

[1:01:36] measure neighborhood work in

[1:01:37] the lifeboat area near

[1:01:40] rodriguez and many district two

[1:01:43] and west again leveraging

[1:01:44] partnerships.

[1:01:47] We have county sanitation this

[1:01:48] winter is working on several

[1:01:51] trenching for main replacements

[1:01:52] in this neighborhood.

[1:01:55] So what we're doing is as a

[1:01:55] requirement of their project

[1:01:59] they would be required to repay

[1:02:00] certain of these streets.

[1:02:03] Instead roads is taking their

[1:02:04] funds and adding measure d to

[1:02:06] that and getting a large

[1:02:07] neighborhood resurfacing

[1:02:10] project in seacliff and this is

[1:02:11] the third seacliff area project

[1:02:12] we've done with measure d and

[1:02:15] it will pretty much it's the

[1:02:15] last major area of seacliff

[1:02:16] that we haven't gotten yet with

[1:02:16] the program.

[1:02:19] So this will pretty much make

[1:02:21] seacliff hole when we're done

[1:02:22] district three very excited

[1:02:25] about this one.

[1:02:26] So you spoke about saving funds

[1:02:29] for future work and district

[1:02:30] three has been patiently saving

[1:02:33] funding for five to six years

[1:02:34] to enact this project which

[1:02:37] will get that section of green.

[1:02:38] There is four and a half iles

[1:02:41] which the portion north of that

[1:02:45] was done in I believe 2010 or

[1:02:45] 2011 and that was a full paving

[1:02:49] job that did a pretty good ob

[1:02:49] on that section.

[1:02:50] But the remainder of the road

[1:02:52] has been needing work for some

[1:02:53] time and we're going to go

[1:02:54] through and do a major repaving

[1:02:56] on all of that.

[1:02:59] So excited about that other

[1:03:00] major goals here.

[1:03:00] District four has been wanting

[1:03:01] us to repave murphy's crossing

[1:03:04] for a long time roky lane as

[1:03:08] well and we were able in 2023

[1:03:13] to obtain a grant svp grant to

[1:03:14] through the state and we're

[1:03:15] going to leverage that with

[1:03:18] measure funding for the local

[1:03:18] match requirement on that grant

[1:03:21] and we're going to be able to

[1:03:22] do a full death recycle and

[1:03:24] repaving for murphy's crossing

[1:03:25] and a full repaving for ruggie

[1:03:26] lane.

[1:03:26] So that's going to leave those

[1:03:28] major ommute routes in great

[1:03:29] shape.

[1:03:29] District five as mentioned

[1:03:33] before we had an emergency on

[1:03:36] mt. Charlie that pretty much

[1:03:37] major section of roadway just

[1:03:40] slid down the hill to hold the

[1:03:41] whole mountain moved and

[1:03:44] district highest priority was

[1:03:45] to get this community made

[1:03:48] whole again.

[1:03:49] So we did a temporary repair.

[1:03:50] Unfortunately there weren't any

[1:03:53] disaster funds available for

[1:03:53] this project so maitre d had to

[1:03:56] be used to make that work.

[1:03:57] We're continuing to seek

[1:04:00] funding to replace that.

[1:04:01] If we're successful then those

[1:04:04] measure funds would go back

[1:04:07] into other needs for district

[1:04:07] five.

[1:04:08] Another partnership we have

[1:04:11] here is county parks.

[1:04:12] They wanted to resurface moran

[1:04:15] lake parking lot had a similar

[1:04:16] partnership that worked well in

[1:04:16] 2023.

[1:04:19] We did their until lake parking

[1:04:19] lot addition to the green

[1:04:23] valley path that we're doing

[1:04:23] there.

[1:04:26] And so this again we're able to

[1:04:27] deliver a lower unit cost for

[1:04:30] them in terms of teel and

[1:04:31] striping and having that work

[1:04:34] in our project but more work in

[1:04:35] our bid which also lowers our

[1:04:38] unit cost so works out well for

[1:04:39] everybody in the work is

[1:04:42] overseen by people that are

[1:04:42] used to watching steel and

[1:04:43] striping go down so we know

[1:04:44] what to look for.

[1:04:45] With that I'll turn it back to

[1:04:48] steve for a recommended actions

[1:04:48] .

[1:04:49] All right.

[1:04:49] Thank you, casey.

[1:04:52] I do want to note just for

[1:04:53] everyone's information so we

[1:04:56] work very closely with each

[1:04:57] supervisor's office on our

[1:04:57] paving program and the roads

[1:05:00] that get included.

[1:05:01] That work usually starts around

[1:05:02] the fall for the following

[1:05:05] seasons project and so we'll

[1:05:05] start orking with your team.

[1:05:08] We'll let you know what our

[1:05:09] ideas are, what we think is up

[1:05:11] and what would be good based

[1:05:12] all a host of different factors

[1:05:16] and so usually in a project

[1:05:16] like this comes to your board

[1:05:17] you'll fully know like all the

[1:05:20] reasons why and nd and what we

[1:05:20] have before you.

[1:05:21] Ok, so with that the

[1:05:23] recommended actions you had

[1:05:24] before you here today are to

[1:05:24] approve the specifications

[1:05:28] engineers estimate authorize a

[1:05:28] call for bids for the 2025

[1:05:32] management project set the bid

[1:05:32] opening for 215 on MARCH six,

[1:05:35] 2025 direct the clerk of board

[1:05:36] to advertise the notice for

[1:05:39] contractors r ten day period

[1:05:43] beginning FEBRUARY 15th, 2025.

[1:05:44] The provisions of the public

[1:05:46] contract code section 2092

[1:05:47] authorize the deputy ceo

[1:05:47] director of community

[1:05:51] development and infrastructure

[1:05:51] to award and sign the contract

[1:05:54] with the qualified low bidder

[1:05:55] director of community

[1:05:56] development infrastructure to

[1:05:59] return on or before JUNE 24th,

[1:05:59] 2025 for ratification of the

[1:06:03] contract award and approve the

[1:06:06] transfer of funds in the amount

[1:06:07] of one point eight one million

[1:06:11] dollars from the measure to

[1:06:11] account for the 2025 payment

[1:06:14] management project and approve

[1:06:14] a transfer of funds in the

[1:06:17] amount of one point zero three

[1:06:18] five million from the measure d

[1:06:22] account excuse me from the

[1:06:25] intercounty roots artist grant

[1:06:26] fund account for the 2025

[1:06:29] payment management project and

[1:06:29] with that we're happy to take

[1:06:33] any questions you might ask but

[1:06:36] so we're going to go out to the

[1:06:37] public, see if the public has

[1:06:44] any questions.

[1:06:48] Again, thank steinbrenner,

[1:06:49] PRESIDENT Of rural aptos as a

[1:06:52] member of the public I have

[1:06:55] always wondered how you decide

[1:06:56] where this these paving areas

[1:06:59] are going to be.

[1:07:02] I would really like to see the

[1:07:03] measure g money focused on

[1:07:07] improving maintaining the

[1:07:09] critical evacuation routes in

[1:07:14] our districts.

[1:07:14] It's great for the people in

[1:07:15] seacliff.

[1:07:17] This is their third project.

[1:07:18] What about the other areas of

[1:07:22] district to also think it is

[1:07:26] not right that the county is

[1:07:29] helping so creek water district

[1:07:30] repair the damage that their

[1:07:33] pure water sokal project has

[1:07:34] done on this local avenue

[1:07:35] frontage road.

[1:07:37] It is significant and they've

[1:07:38] done repaving there and they've

[1:07:41] done repaving in other areas

[1:07:42] but I don't think it's right

[1:07:45] for the county to have to go in

[1:07:48] and clean it up and I don't

[1:07:49] think there's room for a bike

[1:07:49] lane there.

[1:07:52] It's very narrow.

[1:07:56] So those are my concerns.

[1:08:00] I am happy to see that the

[1:08:01] county is working efficiently

[1:08:04] with the parks department to

[1:08:07] help pay the parking lots and

[1:08:08] some of the county parks.

[1:08:12] I would like to add the aptos

[1:08:15] village parking lot aptos

[1:08:15] village park parking lot to

[1:08:19] that it is in very serious

[1:08:22] disrepair and that's a very

[1:08:23] popular park.

[1:08:26] It's the hub of the events that

[1:08:27] go on on JULY 4th and other

[1:08:30] events.

[1:08:31] So it really needs work and I'd

[1:08:34] like to see that next year's

[1:08:35] list if we continue this great

[1:08:38] park partnership with parks.

[1:08:39] So if you could someone answer

[1:08:42] my question how you decide this

[1:08:45] these project areas are I to

[1:08:45] very much appreciate that.

[1:08:48] Thank you.

[1:08:55] Online gesture calling user to

[1:09:03] your microphones now available

[1:09:08] and the maryland gerould.

[1:09:09] And as I was listening to your

[1:09:12] report, I was also struck by

[1:09:16] the comment about how the

[1:09:19] county is having to repair the

[1:09:24] damage caused by pure water so

[1:09:27] called project.

[1:09:29] And I was thinking that's just

[1:09:32] part of the damage the

[1:09:35] ramifications I call water and

[1:09:39] i was eating where they talked

[1:09:43] about all the chemicals that

[1:09:44] are in checked and I thought

[1:09:47] this is so damaging every way

[1:09:51] you look at it we need to be

[1:09:55] evaluating projects for all the

[1:09:59] ramifications that damage state

[1:10:03] courts and if there is so much

[1:10:07] damage hey shouldn't be taking

[1:10:11] place and I agree with that

[1:10:14] steinbrunner.

[1:10:18] This just doesn't seem right at

[1:10:18] all.

[1:10:19] The whole project seems

[1:10:23] deceptive and harmful to the

[1:10:23] public.

[1:10:29] Thank you.

[1:10:32] And your microphones are

[1:10:36] available.

[1:10:37] I also yes, I second hose

[1:10:40] concerns that becky had you

[1:10:44] know my concern here is

[1:10:45] obviously for the roads up top

[1:10:48] on sonic and I just like to

[1:10:49] make sure that those are

[1:10:52] maintained and our fire escapes

[1:10:56] are maintained and also I just

[1:10:56] wanted to point out when I

[1:10:59] heard the individuals talking

[1:11:00] about the gas blowers and all

[1:11:00] that sort of stuff, I want to

[1:11:03] make sure that the county

[1:11:04] understands that for our areas

[1:11:07] up top that are unicor rated

[1:11:07] with large plots of land,

[1:11:10] there's a lot of clearing and

[1:11:11] I'm just wondering I hope

[1:11:15] that's not targeted towards us

[1:11:15] .

[1:11:16] You know, I can't imagine for

[1:11:19] the oment right now trying to

[1:11:20] use like an electric chainsaw

[1:11:22] or something or an electric

[1:11:23] blower when I have all this

[1:11:26] land clear and also the road

[1:11:27] behind my home that takes a

[1:11:30] school bus or there's kids on

[1:11:30] that.

[1:11:31] So I don't think the county or

[1:11:34] anyone's going to go after me

[1:11:35] for clearing that and clearing

[1:11:38] the gutter and making sure

[1:11:39] that's safe for my family, my

[1:11:42] neighbors and the school system

[1:11:42] that's coming around the corner

[1:11:43] with a bus.

[1:11:46] The only thing I've ever had

[1:11:47] county county folks do is you

[1:11:47] know, they they think me when

[1:11:50] I'm clearing the road with my

[1:11:51] blower.

[1:11:54] So I do understand people in

[1:11:58] the county farther down and

[1:11:58] urban and rural settings with

[1:12:01] regards to glassblowers but

[1:12:02] those sorts of things MAY not

[1:12:05] necessarily apply for all of us

[1:12:06] up top.

[1:12:06] So I just want to make sure

[1:12:07] that we have the tools and

[1:12:09] resources, especially if the

[1:12:10] county is not going to be able

[1:12:13] to step in paved oads and and

[1:12:14] clear roads and maintain them

[1:12:18] and so on for us to be able to

[1:12:21] maintain the marcellus anyways

[1:12:21] .

[1:12:22] So those are my concerns.

[1:12:22] You folks have a fine day.

[1:12:28] Thank you very much.

[1:12:29] No further speakers.

[1:12:29] Sure.

[1:12:30] With that I'll bring back to

[1:12:32] the board for any questions

[1:12:32] comments.

[1:12:33] I'll start to my level of

[1:12:37] support the kind of picture I

[1:12:37] think the director wasner I

[1:12:40] think MR. Carlson it's always

[1:12:44] both and it's always great to

[1:12:45] look at the roles that we are

[1:12:46] going to get to resurface this

[1:12:46] year.

[1:12:48] And of course we always want to

[1:12:49] do more front of a state of the

[1:12:51] pavement address later this

[1:12:51] year and we'll discuss the fact

[1:12:55] that we should really be

[1:12:56] spending three times as much if

[1:12:56] we wanted to actually be

[1:12:59] maintaining the pavement index

[1:13:00] in our county that we we'd like

[1:13:00] to.

[1:13:03] But that said, you know, we an

[1:13:04] we can take the moment to

[1:13:07] celebrate some of the questions

[1:13:08] were raised about soko creek

[1:13:10] water district and their

[1:13:11] project and I think that we did

[1:13:12] politely request that they

[1:13:14] resurface the entire road and

[1:13:15] they politely declined.

[1:13:18] And so, you know, not wanting

[1:13:19] to get into some nasty dispute

[1:13:22] over that.

[1:13:23] You know, we're moving forward

[1:13:23] with with this and just

[1:13:24] spending the measured money to

[1:13:26] resurface the roads.

[1:13:27] But I mean as the picture

[1:13:30] demonstrated, we're not redoing

[1:13:31] the whole roads.

[1:13:32] So that's got to mean that we

[1:13:34] can do close to twice as much

[1:13:35] for only doing half of the

[1:13:35] road.

[1:13:35] Is that correct?

[1:13:38] Correct.

[1:13:39] So just to clarify what's going

[1:13:42] on the utility is required to

[1:13:43] resurface the portion that they

[1:13:46] affect which is half of the

[1:13:47] road.

[1:13:47] So we're not repairing their

[1:13:49] damage.

[1:13:50] We're getting the other half of

[1:13:51] a road that otherwise needed

[1:13:54] resurfacing before they touched

[1:13:54] it.

[1:13:55] So we're trying to make the

[1:13:58] road whole from half a project.

[1:13:59] Yeah, I need to go and check

[1:14:01] the condition index for me.

[1:14:02] You know well before they

[1:14:05] started these projects nd it

[1:14:06] was clear that some sections

[1:14:06] particularly long sokal avenue

[1:14:09] there near the intersections I

[1:14:10] really needed this work already

[1:14:10] and of course then there's

[1:14:13] other construction work

[1:14:14] happening in the area like the

[1:14:15] chanticleer rail bridge that

[1:14:17] I'm sure also being impacted by

[1:14:18] construction which is not the

[1:14:21] water district's full.

[1:14:22] So it'll be great to have that

[1:14:24] on these roads and standard

[1:14:25] condition for that for the

[1:14:26] whole whether the road going

[1:14:27] forward and of course new

[1:14:31] striping and everything to how

[1:14:35] the published question and how

[1:14:36] we decide how these roads are

[1:14:36] chosen.

[1:14:39] I mean I think it's fair to say

[1:14:40] that given the limited budget

[1:14:41] we often start with what's

[1:14:43] needed that for any given year

[1:14:47] and in this case the obviously

[1:14:47] the pure water so-called

[1:14:51] project sort of created this

[1:14:52] need that was at the top of the

[1:14:55] list and then I think it's fair

[1:14:56] to say that then we move out

[1:14:59] geographically from there,

[1:14:59] right?

[1:15:00] I mean is it because of the

[1:15:02] sort cost of picking up

[1:15:03] relocating all the equipment to

[1:15:06] a different part of the county

[1:15:06] ?

[1:15:07] I mean typically the way these

[1:15:10] conversations go between you

[1:15:10] guys in my offices.

[1:15:11] Ok, well what is the next

[1:15:14] immediate area to where we have

[1:15:15] to be working that we could

[1:15:18] address in a cost effective way

[1:15:19] to speak a little bit to sort

[1:15:19] of the costs associated with

[1:15:21] trying to do work in different

[1:15:22] parts of the county and the

[1:15:25] savings of doing work in one

[1:15:26] place or general area?

[1:15:26] Sure.

[1:15:29] Yeah, that's a very good point.

[1:15:30] I will say that, ou know, just

[1:15:33] from he outset maitre d was

[1:15:34] passed in the bucket of

[1:15:37] measured money the way it comes

[1:15:38] to us from the rtc it's in the

[1:15:40] neighborhood of safety and

[1:15:41] resurfacing bucket.

[1:15:41] The moneys are always intended

[1:15:44] for neighborhoods.

[1:15:45] This is an area that we were

[1:15:46] very shy on in that we didn't

[1:15:49] have enough money for for that

[1:15:49] for a couple of decades

[1:15:50] actually a better part of a

[1:15:52] couple of decades.

[1:15:53] So ah we did put out a survey

[1:15:56] to ur communities after

[1:15:57] measure d was passed in and

[1:16:00] neighborhood resurfacing was a

[1:16:01] high priority in that survey

[1:16:04] and so our concept has been to

[1:16:08] put a project out and in each

[1:16:12] district as as fast as we can

[1:16:12] really starting from the most

[1:16:13] heavily used roads in our

[1:16:16] neighborhoods and then sort of

[1:16:17] working our way out from that

[1:16:18] I'm a great example is

[1:16:20] justified.

[1:16:21] You know, we started with a

[1:16:22] project in boulder creek.

[1:16:25] We moved on to felton, we moved

[1:16:26] to ben lomond and then with he

[1:16:27] very next year we went back up

[1:16:28] to boulder creek and we started

[1:16:29] doing roads that were more on

[1:16:31] the extremity and so we started

[1:16:32] in town cause I'm down in

[1:16:35] district two we did work down

[1:16:36] in la selva as well as

[1:16:36] seacliff.

[1:16:38] We've also done some work out

[1:16:39] in the korologos area which is

[1:16:40] also in district two as well

[1:16:43] and again focusing on town core

[1:16:44] areas and then working our way

[1:16:47] out from that and as supervisor

[1:16:50] kind of alluded to it doesn't

[1:16:51] make a lot of sense to do a

[1:16:52] road here and they have to pick

[1:16:54] up everything, remobilize nd

[1:16:55] do a road a mile or two away

[1:16:59] and on not and so we when we do

[1:17:01] create a project we do look at

[1:17:02] opportunities within an area

[1:17:05] where we can get stuff that's

[1:17:06] really close to each other and

[1:17:06] adjacent.

[1:17:09] And so that's the basic concept

[1:17:09] .

[1:17:10] Again, we work very closely

[1:17:10] with each board member to

[1:17:13] identify where those areas are

[1:17:14] and it's informed by a number

[1:17:17] of different factors.

[1:17:18] Mint condition is one of them

[1:17:21] obviously but neighborhood

[1:17:22] advocacy areas that we know are

[1:17:25] heavily traveled at he most

[1:17:26] people use we're really trying

[1:17:27] to get the most bang for our

[1:17:29] buck for our communities.

[1:17:32] And then I also know that the

[1:17:33] majority of our arterial major

[1:17:36] collector resurfacing is funded

[1:17:40] through the state and federal

[1:17:41] grants that we go for through

[1:17:41] the rtc and you know these are

[1:17:44] roads like so help drive

[1:17:45] freedom boulevard, bear creek

[1:17:49] road, sokal san jose road

[1:17:49] summer roads these are the

[1:17:50] roads that carry the vast

[1:17:53] volume of our commute traffic

[1:17:53] and those are resurfaced with

[1:17:57] other funds and we as much as

[1:17:57] possible we try to keep

[1:18:00] majority in the neighborhoods.

[1:18:01] Yeah, that's right.

[1:18:02] Thank you for bringing that up

[1:18:02] right.

[1:18:04] The consolidated call for grant

[1:18:07] that our rtc puts out every

[1:18:08] couple of years we will have

[1:18:08] one this year right at the end

[1:18:12] of the year and in the past

[1:18:12] we've resurfaced alba and

[1:18:15] jamison in the fifth district.

[1:18:16] Some of those funds we have a

[1:18:17] project moving forward for

[1:18:20] sokal san jose road with use

[1:18:23] those funds and so that's

[1:18:24] definitely another major

[1:18:25] probably the primary source of

[1:18:27] funds for as was mentioned at

[1:18:30] the escape routes or evacuation

[1:18:31] routes rather and some of those

[1:18:34] other materials.

[1:18:35] I just one other point to note

[1:18:36] is that we do have to have a

[1:18:45] local match for those larger

[1:18:45] grants as well.

[1:18:46] And so that's becoming

[1:18:47] increasingly difficult for us

[1:18:48] to find a local match.

[1:18:48] Hence why we're using some

[1:18:49] measured funds to match for

[1:18:50] murphy's boogie down in south

[1:18:50] county.

[1:18:50] Thank you.

[1:18:51] Looking forward to the thank

[1:18:51] you as a witness.

[1:18:53] Thank you chair.

[1:18:54] Well thank you to public works

[1:18:57] for the presentation and for

[1:18:58] working with the board offices

[1:18:58] each year to help prioritize

[1:19:02] projects as you can imagine as

[1:19:05] a as a candidate and now the

[1:19:06] new supervisor local road

[1:19:09] resurfacing has been a huge

[1:19:10] issue and there's a lot of

[1:19:11] deferred maintenance and so I'm

[1:19:13] eager to continue to work with

[1:19:14] you to help address these

[1:19:14] needs.

[1:19:16] I absolutely support the

[1:19:20] decision of my predecessor to

[1:19:21] allocate our measured funds to

[1:19:24] do the temporary road fix on

[1:19:24] mount charley.

[1:19:25] I visited mount charley road

[1:19:29] several imes and that was a

[1:19:29] real disaster for those

[1:19:32] residents.

[1:19:33] So thank you for your efforts

[1:19:34] to, you know, get in there and

[1:19:36] provide that temporary road.

[1:19:37] I know it's providing a lot of

[1:19:38] relief.

[1:19:40] I do hope that fema will

[1:19:41] someday reimburse us for those

[1:19:44] costs and those dollars would

[1:19:45] then be able to be reallocated

[1:19:48] to address other district needs

[1:19:49] and so will, you know, keep our

[1:19:52] fingers rossed and hope that

[1:19:53] that that MAY happen someday

[1:19:55] down the line.

[1:19:56] And I also want to just

[1:19:59] reiterate that in the next

[1:20:00] fiscal year I anticipate that

[1:20:03] our annual measured allocation

[1:20:04] will resume and that will be

[1:20:04] able to spread pavement

[1:20:07] management program more broadly

[1:20:11] across the fifth district.

[1:20:12] I do think that it's important

[1:20:13] for community members to

[1:20:14] understand that this pavement

[1:20:15] management program it's a

[1:20:18] critical way that we address

[1:20:19] road maintenance but it's not

[1:20:20] the only way would you be able

[1:20:23] to speak o other ways that we

[1:20:24] address road improvements on

[1:20:26] more on an ongoing basis here

[1:20:27] in the county?

[1:20:27] Sure.

[1:20:31] So in addition to our pavement

[1:20:32] management project, our annual

[1:20:34] pavement management project, we

[1:20:35] do have our annual maintenance

[1:20:37] road maintenance program which

[1:20:38] is run by and large by our

[1:20:42] operations team up in your area

[1:20:42] we run out of our feldon yard

[1:20:45] in the north ounty crew.

[1:20:46] They create a plan every year

[1:20:49] that involves regular ditching,

[1:20:50] regular culvert maintenance,

[1:20:53] regular roadway surface

[1:20:53] repairs.

[1:20:57] The mowing program is under

[1:20:57] them.

[1:20:58] And then of course these are

[1:20:59] the folks that are out there

[1:20:59] doing all of our storm patrol

[1:21:02] during, you know, inclement

[1:21:02] weather and keeping everything

[1:21:05] open as best as possible.

[1:21:06] And so it's a robust program

[1:21:07] this year we'll be presenting

[1:21:10] that year board as part of our

[1:21:10] budget and and it's an

[1:21:13] extensive program is much

[1:21:14] larger than what this pavement

[1:21:15] management project is comprised

[1:21:18] of throughout the county and

[1:21:18] throughout the 600 miles that

[1:21:21] we're responsible to maintain.

[1:21:22] Thanks.

[1:21:22] I really appreciate that

[1:21:23] because I know just as a

[1:21:25] resident of the valley I do see

[1:21:26] your teams out there working.

[1:21:26] I appreciate the work that

[1:21:29] you're doing and that sort of

[1:21:29] prevention work helps further

[1:21:32] destruction of roads when

[1:21:33] weather occurs.

[1:21:36] So thank you for that and I can

[1:21:37] I look forward to continuing to

[1:21:38] partner with you to address the

[1:21:40] needs of not only our fifth

[1:21:41] district residents but across

[1:21:41] the county.

[1:21:42] Thank you.

[1:21:44] Thank you or the comments and

[1:21:47] I'll be brief.

[1:21:48] I'll we just want to thank you

[1:21:52] all for your hard work on this

[1:21:54] and for just engaging with us

[1:21:55] and trying to help you know

[1:21:56] what we're trying to identify

[1:21:59] which roads we want to

[1:21:59] prioritize.

[1:22:00] It's just really great that we

[1:22:03] can connect with you all and

[1:22:03] use this as an opportunity to

[1:22:06] relay that information to the

[1:22:07] people who live within our

[1:22:08] districts and really make sure

[1:22:09] that we're aligned in terms of

[1:22:10] our priorities the roads and I

[1:22:11] know the folks in the district

[1:22:13] are going to be really happy

[1:22:14] about the improvements this

[1:22:14] mountain road because it's been

[1:22:17] a long time coming and it's

[1:22:18] really just grateful for for

[1:22:21] that and then also just want to

[1:22:22] express my appreciation around

[1:22:22] your willingness o engage with

[1:22:26] us as relates to smaller issues

[1:22:29] like potholes and trends.

[1:22:30] It MAY be a little dangerous

[1:22:33] and just appreciate the the

[1:22:34] willingness to work with us to

[1:22:35] try to address other issues as

[1:22:37] well just being there and

[1:22:40] finally I just knock on want

[1:22:41] this next atmospheric river

[1:22:41] doesn't take out more roads

[1:22:45] because it's about to hit us on

[1:22:45] thursday.

[1:22:46] It looks like it's going to be

[1:22:49] a big storm so hopefully we can

[1:22:49] be prepared for that as well.

[1:22:51] So thank you supervisor.

[1:22:52] I think thank you for the

[1:22:55] report.

[1:22:59] I think my predecessor used my

[1:23:00] allocation for his year to

[1:23:04] amend his budget for the

[1:23:08] seacliff area so

[1:23:09] congratulations to seacliff and

[1:23:12] I used to ive there.

[1:23:13] That's where I raised my

[1:23:14] children and I think that's a

[1:23:15] wise choice.

[1:23:20] However, I live in a rural area

[1:23:20] .

[1:23:21] Many of my constituents live in

[1:23:22] a rural area.

[1:23:24] It is the number one problem

[1:23:25] that all of us in the rural

[1:23:27] areas face are roads that fail

[1:23:28] every year because they're not

[1:23:31] properly maintained.

[1:23:32] So to the extent that as

[1:23:36] somebody in the audience said

[1:23:39] that we can keep our roads that

[1:23:40] are evacuation roads and good

[1:23:41] repair I think of eureka canyon

[1:23:44] for example that is in horrible

[1:23:44] condition and needs to be

[1:23:47] repaired and I know monu can't

[1:23:48] really talk about that because

[1:23:49] his parents live up eureka

[1:23:50] canyon road.

[1:23:52] But I have many constituents

[1:23:55] and many friends that live up

[1:23:55] there in it.

[1:23:56] We need to fix it at some

[1:23:56] point.

[1:23:59] So I'm hopeful that we will do

[1:23:59] that in the future.

[1:24:00] My own road trout gulch road,

[1:24:02] the upper areas are in horrible

[1:24:06] condition and I've driven it

[1:24:07] with the road crews and have

[1:24:07] identified areas that were

[1:24:10] actually storm damage from

[1:24:11] years past.

[1:24:12] So I know those are on the list

[1:24:14] now but they hadn't been and so

[1:24:17] I was concerned that it took

[1:24:18] sort of me bringing it to the

[1:24:22] attention of the crews sort of

[1:24:25] years after some of those

[1:24:26] slides and washouts had

[1:24:29] occurred.

[1:24:33] So I actually look forward to

[1:24:34] spending more time with the

[1:24:34] road crews and going out and

[1:24:36] taking a look around with my

[1:24:37] own eyes with them so that we

[1:24:38] can make sure that our rural

[1:24:41] areas are well represented in

[1:24:41] the future.

[1:24:45] Can can we talk about for a

[1:24:45] minute some of the the grants

[1:24:48] that we get because I

[1:24:49] understood that some were

[1:24:50] coming through the rtc that

[1:24:52] might have been redirect to the

[1:24:57] metro budget and then of course

[1:24:57] that concerns me given the poor

[1:25:01] condition of our roads.

[1:25:01] I was wondering if either one

[1:25:04] of you could speak to that.

[1:25:08] Sure, I'd be happy to do so.

[1:25:08] The the great opportunities

[1:25:11] that we have at the rtc is

[1:25:12] typically for funding that

[1:25:15] comes to them by formula

[1:25:16] through the state and also the

[1:25:19] federal government and then the

[1:25:19] rtc takes that money in turn

[1:25:23] and makes all the local

[1:25:23] agencies compete for the money.

[1:25:26] And so it's a highly

[1:25:27] competitive process as you

[1:25:27] could imagine.

[1:25:30] We're competing with all the

[1:25:31] other local jurisdictions.

[1:25:32] That's the city of santa cruz,

[1:25:33] city of watsonville city

[1:25:34] capitola city of scotts valley

[1:25:38] but also metro gets to get in

[1:25:39] there and compete with with

[1:25:41] road money as well.

[1:25:42] And there's several nonprofits

[1:25:43] that are allowed to get to come

[1:25:46] in compete for those funding

[1:25:46] funds as well.

[1:25:50] And so like I said, it's a

[1:25:51] highly competitive program.

[1:25:53] The it's like a bianna program.

[1:25:54] They they try to be what they

[1:25:56] do is they kind of save up all

[1:25:58] the money that come to them by

[1:25:59] formula and then once every two

[1:25:59] years sometimes it's once every

[1:26:01] three years they cobble a bunch

[1:26:02] of different funds or sources

[1:26:05] together to what they call the

[1:26:08] rtc consolidated grant program

[1:26:09] and we have to o really hard

[1:26:12] after this money to even get 50

[1:26:13] percent of it.

[1:26:14] And I will say that as an

[1:26:16] example let's say there's

[1:26:17] twenty million dollars

[1:26:17] available.

[1:26:19] We feel like the county should

[1:26:20] be successful.

[1:26:21] We need at east 50 percent of

[1:26:23] those funds we have around

[1:26:24] fifty percent of the population

[1:26:25] and then the unincorporated

[1:26:28] areas we have the worst pci out

[1:26:29] of any of the local

[1:26:32] jurisdictions and we have the

[1:26:33] most road miles and lane miles

[1:26:35] and the most challenging

[1:26:36] terrain to maintain as well.

[1:26:40] And so when we get 50 percent

[1:26:41] or more we feel like that's

[1:26:43] fair.

[1:26:44] There's if you look at the past

[1:26:45] couple of decades of these

[1:26:46] competitions, there's been

[1:26:47] plenty of times where we've

[1:26:48] gotten less and I will say the

[1:26:50] rtc gets to compete for that

[1:26:51] money too as well.

[1:26:52] So it's highly competitive

[1:26:54] process.

[1:26:55] We work really closely with

[1:26:56] with our board members and that

[1:26:58] because you guys all sit on

[1:26:59] that on that commission as well

[1:27:02] and we go hard after money, we

[1:27:03] try to do the very best we can

[1:27:06] to balance our assets so that

[1:27:06] we're getting benefit

[1:27:07] throughout the entire 600 mile

[1:27:10] road network nd so we'll look

[1:27:10] forward to that.

[1:27:11] I think the next one is coming

[1:27:14] this fall.

[1:27:15] I think the call will come out

[1:27:15] in AUGUST or SEPTEMBER sometime

[1:27:18] usually the grants are due in

[1:27:19] OCTOBER, NOVEMBER and in

[1:27:21] DECEMBER they you know, they

[1:27:22] announce their awards and they

[1:27:23] try to line it up with the

[1:27:25] information that they're

[1:27:26] required to submit to the state

[1:27:26] for the tep program and that's

[1:27:29] really just a part of the

[1:27:29] package.

[1:27:30] Thank you because I don't think

[1:27:33] I need this information before

[1:27:33] and in terms of the nonprofits

[1:27:34] that are competing for the

[1:27:37] money who like who are they

[1:27:38] what I like like santa cruz

[1:27:41] county for their complete

[1:27:41] streets sometimes the friends

[1:27:45] of the rail trail, you know,

[1:27:46] local transportation advocacy

[1:27:49] groups.

[1:27:49] Yeah.

[1:27:53] And ah ah well this is a longer

[1:27:53] conversation maybe that I can

[1:27:56] help with you later but ah the

[1:27:57] grants awarded points based on

[1:28:01] how the station you know bike

[1:28:04] lanes they had a scoring's

[1:28:05] system that has several

[1:28:06] different categories you know

[1:28:08] that they weight the scores on

[1:28:09] it's it's really fairly

[1:28:09] organized.

[1:28:10] They have kind of traditional

[1:28:13] application that they've had as

[1:28:14] do so we'd be happy to share

[1:28:16] with you past applications and

[1:28:17] sort of what their program is.

[1:28:21] Ok, and then I MAY ave

[1:28:22] mentioned this once before but

[1:28:25] I would like to again formally

[1:28:28] think trustee theresa bond from

[1:28:29] the los gatos saratoga's school

[1:28:29] district.

[1:28:32] She and I worked together to

[1:28:32] get some fema money actually

[1:28:36] released from the usc partment

[1:28:36] of education.

[1:28:37] I was trying to get it for the

[1:28:40] parro parro kids at para middle

[1:28:43] school and I was not successful

[1:28:44] because they were already

[1:28:46] giving us money for the repair

[1:28:47] of the middle school.

[1:28:48] However, we were successful in

[1:28:51] bringing a hundred ninety five

[1:28:52] thousand dollars to the mom and

[1:28:55] charlie community to the school

[1:28:55] district so they could give

[1:28:56] alternate transportation during

[1:28:59] that time and probably still

[1:29:00] using that for the kids there.

[1:29:03] So thank you very much teresa

[1:29:04] for including me in that effort

[1:29:06] at first and thanks for the

[1:29:07] report today.

[1:29:14] DR. You know some of the

[1:29:14] questions from supervisor just

[1:29:18] kind of reminded me of the last

[1:29:19] conversation I had to do with

[1:29:22] the road assessment and it

[1:29:23] reminded me that metro wanted

[1:29:25] to be part of the break or a

[1:29:25] great area.

[1:29:29] The roads I believe that's the

[1:29:29] case.

[1:29:30] We should consider ixing rural

[1:29:33] roads as part of the metros

[1:29:37] kind of some there are things

[1:29:38] that they want to accomplish as

[1:29:38] well.

[1:29:41] So I'd be happy to entertain

[1:29:44] something like that later on.

[1:29:45] But first I want to thank the

[1:29:48] hard work of community

[1:29:48] development and infrastructure.

[1:29:52] You know, it's often thankless

[1:29:52] job.

[1:29:53] You guys are the unsung heroes

[1:29:56] for most of us.

[1:29:59] My colleagues here rural road

[1:30:04] potholes are the brunt of our

[1:30:07] calls that we get in emails so

[1:30:08] I want to thank you guys for

[1:30:09] all the work that you got done

[1:30:11] you guys have done.

[1:30:12] Actually I've driven eureka

[1:30:13] canyon last week for some

[1:30:16] reason was on highway seventeen

[1:30:17] and it took me after eureka

[1:30:19] occasion I noticed the two

[1:30:22] washouts are built back up and

[1:30:23] there's a lot of pothole

[1:30:23] repair.

[1:30:27] It's it is starting to come up,

[1:30:27] back up out.

[1:30:31] But I'll second you know, back

[1:30:32] up the eureka canyon to be

[1:30:35] repaired as well at some point

[1:30:35] .

[1:30:36] But I want to thank you guys

[1:30:39] for the work that you guys

[1:30:39] brought here today from the

[1:30:41] parks.

[1:30:43] Now charlie, the seacliff

[1:30:46] repairs all the bike and

[1:30:47] pedestrian infrastructure, the

[1:30:50] bike lanes on sokal, bulgaria

[1:30:50] 110.

[1:30:54] But of course no one that I'm

[1:30:54] really happy about is the

[1:30:57] murphy crossing in ruggie

[1:30:58] repairs.

[1:31:01] I do have one question since

[1:31:01] there's a lot there's a

[1:31:02] proximity to the two locations,

[1:31:05] is that going to go as one rfp

[1:31:06] or two separate ones?

[1:31:09] but well they're both in this

[1:31:10] project o they'll get bid

[1:31:13] together and you know, our

[1:31:13] anticipation would be is that

[1:31:14] they'd be done by the same

[1:31:16] contractor just about the same

[1:31:17] period of time.

[1:31:17] Okay.

[1:31:20] Well with that I'll bring it

[1:31:21] back to the board to entertain

[1:31:22] motion.

[1:31:26] I'm a I'm of the recommended

[1:31:27] actions.

[1:31:30] Well, we have a we have a

[1:31:34] motion from supervisor cummings

[1:31:35] and a second from the server.

[1:31:36] But can we take a roll call

[1:31:36] vote?

[1:31:36] Absolutely.

[1:31:38] Supervisor hi martinez.

[1:31:42] I'm coming to sirpa I and

[1:31:43] hernandez I motion passes

[1:31:46] unanimously.

[1:31:49] The next item on the agenda is

[1:31:50] item number nine consider

[1:31:51] update the update and

[1:31:53] presentation of the strategic

[1:31:54] plan community indicators and

[1:31:58] take all related actions.

[1:31:59] I'll turn it over to our sales

[1:31:59] team.

[1:32:02] Nicole colburn is the ceo and

[1:32:03] then send stafford principal

[1:32:06] administrator analysts for the

[1:32:10] presentation I come morning to

[1:32:10] hernandez and members of the

[1:32:11] board.

[1:32:14] I'm nicole cowburn, assistant

[1:32:15] ceo and I'm here with ben

[1:32:17] stafford, a principal

[1:32:18] administrative analyst in their

[1:32:21] office and together we're here

[1:32:21] to provide an update on our

[1:32:24] community indicators hese

[1:32:25] measures are what we use to

[1:32:29] track progress on the county's

[1:32:29] strategic plan at a very high

[1:32:30] level.

[1:32:33] This update that you're going

[1:32:34] to receive today reflects

[1:32:36] feedback from the county's data

[1:32:37] and equity team as well as the

[1:32:40] circle on antiracism economic

[1:32:44] and social justice and we're

[1:32:44] here to gather broad input

[1:32:45] before we finalize these

[1:32:47] updates.

[1:32:49] So let's start with an overview

[1:32:49] of what we're going to cover

[1:32:52] today.

[1:32:56] So I want to emphasize that

[1:32:56] we're really here to listen to

[1:32:59] you and gather your thoughts

[1:33:00] and hear any feedback you might

[1:33:01] have to ensure that the revised

[1:33:04] indicators reflect the county's

[1:33:05] priorities and in particular

[1:33:07] the board's priorities.

[1:33:09] So let's begin with why we

[1:33:12] track these indicators in the

[1:33:12] first place.

[1:33:16] The county's mission is to be

[1:33:17] open, responsive and data

[1:33:20] driven community indicators are

[1:33:20] an essential part of any

[1:33:24] strategic plan.

[1:33:24] They measure our results.

[1:33:27] They help us align with our

[1:33:28] partners in the community and

[1:33:31] they hold us accountable by

[1:33:31] aligning these indicators with

[1:33:32] our board approved initiatives

[1:33:35] we ensure that efforts across

[1:33:36] county departments and partners

[1:33:39] are working together

[1:33:39] efficiently and effectively.

[1:33:43] Now let's take a look at how

[1:33:44] these indicators were

[1:33:46] originally structured in twenty

[1:33:47] eighteen to twenty twenty four

[1:33:50] strategic plan.

[1:33:51] So back then when the original

[1:33:55] indicators were developed in

[1:33:56] twenty nineteen we had a total

[1:33:59] of twenty five measures spread

[1:34:00] across five focus areas we

[1:34:03] attached a handout to the board

[1:34:04] item that listed all of the

[1:34:07] twenty ive measures in case

[1:34:08] you wanted to take a look at

[1:34:11] what they were they were really

[1:34:11] far reaching ithin each of

[1:34:14] those areas.

[1:34:14] These indicators had been

[1:34:15] helpful in tracking our big

[1:34:18] picture trends and in

[1:34:19] particular in the area of

[1:34:22] homelessness where indicator

[1:34:22] was tied to the board adopted

[1:34:23] housing for healthy santacruz

[1:34:26] framework.

[1:34:27] We've been able to see the

[1:34:30] indicators reflect the work and

[1:34:30] results in that area and see

[1:34:35] some improvement over over time

[1:34:35] we've learned that tracking to

[1:34:37] many of these measures can

[1:34:38] create challenges.

[1:34:39] So why are we making these

[1:34:42] changes at this time to the

[1:34:43] community indicators?

[1:34:47] Let's discuss the main reason

[1:34:48] and I'm going to turn it over

[1:34:48] to sven.

[1:34:48] Thanks, nicole.

[1:34:50] Good morning, board.

[1:34:54] So our new indicator's are

[1:34:55] revising and increasing our

[1:34:55] focus.

[1:34:58] We know that when people are

[1:34:59] presented with too many choices

[1:35:02] they become overwhelmed and

[1:35:03] that can lead to a lack of

[1:35:06] focus and a lack of action.

[1:35:07] Most of our reports were

[1:35:10] unconnected to measures that

[1:35:11] tracked in other county reports

[1:35:14] and so there was often a lack

[1:35:15] of alignment and one thing the

[1:35:18] board had mentioned last time

[1:35:19] we were here on the strategic

[1:35:22] plan was how we connecting to

[1:35:22] other board initiatives and

[1:35:25] priorities.

[1:35:26] Finally we receive feedback

[1:35:26] that the indicators needed to

[1:35:29] reflect the experiences of all

[1:35:30] communities in the county,

[1:35:33] particularly those were

[1:35:33] historically underrepresented.

[1:35:37] this aligns with our county

[1:35:38] equity statement and helps us

[1:35:41] think about what it means for

[1:35:41] all of us to belong.

[1:35:45] So let's look at the proposed

[1:35:45] streamlined indicators and how

[1:35:46] they align with county

[1:35:49] priorities.

[1:35:50] We've reduced the number of

[1:35:53] indicators to eight one per

[1:35:57] focus area making it easier to

[1:35:57] track progress and drive

[1:35:58] action.

[1:36:01] Each indicators directly tied

[1:36:02] to an existing county

[1:36:05] initiative ensuring alignment

[1:36:06] with board approved plans and

[1:36:10] instead of tracking, for

[1:36:11] example, multiple housing

[1:36:14] related indicators separately

[1:36:15] we focus on we're focusing on

[1:36:18] one year housing units added

[1:36:22] which tracks our allocation

[1:36:22] from the regional housing needs

[1:36:25] assessment is key to meeting

[1:36:26] and is also key to meeting our

[1:36:27] goals in the housing for a

[1:36:29] healthy santa cruz county plan

[1:36:33] especially in terms of building

[1:36:34] low income and very low income

[1:36:37] housing.

[1:36:38] I just note that this indicator

[1:36:40] is also easier to grasp in

[1:36:41] terms of its communication

[1:36:45] power rather than some of our

[1:36:46] other indicators around, you

[1:36:49] know, spending thirty percent

[1:36:52] of your income on housing.

[1:36:53] It's it's just a little bit

[1:36:56] easier for people to understand

[1:36:56] and understand the connection

[1:37:00] between housing units added and

[1:37:04] meeting our housing goals.

[1:37:05] Another example on this page as

[1:37:08] you take a look at the other

[1:37:11] indicators on here is nstead

[1:37:11] of tracking multiple

[1:37:12] environmental related

[1:37:15] statistics, we're focusing on

[1:37:16] greenhouse gas emissions which

[1:37:19] is really the core metric put

[1:37:20] forward in the climate action

[1:37:22] and adaptation plan.

[1:37:27] And then if we're looking at

[1:37:31] our health indicator previously

[1:37:31] when we tracked multiple

[1:37:35] indicators it often made it

[1:37:36] difficult or obfuscated the

[1:37:39] story behind the data and by

[1:37:40] focusing on one high impact

[1:37:43] metric we can understand a

[1:37:44] little bit more about our

[1:37:45] community and the narratives

[1:37:47] that are underneath here.

[1:37:48] So if you look at adults who

[1:37:51] have a routine checkup, this is

[1:37:52] an important ndicator linked

[1:37:54] with our community health

[1:37:54] improvement plan.

[1:37:55] Adults who have a routine

[1:38:06] checkup are more likely to

[1:38:06] maintain good health in

[1:38:07] general.

[1:38:08] If you look at the countywide

[1:38:08] trend here, santacruz county

[1:38:09] residents have better access to

[1:38:09] health care than other

[1:38:10] california residents on average

[1:38:11] when we disaggregate that

[1:38:15] number by region we can start

[1:38:16] to see a more nuanced story and

[1:38:18] so regular checkups in south

[1:38:22] county are less prevalent than

[1:38:23] in other regions of the county.

[1:38:26] We know in general that adults

[1:38:27] with inflexible work hours go

[1:38:30] to the doctor less.

[1:38:31] We also know that fewer adults

[1:38:31] will access these kind of

[1:38:33] safety that preventative

[1:38:34] services if they think there's

[1:38:37] any risk that they're their

[1:38:38] family might be put at risk of

[1:38:41] deportation.

[1:38:42] So this really helps us focus

[1:38:45] on intentional potential

[1:38:48] unintentional and goals that we

[1:38:52] might put in place to not only

[1:38:53] raise access to health care for

[1:38:53] everyone but to try to help

[1:38:56] folks in south county increase

[1:38:59] that access faster and I'll

[1:39:04] pass back to nicole to wrap up.

[1:39:07] So in terms of what we planned

[1:39:08] next so the next step is to

[1:39:11] integrate these indicators as

[1:39:12] part of our strategic plan

[1:39:15] refresh process ensuring they

[1:39:16] become a core part of how we

[1:39:19] measure success and what that

[1:39:23] looks like is in this fall we

[1:39:24] are going to be using these

[1:39:25] indicators as part of our

[1:39:27] community outreach to help us

[1:39:31] define what success looks like

[1:39:31] within each measure.

[1:39:35] This outreach will also allow

[1:39:35] to develop meaningful,

[1:39:39] measurable targets within each

[1:39:40] indicator that align ith the

[1:39:40] board approved initiatives in

[1:39:43] county priorities.

[1:39:44] The final set of indicators and

[1:39:47] targets that we're going o

[1:39:48] take all of your feedback and

[1:39:50] all the feedback from this

[1:39:51] engagement process will be

[1:39:54] brought back to this board next

[1:39:55] spring of spring of twenty

[1:39:58] twenty six ensuring that we

[1:39:59] have a clear roadmap for

[1:39:59] tracking and improving

[1:40:02] community outcomes.

[1:40:03] So now we'd really love to hear

[1:40:06] your feedback and answer any

[1:40:07] questions you might have as we

[1:40:10] move forward with the process.

[1:40:15] I'm going to get to the public

[1:40:16] now, turn to the public, see if

[1:40:16] there's anyone that wishes to

[1:40:17] speak on this item.

[1:40:20] Please approach the podium team

[1:40:20] .

[1:40:24] We have one nicholas whitehead

[1:40:25] I'm a volunteer with an

[1:40:29] organization that helps low

[1:40:33] income families in the service

[1:40:37] industries and a lot of them a

[1:40:38] team the majority are

[1:40:40] undocumented.

[1:40:41] i'm wondering if this update

[1:40:44] here includes the new

[1:40:47] conditions under which a whole

[1:40:51] nation is subquery.

[1:40:52] Maybe there needs to be an

[1:40:55] update on the update from that

[1:40:59] family security regarding I

[1:41:03] don't expect an answer but just

[1:41:04] so I'll be it hanging in there.

[1:41:07] Thank you.

[1:41:11] Thank you everybody online.

[1:41:11] Yes.

[1:41:14] We have speakers online thamir

[1:41:18] microphones now available.

[1:41:18] Oh hi.

[1:41:19] Thank you very much.

[1:41:22] So yeah I just wondered similar

[1:41:23] I don't know how all this plays

[1:41:26] out today.

[1:41:29] You know I'm quite worried

[1:41:30] about our government the lack

[1:41:33] of bipartisanship is is just

[1:41:37] it's staggering and the thing

[1:41:38] is is they're jumping into all

[1:41:41] of our personal data and

[1:41:41] whatnot.

[1:41:42] So it's quite weird.

[1:41:46] It doesn't seem to be that MR.

[1:41:49] Trump is appreciative of the

[1:41:53] environment and it's so much so

[1:41:54] that that it's just it's mind

[1:41:58] blowing and you know, the lack

[1:42:01] of inclusiveness you little

[1:42:02] things like with the military

[1:42:05] like trying to to isappear the

[1:42:08] contributions that black

[1:42:09] americans made during world war

[1:42:13] two and native americans and

[1:42:16] people from the lgbtq community

[1:42:20] namely alan turing for example

[1:42:21] we wouldn't even exist if it

[1:42:24] wasn't for alan turing and

[1:42:25] native american people that

[1:42:28] allowed the situa where we

[1:42:32] could talk in secret and you

[1:42:33] could hear the japanese and we

[1:42:34] could defeat the japanese at

[1:42:36] the battle of midway.

[1:42:37] So all these little things here

[1:42:40] we have a federal government

[1:42:44] here that doesn't appreciate

[1:42:44] our native american community

[1:42:45] doesn't appreciate

[1:42:48] inclusiveness whatsoever,

[1:42:49] doesn't appreciate black

[1:42:49] people.

[1:42:52] It's so weird and they don't

[1:42:52] appreciate the environment of

[1:42:55] which we all depend on.

[1:42:56] I mean obviously no what no one

[1:43:00] here wants a bowl of salad ith

[1:43:00] cobalt nickel in it.

[1:43:04] So I on't know where we're

[1:43:07] going with a great many of

[1:43:08] things and I'm quite worried

[1:43:08] anyways.

[1:43:10] I like your presentation.

[1:43:11] Thank you so much.

[1:43:12] You take it easy buddy.

[1:43:19] Ad use your to your microphone

[1:43:29] is now available being as I was

[1:43:30] listening to your presentation

[1:43:34] I was thinking of people who

[1:43:37] are unhealth some of whom

[1:43:41] testified before your board

[1:43:42] today.

[1:43:45] So when you talk about housing

[1:43:48] indicators what is the reality

[1:43:49] and then homeless people are

[1:43:54] being rounded done and what

[1:43:58] little belongings they have are

[1:44:01] being taken from them that's

[1:44:01] like you know, stealing

[1:44:04] somebody is sheels homeowners

[1:44:08] house they get in trouble but

[1:44:09] the officials can steal from

[1:44:12] the homeless and get away with

[1:44:15] that inclusiveness.

[1:44:16] How are people on the house

[1:44:20] included in the housing?

[1:44:21] They're not not included in the

[1:44:25] world to the country and we now

[1:44:27] have country that's run by

[1:44:32] billionaire plutocrats and so

[1:44:32] there is going to be more and

[1:44:38] more poverty anyway.

[1:44:43] It just seems like a lot of

[1:44:46] rhetoric and I'm thinking of

[1:44:51] food, not bombs, money spent.

[1:44:52] I'm reading from news by the

[1:44:55] world weapons in one week it's

[1:44:58] enough to feed all the people

[1:44:59] for a year when millions of

[1:45:03] people go hungry we could say

[1:45:06] on houses well each day how can

[1:45:07] we spend another dollar on the

[1:45:10] war more than 25000 people die

[1:45:13] because of hunger every day.

[1:45:14] If you feel that people need

[1:45:18] more food than bombs, we invite

[1:45:21] you to call us today food not

[1:45:22] bombs.

[1:45:25] Drop that or one 800 eight

[1:45:30] eight four one one three six

[1:45:34] and once they do we have no

[1:45:34] finish because you're on our

[1:45:37] turn to turn to my fellow board

[1:45:38] members or see if anyone has

[1:45:39] any questions.

[1:45:39] I'm going to start to my

[1:45:41] immediate left supervisor

[1:45:45] martinez.

[1:45:46] Tank you.

[1:45:48] Chair.

[1:45:49] Thank you to the staff for

[1:45:50] providing this update.

[1:45:52] It's clear that you're

[1:45:53] continuing to make progress on

[1:45:56] refining our approach to

[1:45:57] addressing big countywide

[1:45:57] goals.

[1:45:58] And so I appreciate you

[1:46:01] bringing us to us after

[1:46:04] reviewing the indicators I did

[1:46:08] have a couple just suggestions

[1:46:09] for things that might be

[1:46:12] missing.

[1:46:13] The first is, you know, through

[1:46:16] my role leading large health

[1:46:16] and human services

[1:46:17] organizations and partnering

[1:46:19] with the health community, it

[1:46:23] seems like there's a very

[1:46:24] vulnerable population that is

[1:46:28] struggling with both mental

[1:46:28] health challenges, untreated

[1:46:32] substance use disorder and

[1:46:32] homelessness and it's kind of

[1:46:36] this trifecta that's very

[1:46:36] expensive.

[1:46:40] it impacts our jail systems and

[1:46:40] public safety.

[1:46:41] It impacts our health care

[1:46:44] systems often it's a mandate of

[1:46:47] the county to provide these

[1:46:48] safety net services.

[1:46:51] And so as they think about, you

[1:46:52] know, these indicators and

[1:46:54] health and wellness, I'm not

[1:46:55] quite seeing how we're

[1:46:58] targeting that really sort

[1:46:59] vulnerable high risk and

[1:46:59] expensive population and it

[1:47:02] might be helpful to to consider

[1:47:07] amending that one to put this

[1:47:10] or something in here adding an

[1:47:11] indicator really to to target

[1:47:14] that area because while I

[1:47:18] completely support the routine

[1:47:19] checkup indicator that's that's

[1:47:20] really important that that's

[1:47:22] for folks who were able to get

[1:47:22] to a routine checkup.

[1:47:23] It's certainly not for the

[1:47:26] folks who are cycling through

[1:47:29] our systems.

[1:47:33] I had a question about one of

[1:47:34] them.

[1:47:37] You know, we know that seniors

[1:47:37] is the fastest rowing

[1:47:38] population in our county and I

[1:47:41] recognize that under the focus

[1:47:44] area county demographics you

[1:47:45] have indicator population by

[1:47:48] age but that one seems less

[1:47:52] measurable or I mean it's very

[1:47:53] measurable but like what are we

[1:47:54] trying to impact with it?

[1:47:55] I think that maybe it's more

[1:47:57] like the vulnerability of our

[1:47:57] seniors or the needs of our

[1:48:00] seniors are being met.

[1:48:01] You know, with a lot of these

[1:48:02] others I can see how measuring

[1:48:05] housing it's added shows that

[1:48:05] we're doing something or

[1:48:07] measuring families living under

[1:48:08] the poverty level shows that

[1:48:09] we're doing something.

[1:48:10] But measuring population by age

[1:48:11] mean people are aging.

[1:48:12] We know that's happening.

[1:48:13] So what are we trying to do

[1:48:14] with the aging opulation?

[1:48:16] I think what you intend is to

[1:48:17] provide more supports for them.

[1:48:20] So I think that's something to

[1:48:20] consider.

[1:48:24] And lastly, kind of a question

[1:48:31] around just overall there's a

[1:48:32] lot f resiliency work being

[1:48:35] discussed as a county.

[1:48:36] There's a lot of work, you

[1:48:37] know, recognizing that natural

[1:48:40] disasters are more frequent and

[1:48:40] it's making our community more

[1:48:41] vulnerable.

[1:48:44] I don't know where or how in

[1:48:45] these buckets that's reflected

[1:48:47] in the focus areas but I'm

[1:48:50] wondering if you know, as you

[1:48:51] look to refine these things, if

[1:48:54] you sort of consider the

[1:48:55] impacts of the environment and

[1:48:59] climate change on the wellness,

[1:49:02] the health and wellness of our

[1:49:03] residents, I think that might

[1:49:04] be something to to factor in.

[1:49:07] So so those are my comments and

[1:49:08] don't know if you have any

[1:49:08] reflections on the question

[1:49:09] that I yeah.

[1:49:13] We have similar thoughts

[1:49:14] questions about areas that ay

[1:49:17] not currently be alive or

[1:49:18] visible in our in our current

[1:49:21] strategic plan that through

[1:49:22] engaging with you and engaging

[1:49:26] with the community MAY emerge

[1:49:26] as a particular area of focus

[1:49:29] that we need to draw and

[1:49:30] highlight and maybe there's

[1:49:31] something that's currently in

[1:49:34] the plan that is less important

[1:49:38] to kind of call out now.

[1:49:39] So we're going to be making

[1:49:41] those refinements starting here

[1:49:42] with you all this is the start

[1:49:45] of the process to try to figure

[1:49:46] out where we're headed in terms

[1:49:49] of updating the strategic plan

[1:49:50] .

[1:49:50] So I think we'll have

[1:49:52] definitely a better idea and

[1:49:53] more information after this

[1:49:57] fall.

[1:49:57] Wonderful.

[1:50:00] Thank you for incorporating

[1:50:01] those sort f ubpopulations

[1:50:02] into your thinking as you

[1:50:05] proceed.

[1:50:05] And and I just really

[1:50:08] appreciate the efforts to use

[1:50:12] really just community health

[1:50:13] and community wellness as a

[1:50:16] driving factor in the strategic

[1:50:17] planning work.

[1:50:18] And so thank you for continuing

[1:50:19] to keep us up to date on this

[1:50:21] item.

[1:50:21] Thank you.

[1:50:25] Supervisor karnig, thank chair.

[1:50:25] Thank you staff.

[1:50:26] I appreciate the effort to

[1:50:29] reduce the number of total

[1:50:30] indicators that we're looking

[1:50:32] at and also really make sure

[1:50:32] that they're linked to policies

[1:50:36] that the county can implement,

[1:50:37] you know, dairy ways as we're

[1:50:40] looking at these indicators we

[1:50:44] should be inspired with

[1:50:44] policies and programs that'll

[1:50:45] help drive them in the right

[1:50:47] direction.

[1:50:48] And so to that extent we really

[1:50:49] want them to be as direct as

[1:50:51] possible.

[1:50:51] I definitely share some of the

[1:50:52] concerns raised by supervisor

[1:50:58] martinez around some of them to

[1:50:59] start with some that she

[1:51:02] mentioned absolute something

[1:51:03] related to homelessness and

[1:51:06] mental health.

[1:51:07] I mean in many ways that has

[1:51:10] been a relative success story

[1:51:11] in recent years.

[1:51:12] How are we going to measure if

[1:51:14] we're continue to be on track

[1:51:15] with that would it just be the

[1:51:18] population experiencing

[1:51:19] homelessness as measured by the

[1:51:23] point in time ount what we

[1:51:23] should I mean maybe we should

[1:51:26] be tracking shelter beds and

[1:51:27] temporary housing units as

[1:51:30] opposed or in addition to just

[1:51:34] over traditional housing units

[1:51:34] .

[1:51:35] Again, because we're taking

[1:51:35] shelter beds and temporary

[1:51:36] housing units, we can all get

[1:51:38] together like oh jeez, we

[1:51:38] really haven't made any

[1:51:39] progress on this.

[1:51:40] Maybe we should make it easier

[1:51:42] to add temporary housing right

[1:51:42] in here.

[1:51:43] Several policy options to do

[1:51:49] that.

[1:51:52] So on like on population by age

[1:51:52] .

[1:51:53] Yeah, we know the trends.

[1:51:57] So how are we going to measure

[1:51:58] our success and we probably

[1:52:01] don't have I mean other han

[1:52:01] creating more housing to create

[1:52:05] more opportunities for first

[1:52:05] time homebuyers or families who

[1:52:06] live in our community, we don't

[1:52:08] have all that much impact on

[1:52:12] the overall demographic trends.

[1:52:15] But one measure that occurs to

[1:52:17] me four or eight would be the

[1:52:20] percentage of seniors reporting

[1:52:23] willingness or social isolation

[1:52:24] something about the quality of

[1:52:28] life for ur seniors and of

[1:52:29] course that is going to have

[1:52:29] direct linkage to their health

[1:52:34] outcomes as well or dynamic

[1:52:37] economy families living below

[1:52:38] 200 percent of the poverty

[1:52:41] level.

[1:52:41] And I certainly understand that

[1:52:45] it's important to have this

[1:52:49] visibility into the people

[1:52:49] experiencing poverty in our

[1:52:52] communities at the same time

[1:52:53] this is sort of an endemic

[1:52:56] challenge to our two major

[1:52:57] industries that we have here

[1:52:59] tourism and agriculture and I

[1:53:00] provide a lot of high paying

[1:53:01] jobs.

[1:53:01] They provide a lot of low

[1:53:04] paying jobs and therefore we

[1:53:08] need a population to do those

[1:53:12] jobs and they're not having an

[1:53:12] easy time getting growing their

[1:53:16] wages.

[1:53:17] So this isn't just one of those

[1:53:17] measures where it's like ok, so

[1:53:18] what should we do about this?

[1:53:20] Should we be like trying to

[1:53:23] increase the local minimum wage

[1:53:24] or are we putting all these

[1:53:27] requirements on business or

[1:53:27] something else?

[1:53:28] I mean maybe if we just

[1:53:31] measured drop job growth by

[1:53:32] income level within the county

[1:53:35] we would have a better sense of

[1:53:36] where we were making positive

[1:53:37] gains as well and other things

[1:53:39] like whatever that is education

[1:53:43] and health care in addition to

[1:53:43] understanding, you know,

[1:53:50] whether the tourism and

[1:53:51] agricultural industries are

[1:53:55] sort of emaining flat or or

[1:54:03] not or growing in the last one

[1:54:03] is the strong start score

[1:54:06] thriving families?

[1:54:06] It's another one.

[1:54:07] It's a little bit squishy.

[1:54:08] I was looking into what the

[1:54:10] strong start score entails and

[1:54:14] it seems like it's a collection

[1:54:14] of things healthy birth weight,

[1:54:18] adequate prenatal care, higher

[1:54:18] parental education level,

[1:54:19] stable housing, access to

[1:54:22] health care sorry those last

[1:54:23] two stable housing and access

[1:54:26] to health care those a sort of

[1:54:26] like other indicators we

[1:54:27] already have in terms of

[1:54:29] overall number of housing units

[1:54:30] that we're adding or regular

[1:54:31] checkups.

[1:54:33] My insurance is like this is

[1:54:34] it's because it's an aggregate

[1:54:37] number that we probably all

[1:54:38] don't know how it's aggregate

[1:54:39] at the top of our head.

[1:54:41] It might therefore be harder to

[1:54:42] have a direct correlation to

[1:54:45] the things the county is doing

[1:54:45] to improve it.

[1:54:48] Maybe something along the lines

[1:54:52] of child care cost burden again

[1:54:52] we have just a very clear

[1:54:53] understanding of child are

[1:54:57] affordable in our community is

[1:54:58] that supporting people in

[1:55:00] raising healthy children?

[1:55:01] Those are my comments and a

[1:55:04] clarification.

[1:55:05] Are you looking I mean we sort

[1:55:08] of this is a brainstorming

[1:55:08] session.

[1:55:09] Are you are you looking at more

[1:55:11] like a motion on what you an

[1:55:12] today?

[1:55:13] We're just taking your feedback

[1:55:16] and thoughts to incorporate and

[1:55:16] think as we refine these and

[1:55:20] work towards engagement later

[1:55:20] on with the community.

[1:55:24] Thank thank you, supervisor

[1:55:30] cummings.

[1:55:31] Thanks for the presentation on

[1:55:32] this item.

[1:55:35] Ill try to get to the point

[1:55:39] with a number of the areas

[1:55:39] where I have a little I have

[1:55:40] some suggestions on a

[1:55:42] comprehensive health and

[1:55:42] safety.

[1:55:43] One of the things I think might

[1:55:46] be and I know we're trying to

[1:55:47] constrain this and not add too

[1:55:50] much but you know, recidivism I

[1:55:51] think is something that is

[1:55:54] measurable and the people

[1:55:55] really want to see it reduced

[1:55:55] and santa cruz counties are

[1:55:58] people who are going the system

[1:55:59] just ending up in a vicious

[1:56:02] cycle within the system or do

[1:56:02] we have programs in place that

[1:56:03] are actually supporting those

[1:56:06] people so that when there is a

[1:56:07] system they actually come out

[1:56:09] and move on to have a more

[1:56:09] sustainable life?

[1:56:10] I think that's something that a

[1:56:12] lot of folks want to see and I

[1:56:13] think that's something that's

[1:56:17] measurable attainable housing

[1:56:21] with a section I have a little

[1:56:21] bit of I guess my main concern

[1:56:24] is that historically or at

[1:56:25] least in the past a couple of

[1:56:28] the past housing cycles we have

[1:56:29] not been meeting are very low

[1:56:32] and low housing levels.

[1:56:36] And so for me what's the

[1:56:36] biggest concern is that we meet

[1:56:39] our market rate and we count

[1:56:39] towards, you know, increasing

[1:56:43] the number of units added and

[1:56:44] we move into our next cycle and

[1:56:44] we meet our market rate.

[1:56:47] We're not meeting a very low

[1:56:48] and low and so it'll seem like

[1:56:51] yes, we are building housing

[1:56:52] but then it's like housing for

[1:56:52] home and we know that the

[1:56:55] housing that we need to to

[1:56:56] exploit is for a lot of folks

[1:56:58] who are working ithin these

[1:56:59] lower sector industries in

[1:57:00] terms of the incomes that

[1:57:03] they're able to generate.

[1:57:03] So like are we building

[1:57:04] farmworker housing?

[1:57:05] We're building housing for the

[1:57:06] people who are in the tourist

[1:57:07] industry.

[1:57:07] And so I think t's really

[1:57:09] critical that that's kind

[1:57:10] broken apart.

[1:57:11] And so maybe if it's

[1:57:11] sustainable housing and we look

[1:57:21] at the number of units that are

[1:57:22] being built in those different

[1:57:23] income categories rather then

[1:57:23] lumping them all together,

[1:57:24] it'll give us a better sense of

[1:57:25] building the housing that's

[1:57:26] really going to be supporting

[1:57:26] county workers, our small

[1:57:27] businesses and the people who

[1:57:28] we know struggle the most to

[1:57:28] find housing in this community

[1:57:29] .

[1:57:33] I think to supervisor martinez

[1:57:34] and konings point around

[1:57:34] environmentally I'm going to

[1:57:37] jump sorry a little bit but

[1:57:38] down to a sustainable

[1:57:40] environment something really

[1:57:42] needs to be added in there

[1:57:44] around environmental resiliency

[1:57:48] and as we've seen the impacts

[1:57:49] on fires and floods and also

[1:57:53] storm action, you know, how are

[1:57:54] we actually measuring how

[1:57:55] resilient we're going to be

[1:57:57] moving forward under a changing

[1:57:57] climate?

[1:57:58] And I know you know, we're

[1:58:00] working on our sea level rise

[1:58:01] adaptation plan and we have a

[1:58:04] number of things in the works

[1:58:05] that I think that there's an

[1:58:06] opportunity for us to

[1:58:08] inrporate that into sort of

[1:58:09] when we're looking at how we're

[1:58:11] making a more climate resilient

[1:58:12] community that we can see

[1:58:15] reflected in this reliable

[1:58:19] transportation.

[1:58:20] I think it would be nice to add

[1:58:23] something in there around just

[1:58:27] bike lanes and alternatives to

[1:58:28] to cars because as we're

[1:58:32] building out the rail trail as

[1:58:32] we're you now, building more

[1:58:35] like 60 lanes, it's something

[1:58:36] that we can track in terms of

[1:58:39] how we're providing more

[1:58:39] opportunities for people to get

[1:58:43] out of the cars and onto other

[1:58:43] forms of environmentally

[1:58:47] friendly transportation and so

[1:58:47] something around that would be

[1:58:50] i think an added benefit and

[1:58:51] then as it relates to dynamic

[1:58:54] economy, I'm not I'm not sure

[1:58:55] how to express this but I think

[1:58:58] something will be worthwhile.

[1:58:59] I mean I think we look at total

[1:59:02] employment but also tracking

[1:59:03] businesses over time who's

[1:59:06] coming into community leaving

[1:59:09] as things get more expensive we

[1:59:10] do you see that there's you

[1:59:11] know, small businesses are

[1:59:13] shutting down.

[1:59:14] When I look around in the city

[1:59:15] of santa cruz in my district

[1:59:17] there's so many vacant

[1:59:18] storefronts and so if we're

[1:59:20] able to track our maintaining

[1:59:21] small businesses and supporting

[1:59:22] small businesses is going to be

[1:59:25] really critical to ensuring

[1:59:28] that, you know, we're we're

[1:59:28] we're a business friendly

[1:59:29] community for small businesses

[1:59:32] and we're not just losing them

[1:59:33] left and right.

[1:59:36] So that concludes my comments

[1:59:37] for now and I'm happy to follow

[1:59:37] up with you all offline but

[1:59:40] just wanted to share those

[1:59:40] thoughts with you all today.

[1:59:41] Thank you.

[1:59:42] Thank you.

[1:59:46] Supervisor thank you for this.

[1:59:47] You know, in future staff

[1:59:50] reports it would be good to

[1:59:51] know like I thought potentially

[1:59:54] we were voting on this today.

[1:59:55] I didn't realize this was a

[2:00:00] time for a lot of input though

[2:00:04] with that.

[2:00:05] The thing is these plans are

[2:00:08] tedious and the staff is so, so

[2:00:09] busy that I understand

[2:00:12] connecting these goals to what

[2:00:13] people are working on.

[2:00:13] Right.

[2:00:16] So that we can actually have a

[2:00:17] product at the end of the year

[2:00:20] to show what's guiding the work

[2:00:23] and it's a tremendous amount of

[2:00:24] work for not only staff but

[2:00:25] also for people in our

[2:00:30] apartments.

[2:00:34] So under comprehensive health

[2:00:34] and safety certainly what

[2:00:37] supervisor martinez said

[2:00:38] regarding mental health is very

[2:00:43] important to me.

[2:00:44] We have people I think more

[2:00:47] than 70 almost 75 people died

[2:00:51] last year on the streets the

[2:00:51] fentanyl epidemic and just

[2:00:55] exposure to the elements for

[2:00:59] our homeless, our own house

[2:01:00] population that are gravely

[2:01:03] disabled needs to be a priority

[2:01:04] for our county.

[2:01:07] We have the ability to help

[2:01:08] those people and we're not

[2:01:14] doing it unless you under

[2:01:18] attainable housing.

[2:01:23] I look forward to a report

[2:01:24] coming in front of this board

[2:01:27] regarding any projects that are

[2:01:31] out there, any property that we

[2:01:32] could convert to housing not

[2:01:33] only in the community but also

[2:01:37] as a county.

[2:01:38] You know, I as looking I had a

[2:01:42] report by the developers who

[2:01:43] were going to be working on the

[2:01:45] par three course I understand

[2:01:46] that's now fallen through.

[2:01:47] But there had been a big

[2:01:49] element there for not only

[2:01:53] seniors but for families that

[2:01:57] are low and moderate income and

[2:01:58] we we need o help these things

[2:01:59] get nderway more quickly.

[2:02:03] So under reliable

[2:02:04] transportation, this was a

[2:02:07] constituent request to ask

[2:02:07] about the pavement condition

[2:02:12] index in relation to

[2:02:15] walkability and bike lanes and

[2:02:16] I see that it says neighborhood

[2:02:19] walkability score but no other

[2:02:20] information there.

[2:02:23] and this was a resident who

[2:02:24] lives in seacliff who's a

[2:02:24] community leader.

[2:02:27] There's no way to easily get

[2:02:28] from seacliff over chapters

[2:02:28] village.

[2:02:30] It's just not safe.

[2:02:31] So she was hoping that somehow

[2:02:34] that could be woven into this

[2:02:40] plan county wide sustainable

[2:02:41] environment since we did have

[2:02:48] the battery the best facility

[2:02:52] have the fire I it's to me it's

[2:02:53] not just about reducing

[2:02:56] greenhouse emissions but it's

[2:02:56] more about energy safety at

[2:03:00] this point like how are we

[2:03:03] going to store energy in a way

[2:03:04] green e need green energy.

[2:03:07] We can produce it needs to be

[2:03:08] stored and transmitted very,

[2:03:08] very safely.

[2:03:12] So if that can be woven in I'd

[2:03:15] appreciate it and then under a

[2:03:16] dynamic economy thank you to

[2:03:18] supervisor cummings.

[2:03:22] This is one of y really

[2:03:23] something that 'm very

[2:03:23] interested in is bringing more

[2:03:26] money to our general fund to

[2:03:27] the ig.

[2:03:28] So to the extent that we could

[2:03:29] have a very comprehensive plan

[2:03:33] about how we can spur our

[2:03:34] economy and hold on to

[2:03:37] businesses, important

[2:03:41] businesses and increase those

[2:03:42] businesses not just in the

[2:03:45] retail way but but investments

[2:03:49] in companies that are tech

[2:03:50] companies or green tech

[2:03:50] companies or et cetera, et

[2:03:51] cetera.

[2:03:54] I think I'd like to see a nice

[2:03:56] plan about that woven in which

[2:04:00] I think are things that you

[2:04:01] probably already working on.

[2:04:01] But thank you.

[2:04:04] I appreciate you.

[2:04:09] I'll keep my comments brief.

[2:04:10] well, first of all, thank you

[2:04:12] to all the ceo staff for all

[2:04:13] the ard and diligent work on

[2:04:16] the strategic plan.

[2:04:17] You know, I really appreciate

[2:04:19] what's in the strategic plan,

[2:04:23] our vision I want to reiterate

[2:04:24] a vision that santa cruz county

[2:04:25] is a healthy, safe and more

[2:04:27] affordable community that is

[2:04:28] culturally diverse and

[2:04:31] economically inclusive and

[2:04:31] environmentally vibrant.

[2:04:35] You know, I feel that

[2:04:36] appreciate that all the work

[2:04:37] but I feel the brunt of it is

[2:04:39] how do we get there right out

[2:04:40] the steps that we take to get

[2:04:43] there, the direction that we

[2:04:44] take to get there, you now,

[2:04:46] things like that are solid,

[2:04:47] right?

[2:04:49] Like everybody needs a decision

[2:04:50] requires billions of equity.

[2:04:53] You know, we talk about

[2:04:54] affordable ommunities yet you

[2:04:57] know, we don't have things like

[2:04:58] payment assistance the way the

[2:05:01] city wants it does.

[2:05:02] So those are the things that

[2:05:03] I'm going to be looking at

[2:05:04] later on like the steps to

[2:05:05] actually get to these goals

[2:05:08] that we have.

[2:05:09] But they are that pretty much

[2:05:10] concludes my comments if

[2:05:13] anybody else does have any

[2:05:13] comments, I'll take it back to

[2:05:14] the oard to see if we can

[2:05:16] entertain a motion to accept

[2:05:20] the presentation.

[2:05:24] I'll move to accept the

[2:05:25] presentation.

[2:05:25] You need an action, correct?

[2:05:27] Yeah, just approve the

[2:05:28] recommended actions.

[2:05:31] Ok, I'll make a motion to

[2:05:32] approve the recommended actions

[2:05:36] so I can have a motion to

[2:05:36] separate the second from

[2:05:37] supervisor koeneke.

[2:05:39] It would take a roll call vote

[2:05:39] absolutely.

[2:05:40] Supervisor coning by martinez

[2:05:43] I'm coming to sirpa.

[2:05:45] I interpret it as a motion that

[2:05:55] says unanimously well it's my

[2:06:00] next move to the next agenda

[2:06:00] item number ten consider the

[2:06:03] notice of intent to establish

[2:06:04] the county fire department

[2:06:04] advisory group and take all

[2:06:07] related actions.

[2:06:08] I'll turn it over to michael

[2:06:09] beeton, director of general

[2:06:12] services department and chief

[2:06:12] jamie wilson of california for

[2:06:13] the presentation.

[2:06:16] Thank thank you.

[2:06:20] Bought eternities I'd like to

[2:06:20] be director of general services

[2:06:21] and county fire contract

[2:06:23] administrator.

[2:06:24] With me today is the cal fire

[2:06:28] san mateo san mateo santa cruz

[2:06:28] unit chief and by agreement

[2:06:31] your county fire chief chief

[2:06:32] wilson today will be giving a

[2:06:35] presentation about the creation

[2:06:35] of the county of santa cruz

[2:06:38] county fire department or

[2:06:39] advisory group.

[2:06:42] I think historical context the

[2:06:43] county fire protection for

[2:06:43] santa cruz county has primarily

[2:06:47] been provided through a

[2:06:47] cooperative agreement with the

[2:06:50] state of california cal fire

[2:06:51] since 1948.

[2:06:51] The agreement was originally

[2:06:55] signed by the county of santa

[2:06:56] cruz in 1945 or the creation of

[2:06:59] the lakeway I think one of the

[2:07:00] longest standing cooperative

[2:07:00] agreements with the state of

[2:07:02] california for fire protection

[2:07:03] to help advise the county fire

[2:07:05] department.

[2:07:06] The county used to have a board

[2:07:09] appointed commission which was

[2:07:10] dissolved last calendar year at

[2:07:12] the recommendation of those

[2:07:13] commission members with the

[2:07:14] recommendation to create a

[2:07:17] departmental advisory group

[2:07:18] which is being what what is

[2:07:21] being recommended today for

[2:07:21] your board.

[2:07:22] With that I'll toss it over to

[2:07:25] chief wilson to walk us through

[2:07:25] some of the operational

[2:07:26] procedures related to the

[2:07:27] governance of the departmental

[2:07:32] advisory group.

[2:07:33] Good morning CHAIRMAN Board.

[2:07:34] Thank you, MR. Beeton.

[2:07:36] So I'm going to run through

[2:07:37] partially part of the

[2:07:37] presentation and then turn it

[2:07:40] over to michael and let's see

[2:07:43] if that's working.

[2:07:44] Ok, so the purpose of the fire

[2:07:46] department advisory group is to

[2:07:47] provide insight to the gst on

[2:07:51] the matters related to county

[2:07:51] fire.

[2:07:52] We have a very diverse

[2:07:55] community in our county and

[2:07:55] making sure that those people

[2:07:58] and constituents in csa forty

[2:07:59] are protected and promoted will

[2:08:00] be the primary responsibility

[2:08:02] of this group.

[2:08:06] The term of this group will be

[2:08:06] once the board approves a

[2:08:07] written notice that it's been

[2:08:11] adopted and then an estimated

[2:08:11] termination date of DECEMBER

[2:08:14] 31st twenty twenty six and the

[2:08:18] director of general services

[2:08:18] will have the ability to extend

[2:08:21] that term with notice to the

[2:08:25] board governance and operations

[2:08:29] this this group excuse me would

[2:08:32] not operate under the brown act

[2:08:33] so it would not be under the

[2:08:36] rules of the brown act it would

[2:08:37] operate ithout formal bylaws

[2:08:41] but the director of general

[2:08:41] services would oversee and

[2:08:44] determine terminate determine

[2:08:45] necessary procedures and

[2:08:48] conduct the conduct of the

[2:08:48] business of this group.

[2:08:49] And there are some county code

[2:08:53] section noted there but I will

[2:08:54] not read those out for you

[2:08:56] there in the presentation

[2:08:57] membership the membership of

[2:09:00] this board would either be a

[2:09:01] resident from santa cruz county

[2:09:04] or somebody who works within

[2:09:04] santa cruz ounty.

[2:09:05] At no point in time would there

[2:09:07] be less than five appointed

[2:09:11] individuals to this group.

[2:09:12] It is the initial invitation

[2:09:15] for this group will be those

[2:09:16] former members of the fire

[2:09:17] department advisory commission

[2:09:20] and that will allow for there

[2:09:21] to be some continuity and

[2:09:22] understanding of what county

[2:09:23] fire is and how it works the

[2:09:24] gst and then from there it

[2:09:27] would move forward if you if

[2:09:28] someone was interested in

[2:09:32] requesting membership they

[2:09:32] would do so through the

[2:09:34] director of general services

[2:09:35] either an electronic or written

[2:09:36] format at which they would be

[2:09:38] evaluated to see if they have

[2:09:42] the the understanding of the

[2:09:43] topic being discussed by the

[2:09:49] group.

[2:09:50] So the terms of the membership

[2:09:53] there are to serve the term of

[2:09:53] the group.

[2:09:56] However, the idea behind the

[2:09:57] group is that it will be

[2:09:58] adjusted as needed.

[2:10:00] So some examples I have of

[2:10:01] their topic is finance and

[2:10:05] budget.

[2:10:05] It would probably be someone

[2:10:06] who has a background in finance

[2:10:09] and budget within a county so

[2:10:10] we can do forecasting and have

[2:10:12] good transparency there.

[2:10:13] we completed the master plan

[2:10:14] which was approved by the board

[2:10:15] last year.

[2:10:16] The next step is the strategic

[2:10:17] plan.

[2:10:17] So moving forward with the

[2:10:20] strategic plan, people that

[2:10:21] have a background in that have

[2:10:24] seen what strategic planning

[2:10:25] and how it is implemented so

[2:10:28] that might be a retired fire

[2:10:29] chief that was within the

[2:10:29] county or one of your districts

[2:10:32] or somebody with some

[2:10:32] historical knowledge and then

[2:10:33] there is the potential for

[2:10:36] reorganization within county

[2:10:36] fire.

[2:10:37] So would also be bringing in

[2:10:39] people that have participated

[2:10:40] in a reorganization within the

[2:10:43] county that maybe is under the

[2:10:46] lefko recommendation so that

[2:10:47] county is getting a good

[2:10:51] understand of what needs to be

[2:10:51] done.

[2:10:55] Subcommittees there will be the

[2:10:56] ability for subcommittees.

[2:10:59] This will be at the director of

[2:11:00] gsd termination of a

[2:11:02] subcommittee is needed to be

[2:11:09] formed meetings they will be

[2:11:10] held as needed virtually or in

[2:11:14] locations across the county as

[2:11:15] previously stated we have a

[2:11:16] very diverse county.

[2:11:17] It's geographically small but

[2:11:20] also geographically large.

[2:11:21] So if you're up in boulder

[2:11:22] creek and you need to go to a

[2:11:25] meeting in watsonville as some

[2:11:26] of us know that is a trek.

[2:11:29] So virtual meetings will be an

[2:11:30] option o that we are affording

[2:11:32] that opportunity for everybody

[2:11:33] who's on the group to

[2:11:33] participate.

[2:11:36] There will be no quorum

[2:11:37] requirement and the director of

[2:11:41] justice will facilitate those

[2:11:44] meetings.

[2:11:45] The notice of the meetings will

[2:11:48] be posted on the county fire

[2:11:48] department web page.

[2:11:49] Seventy two hours prior to the

[2:11:52] meeting and an email to all of

[2:11:53] those that are to attend would

[2:11:56] be sent out with the

[2:11:56] understanding that they would

[2:12:00] respond within 48 hours they

[2:12:00] were going to be attending to

[2:12:01] make sure that we have a viable

[2:12:03] meeting wasting individuals

[2:12:07] times the notices of meetings.

[2:12:10] The second part here is

[2:12:11] inviting the public.

[2:12:12] These meetings necessarily

[2:12:15] won't always be public facing

[2:12:16] meetings but there will be the

[2:12:19] opportunity for public to have

[2:12:19] input.

[2:12:20] We want to make sure that we're

[2:12:22] being transparent with the

[2:12:23] decisions being made with the

[2:12:24] gst and county fire to the

[2:12:26] constituents of csa forty eight

[2:12:30] and they will be hosted agendas

[2:12:31] meetings would all be posted on

[2:12:34] the website similar to what we

[2:12:35] did prior with the advisory

[2:12:38] committee.

[2:12:39] Want to turn it over to

[2:12:41] director b?

[2:12:42] Thank you chief.

[2:12:43] So kind of what chief

[2:12:46] identified is we do plan on

[2:12:47] posting the agendas onto the

[2:12:49] county fire web page.

[2:12:50] We're also potentially going to

[2:12:50] explore the county center's new

[2:12:53] agenda management's which has a

[2:12:54] very good platform for the

[2:12:57] public to actually see the

[2:12:57] different agenda items and

[2:13:00] topics minutes will be

[2:13:01] maintained and available and

[2:13:01] posted on the county fire web

[2:13:05] page for any discussion points

[2:13:07] that MAY arise from those

[2:13:11] meetings is anticipated that

[2:13:12] will have the fire department

[2:13:15] advisory group submit a annual

[2:13:19] report detailing the roles, the

[2:13:20] objectives, some of the

[2:13:20] accomplishments that we've had

[2:13:23] the departmental advisor group

[2:13:24] accomplished over the past year

[2:13:27] that this report will be

[2:13:28] submitted to the U.S. Director

[2:13:30] on an annual basis including

[2:13:31] attendance.

[2:13:31] We do anticipate setting the

[2:13:34] attendance reports to the

[2:13:35] county board of supervisors to

[2:13:36] show the frequency and maybe

[2:13:39] some of the objectives that

[2:13:39] have been accomplished by the

[2:13:46] departmental advisory group a

[2:13:54] one to thank you for the

[2:13:57] department advisory.

[2:13:58] All records will be maintained

[2:14:01] as public records and available

[2:14:02] to the public again we do

[2:14:02] anticipate utilizing the county

[2:14:06] power web page for a lot of the

[2:14:06] repository if there are any

[2:14:09] paper copies we'll be

[2:14:10] maintained within general

[2:14:10] services and available to any

[2:14:13] and all to actually see and we

[2:14:13] do strongly encourage public

[2:14:17] participation in any topic that

[2:14:17] we do have.

[2:14:18] We especially with a lot of the

[2:14:21] endeavors identified in the

[2:14:22] county fire master plan and

[2:14:24] some of the other initiatives

[2:14:24] that we are going to be

[2:14:25] exploring.

[2:14:26] Public participation is going

[2:14:28] to be very important to help

[2:14:33] guide as part of he kind of

[2:14:33] code the fire department

[2:14:36] advisory group would be

[2:14:36] eligible for stipends to

[2:14:39] compensate them for their work

[2:14:39] and helping out the county fire

[2:14:40] department to achieve their

[2:14:44] goals with that that kind of

[2:14:45] covers the operating procedures

[2:14:48] related to the fire department

[2:14:48] advisory group and both chief

[2:14:49] wilson and I are available for

[2:14:50] any questions or comments the

[2:14:54] board MAY have to get out to

[2:14:58] the public first to see if

[2:14:59] anyone in the public would like

[2:15:06] to comment.

[2:15:06] Thank you.

[2:15:09] Thank steinbrenner.

[2:15:13] I live in csa forty eight and I

[2:15:17] have attended many of the

[2:15:17] former fda meetings.

[2:15:20] I have a lot of concerns about

[2:15:22] it as a ember of the public I

[2:15:25] don't see how it can be

[2:15:26] transparent for a group to meet

[2:15:32] as needed and expect any

[2:15:32] members of the public to to

[2:15:36] know to go to the website and

[2:15:37] look where the meeting is going

[2:15:40] to be held whether or not the

[2:15:41] public is even going to be

[2:15:44] allowed and if we are allowed

[2:15:48] it says we would only be able

[2:15:49] to speak at the end of the

[2:15:52] meeting.

[2:15:52] This isn't right.

[2:15:56] I also don't think that people

[2:15:59] should be it who do not live in

[2:16:03] csa 48.

[2:16:03] That has been a problem.

[2:16:04] It was a problem with the fact

[2:16:07] there was a member on there

[2:16:08] that was not served by county

[2:16:19] fire department and it was a

[2:16:19] problem.

[2:16:20] The county changed the rules

[2:16:20] then and I guess that's what's

[2:16:21] happening here but I don't

[2:16:21] think it's right.

[2:16:22] I think the application process

[2:16:24] is very vague to send an

[2:16:26] electronic letter or written to

[2:16:27] MR. Beeton but there's no

[2:16:28] indication how to do that or

[2:16:30] where an application form would

[2:16:31] be.

[2:16:34] What sort of detail would be

[2:16:35] used as a criteria to get on

[2:16:42] this this group and that it's

[2:16:43] not subject to the brown act

[2:16:46] really concerns me a lot.

[2:16:50] This is not with no formal

[2:16:50] bylaws.

[2:16:51] This is not a step to

[2:16:54] transparency and

[2:16:54] accountability.

[2:16:55] I think it's closing the public

[2:17:00] out.

[2:17:04] I do appreciate afkos endeavor

[2:17:05] behind this to try to get an

[2:17:08] elected board of directors to

[2:17:09] serve on county fire instead of

[2:17:09] you.

[2:17:12] Not that that you are not good

[2:17:16] leaders but that's that's the

[2:17:19] driving force behind this and I

[2:17:20] think that what needs to happen

[2:17:24] is proposition 170 money needs

[2:17:25] to be directed to fund county

[2:17:28] fire and there needs to be an

[2:17:29] after action eport with the

[2:17:31] volunteers from the fire.

[2:17:32] It's never been done and is

[2:17:32] sorely needed.

[2:17:41] Thank thank you for sharing

[2:17:41] your hair.

[2:17:45] I was just wondering is there a

[2:17:46] formal way that the public

[2:17:49] could sign up for and beyond

[2:17:53] email list for when the

[2:17:54] meetings are held and maybe

[2:17:57] just the minutes even after the

[2:17:58] meetings that sort of thing

[2:18:00] like they do with a was mini

[2:18:01] city board meetings in this

[2:18:04] meeting and so forth.

[2:18:08] Thank you.

[2:18:12] Anyone online?

[2:18:12] Yes, ure.

[2:18:17] Well and use your to your

[2:18:27] microphones now available I

[2:18:30] would like everyone to of this

[2:18:34] time bremner's could teach

[2:18:41] jeffersonians inc. In to a

[2:18:45] future presentation on this

[2:18:46] topic and them via fire

[2:18:50] advisory board and it used to

[2:18:53] be one party warm was

[2:19:01] supervisor she would have could

[2:19:05] have some and called for future

[2:19:09] meetings or incorporate it

[2:19:13] anyway I'm thinking everything

[2:19:16] that that case made sense and

[2:19:20] makes what you're proposing

[2:19:25] antidemocratic and exclusionary

[2:19:28] to the public any which is

[2:19:32] that's advisory by whom we've

[2:19:36] heard about the lithium battery

[2:19:41] fires and they happen with a

[2:19:44] buycks electric vehicle called

[2:19:48] cell towers smart meters.

[2:19:52] Any advisory group needs to

[2:19:53] addressing and calling for a

[2:19:59] halt to these fire prone

[2:20:04] devices also I want to root for

[2:20:07] people to feather river

[2:20:11] watershed alliance dot org

[2:20:12] article here called new wave of

[2:20:16] wild forest destruction in name

[2:20:19] of thinning and of climate

[2:20:23] solution biomass coming to your

[2:20:27] area we're told and here over

[2:20:28] and over again about thinning

[2:20:31] and clearing brush.

[2:20:36] Tim, your microphone is now

[2:20:36] available.

[2:20:39] Thank you so much again.

[2:20:42] Yeah, becky's comments are

[2:20:43] incredible as she's a whole lot

[2:20:46] smarter than I am.

[2:20:47] There's no doubt about that

[2:20:47] one.

[2:20:50] And you know the thing is here

[2:20:54] this whole issue of fire this

[2:20:55] is probably the most important

[2:20:57] topic for santa cruz county

[2:20:58] going nto this summer and for

[2:21:01] the next our years with the

[2:21:02] trump administration and this

[2:21:06] guy remember he was out there

[2:21:09] holding up a rake during his

[2:21:09] last term.

[2:21:11] Ok, so we don't want to be

[2:21:14] subjected to any of that and we

[2:21:14] certainly don't want

[2:21:17] homelessness to be aggravated.

[2:21:21] We all know what happened down

[2:21:22] there in los angeles so that

[2:21:25] that also puts ressure on our

[2:21:26] county.

[2:21:28] So hearing becky's comments

[2:21:29] here, I am quite concerned

[2:21:33] about who is going to be behind

[2:21:37] the wheel here and it should be

[2:21:38] a situation like in in south

[2:21:41] tahoe in a tidal basin where we

[2:21:41] have people that aren't from

[2:21:44] our community and they're the

[2:21:45] ones calling the shots and

[2:21:47] they're destroying the place.

[2:21:48] So you know, these comments

[2:21:51] here from becky are real.

[2:21:53] It's a big deal and I think we

[2:21:56] all need to get in front of

[2:21:56] this.

[2:21:57] You know, with the summer

[2:22:00] coming there's not a lot of

[2:22:00] time and you look on the top

[2:22:03] here probably larger buffer

[2:22:04] ought to be cleared out and

[2:22:07] maybe more wineries put in to

[2:22:07] create a buffer.

[2:22:10] So this way fire doesn't cross

[2:22:11] over the top and burn down the

[2:22:12] whole mountain into santa cruz.

[2:22:15] So there's a lot of things to

[2:22:18] talk about and I am 100 percent

[2:22:19] supportive of becky's comments

[2:22:22] on this matter anyways, thank

[2:22:23] you so much.

[2:22:24] You take it easy and let's hope

[2:22:26] that it doesn't turn into a

[2:22:29] situation where say supervisor

[2:22:30] cummings and I are both sharing

[2:22:33] a tent along the san leandro

[2:22:34] river down there after a fire

[2:22:37] that would be highly bogus.

[2:22:38] I'm sure you folks have a great

[2:22:41] day and you have no further

[2:22:45] speakers with that I'll bring

[2:22:46] back to the board for our

[2:22:46] comments and questions.

[2:22:48] I'll begin to the media speak

[2:22:52] with supervisor coming in and

[2:22:53] we can just stop and see if you

[2:22:56] can comment on some of the

[2:22:57] issues that were raised by the

[2:22:57] public.

[2:23:00] yeah, absolutely.

[2:23:00] Thank you, supervisor to

[2:23:01] respond to some of the comments

[2:23:06] that were just identified by

[2:23:07] the way, we have a map of the

[2:23:10] district.

[2:23:11] One of the things that I'm

[2:23:12] interested in the questions

[2:23:14] that were raised by the public

[2:23:15] was the sort of the

[2:23:18] representation of the area a

[2:23:19] region so that every region is

[2:23:21] represented and is able to

[2:23:22] advocate for that region.

[2:23:25] Yeah, we actually don't have a

[2:23:26] map with us right now identify

[2:23:27] as county fire but we can

[2:23:29] absolutely sure that I know

[2:23:30] it's available on the county

[2:23:31] fire web page apologies we

[2:23:34] don't have it right now unless

[2:23:34] we can get it set up right

[2:23:35] here.

[2:23:35] But to address some of the

[2:23:39] questions we're just identified

[2:23:39] .

[2:23:40] Absolutely.

[2:23:40] If there is somebody from the

[2:23:41] public that would like to get

[2:23:44] on a mailing list or added to

[2:23:45] every single meeting that we do

[2:23:47] have absolutely include them

[2:23:48] into that distribution list

[2:23:52] completely across the board.

[2:23:52] The question related to the

[2:23:56] brown act so the brannock

[2:23:56] question has been popped up the

[2:23:58] previous fire department

[2:23:59] advisory commission identified

[2:24:02] that the brown act for what

[2:24:03] they are doing since they were

[2:24:04] not a decision making ody

[2:24:06] really hindered their ability

[2:24:07] to actually have open dialog

[2:24:10] and discussion help educate

[2:24:11] regarding different topics

[2:24:14] related to county fire.

[2:24:15] So the recommendation that we

[2:24:18] do have today for your board is

[2:24:19] that this body not be a brown

[2:24:21] act governing body large in

[2:24:22] part that this is not a

[2:24:23] decision making body.

[2:24:25] This is a really, truly

[2:24:26] advisory body that's going to

[2:24:30] be helping chief wilson and I

[2:24:33] come to this oard here to make

[2:24:33] recommendations.

[2:24:34] So from the perspective of

[2:24:37] being an advisory capacity and

[2:24:38] not a decision making body is

[2:24:39] the reason it's being

[2:24:41] recommended for a non brown act

[2:24:42] component.

[2:24:46] So I do see a map that's been

[2:24:46] identified.

[2:24:47] I'll check it out and on the

[2:24:49] ground to shoot another

[2:24:49] advantage for advisory

[2:24:52] committee is they can meet

[2:24:53] virtually which is a big

[2:24:54] advantage in the brown ag

[2:24:57] committee cannot meet virtually

[2:25:00] and these are folks who have

[2:25:01] often have other commitments

[2:25:04] and they can, you know, log on

[2:25:05] to zoom it so it's easier to

[2:25:08] meet as opposed to have

[2:25:08] everybody come together and you

[2:25:11] have trouble meeting a quorum.

[2:25:12] There have been attempts in the

[2:25:15] legislature to exempt

[2:25:16] committees from the project but

[2:25:19] they have not been successful.

[2:25:20] So anyway, that's another one

[2:25:22] of the other big advantages is

[2:25:23] the ability made virtually

[2:25:24] which many of our commissioners

[2:25:26] by the way have requested can

[2:25:27] you know can we meet virtually

[2:25:28] as opposed to everybody get in

[2:25:30] the car and drive down?

[2:25:31] I think this one has a bigger

[2:25:34] distance as well saratoga to

[2:25:37] guerrilleros with the traffic.

[2:25:38] Do you have any further

[2:25:46] questions the supervisor you

[2:25:46] ask what you ask for the map.

[2:25:49] So I'm happy to have the

[2:25:50] gallons but you interjected so

[2:25:53] my my well some of the comments

[2:25:54] that were raised by he public

[2:25:57] was having folks that live in

[2:25:57] the district in that can, you

[2:26:00] know, advocate for their

[2:26:01] whether it's region or fire

[2:26:04] department area.

[2:26:05] I didn't have a voice right.

[2:26:06] I think that that's one of the

[2:26:08] important that I'd like to see

[2:26:09] and what was raised in some the

[2:26:11] public comment and just speak

[2:26:15] to becky's question about

[2:26:16] meeting notices historically

[2:26:19] what we've done is we have an

[2:26:19] email group that when we would

[2:26:23] do the fdic minutes or agendas

[2:26:23] that I would also include that

[2:26:27] group so anybody that wanted to

[2:26:27] request to be added to that

[2:26:30] group so they have notification

[2:26:31] the meetings occurring should

[2:26:31] not be on its normal date or

[2:26:33] outside the normal cadence.

[2:26:34] So we would continue doing that

[2:26:38] process and in the question was

[2:26:38] talked about the application

[2:26:39] process, we would put a

[2:26:42] formalized application link on

[2:26:42] the web page so that

[2:26:45] individuals can complete an

[2:26:49] application and it's not

[2:26:50] uniform as if that answers your

[2:26:57] question, I guess the only

[2:26:58] other thing I do know the

[2:27:01] concerns that are being brought

[2:27:02] up by members of the public and

[2:27:04] I was very concerned with

[2:27:05] moving away from the

[2:27:05] commissions and moving towards

[2:27:08] advisory boards.

[2:27:09] I do think that one of the

[2:27:10] things that you all have shown

[2:27:13] is you know, a level of

[2:27:16] transparency and I think it MAY

[2:27:16] be important for us to when the

[2:27:19] when the roup is selected that

[2:27:23] whether it's a memo to us I

[2:27:24] don't think it's something that

[2:27:25] needs to come to the board but

[2:27:27] we at least know who is on that

[2:27:28] advisory body and so people are

[2:27:31] curious about who's actually

[2:27:32] speaking to all we can have

[2:27:33] confidence to say these are the

[2:27:36] people who serve on that board

[2:27:36] in providing their expertize

[2:27:38] and advice.

[2:27:42] I think that in addition to the

[2:27:43] kind of the attendance just

[2:27:44] having a whether it's an annual

[2:27:47] report that comes during the

[2:27:47] budget or that's my annual

[2:27:50] during the budget and the

[2:27:51] mid-year budget review we et

[2:27:54] an update on what the group's

[2:27:55] doing, how it's been going

[2:27:58] because you know, there is some

[2:27:59] concern from folks around the

[2:28:02] reduction of transparency and I

[2:28:03] think as we embark on this new

[2:28:06] way of writing, you know,

[2:28:07] allowing for committee members

[2:28:10] to that advice to our

[2:28:10] department heads, it is really

[2:28:13] important we're understanding

[2:28:14] how this process is moving and

[2:28:17] the level of transparency that

[2:28:18] people can find some comfort

[2:28:19] around us moving in this

[2:28:21] direction.

[2:28:22] So I'll support what's coming

[2:28:25] before us today.

[2:28:26] But I'm going to be wanting to

[2:28:27] get some feedback on how this

[2:28:30] is going and to ensure that

[2:28:30] we're still going to have

[2:28:33] maintained we're going to be

[2:28:34] maintaining transparency around

[2:28:34] these types of meetings and

[2:28:35] discussions.

[2:28:40] Thank thank you, supervisor.

[2:28:41] Thank you.

[2:28:44] Thanks for the report.

[2:28:45] I'm a little uncomfortable with

[2:28:48] the meeting schedule with

[2:28:49] meeting on an ad needed basis.

[2:28:52] I feel like there should be a

[2:28:53] regular cadence and I think

[2:28:55] some of the people I entioned

[2:28:56] are out but at east quarterly

[2:29:00] I'm I think I think it's

[2:29:00] important for the different

[2:29:04] jurisdictions that help to help

[2:29:08] public safety in fire, et

[2:29:08] cetera.

[2:29:09] I think there need to be

[2:29:12] regular reports that come in

[2:29:13] front of this advisory group

[2:29:16] from cal fire from you know,

[2:29:19] all the different agencies.

[2:29:20] And also I I do believe this

[2:29:24] group needs to have a finger on

[2:29:25] the pulse of our county

[2:29:27] communication system.

[2:29:28] I understand we're hoping to

[2:29:31] put a new communications system

[2:29:32] .

[2:29:32] I just feel like this there

[2:29:33] needs to be regular meetings.

[2:29:36] So if that could be changed I

[2:29:38] would feel more comfortable and

[2:29:39] I like the idea of it being

[2:29:42] virtually I think actually

[2:29:43] you'll get more participation

[2:29:44] and a lot of community

[2:29:47] participation as well people

[2:29:47] who could sign into the

[2:29:48] meeting.

[2:29:49] So thank you.

[2:29:53] Thanks for bringing on board

[2:29:57] supervisor martinez.

[2:29:58] Thank you, chief and director

[2:30:00] beeton for the presentation.

[2:30:02] I'd like to start off by just

[2:30:05] expressing thanks to the former

[2:30:05] members of the fire department

[2:30:08] advisory commission for their

[2:30:09] services and their insights.

[2:30:12] Did I hear you correctly they

[2:30:13] recommended this action in this

[2:30:16] change and I guess I mean I'm

[2:30:20] glad that we are able to

[2:30:21] benefit from their expertize as

[2:30:23] we transition to this new model

[2:30:27] and you know, even before you

[2:30:28] fire there was a lot of

[2:30:32] interest in the oversight of

[2:30:32] fire service who delivers fire

[2:30:36] service through our county and

[2:30:37] particularly throughout the

[2:30:40] fifth district and I understand

[2:30:40] that you're exploring other

[2:30:44] changes to that structure

[2:30:44] through lefko.

[2:30:48] How often do you imagine

[2:30:51] reporting to the board on your

[2:30:52] exploration around potentially

[2:30:53] transitioning the county fire

[2:30:56] to an independent district?

[2:30:57] And also how could community

[2:31:00] members have input into that

[2:31:03] process?

[2:31:04] It's what could possibly

[2:31:05] address the question real quick

[2:31:08] so a lot of the meetings that

[2:31:09] are happening related to the

[2:31:10] potential lefko study of

[2:31:11] looking and exploring of

[2:31:12] converting county fire into an

[2:31:12] independent fire district are

[2:31:15] being through lefko.

[2:31:16] So lafta is a public body that

[2:31:19] does public meetings.

[2:31:19] I do agree.

[2:31:23] I know that we are working on

[2:31:23] the path here to do a

[2:31:24] feasibility study.

[2:31:26] We will obviously work the

[2:31:27] ceo's office to bring items to

[2:31:30] the board as far as updates as

[2:31:31] that progress goes on an as

[2:31:38] needed basis and I guess what I

[2:31:41] would just hope is that there's

[2:31:42] plenty of opportunity for input

[2:31:46] and for discussion for

[2:31:49] residents and the public as it

[2:31:50] relates to those changes and

[2:31:52] that again will continue to get

[2:31:53] those updates.

[2:31:57] So yeah, thank you so much for

[2:31:58] bringing us this presentation

[2:31:59] and good luck with the new

[2:32:02] structure if this is today.

[2:32:02] Thank you.

[2:32:03] Thank you.

[2:32:05] Supervisor konik.

[2:32:05] Thank you chair yeah.

[2:32:06] I mean obviously I have no

[2:32:09] problem with the proposal

[2:32:09] before us today.

[2:32:12] It was as as has been mentioned

[2:32:13] the recommendation of the

[2:32:14] former department advisory

[2:32:17] committee themselves and this

[2:32:17] is their proposal actually for

[2:32:21] how they could do their work

[2:32:21] better.

[2:32:22] I'm glad to hear that they'll

[2:32:24] be I'll be offered memberships

[2:32:28] first because we had all as

[2:32:29] supervisors appointed those

[2:32:32] individuals because of their

[2:32:32] particular knowledge and

[2:32:36] expertize it really is kind of

[2:32:39] a couple of of larger questions

[2:32:40] here.

[2:32:40] I mean obviously what we're

[2:32:43] hearing from the public as far

[2:32:44] as some concern is I think not

[2:32:46] really necessarily so much to

[2:32:51] this particular small change

[2:32:52] but but really related to the

[2:32:55] larger picture of fire in our

[2:32:59] community and obviously just as

[2:32:59] an increasing risk the

[2:33:03] reflection we've seen on

[2:33:03] insurance rates, it's just I

[2:33:07] think it's an issue that's on

[2:33:08] everyone's mind more and more

[2:33:08] and obviously ever since the

[2:33:11] fires to first of all to the to

[2:33:15] the question of creating an

[2:33:15] independent special district,

[2:33:19] obviously as I mentioned the is

[2:33:19] kind of leading that

[2:33:22] investigation of course is a

[2:33:23] public agency as well.

[2:33:26] We have public meetings

[2:33:26] generally speaking we're

[2:33:29] talking about like a year long

[2:33:30] process a year and a half, two

[2:33:31] years.

[2:33:34] What what should the public

[2:33:35] keep in mind as far as how long

[2:33:35] this investigation is going on

[2:33:38] to to potential shift and how

[2:33:41] they can be involved?

[2:33:45] So currently the lefko process

[2:33:46] to for the feasibility tudy

[2:33:49] looks to be about 12 to 18

[2:33:53] months and that would tell us

[2:33:54] where we're going to go at ur

[2:33:57] last meeting it was about a two

[2:33:58] to three year to possibly four

[2:34:01] year full implementation from

[2:34:04] start to finish.

[2:34:05] So just a year to a year and a

[2:34:06] half for the feasibility study

[2:34:09] and if we ecide f I feel go

[2:34:09] and I assume there'd be

[2:34:12] probably some consideration by

[2:34:13] this board as well decide to

[2:34:16] move forward, that'd be another

[2:34:17] year and a half to to two and a

[2:34:18] half years to actually

[2:34:19] implement.

[2:34:19] Yeah.

[2:34:20] For four years is the right

[2:34:23] longest hopefully if it was

[2:34:23] decided shorter.

[2:34:27] Yeah yes.

[2:34:27] Ok great.

[2:34:31] And then of course the other

[2:34:33] kind of core work that the fire

[2:34:34] department advisory commission

[2:34:38] has done and that the advisory

[2:34:42] group would do is actually in

[2:34:43] consultation on the contract

[2:34:46] that we have with cal fire

[2:34:46] which I nderstand you said

[2:34:47] 1948 it's been around since

[2:34:50] 1948.

[2:34:50] That's the al-bandar contract

[2:34:51] that right.

[2:34:54] So obviously kind of showing

[2:34:54] its age.

[2:34:58] I think that and I know there's

[2:35:01] discussions on renegotiating

[2:35:02] that contract so it orks

[2:35:05] better for all parties.

[2:35:06] Are we expecting any

[2:35:09] significant changes this year

[2:35:11] is the contract is set a JULY

[2:35:13] to JUNE contracts that matches

[2:35:14] the county's fiscal year?

[2:35:24] Yeah, I orrect the agreement

[2:35:25] expires actually JUNE 30th of

[2:35:25] this year.

[2:35:26] We're currently in the

[2:35:27] discussions I guess I would say

[2:35:27] the negotiations about what the

[2:35:28] next year might be.

[2:35:28] I know there's been a lot of

[2:35:29] changes on the state level so

[2:35:30] there's some uncertainty at

[2:35:31] least how it's going to relate

[2:35:33] to the county and santa cruz.

[2:35:34] So we're currently still in

[2:35:34] negotiations but we plan on

[2:35:36] being an item to the order

[2:35:37] supervisors for consideration

[2:35:37] of a potential extension

[2:35:40] whether it be a one or two year

[2:35:41] or three year.

[2:35:42] I think the last time we're

[2:35:44] currently speaking a two year

[2:35:44] agreement extension to help

[2:35:47] with some of the uncertainty at

[2:35:48] the state level as well as to

[2:35:49] help us really understand the

[2:35:52] lepka recommendation or study

[2:35:52] that's going to be happening

[2:35:55] with special fire district.

[2:35:55] Gotcha.

[2:35:59] So no major changes this year

[2:36:03] anticipated right.

[2:36:03] All right.

[2:36:04] So my question thanks as part

[2:36:06] of that recommended actions,

[2:36:11] what there's still a minimum of

[2:36:11] attendance.

[2:36:13] One person could be meeting

[2:36:21] under this particular so you're

[2:36:22] one of the things that I wanted

[2:36:25] the only concern I got I'll be

[2:36:26] supportive as well.

[2:36:26] But to my concern I have is in

[2:36:28] making sure that a lot of these

[2:36:29] larger areas are represented by

[2:36:29] folks who actually live there.

[2:36:32] I'm talking about like

[2:36:33] stationery 23 loma prieta

[2:36:36] lascaris, bonny doon davenport

[2:36:40] carlita's of course which is

[2:36:41] probably one of the largest

[2:36:44] areas making sure that we have

[2:36:48] equal representation so they

[2:36:48] can advocate for things in

[2:36:52] there in the fire district.

[2:36:53] with that I'll ring it back to

[2:36:56] the board to entertain the

[2:36:57] motion for the recommended

[2:37:00] actions.

[2:37:04] Second can get a motion from

[2:37:05] supporters are going to get a

[2:37:05] second from supervisor

[2:37:05] martinez.

[2:37:08] Can we take a real call up to

[2:37:08] my supervisor to sirpa?

[2:37:09] I'm coming.

[2:37:12] I martinez I connect hernandez.

[2:37:26] I unanimously will be will now

[2:37:27] be moving into our closed

[2:37:27] session.

[2:37:28] The board will now recess for

[2:37:30] close session and return at

[2:37:31] county council.

[2:37:33] What time?

[2:37:34] Nothing reportable today so

[2:37:34] there'll be no returning into

[2:37:37] open session.

[2:37:38] Okay meeting is adjourned.

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