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>> Thank you.

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>> Madam clerk would you read the title to Agenda item number

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one and call for public comment?

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>> Ma'am I have no cards submitted.

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Item one adopt and present a resolution and plaque

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of appreciation honoring Clerical Operations Manager

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Diana Jaramillo upon her retirement of the Sheriff's

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Office with over 20 years of dedicated public service

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to Solano County.

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Do I have a motion?

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>> So moved.

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>> So ordered by a vote of 4-0.

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>> Get this to work right.

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Thank you all this morning for being here with us.

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In the Sheriff's office, we see the deputies and the SSOs

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out on the street all the time.

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In most instances they are the face of the Sheriff's office.

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It takes a lot behind the scenes to actually make that work.

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There's a whole army of folks behind them

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that make it possible for them to provide

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that public safety for us and to provide that help.

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Diana is one of those folks and she's

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been doing this over 20 years for us.

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On holidays, on weekends, in the middle of the night --

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when that deputy is standing out on a levee

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somewhere waiting on a warrant to come back

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and we've got somebody out there and they

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don't know who it is, they don't know if it's somebody who

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is dangerous or not, Diana is the person

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who is going to help them.

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She'll make sure that warrants check is done

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and that that deputy knows who and what

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he or she is dealing with.

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And for that we owe her -- and appreciative to her family

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for being there for her and for being supportive.

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To that end, the resolution from our board,

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Diana Jaramillo began her career with the Department

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of Health and Social Services as an office assistant

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to the Public Health Division.

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On August 27th of 2007 she accepted a promotion to a county

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clerk in the Department of Child Support Services where she then

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promoted to Child Support Specialist in 2009.

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She joined the Solano County Sheriff's Office as -- in 2018.

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Before promoting to accounting supervisor with the Auditor

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Comptroller's Office July 11th of 2021.

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Diana returned to the Sheriff's Office as a Clerical operations

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manager on September 17th 2023 where she served until

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retirement.

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Diana last served as a clerical operations manager overseeing

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civil bureau and records and warrants bureau in 24

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hours, seven day a week operation,

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and acted as a Sheriff's office coordinator.

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Diana is known for professionalism a high standards

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and willingness to learn and take new challenges

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with her direct and matter of fact

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approach she's provided a clear guidance,

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served as a trusted mentor and remained

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as a steadfast advocate, always encouraging with growth

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in wanting the best of them.

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Diana will retire August 4th of 2026 after 20 years and three

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months of outstanding service to Solano County.

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She's a highly respected and valued member

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of the Sheriff's Office and will be greatly missed

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by friends and coworkers.

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Be it resolved that the Solano County Board of Supervisors

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therefore recognizes Diana Jaramillo

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for her distinguished service to the citizens of Solano County

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and wishes her a happy retirement.

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>> Good morning board.

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Brad, your Sheriff.

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I'm here to say goodbye to Diana.

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It has been --

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I have to tell you.

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Since you came on board, we were trying to realign a lot

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of our organization -- and you came in and I'm sure it

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wasn't undertaking that you weren't anticipating.

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But what you did is build a strong team,

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a team of people that -- they are competent,

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they are very much a team in all aspects of supporting each other

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and getting the mission done 24/7 for all of our public

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safety in the field.

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For that I want to say thank you.

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I know what you have in store for your next chapter.

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I think that's amazing.

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Maybe you'll share some of it.

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I want to say thank you for everything

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you've done because you have truly come up with what I've

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seen, that you're surrounding yourself with,

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is a positive team and I couldn't be more proud.

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Thank you.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Well, I wasn't prepared for this.

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I want to say thank you.

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This has been a great opportunity.

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These years really opened my eyes.

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And it's been wonderful come up with a lot of challenges,

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but I love challenges.

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Everybody knows that.

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And I enjoy working with the people that I've been working.

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I had amazing teams throughout my careers.

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Right now my teams are the best.

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Unfortunately they cannot be here because they are 24/7

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so they have to be answering the phone calls.

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But I have two friends here -- so now the staff --

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thank you for the deputies --

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for being here with me.

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Thank you to child support.

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Thank you all.

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Thank you Janine.

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And I'm going to brag.

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I'm heading to Columbia with my hubby.

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We're going to start a new journey

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and we would like to see what is waiting for us.

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We might be back and forth.

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He is with the army.

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And he remains here because he was born here.

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He wants to stay here.

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Yes. (laughs) I have to say thank you to the chairs,

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to Lisa.

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Lisa has been my great support.

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She is my supervisor and you have

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been a great support for me, a good mentor, good guidance.

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I have to say thank you to everybody.

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Unfortunately not everybody can be here.

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Thank you, Lieutenant.

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You're being very helpful.

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Everybody over there, thank you again.

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You don't know me but -- (laughs)

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>> If we can have all of her county family --

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if they are here?

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All of our county family come here and support her.

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Child support services and health and social services

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and auditor's office -- she has touched everything.

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Come down here and get in this picture.

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>> The goal is not to --

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[inaudible conversation]

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>> Madam clerk, if you were to read the title for agenda item

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two and call for public comment please?

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>> I have no callers on the line and I have no cards.

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Adopt and present a resolution recognizing August 2026

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as child Support Awareness Month in Solano County.

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Do I have a motion?

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>> So moved.

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>> Second.

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>> Mam?

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Thank you.

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So ordered.

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>> You just went into your happy place.

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It's okay.

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>> It's hard to believe it's another year and a half now.

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>> Monica -- I haven't seen you in a long time!

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Every year, exactly.

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Today is the resolution, as was stated already,

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the Solano County Board of Supervisors

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is recognizing the month of August 2026

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as child Support Awareness Month in Solano County,

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whereas Solano County recognizes that every child matters.

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I did not put my glasses on.

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Let me go through here.

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And joining the 47 California Local Child support agencies --

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and the nation -- is recognizing August 2026 as child Support

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Awareness Month.

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Thank you.

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And as you can tell, it takes them to help this child.

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I'm just sharing.

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>> I know and I appreciate that.

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So whoever wants to speak next is fine.

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Mama good morning board.

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Director for the Department of Child Support Services.

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Before I go into Child Support Awareness Month,

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I think the irony is not lost that Diana was in child support.

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I met her when I worked in Siskiyou County.

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She managed all of our bilingual cases pretty much child support

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family is a close knit group and it's

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one of those where you get to cross paths,

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so that's really nice.

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I wanted to say thank you for the recognition

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today and the resolution.

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This opportunity allows us every year

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to come forward and talk about the services we offer

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and bring awareness to the program.

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We are not a service you have to qualify for

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and I think that's a misnomer.

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I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about that.

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Even though there's an application

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that people fill out, it's an enrollment process.

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You don't have to qualify.

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Your income doesn't matter.

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Your jurisdiction where you live doesn't matter.

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There's a local child support agency.

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If you are needing services and you need help,

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or you have questions, reach out because you

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don't have to qualify.

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Every year we talk about the same resolution and the services

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we offer.

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I think we are seeing in the program one of the most

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misunderstandings.

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There's families out there that are not receiving services

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and in Solano County we pride ourselves

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in meeting the families where they are at,

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if they need flexible case management,

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if we need to connect them with resources.

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If you have questions reach out.

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We have an amazing team and a lot

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are working behind the scenes but we are eager to help.

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One of the things I wanted to recognize

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is our annual backpack drive.

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Every year we do a back to school drive we partner

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with Solano County Office of Education

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and this year the Teacher Resource Center

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donated 100 backpacks and Williams donated

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220 colored pencils and our staff behind the scenes

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doubled that and stepped up.

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We were able to donate 220 backpacks filled

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with school supplies.

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We dropped them off last Friday.

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Gets the office together.

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This is really more of an acknowledgment

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of our team behind the scenes.

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Not only are they dedicated to providing service

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to the families but they enjoy reaching out and touching

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those families and children in the community.

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When the child emancipates will still be there providing

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those services.

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I think that's it.

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I'll turn it over to you.

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>> Thank you.

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Good morning.

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My name is Akon Walker and I serve

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as the program coordinator and educational liaison

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and Solano County Office of Education

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come the best office in the West.

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It serves -- it serves the best county in the West.

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I'm so thankful on behalf of Solano County Education,

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our phenomenal -- and all of us --

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we want to say thank you for your continued partnership --

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to serve the most vulnerable students in our area.

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The backpacks that -- literally taking those Tamara.

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We're going to go to our annual Foster Youth Picnic sponsored

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by Solano County Child Welfare Services --

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we have 185 students enrolled that will

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be that will be at that picnic.

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Thank you.

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Everything matters to see that child's face light up.

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And hope place in our heart.

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And hope they have a good start to their academic year.

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And this continued partnership means

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so much to our community, our students and families.

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Thanks from the bottom of my heart and for the heart

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of Solano County Office of Education.

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Thank you.

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[applause]

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>> We're still going to do pictures.

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Come on over here.

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Anybody else who is with the group?

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Come on down.

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It's picture time.

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Madam clerk comment please read the title

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for agenda item number three and call for public comment.

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>> I don't have any cards but I do have --

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>> Caller with phone number -- if you wish to speak on agenda

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item number three please press star three and raise your hand.

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They're not raising their hand.

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Adopt and present a resolution recognizing the week of August

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2nd through the eighth, 2026 as National Health Center Week

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in Solano County.

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Do I have a motion?

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So ordered by 4-0.

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>> Good morning.

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We are here to do a resolution of the Solano County Board

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of Supervisors recognizing August 2nd through eighth 2026

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as National Health Center Week in Solano County.

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Whereas community health centers including federally qualified

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health centers, FQHCs, and FQHC look-alikes comprise--

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they look like them -- so (laughs)--

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comprise the nation's largest primary care network,

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providing comprehensive high quality primary care

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to approximately 52 million Americans,

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serving nearly one in every seven people in the United

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States.

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And whereas in Solano County, La clinica de La Raza,

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Solano County Family Health Services community medical

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centers and Communicare all provide care to community

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members who are low income, uninsured or enrolled

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in Medi-Cal, collectively serving nearly 59,000 Medi-Cal

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members, equivalent to 12.9% of the county's total population.

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And whereas locally community health centers have been

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recognized with partnership Health Plan of California

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for their work to screen patients in a timely manner

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for various cancers -- and Whereas the Community Health

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Center model continues to prove an effective means of overcoming

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-- including income, insurance and improving --

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and reducing the health care system costs and whereas local

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health centers support patients in the community with innovative

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approaches to meet them where they are by holding mobile

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events, kindergarten readiness, vaccine clinics,

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school based health education, case management and home

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services.

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Now therefore be it resolved that the Solano County Board

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of Supervisors hereby recognizes August 2nd through eighth 2020

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sixth as Solano County National Health Center Week,

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celebrating vital partnership between America's Community

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Health Center, all look alikes and communities they serve.

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>> Thank you supervisor.

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Good morning and I'm Doctor Cameron Kaiser,

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public health officer.

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The best way to keep every resident of Solano County

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healthy is for them to never fall ill in the first place.

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When they do come they need to get back on their feet.

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For our residents who are medically

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underserved for whatever reason that might be,

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our community health centers represented

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here both public and private are there for them.

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Are the county we are proud to provide available high quality

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care and our own clinics in Fairfield as well as --

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and our larger center.

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We do dental, primary care, pediatrics

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and well-child visits, chronic disease, communicable disease

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and I even see my own tuberculosis patients here

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in Fairfield.

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As a department we had health and social services

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put prevention first because the healthiest people are

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those that stay that way.

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When that is no longer possible, Solano County Family Medical

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Services and our community partners

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gather with us today, provide that piece

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so our residents can lead Fuller, richer

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and meaningful lives.

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In our facilities every week as community health center week

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but we are proud to celebrate this week with you today.

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With that I understand we have a few comments

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for some folks with us.

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Come on up.

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>> Thank you.

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>> Good morning board of Supervisors.

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I'm a long time employee of -- de La Raza.

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Thank you for this recognition on behalf of the 1200 staff,

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almost 9000 pases seen at La Clinica every year

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Pierre this year's theme for National Health Center Week

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is building Innovative care where it matters.

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At La Clinica a few examples are enhanced care

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for the reentry population, new STI and HIV outreach

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testing and treatment services and Medi-Cal enrollments done

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in the community.

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I want to acknowledge for close to 25 years how important are

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partnership is with the support of health

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services, public health, social services

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furthered by Director Emory Cohen.

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Also with the support of the Board of Supervisors here

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in Solano County.

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Our entire team within the Viejo City,

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from our medical, dental, behavioral health and community

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health education service commit to the continued partnership

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to address the enormous challenges we are facing

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in healthcare with Medi-Cal and HR1 changes,

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impacting our ability to serve the most vulnerable communities

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including we want to work in partnership with the no on 44

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campaign that we're going to be facing here

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in November in the state.

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Thank you so much.

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>> Good morning chair, mayor, board and city Council.

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My name is Dinorah Quarry and I'm here

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on behalf of Alagoas Health.

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We would like to thank you for --

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August 2nd through eighth as National Health Center Week.

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We sincerely appreciate your support

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of community health centers and the patients we serve.

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Your proclamation helps raise awareness

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of the essential rural health centers play

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in ensuring access to quality affordable care for everyone

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in our community.

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Last year alone, health centers in our region provided well over

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143,000 patient visits to more than 43,748 patients,

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demonstrating the vital role they play in keeping

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our communities healthy and connected to care.

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Thank you again for recognizing National Health Center

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Week for your continued partnership and support.

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We look forward to continuing to work together

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to improve the health and well-being of our communities.

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Thank you.

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[background chatter]

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>> Yes, we are done.

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>> It's time to take public comments.

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For those of you who were here in person,

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please complete a speaker card and submit it

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to the clerk on my right.

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The clerk will call your name.

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Please come forward to the podium and be ready to speak.

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For those attending the meeting virtually,

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press star three to raise your hands

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and alert the clerk you wish to speak under public comments.

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The clerk will call out the last two digits of your phone number

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to let you know it is time for you to speak.

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It is 3 minutes.

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Just letting you know.

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Let's be kind.

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did the clerk of the board, Okay.

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First is Marshall.

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>> I understand there's a request for a little bit longer

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than three?

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I can do that.

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>> Thank you.

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Good morning chair.

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I am Dan Marshall, chief of police.

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I'm here to express concerns.

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Carey executive director has publicly stated the program

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requires an additional $90,500 in county funding to sustain.

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Those statements have appeared in multiple public posts

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many of which have tagged local law enforcement agencies.

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According to information provided,

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the program cannot continue providing 24 hour services

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without additional funding met the cost of each examination has

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increased from 2300 per case to 2800, effective July 1st.

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In 2025 there were 114 exams and at 2300 per exam that generated

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approximately 260 $2,000.

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If it were 2800 it would increase by about 6000.

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Through this point in 2026, serving 50 exams

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and it's trending -- by 2025.

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Based on information provided regarding staffing,

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a calculated paying a nurse $20 an hour for continuous on call

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coverage 24 hours a day 365 days a year with total approximately

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$175,200.

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Even allowing for additional compensation,

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for hours at $100 for each exam, the estimated annual cost

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would still be lower than the total revenue

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generated from the examination fees.

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Using these assumptions -- would be 46000 --

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for the examinations. (inaudible) which is about 4000

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--

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again 2800, this year would be an additional 6000.

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While I recognize there are additional operational expenses

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beyond wages, these numbers raise legitimate questions

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about the program's overall financial picture.

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It's my understanding the organization may also

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receive county funding through grants or other public sources.

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If that's the case I respectfully

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request the board agendize this issue

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and include a financial review of the program,

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including all county funding, grants, examination revenue

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and operating expenses.

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As a nonprofit organization receiving public funds,

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I believe transparency is essential to maintaining

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public trust.

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I also ask the board to evaluate whether a JPA working

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with our local hospitals who could administer

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the program more efficiently.

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Currently our police dispatchers receive a monthly call

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out schedule and are responsible for coordinating nurse call

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outs.

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There may be more sustainable model

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for delivering these legally mandated services.

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We are also told availability would

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be reduced by eight hours a day, cutting critical times

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from 2 a.m.

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To 10 a.m..

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24 hour coverage remains a critical service

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for victims of sexual assault and is

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essential to our criminal justice.

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The issue impacts victims in every resident of Solano County.

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I asked the board to place this on a future agenda

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for considerations and all available options

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to ensure these essential services remain sustainable.

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Thank you for your time.

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>> If you could email the data that you're talking about,

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that would be great because I couldn't write fast enough.

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>> I'm sorry.

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>> No, you were doing everything proper.

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>> I would really appreciate that.

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Will definitely have a conversation

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of what you're talking about.

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Thank you for bringing that forward.

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>> Yes.

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>> Next speaker is James.

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>> Good morning -- with the promotions of --

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we have two new managers that have replaced in their position.

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Behind me is Riley Martinson and he's our engineering manager at.

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He's been with the county for nine years, promoted up

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to the position and Austin Miller is our new water

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and Delta manager.

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He is from SAC County and we're very excited to have --

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I'd like to welcome them.

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>> Come up and say hi.

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>> Yes, I guess we are saying something.

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Been here nine years and had a great time.

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Excited to keep working with you.

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>> Good morning.

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Austin Miller.

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A little about me, originally from Oregon

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where I studied agricultural sciences at Oregon State.

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I've been in Sacramento County for the last ten years working

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with two different organizations,

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primarily their resource conservation district

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as their district manager and then most recently the County

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of Sacramento Department of Water Resources and worked

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on a variety of -- and groundwater projects.

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I'm excited to jump in here.

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Thanks.

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Obviously if you want some time to meet with them

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and discuss the process for moving forward

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it would be great.

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Looking forward to great work from them and --

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thank you.

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>> Thank you guys.

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[applause]

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>> Next speaker is Jim.

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>> Thank you.

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I'm resident of Solano County.

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There is a Chinese blessing slash curse that says, may

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you live in interesting times.

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I don't know more interesting times than this.

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Solano County is under the microscope.

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We have national attention.

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00:47:33,155 --> 00:47:36,979
We have national attention because of the proposal outside

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00:47:36,979 --> 00:47:42,221
of any planning document to build an Oakland slash

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Minneapolis slash Tulsa slash Bakersfield sized city

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in our county.

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The current proposal -- and this is all behind the scenes,

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this is all the backroom deals --

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the current proposal is to waive environmental review.

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00:48:00,695 --> 00:48:04,295
For this proposal that would almost

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double the population of Solano County.

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Absurd.

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00:48:09,539 --> 00:48:16,739
But the question really is if you have enough money, if your

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billionaires from Silicon Valley,

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00:48:19,867 --> 00:48:23,467
can you buy the California government?

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That's what we're talking about.

532
00:48:26,603 --> 00:48:29,291
Can you purchase the governor's office?

533
00:48:29,291 --> 00:48:32,891
Can you purchase the California legislature?

534
00:48:34,950 --> 00:48:39,495
It is absurd , to whatever proposals are being proposed

535
00:48:42,295 --> 00:48:48,970
behind the scenes in Sacramento, and all of the public knows is

536
00:48:48,970 --> 00:48:53,541
what is leaked out and what is discovered through investigative

537
00:48:53,541 --> 00:48:54,448
journalism.

538
00:48:54,448 --> 00:48:58,648
We don't know what proposals are being

539
00:48:58,865 --> 00:49:00,421
discussed behind closed doors.

540
00:49:00,421 --> 00:49:03,248
What we do know from investigative journalism,

541
00:49:03,248 --> 00:49:08,598
is that there was a meeting with the governor himself on April

542
00:49:08,598 --> 00:49:09,980
1st.

543
00:49:09,980 --> 00:49:12,608
What we do know, from investigative journalism,

544
00:49:12,608 --> 00:49:18,605
is there was a meeting last Thursday that has officials from

545
00:49:18,605 --> 00:49:22,805
California forever and apparently our local legislative

546
00:49:23,735 --> 00:49:27,335
representatives and potentially someone here --

547
00:49:29,110 --> 00:49:35,110
these meetings are being carried out outside of the public

548
00:49:36,305 --> 00:49:37,295
process.

549
00:49:37,295 --> 00:49:40,295
Potentially -- what's going on?

550
00:49:40,795 --> 00:49:47,395
To account to the 2008 EIR for the general plan for Fort

551
00:49:48,274 --> 00:49:49,387
Collins ville -- absurd.

552
00:49:49,387 --> 00:49:51,495
I've spent a couple hours rereading.

553
00:49:51,495 --> 00:49:55,155
It's very general and not specific enough and the threat

554
00:49:55,155 --> 00:49:58,971
there -- the credible threat I'd like to see the study of is that

555
00:49:58,971 --> 00:50:03,435
this would disrupt the drinking water supply of half

556
00:50:03,435 --> 00:50:05,115
of the county.

557
00:50:05,115 --> 00:50:09,495
Or to waive environmental review of the whole thing.

558
00:50:09,495 --> 00:50:11,295
This isn't California forever.

559
00:50:11,295 --> 00:50:14,235
This is California of the past where

560
00:50:14,235 --> 00:50:18,845
backroom deals are carried out by robber barons from elsewhere.

561
00:50:18,845 --> 00:50:21,245
In smoke filled rooms.

562
00:50:21,815 --> 00:50:26,187
Although currently they probably are smoke free and latte filled.

563
00:50:26,187 --> 00:50:29,275
Might ask is when there is such a meeting,

564
00:50:29,275 --> 00:50:32,139
could we have our public officials who represent

565
00:50:32,139 --> 00:50:36,270
us to report out on what's been talked about

566
00:50:36,270 --> 00:50:40,195
and that these major issues come with these major proposals

567
00:50:40,195 --> 00:50:43,643
do not remain secret to the public.

568
00:50:43,643 --> 00:50:45,643
Thank you.

569
00:50:46,208 --> 00:50:48,923
>> We have three callers on the line.

570
00:50:48,923 --> 00:50:52,799
Please press star six to unmute yourself and say your name

571
00:50:52,799 --> 00:50:53,486
if you wish.

572
00:50:53,486 --> 00:50:55,886
You have three minutes.

573
00:51:06,604 --> 00:51:07,396
>> Can you hear me?

574
00:51:07,396 --> 00:51:08,501
>> Yes I can.

575
00:51:08,501 --> 00:51:10,475
>> Hi.

576
00:51:10,475 --> 00:51:11,135
>> Caller?

577
00:51:11,135 --> 00:51:14,255
You are not the caller that we called on

578
00:51:14,255 --> 00:51:19,550
so we're going to place you on mute.

579
00:51:21,921 --> 00:51:24,129
>> Please press star six to unmute yourself and state

580
00:51:24,129 --> 00:51:26,661
your name if you wish.

581
00:51:26,661 --> 00:51:27,915
>> Hello?

582
00:51:27,915 --> 00:51:29,186
>> We can hear you.

583
00:51:29,186 --> 00:51:31,586
We can hear you.

584
00:51:31,955 --> 00:51:34,595
>> My name is Joel Berry oh.

585
00:51:34,595 --> 00:51:36,675
I'm a resident of Placerville.

586
00:51:36,675 --> 00:51:42,675
Last week -- there's a lot of screaming and gnashing

587
00:51:43,245 --> 00:51:47,121
their teeth over the loss of the shipyard,

588
00:51:47,121 --> 00:51:52,621
and I just want to reiterate some things that I said last

589
00:51:52,621 --> 00:51:53,285
week.

590
00:51:53,285 --> 00:51:57,505
With all the noise that was being made over that,

591
00:51:57,505 --> 00:52:01,995
it's important to remember just how California forever

592
00:52:01,995 --> 00:52:03,315
came to us.

593
00:52:03,315 --> 00:52:07,331
We all remember the secrecy and then remember the fact

594
00:52:07,331 --> 00:52:09,435
that they screen people who just simply

595
00:52:09,435 --> 00:52:14,291
didn't want to do business with them, sued them into bankruptcy.

596
00:52:14,291 --> 00:52:20,891
And we know from stated campaign contributions that at least some

597
00:52:24,901 --> 00:52:30,141
of our board members might be falling into California

598
00:52:30,141 --> 00:52:31,260
Forever's orbit.

599
00:52:31,260 --> 00:52:34,683
We know a lot of local city Council members

600
00:52:34,683 --> 00:52:37,135
are very up front about it that they now

601
00:52:37,135 --> 00:52:39,950
work for California forever.

602
00:52:39,950 --> 00:52:42,695
Let's not forget staff report for 2024

603
00:52:44,670 --> 00:52:47,670
that demonstrated that California forever

604
00:52:47,606 --> 00:52:51,195
is going to be a net drain on the taxpayers.

605
00:52:51,195 --> 00:52:54,501
Everyone seems to forget this and just

606
00:52:54,501 --> 00:52:56,595
the total amount of noise and money

607
00:52:56,595 --> 00:52:58,995
that California forever produces.

608
00:53:00,915 --> 00:53:06,915
If any one -- (inaudible) the latest show that California

609
00:53:08,475 --> 00:53:11,955
Forever has put on that once again --.

610
00:53:11,955 --> 00:53:16,595
Anyone who has spent just an hour looking at their website

611
00:53:16,595 --> 00:53:19,650
going back to more than a year, would

612
00:53:19,650 --> 00:53:24,650
have seen that Saronic already owns an existing boatyard

613
00:53:24,650 --> 00:53:25,981
in Franklin, Louisiana.

614
00:53:25,981 --> 00:53:30,635
From there they've already produced 150 foot poles and they

615
00:53:30,635 --> 00:53:36,635
expect to employ 500 people and they expect to have that

616
00:53:37,699 --> 00:53:41,328
facility -- they'll have the capacity to build 50 of these

617
00:53:41,328 --> 00:53:43,335
large crafts a year.

618
00:53:43,335 --> 00:53:47,750
They would need a huge order from the Defense Department

619
00:53:47,750 --> 00:53:51,768
before they would ever be doing anything at a place --

620
00:53:51,768 --> 00:53:53,845
they're not going to make that investment.

621
00:53:53,845 --> 00:53:56,675
They've already spent 300 million plus

622
00:53:56,675 --> 00:53:58,515
in Franklin Louisiana.

623
00:53:58,515 --> 00:54:03,491
Brownsville was doing their best to compete against the existing

624
00:54:03,491 --> 00:54:05,891
yard -- in Louisiana.

625
00:54:06,195 --> 00:54:08,955
Solano County was never in the running.

626
00:54:08,955 --> 00:54:12,155
We were only connected because of two of the investors

627
00:54:12,155 --> 00:54:15,795
in California forever are also Saronic investors.

628
00:54:15,795 --> 00:54:21,880
This was all a smoke screen, another play by California

629
00:54:21,880 --> 00:54:22,341
forever.

630
00:54:22,341 --> 00:54:26,635
Last Saturday I attended a California Forever Open house

631
00:54:26,635 --> 00:54:28,981
and I was there for the entire two hours.

632
00:54:28,981 --> 00:54:32,847
During that time I believe less than 40 people in total

633
00:54:32,847 --> 00:54:33,347
attended.

634
00:54:33,347 --> 00:54:37,547
At least three of those -- >> Okay.

635
00:54:37,920 --> 00:54:39,920
I am done?

636
00:54:40,215 --> 00:54:40,715
>> Yes.

637
00:54:40,715 --> 00:54:42,435
Your time is up.

638
00:54:42,435 --> 00:54:43,223
>> Thank you.

639
00:54:43,223 --> 00:54:47,328
I know we will hear from you again, so don't worry about it.

640
00:54:47,328 --> 00:54:52,443
>> Oh yeah. (laughs) caller with phone number ending in eight

641
00:54:52,443 --> 00:54:55,225
four, please press star six to unmute and state your name

642
00:54:55,225 --> 00:54:57,225
if you wish.

643
00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:05,315
>> My name is -- and I'm very happy -- hello?

644
00:55:05,315 --> 00:55:07,675
>> We can hear you.

645
00:55:07,675 --> 00:55:08,675
>> Can you hear me?

646
00:55:08,675 --> 00:55:09,175
Great.

647
00:55:09,175 --> 00:55:10,895
This is Charlene Schmidt.

648
00:55:10,895 --> 00:55:18,750
I am very happy -- it appears as though I am not represented

649
00:55:18,750 --> 00:55:22,275
on that panel as I live in district four and we are short

650
00:55:22,275 --> 00:55:24,163
a representative for that district.

651
00:55:24,163 --> 00:55:27,475
I'm going to speak on behalf of the people in the district four,

652
00:55:27,475 --> 00:55:30,635
especially those of us who live in the unincorporated part

653
00:55:30,635 --> 00:55:31,968
of the county.

654
00:55:31,968 --> 00:55:36,808
I did attend last week a City council meeting

655
00:55:36,808 --> 00:55:42,808
and I am very concerned about the Northeast Development Plan.

656
00:55:44,555 --> 00:55:48,459
And I understand that in order for that to happen,

657
00:55:48,459 --> 00:55:54,459
Solano County needs to give 700 or 800 acres of county land

658
00:55:55,141 --> 00:56:01,275
to the city so they can pour concrete over our farm.

659
00:56:01,275 --> 00:56:06,479
Not exactly -- a half mile off of their path --

660
00:56:06,479 --> 00:56:12,308
I really would like to have some transparency to what is the role

661
00:56:12,308 --> 00:56:14,150
-- how does this process work?

662
00:56:14,150 --> 00:56:18,859
If the city wants to annex -- this is happening --

663
00:56:18,859 --> 00:56:23,915
they're talking about the truck stop at Pleasant Valley.

664
00:56:23,915 --> 00:56:30,695
How does a city take county land and how does a constituent who

665
00:56:30,695 --> 00:56:36,920
doesn't have any voting abilities or say in the city --

666
00:56:36,920 --> 00:56:39,341
speak up for our county land?

667
00:56:39,341 --> 00:56:41,895
I don't want more growth.

668
00:56:41,895 --> 00:56:45,195
I want our farms to stay farms.

669
00:56:45,195 --> 00:56:47,515
We need our food.

670
00:56:47,515 --> 00:56:54,115
And if the county continues to give away the county land,

671
00:56:54,248 --> 00:56:57,595
we are going to have concrete.

672
00:56:57,595 --> 00:57:00,978
I don't know what the process is but I'm here for the first time.

673
00:57:00,978 --> 00:57:06,160
My name is Charlene and I'm with integrity -- that's my ranch.

674
00:57:06,160 --> 00:57:10,750
And I will be back and I will be back with the neighborhood

675
00:57:10,750 --> 00:57:12,963
because we are not informed about this.

676
00:57:12,963 --> 00:57:18,208
I have been here since before 2015 when they started the --

677
00:57:18,208 --> 00:57:20,245
I have never been informed --

678
00:57:20,245 --> 00:57:25,155
I've not been brought into a discussion panel, surveys

679
00:57:25,155 --> 00:57:27,750
because I'm not in the city.

680
00:57:27,750 --> 00:57:32,915
At the county, prior to annexing our land to a city,

681
00:57:32,915 --> 00:57:34,881
we should have some input.

682
00:57:34,881 --> 00:57:37,651
If there's not already a process to get input

683
00:57:37,651 --> 00:57:40,651
from your unincorporated residents, landowners

684
00:57:40,768 --> 00:57:44,368
and business owners, and food producers,

685
00:57:45,555 --> 00:57:47,603
there needs to be one put in place.

686
00:57:47,603 --> 00:57:54,595
I will continue to figure out how I can support district four

687
00:57:54,595 --> 00:57:58,455
voice so we have somebody sitting in the chair that

688
00:57:58,455 --> 00:58:00,615
can speak for us.

689
00:58:00,615 --> 00:58:02,995
I'm going to step up and be here.

690
00:58:02,995 --> 00:58:05,920
I appreciate any support you can give me

691
00:58:05,920 --> 00:58:08,429
and telling me the right way to go.

692
00:58:08,429 --> 00:58:10,829
Thank you so much.

693
00:58:13,350 --> 00:58:17,850
We have a caller who is listed as anonymous.

694
00:58:17,850 --> 00:58:19,485
Please press star three.

695
00:58:19,608 --> 00:58:22,608
Star six to unmute yourself.

696
00:58:28,210 --> 00:58:28,710
>> Hello.

697
00:58:28,710 --> 00:58:30,710
>> Hello?

698
00:58:31,435 --> 00:58:33,835
>> This is Gore Robinson.

699
00:58:35,156 --> 00:58:37,556
I hate California forever.

700
00:58:38,401 --> 00:58:40,595
Also, I hate trannies.

701
00:58:40,595 --> 00:58:42,423
I hate them so much.

702
00:58:42,423 --> 00:58:45,195
I hate them so much.

703
00:58:45,195 --> 00:58:50,547
I also support the Vallejo police sending their --

704
00:58:50,547 --> 00:58:52,547
you filthy niggers.

705
00:58:56,154 --> 00:58:56,821
>> Cut them off.

706
00:58:56,821 --> 00:58:58,819
>> We do not accept that language here.

707
00:58:58,819 --> 00:59:03,190
That is wrong and you know better.

708
00:59:06,507 --> 00:59:08,299
>> Next caller on the line, caller six six.

709
00:59:08,299 --> 00:59:10,423
If you wish to speak under items from the public

710
00:59:10,423 --> 00:59:14,623
please press star six to unmute yourself.

711
00:59:22,700 --> 00:59:23,955
>> Hello, can you hear me?

712
00:59:23,955 --> 00:59:27,928
I'm really disappointed in the last person's comments.

713
00:59:27,928 --> 00:59:28,963
That was awful.

714
00:59:28,963 --> 00:59:31,260
I'll proceed with my own.

715
00:59:31,260 --> 00:59:35,395
So my name is Joseph and I'm a physician assistant

716
00:59:35,395 --> 00:59:37,315
at Family Health Services.

717
00:59:37,315 --> 00:59:41,115
Prior to starting working here in August of 2024

718
00:59:41,115 --> 00:59:43,655
I was assigned to Partnership Health Plan

719
00:59:43,655 --> 00:59:46,515
and specifically to Solano County Family Health

720
00:59:46,515 --> 00:59:48,275
Services as a patient.

721
00:59:48,275 --> 00:59:50,923
When I call to make an appointment to establish care,

722
00:59:50,923 --> 00:59:52,835
I was informed there were no appointments

723
00:59:52,835 --> 00:59:55,235
available at that time.

724
00:59:55,355 --> 01:00:00,755
Fortunately, I was 29 and not needing serious health care.

725
01:00:01,595 --> 01:00:04,395
But I can imagine that other people like myself,

726
01:00:04,395 --> 01:00:07,865
new to the clinic, not able to get appointments but needing

727
01:00:07,865 --> 01:00:09,501
more serious health care, ended up

728
01:00:09,501 --> 01:00:12,727
going to the emergency room for refills on psychiatric meds

729
01:00:12,727 --> 01:00:14,545
and blood pressure meds and medications

730
01:00:14,545 --> 01:00:16,165
for high cholesterol.

731
01:00:16,165 --> 01:00:20,155
These are very important things for patients

732
01:00:20,155 --> 01:00:24,435
because they prevent them from having mental health crises,

733
01:00:24,435 --> 01:00:26,739
heart attacks and strokes.

734
01:00:26,739 --> 01:00:29,501
So probably during that time people were ending up

735
01:00:29,501 --> 01:00:33,547
in the emergency room more and that was costly and inefficient.

736
01:00:33,547 --> 01:00:36,691
At this time, Solano County Health Services

737
01:00:36,691 --> 01:00:40,328
has an amazing group of nurse practitioners and physician

738
01:00:40,328 --> 01:00:42,635
assistants taking care of patients.

739
01:00:42,635 --> 01:00:48,395
I'm afraid that patients may not have the same access they have

740
01:00:48,395 --> 01:00:53,195
now because of three reasons -- number one,

741
01:00:53,299 --> 01:00:56,102
these people come at physician assistants and nurse

742
01:00:56,102 --> 01:00:58,644
practitioners recruited over the last few years were promised

743
01:00:58,644 --> 01:01:02,750
a $50,000 bonus, retention bonus over five years.

744
01:01:02,750 --> 01:01:04,475
That bonus is no longer available because

745
01:01:04,475 --> 01:01:05,728
of mismanagement.

746
01:01:05,728 --> 01:01:09,635
I won't elaborate much more on that.

747
01:01:09,635 --> 01:01:15,350
Another reason, there's an issue within the county --

748
01:01:15,515 --> 01:01:16,475
Family Health services.

749
01:01:16,475 --> 01:01:18,495
We don't have a lab available.

750
01:01:18,495 --> 01:01:22,538
I can't check patients blood sugars or urine

751
01:01:22,538 --> 01:01:24,980
testing and that creates liability

752
01:01:24,980 --> 01:01:25,695
and problem for patient care.

753
01:01:25,695 --> 01:01:27,355
That's very challenging for us.

754
01:01:27,355 --> 01:01:30,955
Additionally, our most recent contract negotiations

755
01:01:31,275 --> 01:01:33,541
were not the most favorable compared

756
01:01:33,541 --> 01:01:35,328
to previous negotiations.

757
01:01:35,328 --> 01:01:40,728
It's not surprising that the districts represented by Wanda

758
01:01:41,835 --> 01:01:45,430
Williams and Cassandra James the Board of Supervisors

759
01:01:45,430 --> 01:01:47,835
who voted favorably for the public servants who serve

760
01:01:47,835 --> 01:01:53,221
our amazing patients come those districts have the most --

761
01:01:53,221 --> 01:01:56,915
people who use these county services --

762
01:01:56,915 --> 01:02:00,655
Medi-Cal, food stamps I'm not surprised the Board

763
01:02:00,655 --> 01:02:05,608
of Supervisors voted favorably for their public servants serving

764
01:02:05,608 --> 01:02:06,955
their constituents.

765
01:02:06,955 --> 01:02:09,685
And that the other Board of Supervisors whose constituents

766
01:02:09,685 --> 01:02:12,163
probably don't rely as much on public service.

767
01:02:12,163 --> 01:02:15,931
They didn't vote in favor of those contracts recently.

768
01:02:15,931 --> 01:02:21,931
I would like to request that management keep working hard

769
01:02:22,463 --> 01:02:28,203
support your employees and I want to express appreciation for other --

770
01:02:28,203 --> 01:02:30,203
and for colleagues.

771
01:02:33,635 --> 01:02:38,435
I have no other callers on the line.

772
01:02:42,682 --> 01:02:44,807
>> Ian, are there any other additions or deletions?

773
01:02:44,807 --> 01:02:47,659
No additions or deletions but I'll announce a change.

774
01:02:47,659 --> 01:02:50,819
We're planning to cancel the August 11th board meeting.

775
01:02:50,819 --> 01:02:54,341
When we adjourn the meeting at the close today we will adjourn

776
01:02:54,341 --> 01:02:55,811
to August 25th.

777
01:02:55,811 --> 01:02:58,811
It's our next scheduled meeting.

778
01:02:59,275 --> 01:03:01,675
Thank you thank you.

779
01:03:10,809 --> 01:03:13,209
>> I apologize, August 25th.

780
01:03:18,868 --> 01:03:19,451
>> So I need a

781
01:03:19,451 --> 01:03:23,595
>> I need a motion to approve the agenda with the item Ian

782
01:03:23,595 --> 01:03:25,595
just mentioned.

783
01:03:39,658 --> 01:03:41,750
>> So ordered by a vote of 4 to 0.

784
01:03:41,750 --> 01:03:43,327
>> I believe we are on consent now?

785
01:03:43,327 --> 01:03:44,139
Okay.

786
01:03:44,139 --> 01:03:47,851
And it's just because I'm afraid to say something

787
01:03:47,851 --> 01:03:50,315
that we are moving okay, because something will happen.

788
01:03:50,315 --> 01:03:53,315
So I won't say that.

789
01:03:53,431 --> 01:03:54,389
>> Callers on the line.

790
01:03:54,389 --> 01:03:57,395
If you wish to speak on an item on the consent calendar please

791
01:03:57,395 --> 01:04:00,395
press *3 to raise your hand.

792
01:04:05,750 --> 01:04:09,187
Ma'am, I have no cards for consent calendar item

793
01:04:09,187 --> 01:04:12,355
and I have no callers raising their hands.

794
01:04:12,355 --> 01:04:15,215
>> Board members, do you have any comments?

795
01:04:15,215 --> 01:04:17,215
For consent?

796
01:04:19,155 --> 01:04:23,275
It has been properly moved and seconded.

797
01:04:23,275 --> 01:04:25,275
All right.

798
01:04:25,541 --> 01:04:29,741
>> As ordered by a vote of 4 to 0.

799
01:04:29,995 --> 01:04:31,995
>> Okay.

800
01:04:32,795 --> 01:04:36,800
So I believe we are on item 15.

801
01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:42,800
If the clerk of the board would read item number 15,

802
01:04:42,561 --> 01:04:46,375
and I believe we get to see somebody -- yes.

803
01:04:46,375 --> 01:04:48,350
I love it.

804
01:04:48,350 --> 01:04:53,221
Consider allocating funding from the Solano County Housing Trust

805
01:04:53,221 --> 01:04:59,821
Fund in the amounts of $400,000 for a loan to EAH housing

806
01:05:00,999 --> 01:05:06,800
and $200,000 for a grant to Napa Solano habitat for humanity;

807
01:05:06,800 --> 01:05:09,608
consider deferring public facility fees of $446,354

808
01:05:10,162 --> 01:05:14,362
for EAH's Tabor Commons development and authorize

809
01:05:16,777 --> 01:05:19,235
the County administrator to execute all documents necessary

810
01:05:19,235 --> 01:05:20,693
to implement the board's direction,

811
01:05:20,693 --> 01:05:23,195
subject to County Council approval.

812
01:05:23,195 --> 01:05:25,467
>> Staff I guess you get to do a presentation..

813
01:05:25,467 --> 01:05:27,715
Good morning chair and members of the board.

814
01:05:27,715 --> 01:05:29,715
Principal management analyst.

815
01:05:30,301 --> 01:05:32,115
>> I think a little bit louder for you?

816
01:05:32,115 --> 01:05:34,115
It'd be helpful.

817
01:05:34,275 --> 01:05:34,915
>> Louder?

818
01:05:34,915 --> 01:05:36,155
Me?

819
01:05:36,155 --> 01:05:39,755
>> I know, it's an anomaly (laughs).

820
01:05:41,732 --> 01:05:42,399
>> Is this okay?

821
01:05:42,399 --> 01:05:43,835
>> Thank you.

822
01:05:43,835 --> 01:05:46,843
>> Today we are asking you to consider providing housing trust

823
01:05:46,843 --> 01:05:50,155
fund assistance to two affordable housing projects

824
01:05:50,155 --> 01:05:53,675
in Solano County and to defer public county facility fees

825
01:05:53,675 --> 01:05:56,675
for one of those projects.

826
01:06:00,445 --> 01:06:01,945
>> The first project, Tabor Commons,

827
01:06:01,945 --> 01:06:04,295
is a 66 unit affordable housing development in Fairfield

828
01:06:04,295 --> 01:06:07,803
consisting of one, two and three bedroom apartments.

829
01:06:07,803 --> 01:06:10,999
All units will be affordable to households earning

830
01:06:10,999 --> 01:06:14,424
no more than 70% of the area median income,

831
01:06:14,424 --> 01:06:16,595
with 41 of those units restricted

832
01:06:16,595 --> 01:06:19,168
to households earning no more than 30%

833
01:06:19,168 --> 01:06:21,500
of the area median income.

834
01:06:21,500 --> 01:06:25,477
For context, the current area median income for a four person

835
01:06:25,477 --> 01:06:27,477
household is $124,600.

836
01:06:28,200 --> 01:06:31,200
EAH requested the 400,000 currently available

837
01:06:34,280 --> 01:06:35,121
in the Housing Trust Fund.

838
01:06:35,121 --> 01:06:37,123
Staff recommends providing this assistance

839
01:06:37,123 --> 01:06:40,825
as a loan bearing 3% simple interest with payments

840
01:06:40,825 --> 01:06:42,315
deferred until year seven.

841
01:06:42,315 --> 01:06:44,550
These are the same terms approved

842
01:06:44,550 --> 01:06:48,432
for the previous Housing Trust Fund and loan.

843
01:06:48,432 --> 01:06:53,774
EAH also requested that the county waiver defer approximately $446,354

844
01:06:53,774 --> 01:06:58,475
in public facilities fees or to convert the fees to residual

845
01:06:58,475 --> 01:06:59,295
receipts loan.

846
01:06:59,295 --> 01:07:02,867
Because the county is not previously waived, excuse

847
01:07:02,867 --> 01:07:05,155
me waived public facilities fees,

848
01:07:05,155 --> 01:07:07,750
staff recommends deferral.

849
01:07:07,750 --> 01:07:10,750
Together the recommended county loan and fee deferral

850
01:07:10,750 --> 01:07:13,275
represent less than 2% of the project's total development

851
01:07:13,275 --> 01:07:13,779
costs.

852
01:07:13,779 --> 01:07:17,975
I'll give you more detail on Tabor comments shortly

853
01:07:17,975 --> 01:07:22,775
and a representative from EAH housing, Bice Lockard

854
01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:25,150
is here to answer any questions.

855
01:07:25,150 --> 01:07:27,480
Next one is Harmony Village, which

856
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:32,675
is a ten home infill development near East Monta Vista Avenue in Vacaville.

857
01:07:32,675 --> 01:07:35,455
The project will consist of semi detached,

858
01:07:35,455 --> 01:07:40,255
four bedroom two bath homes containing 1554ft² each.

859
01:07:40,595 --> 01:07:45,700
These are provided by Napa Solano habitat for humanity.

860
01:07:45,700 --> 01:07:49,381
The homes will be sold to local families earning more than 80%

861
01:07:49,381 --> 01:07:51,781
of the area income.

862
01:07:51,888 --> 01:07:55,608
For context a family of four is $124,600 to.

863
01:07:55,608 --> 01:07:58,608
So 80% would be 109, $110,000 a year.

864
01:08:01,731 --> 01:08:06,501
Staff recommends awarding habitat the full fiscal year 26,

865
01:08:06,501 --> 01:08:10,648
27 Housing Trust Fund allocation of $200,000 as a grant.

866
01:08:10,648 --> 01:08:13,350
This represents slightly less than 4%

867
01:08:13,350 --> 01:08:15,939
of the project's estimated development costs.

868
01:08:15,939 --> 01:08:20,955
The CEO of Napa Solano Habitat for humanity is here --

869
01:08:20,955 --> 01:08:26,355
if you have any questions for him as well.

870
01:08:31,890 --> 01:08:31,100
>> Here's a brief summary of the Housing Trust fund.

871
01:08:31,100 --> 01:08:33,488
The ordinance establishing the Trust Fund this past 2022

872
01:08:33,488 --> 01:08:37,275
to create a mechanism to fund affordable housing projects

873
01:08:37,275 --> 01:08:38,495
and programs.

874
01:08:38,495 --> 01:08:41,166
Requirement to establish the Housing Trust Fund

875
01:08:41,166 --> 01:08:43,815
is that we must have an annual contribution that

876
01:08:43,815 --> 01:08:47,267
does not come from restricted federal or state funds.

877
01:08:47,267 --> 01:08:50,119
When the fund was established the board agreed to transfer

878
01:08:50,119 --> 01:08:53,915
the annual allocation of 200 000 for affordable housing from

879
01:08:53,915 --> 01:08:57,750
the Community Investment Fund to the Housing Trust Fund to meet

880
01:08:57,750 --> 01:08:58,980
district requirements.

881
01:08:58,980 --> 01:09:02,735
I would like to talk about why we are not bringing forward

882
01:09:02,735 --> 01:09:04,971
an RFP for these funds.

883
01:09:04,971 --> 01:09:07,595
Typically we would but because the amount available is

884
01:09:07,595 --> 01:09:11,215
relatively limited staff deferred issuing another RFP --

885
01:09:11,215 --> 01:09:13,867
while the fund accumulated additional resources.

886
01:09:13,867 --> 01:09:16,139
However, you may recall this isn't the first time

887
01:09:16,139 --> 01:09:20,150
we've heard an item on the Tabor Commons Project.

888
01:09:20,150 --> 01:09:24,291
It was originally heard in 2022 as a potential project to be

889
01:09:24,291 --> 01:09:25,545
funded by ARPA.

890
01:09:25,545 --> 01:09:28,380
The board recognized the project's affordable housing

891
01:09:28,380 --> 01:09:30,883
benefits but elected not to provide ARPA funding

892
01:09:30,883 --> 01:09:34,755
because a significant award in the form of final approval from

893
01:09:34,755 --> 01:09:39,219
multifamily Housing program funds was still pending for the developer

894
01:09:39,219 --> 01:09:43,515
and the board at that time did not or decided not to tie up

895
01:09:43,515 --> 01:09:47,155
multiple millions of Arpa funds when there was no assurance that

896
01:09:47,155 --> 01:09:49,455
the funds developer needed --

897
01:09:49,455 --> 01:09:52,595
no issuance that the funds would be spent within the required

898
01:09:52,595 --> 01:09:53,539
time frame.

899
01:09:53,539 --> 01:09:58,835
Since then the developer and city have been in contact with staff

900
01:09:58,835 --> 01:10:01,255
to see if any funding is available.

901
01:10:01,255 --> 01:10:04,448
The developer now faces an approximately $1.8 million

902
01:10:04,448 --> 01:10:07,955
gap in financing due to increased costs.

903
01:10:07,955 --> 01:10:11,888
If it cannot demonstrate sufficient funding it will

904
01:10:11,888 --> 01:10:15,867
likely be required to relinquish their tax credit allocation with

905
01:10:15,867 --> 01:10:21,595
no dispute by the end of August. Habitat for humanity has asked

906
01:10:21,595 --> 01:10:24,281
for financial support but did not request a specific funding

907
01:10:24,281 --> 01:10:24,781
amount.

908
01:10:24,781 --> 01:10:27,725
The county has a long standing partnership with habitat

909
01:10:27,725 --> 01:10:29,735
and most recently supporting the construction

910
01:10:29,735 --> 01:10:34,635
of three single family homes near Alameda Park in Fairfield.

911
01:10:34,635 --> 01:10:37,995
Staff is recommending the $200,000 come with the full

912
01:10:37,995 --> 01:10:43,430
amount for the 26, 27 -- the board has the discretion

913
01:10:43,430 --> 01:10:45,955
to determine appropriate award not just for habitat but for EA

914
01:10:45,955 --> 01:10:47,955
as well.

915
01:10:48,675 --> 01:10:51,675
Public facilities fees are imposed

916
01:10:52,935 --> 01:10:55,935
on residential and commercial development

917
01:10:56,175 --> 01:11:01,435
to help fund county facilities needed to serve growth.

918
01:11:01,435 --> 01:11:03,955
Anytime there is an increase in the number

919
01:11:03,955 --> 01:11:07,307
of residents or employees within the county,

920
01:11:07,307 --> 01:11:09,707
it impacts county facilities.

921
01:11:10,128 --> 01:11:12,528
These include facilities supporting

922
01:11:12,575 --> 01:11:15,755
health and social services, criminal justice, parks,

923
01:11:15,755 --> 01:11:19,355
libraries and certain general service functions.

924
01:11:20,256 --> 01:11:25,560
SB937 became effective January 1st 2025 and generally it

925
01:11:25,755 --> 01:11:29,195
requires qualifying residential developments to pay applicable

926
01:11:29,195 --> 01:11:34,350
development impact fees at issuance of the first certificate of occupancy

927
01:11:34,350 --> 01:11:37,350
rather than building permit issuance.

928
01:11:38,315 --> 01:11:40,658
The applicable fee amount is generally

929
01:11:40,658 --> 01:11:44,435
based on the rate in effect when the building permit is issued.

930
01:11:44,435 --> 01:11:49,650
In SB 937 it requires that that amount be frozen.

931
01:11:49,650 --> 01:11:54,275
EAH requested that the county waive or defer the fees

932
01:11:54,275 --> 01:11:58,150
or convert them to residual receipt loan bearing 3% simple

933
01:11:58,150 --> 01:11:58,515
interest.

934
01:11:58,515 --> 01:12:01,579
The county has not previously waived public facilities fees

935
01:12:01,579 --> 01:12:04,675
but has approved a fee deferral for another affordable housing

936
01:12:04,675 --> 01:12:05,381
project.

937
01:12:05,381 --> 01:12:09,581
Staff therefore recommends deferring approximately $446,354 in fees

938
01:12:11,325 --> 01:12:19,843
until issuance of the first certificate of occupancy. Staff also recommends that the agreement --

939
01:12:19,843 --> 01:12:23,341
require payment no later than five years after issuance

940
01:12:23,341 --> 01:12:24,835
of the building permit.

941
01:12:24,835 --> 01:12:26,755
Alternatively, the board could

942
01:12:26,755 --> 01:12:29,935
direct that the fees be converted to a residual receipts

943
01:12:29,935 --> 01:12:31,935
loan.

944
01:12:32,675 --> 01:12:35,855
Here's an updated site plan for Tabor Commons.

945
01:12:35,855 --> 01:12:40,243
The piece at the top where they are adding a large playground

946
01:12:40,243 --> 01:12:42,615
is new since the last time the board was

947
01:12:42,615 --> 01:12:44,155
reviewing this project.

948
01:12:44,155 --> 01:12:48,355
There's some green and some peach coloring.

949
01:12:50,715 --> 01:12:54,515
They have also added some more amenities including a picnic

950
01:12:54,515 --> 01:12:58,435
area, teen recreation area, bike storage and dedicated storage

951
01:12:58,435 --> 01:13:00,435
lockers for residents.

952
01:13:01,875 --> 01:13:03,759
As I mentioned before there would

953
01:13:03,759 --> 01:13:05,795
be 66 affordable units and the number of units

954
01:13:05,795 --> 01:13:07,465
is the same as when previously reviewed

955
01:13:07,465 --> 01:13:09,595
but the affordability has changed in order

956
01:13:09,595 --> 01:13:12,230
to make the project more financially viable.

957
01:13:12,230 --> 01:13:16,110
The principal changes are the 20 units previously restricted

958
01:13:16,110 --> 01:13:19,723
to 20% of area median income would instead

959
01:13:19,723 --> 01:13:22,695
be restricted to 30% of area median income.

960
01:13:22,695 --> 01:13:25,591
Some units previously restricted at 40 or 50%

961
01:13:25,591 --> 01:13:27,705
would be restricted at 70%.

962
01:13:27,705 --> 01:13:32,505
Having 41 units restricted to 30% of area median income

963
01:13:32,723 --> 01:13:34,611
is still an amazing amount.

964
01:13:34,611 --> 01:13:37,423
16 of those would still be reserved

965
01:13:37,423 --> 01:13:40,821
for individuals with intellectual or developmental

966
01:13:40,821 --> 01:13:42,750
disabilities.

967
01:13:42,750 --> 01:13:45,928
Here's a breakdown of the developer's funding

968
01:13:45,928 --> 01:13:48,328
and projected construction costs.

969
01:13:48,984 --> 01:13:50,651
In the bottom right you can see the city

970
01:13:50,651 --> 01:13:54,243
of Fairfield's contribution in the form of fee credits

971
01:13:54,243 --> 01:13:55,895
and project based vouchers.

972
01:13:55,895 --> 01:13:59,950
There's also a 55 year affordability agreement

973
01:13:59,950 --> 01:14:02,695
to be recorded against this property.

974
01:14:03,435 --> 01:14:07,853
This slide shows the preliminary -- excuse me.

975
01:14:07,853 --> 01:14:10,355
We talked about habitat for humanity earlier.

976
01:14:10,355 --> 01:14:13,299
It's a great project for this infill location

977
01:14:13,299 --> 01:14:15,655
and we'll have five well-designed buildings

978
01:14:15,655 --> 01:14:19,855
and provide home opportunities for ten local

979
01:14:20,775 --> 01:14:22,987
lower income households who will provide

980
01:14:22,987 --> 01:14:26,935
at least 500 hours of sweat equity during early construction

981
01:14:26,935 --> 01:14:30,387
and will obtain an affordable loan where payments do not

982
01:14:30,387 --> 01:14:34,185
exceed 30% of their monthly gross income upon completion.

983
01:14:34,185 --> 01:14:36,585
It will remain affordable.

984
01:14:36,750 --> 01:14:41,267
This slide shows the preliminary building elevations and layout.

985
01:14:41,267 --> 01:14:45,467
Larger versions can be provided upon request.

986
01:14:46,115 --> 01:14:50,315
We are recommending that you consider approval

987
01:14:50,339 --> 01:14:55,154
of the $400,000 loan from the Housing Trust Fund for housing

988
01:14:55,154 --> 01:14:57,961
to EAH Tabor Commons and that you consider approval of a deferral

989
01:14:57,961 --> 01:15:05,161
of $446,354 approximately in public facilities fees from EAH Housing for Tabor Commons.

990
01:15:06,723 --> 01:15:10,635
And that you consider approval of a $200,000 grant to Napa-Solano Habitat for Humanity

991
01:15:10,635 --> 01:15:12,635
for Harmony village.

992
01:15:12,843 --> 01:15:17,475
And I'm happy to answer questions you might have.

993
01:15:17,475 --> 01:15:20,149
Or these organizations are here as

994
01:15:20,149 --> 01:15:24,349
well if you have questions for them.

995
01:15:25,336 --> 01:15:28,336
>> (inaudible) >> Do you some water?

996
01:15:32,661 --> 01:15:34,661
>> Yes.

997
01:15:48,572 --> 01:15:52,798
>> am if I can this mic to work.

998
01:15:52,798 --> 01:15:53,298
>> It not.

999
01:15:53,298 --> 01:15:58,980
My question is on the EAH funding request.

1000
01:15:58,387 --> 01:16:00,595
You had indicated they have a $1.8 million shortfall.

1001
01:16:00,595 --> 01:16:05,750
And that if they don't obtain some type of funding

1002
01:16:05,750 --> 01:16:10,234
before the end of August, they face potential consequences that

1003
01:16:10,234 --> 01:16:11,808
threaten the project itself.

1004
01:16:11,808 --> 01:16:12,308
Correct?

1005
01:16:12,308 --> 01:16:15,515
So my question is if we're going to give them 400 000,

1006
01:16:15,515 --> 01:16:18,667
where will they get the other 1.4 million bucks?

1007
01:16:18,667 --> 01:16:21,395
Are we just throwing good money out there?

1008
01:16:21,395 --> 01:16:23,795
What is their plan?

1009
01:16:23,925 --> 01:16:25,675
Where are we getting the other 1.4 million

1010
01:16:25,675 --> 01:16:27,123
to stop them from tanking?

1011
01:16:27,123 --> 01:16:29,688
Or is this 400 going to do that?

1012
01:16:29,688 --> 01:16:31,210
>> That's an excellent question.

1013
01:16:31,210 --> 01:16:34,315
If Bryce can come up please.

1014
01:16:34,315 --> 01:16:38,315
>> We have to come up with another 1.4 million bucks?

1015
01:16:38,315 --> 01:16:39,875
>> Good morning.

1016
01:16:39,875 --> 01:16:41,907
The additional funds --

1017
01:16:41,907 --> 01:16:43,675
I'm sorry.

1018
01:16:43,675 --> 01:16:46,155
My name is Bryce and I'm the project manager

1019
01:16:46,155 --> 01:16:47,635
for Tabor Commons.

1020
01:16:47,635 --> 01:16:52,448
With your assistance, that helps our negotiating leverage --

1021
01:16:52,448 --> 01:16:56,115
with the City of Fairfield who we are currently in discussion

1022
01:16:56,115 --> 01:17:00,619
for additional funding in the form of impact fee credits

1023
01:17:00,619 --> 01:17:03,619
and fee deferrals as well.

1024
01:17:03,743 --> 01:17:09,631
So I'm hearing it isn't a guarantee, this is just a...

1025
01:17:09,631 --> 01:17:13,297
it makes it easier for us with the City of Fairfield.

1026
01:17:13,297 --> 01:17:17,275
We are going to the City Council for approval tonight actually.

1027
01:17:17,275 --> 01:17:23,875
We do have an MIP allocation which is a CAL HFA

1028
01:17:26,266 --> 01:17:31,755
program which sets us aside for a dedicated 4% bond allocation.

1029
01:17:31,755 --> 01:17:38,315
So we are all but guaranteed for tax credit allocations which

1030
01:17:38,315 --> 01:17:44,315
makes us -- which gives us relatively strong certainty that

1031
01:17:45,775 --> 01:17:51,150
we will start construction within 180 days of the award

1032
01:17:51,150 --> 01:17:52,715
in late August.

1033
01:17:52,715 --> 01:17:56,988
So we are expecting to start in February of next year.

1034
01:17:56,988 --> 01:18:00,851
We do need additional commitment to fill this gap funding

1035
01:18:00,851 --> 01:18:04,451
and we respectfully request your assistance.

1036
01:18:05,675 --> 01:18:12,115
>> If I may before -- sorry -- so I'll go to tonight's city council meeting

1037
01:18:12,115 --> 01:18:16,695
because it's Fairfield -- it's time for me to show up there.

1038
01:18:16,695 --> 01:18:20,708
So the question I have, if we said we agree that we will give

1039
01:18:20,708 --> 01:18:25,652
the funding, can we make a disclaimer that is only --

1040
01:18:25,652 --> 01:18:29,821
you'll only get it if the city of Fairfield comes through with

1041
01:18:29,821 --> 01:18:31,595
tonight's affirmative?

1042
01:18:31,595 --> 01:18:36,395
I'm just trying to figure that one out.

1043
01:18:36,892 --> 01:18:38,733
Can we stipulate that?

1044
01:18:38,733 --> 01:18:41,275
>> From a legal matter I don't know anything of the mechanics

1045
01:18:41,275 --> 01:18:43,375
of the program and their funding sources.

1046
01:18:43,375 --> 01:18:48,168
For board action you can make a conditional grant.

1047
01:18:48,168 --> 01:18:49,361
>> Great.

1048
01:18:49,361 --> 01:18:51,361
Supervisor Williams?

1049
01:18:58,200 --> 01:18:58,812
>> Thank you chair.

1050
01:18:58,812 --> 01:19:00,979
My question, is there -- is there a deed restriction

1051
01:19:00,979 --> 01:19:02,105
on the property?

1052
01:19:02,105 --> 01:19:06,520
Right now there's affordability but for how long?

1053
01:19:06,520 --> 01:19:08,835
Is there a 50 year deed restriction?

1054
01:19:08,835 --> 01:19:11,505
>> There will be a regulatory agreement associated with

1055
01:19:11,505 --> 01:19:16,803
the funding sources that will tie itself to the property.

1056
01:19:16,803 --> 01:19:20,745
And that will be a term of 55 years.

1057
01:19:20,745 --> 01:19:21,995
>> That's what I want to hear.

1058
01:19:21,995 --> 01:19:24,395
Thank you very much.

1059
01:19:29,286 --> 01:19:30,536
>> Supervisor James, anything?

1060
01:19:30,536 --> 01:19:31,703
Will come back to you later.

1061
01:19:31,703 --> 01:19:33,703
Okay okay.

1062
01:19:34,141 --> 01:19:38,941
So if I may, with my colleagues --

1063
01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:45,835
I don't have an issue with as long as we have a disclaimer --

1064
01:19:45,835 --> 01:19:49,285
that tonight city Council meeting for Fairfield would have

1065
01:19:49,285 --> 01:19:52,691
to approve just based on what you talked about,

1066
01:19:52,691 --> 01:19:56,355
and if that doesn't go through then you are not going to grant

1067
01:19:56,355 --> 01:19:58,800
you the funding that we are asking for.

1068
01:19:58,800 --> 01:20:03,675
I'm not sure how to put that in a motion but that's the intent.

1069
01:20:03,675 --> 01:20:07,180
I'll be there tonight so we'll talk about it to.

1070
01:20:07,180 --> 01:20:11,368
I was checking with the clerk to see if there's public comments.

1071
01:20:11,368 --> 01:20:12,272
>> My bad.

1072
01:20:12,272 --> 01:20:14,272
Thank you.

1073
01:20:14,395 --> 01:20:20,995
>> No, I'm raring to go because I'm looking at people who

1074
01:20:21,177 --> 01:20:23,577
don't have to sleep.

1075
01:20:23,909 --> 01:20:27,215
So we do need to do public comments.

1076
01:20:27,215 --> 01:20:29,215
I apologize.

1077
01:20:29,275 --> 01:20:31,595
>> The first speaker is --

1078
01:20:31,595 --> 01:20:32,706
Bryce.

1079
01:20:32,706 --> 01:20:34,248
>> I did prepare a written statement.

1080
01:20:34,248 --> 01:20:36,455
A lot of what we've already discussed.

1081
01:20:36,455 --> 01:20:43,655
But -- but -- good morning Madam Chair members of the board.

1082
01:20:44,850 --> 01:20:47,480
My name is Bryce and I'm the project manager.

1083
01:20:47,480 --> 01:20:50,475
Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today.

1084
01:20:50,475 --> 01:20:52,835
I'm here to request the county's partnership

1085
01:20:52,835 --> 01:20:57,475
in helping Tabor Commons, a 67 unit affordable housing

1086
01:20:57,475 --> 01:21:01,350
community serving families earning between 30 and 70%

1087
01:21:01,350 --> 01:21:03,731
of Ami, area median income.

1088
01:21:03,731 --> 01:21:06,368
The includes 16 units dedicated to individuals

1089
01:21:06,368 --> 01:21:09,368
with intellectual and developmental disabilities,

1090
01:21:09,448 --> 01:21:13,723
with supportive services provided through the North Bay

1091
01:21:13,723 --> 01:21:14,971
Regional Center.

1092
01:21:14,971 --> 01:21:19,355
The project will transform a vacant site at 212 East Tabor

1093
01:21:19,355 --> 01:21:21,875
Avenue into an all electric family oriented community

1094
01:21:21,875 --> 01:21:26,515
featuring solar, playgrounds, gathering spaces and long term

1095
01:21:26,515 --> 01:21:27,955
affordable housing.

1096
01:21:27,955 --> 01:21:32,915
The project received a mixed Income Program award in May

1097
01:21:32,915 --> 01:21:35,155
and subsequently submitted its joint tax

1098
01:21:35,155 --> 01:21:39,350
exempt bond and 4% low income housing credit application.

1099
01:21:39,350 --> 01:21:41,861
This positions Tabor Commons as one of the strongest

1100
01:21:41,861 --> 01:21:43,875
affordable housing opportunities currently

1101
01:21:43,875 --> 01:21:45,755
advancing in Solano County.

1102
01:21:45,755 --> 01:21:49,355
Following the submission of our financing applications,

1103
01:21:49,355 --> 01:21:52,155
the project received an updated impact fee estimate

1104
01:21:52,155 --> 01:21:56,355
that increased double dashed by approximately 1.8 million.

1105
01:21:56,355 --> 01:22:00,115
Today we respectfully request the county's assistance

1106
01:22:00,115 --> 01:22:04,990
through a deferral of county public facility fees

1107
01:22:04,990 --> 01:22:08,195
and an allocation of County Housing trust funds.

1108
01:22:08,195 --> 01:22:11,507
While we recognize the County Housing Trust funds alone

1109
01:22:11,507 --> 01:22:14,220
will not close the entire gap, a county commitment

1110
01:22:14,220 --> 01:22:16,950
was significantly strengthened our discussion

1111
01:22:16,950 --> 01:22:18,915
with the City of Fairfield regarding additional fee relief.

1112
01:22:18,915 --> 01:22:21,595
Together these partnerships can close the remaining gap

1113
01:22:21,595 --> 01:22:24,750
and allow this much needed project to move forward.

1114
01:22:24,750 --> 01:22:26,805
Thank you for your consideration and I

1115
01:22:26,805 --> 01:22:31,500
am available to answer any additional questions.

1116
01:22:31,350 --> 01:22:33,350
>> Supervisor Williams?

1117
01:22:33,968 --> 01:22:38,950
>> My second question after hearing your statement,

1118
01:22:38,950 --> 01:22:42,555
just say Fairfield did agree this evening, right?

1119
01:22:42,555 --> 01:22:46,155
I'm just having it hypothetically --

1120
01:22:47,280 --> 01:22:49,435
how do you say that word?

1121
01:22:49,435 --> 01:22:50,100
Hypothetical.

1122
01:22:50,100 --> 01:22:52,265
I couldn't get it out.

1123
01:22:52,265 --> 01:22:54,215
I'm like, it's right there.

1124
01:22:54,215 --> 01:22:56,215
Hypothetical.

1125
01:22:59,750 --> 01:23:02,175
Do you have another source of funding?

1126
01:23:02,175 --> 01:23:04,575
If Fairfield doesn't --

1127
01:23:05,248 --> 01:23:08,235
I'm asking you this because not often do

1128
01:23:08,235 --> 01:23:13,635
you have units dedicated or set aside for individuals

1129
01:23:13,875 --> 01:23:15,875
with intellectual disability.

1130
01:23:16,685 --> 01:23:21,485
And they do struggle immensely to find housing,

1131
01:23:22,225 --> 01:23:24,610
to have their independence.

1132
01:23:24,610 --> 01:23:29,801
To me this is a very important project in my opinion.

1133
01:23:29,801 --> 01:23:33,401
So is there a backup plan?

1134
01:23:35,715 --> 01:23:40,245
>> We currently have funding from the regional center at 1.6

1135
01:23:40,245 --> 01:23:43,845
million that represents about $100,000 per unit

1136
01:23:44,739 --> 01:23:48,939
for the intellectual and developmental disabled units.

1137
01:23:49,150 --> 01:23:53,227
As far as a backup strategy at this time,

1138
01:23:53,227 --> 01:23:56,725
would you not necessarily have a backup strategy.

1139
01:23:56,725 --> 01:24:01,459
If there's no funding available to the project beyond what we

1140
01:24:01,459 --> 01:24:05,835
are requesting from the county and the city for this project --

1141
01:24:05,835 --> 01:24:11,923
and given our timing constraints related to the bond and tax

1142
01:24:11,923 --> 01:24:17,545
credit awards, there are no available options beyond what we

1143
01:24:17,545 --> 01:24:20,545
have >> That concludes my questions.

1144
01:24:25,100 --> 01:24:25,510
Thank you.

1145
01:24:25,510 --> 01:24:26,315
>> Anybody?

1146
01:24:26,315 --> 01:24:28,475
>> Any other public comments?

1147
01:24:28,475 --> 01:24:30,475
Yes.

1148
01:24:35,299 --> 01:24:37,490
>> While Miss Coley is coming up, callers,

1149
01:24:37,490 --> 01:24:38,674
if you wish to speak on agenda item 15,

1150
01:24:38,674 --> 01:24:41,395
please press star three to raise your hand.

1151
01:24:41,395 --> 01:24:44,471
>> Chair and Board, this is a very near and dear project to me

1152
01:24:44,471 --> 01:24:46,651
because I have been --

1153
01:24:46,651 --> 01:24:49,255
I was a child subject to public housing.

1154
01:24:49,255 --> 01:24:53,355
My dad was a Vietnam vet that could not

1155
01:24:53,355 --> 01:24:55,892
hold a job based on PTSD.

1156
01:24:55,892 --> 01:24:59,195
This is a very important project.

1157
01:24:59,195 --> 01:25:02,915
As a real estate agent, in the Bay area,

1158
01:25:02,915 --> 01:25:05,765
I've had direct contact with some challenges

1159
01:25:05,765 --> 01:25:07,581
around habitat for humanity.

1160
01:25:07,581 --> 01:25:10,541
I have a client in Walnut Creek that

1161
01:25:10,541 --> 01:25:13,608
was a recipient of one of these houses.

1162
01:25:13,608 --> 01:25:17,208
And she is currently still living

1163
01:25:17,307 --> 01:25:20,787
she had some health issues and wanted to sell her property

1164
01:25:20,787 --> 01:25:23,635
in Walnut Creek and unfortunately,

1165
01:25:23,635 --> 01:25:29,350
through exhaustive meetings with the city and with Habitat

1166
01:25:29,771 --> 01:25:35,821
for Humanity, they had you know great systems in place --

1167
01:25:35,821 --> 01:25:38,670
to get people into the houses.

1168
01:25:38,670 --> 01:25:42,951
But when they -- when someone needs to go ahead and transition out of these

1169
01:25:42,951 --> 01:25:46,248
houses, it is like the Hotel California.

1170
01:25:46,248 --> 01:25:48,971
Nearly impossible to get out.

1171
01:25:48,971 --> 01:25:56,469
They have to repay all of these credits and she is now --

1172
01:25:56,469 --> 01:25:59,310
she is not able to go upstairs where her bedroom is,

1173
01:25:59,310 --> 01:26:03,335
has to sleep in the living room because she cannot get out.

1174
01:26:03,335 --> 01:26:07,301
I'm asking you, to make sure that that provision --

1175
01:26:07,301 --> 01:26:11,750
in the city of Walnut Creek did not know what to do with this.

1176
01:26:11,750 --> 01:26:14,795
Habitat for humanity did not know what to do with this.

1177
01:26:14,795 --> 01:26:19,628
So I asked the board, please -- not only look at the provision

1178
01:26:19,628 --> 01:26:22,505
on how to get these folks qualified into the housing,

1179
01:26:22,505 --> 01:26:27,763
which is very important -- but also when they need transition

1180
01:26:27,763 --> 01:26:32,788
out, they need to be able to have a clear pathway and an easy

1181
01:26:32,788 --> 01:26:33,288
pathway.

1182
01:26:33,288 --> 01:26:35,288
Thank you.

1183
01:26:35,675 --> 01:26:39,181
>> Do we have anybody here from habitat for humanity that can

1184
01:26:39,181 --> 01:26:41,181
answer that?

1185
01:26:42,515 --> 01:26:43,435
>> We do.

1186
01:26:43,435 --> 01:26:48,835
CEO for Habitat for Humanity Andrew Killeen is here.

1187
01:26:57,555 --> 01:27:01,515
Madam Chair, supervisors -- my name is Andrew Killeen and I'm the executive

1188
01:27:01,515 --> 01:27:05,335
director and CEO for Solano Napa habitat for humanity.

1189
01:27:05,335 --> 01:27:08,110
I appreciate the question that came up

1190
01:27:08,110 --> 01:27:11,235
about habitat House that was sold to a partner

1191
01:27:11,235 --> 01:27:12,648
family in Walnut Creek.

1192
01:27:12,648 --> 01:27:16,300
This is the first I've heard about this case.

1193
01:27:16,300 --> 01:27:21,655
I'm very happy to speak about how Habitat operates in general.

1194
01:27:21,655 --> 01:27:23,747
And specifically how we operate here

1195
01:27:23,747 --> 01:27:26,219
in Solano and Napa counties.

1196
01:27:26,219 --> 01:27:29,845
We do record the deed restrictions on the homes.

1197
01:27:29,845 --> 01:27:33,235
With this particular development we have coming up

1198
01:27:33,235 --> 01:27:37,155
it may sound a little off topic but the process we're going

1199
01:27:37,155 --> 01:27:40,795
to be using here would be similar I imagine to what

1200
01:27:40,795 --> 01:27:44,566
happened in Walnut Creek and that was when we have as we do

1201
01:27:44,566 --> 01:27:47,825
in Vacaville a piece of land that we intend to develop.

1202
01:27:47,825 --> 01:27:50,195
We call orientation meetings where

1203
01:27:50,195 --> 01:27:52,795
we call folks who may be interested in applying

1204
01:27:52,795 --> 01:27:54,859
to attend the orientation meeting,

1205
01:27:54,859 --> 01:27:57,675
during the meeting we explain all the provisions

1206
01:27:57,675 --> 01:28:01,755
of the program, what it would take to become a partner family,

1207
01:28:01,755 --> 01:28:05,983
based on need, willingness to partner and ability to pay.

1208
01:28:05,983 --> 01:28:09,575
And one of the provisions, the willingness to partner is they

1209
01:28:09,575 --> 01:28:14,835
provide up to 500 hours -- to build their homes and in many

1210
01:28:14,835 --> 01:28:19,350
instances they receive a 0% interest 30 year loan.

1211
01:28:19,475 --> 01:28:23,675
It requires of course periodic payments monthly

1212
01:28:24,800 --> 01:28:30,350
but we also record a soft second to make those monthly payments

1213
01:28:30,350 --> 01:28:30,725
affordable.

1214
01:28:30,725 --> 01:28:34,325
We assure folks during orientation meeting

1215
01:28:34,515 --> 01:28:36,280
that the monthly housing payments

1216
01:28:36,280 --> 01:28:39,371
will be no more than 30% of their income.

1217
01:28:39,371 --> 01:28:42,335
And that's what accommodates an affordable loan.

1218
01:28:42,335 --> 01:28:48,590
The deed restriction states that if the partner family decides

1219
01:28:48,590 --> 01:28:52,195
to sell in a year or in 25 years,

1220
01:28:52,195 --> 01:28:58,195
the soft second becomes -- the affordable loan requires monthly

1221
01:28:58,523 --> 01:29:03,675
payments and the soft second becomes due on sale.

1222
01:29:03,675 --> 01:29:05,328
And that's generally --

1223
01:29:05,328 --> 01:29:08,400
I can only speak for my own --

1224
01:29:08,400 --> 01:29:10,835
I know the East Bay Silicon Valley affiliate that covers

1225
01:29:10,835 --> 01:29:16,275
Walnut Creek does an extremely good job of what they do,

1226
01:29:16,275 --> 01:29:21,575
and from my own affiliates, if the partner family went to sell,

1227
01:29:21,575 --> 01:29:27,893
we would pull up the deed restrictions and go through --

1228
01:29:27,893 --> 01:29:30,435
the first thing that we record is the first right to purchase

1229
01:29:30,435 --> 01:29:33,187
and the terms of that first right to purchase

1230
01:29:33,187 --> 01:29:35,300
are spelled out in the deed restriction.

1231
01:29:35,300 --> 01:29:38,955
At what price can we buy it back?

1232
01:29:38,955 --> 01:29:42,555
The soft second is going to become due.

1233
01:29:42,555 --> 01:29:43,526
Excuse me.

1234
01:29:43,526 --> 01:29:48,131
It would even be a cost to the homeowner

1235
01:29:48,131 --> 01:29:53,235
to restore the home to a sellable value as well.

1236
01:29:53,235 --> 01:29:56,899
So it's a partnership and in return

1237
01:29:56,899 --> 01:29:59,899
for receiving an affordable loan,

1238
01:30:00,750 --> 01:30:04,115
resulting in payments of no more than 30% of their income

1239
01:30:04,115 --> 01:30:07,452
to a low income family earning between 50 and 80%

1240
01:30:07,452 --> 01:30:11,575
of the area median income, there are requirements that

1241
01:30:11,575 --> 01:30:13,815
make the program sustainable.

1242
01:30:13,815 --> 01:30:18,240
And I would be happy to sit down and review what it

1243
01:30:18,240 --> 01:30:20,365
is that we do in more detail.

1244
01:30:20,365 --> 01:30:24,245
But really it is to East Bay Silicon Valley to address those,

1245
01:30:24,245 --> 01:30:29,450
in particular with you or the relative --

1246
01:30:29,888 --> 01:30:34,219
>> (inaudible) but you have a restriction on how much you can

1247
01:30:34,219 --> 01:30:39,190
sell the property for. (inaudible) that include habitat

1248
01:30:41,289 --> 01:30:42,863
for humanity and city itself.

1249
01:30:42,863 --> 01:30:47,221
It made it impossible for her to resell her home

1250
01:30:47,221 --> 01:30:50,221
and now she's stuck there.

1251
01:30:51,235 --> 01:30:53,635
No recourse, no equity.

1252
01:30:56,315 --> 01:31:00,195
>> I can't speak to the details but I can say the restrictions

1253
01:31:00,195 --> 01:31:03,675
must have been disclosed at the time of sale.

1254
01:31:03,675 --> 01:31:08,255
And there would be, if the affiliate doesn't exercise them

1255
01:31:08,255 --> 01:31:09,935
first, it's quite possible there's

1256
01:31:09,935 --> 01:31:14,335
a public agency that has a second right of refusal

1257
01:31:14,335 --> 01:31:16,332
where acquiring land.

1258
01:31:16,332 --> 01:31:24,132
If a home goes up for sale -- the original will require them

1259
01:31:32,595 --> 01:31:36,755
to sell it at an affordable price to another low income

1260
01:31:36,755 --> 01:31:41,175
member of the community and that is recorded because the public

1261
01:31:41,175 --> 01:31:44,458
agency wants to keep that land in the affordable space.

1262
01:31:44,458 --> 01:31:49,680
Mostly for 45 years if it was redeveloped agency land,

1263
01:31:49,680 --> 01:31:50,695
that's the case on this property.

1264
01:31:50,695 --> 01:31:54,501
It was the case on the walnut property in Fairfield.

1265
01:31:54,501 --> 01:31:58,160
As it turns out, we were called deed restriction that

1266
01:31:58,160 --> 01:32:00,339
will keep it in the space in perpetuity

1267
01:32:00,339 --> 01:32:04,367
and our deed restrictions assure the homeowner

1268
01:32:04,367 --> 01:32:08,285
that they will get all the principal payments back.

1269
01:32:08,285 --> 01:32:10,739
I don't know specifically --

1270
01:32:10,739 --> 01:32:15,211
I'm sure even in East Bay, I don't know how long ago this

1271
01:32:15,211 --> 01:32:19,185
alone was originated, but inevitably over the decades

1272
01:32:19,185 --> 01:32:21,451
sometimes change in those deed restrictions --

1273
01:32:21,451 --> 01:32:24,659
I think it requires a deep dive as to what

1274
01:32:24,659 --> 01:32:27,350
was recorded on that title.

1275
01:32:27,350 --> 01:32:31,489
>> I will let you guys talk -- when I say off camera,

1276
01:32:31,489 --> 01:32:33,603
at least we've connected you.

1277
01:32:33,603 --> 01:32:36,270
It seems to me just looking at it,

1278
01:32:36,270 --> 01:32:40,245
is that this particular woman probably at the time

1279
01:32:40,245 --> 01:32:42,963
had all the intentions of living there

1280
01:32:42,963 --> 01:32:46,331
but now she's physically unable to stay in her home.

1281
01:32:46,331 --> 01:32:51,295
I would think there's got to be some way, my opinion, to make

1282
01:32:51,295 --> 01:32:56,123
this happen so that she can live somewhere nice,

1283
01:32:56,123 --> 01:33:00,670
but that she can still move to a bedroom.

1284
01:33:00,670 --> 01:33:01,995
So that sounds --

1285
01:33:01,995 --> 01:33:04,748
I'll let you guys figure that one out.

1286
01:33:04,748 --> 01:33:08,132
That was a concern that something needs to be added,

1287
01:33:08,132 --> 01:33:12,795
that as a lot of us age, there's going to be an issue with some

1288
01:33:12,795 --> 01:33:16,328
of the folks who have brought a home, thinking --

1289
01:33:16,328 --> 01:33:17,341
I apologize.

1290
01:33:17,341 --> 01:33:18,776
Say the word again?

1291
01:33:18,776 --> 01:33:20,163
The life happens.

1292
01:33:20,163 --> 01:33:20,931
Exactly.

1293
01:33:20,931 --> 01:33:24,531
So that is scary to me.

1294
01:33:24,615 --> 01:33:28,895
I'm just saying, it's scary to me that you might have broken

1295
01:33:28,895 --> 01:33:31,828
a leg, you might have done whatever it is --

1296
01:33:31,828 --> 01:33:33,995
you could have gotten Alzheimer's, whatever it might

1297
01:33:33,995 --> 01:33:37,215
be, and you want to be able to stay there --

1298
01:33:37,215 --> 01:33:39,587
there's got to be something.

1299
01:33:39,587 --> 01:33:43,187
I'm just saying, so -- anyway.

1300
01:33:43,595 --> 01:33:45,990
>> If I may come on just one last comment --

1301
01:33:45,990 --> 01:33:48,930
on these ten homes we are proposing in Bacqueville,

1302
01:33:48,930 --> 01:33:52,475
we will recall deed restrictions that would facilitate,

1303
01:33:52,475 --> 01:33:57,435
if 25 years down the line the person needed to go elsewhere,

1304
01:33:57,435 --> 01:34:00,754
they could retrieve the equity they have in the home,

1305
01:34:00,754 --> 01:34:02,953
assuming the house is intact.

1306
01:34:02,953 --> 01:34:05,601
There would be repairs but generally speaking

1307
01:34:05,601 --> 01:34:08,515
and we've only had to repurchase a few homes,

1308
01:34:08,515 --> 01:34:10,615
there's been sizable payments made

1309
01:34:10,615 --> 01:34:16,955
on the part of our affiliate to acquire those homes again.

1310
01:34:16,955 --> 01:34:22,690
>> Okay, so the two of you will figure it out and --

1311
01:34:22,690 --> 01:34:25,675
and I wish you guys a lot of luck,

1312
01:34:25,675 --> 01:34:28,595
especially with the person that you've been working with,

1313
01:34:28,595 --> 01:34:31,195
so she can be safe.

1314
01:34:31,195 --> 01:34:34,115
I guess that's how I would look at it.

1315
01:34:34,115 --> 01:34:38,315
Anybody else in terms of public comment?

1316
01:34:43,422 --> 01:34:45,964
>> I have no other cards and the caller on the line didn't --

1317
01:34:45,964 --> 01:34:48,115
>> Anybody from the board?

1318
01:34:48,115 --> 01:34:50,515
Now I your name.

1319
01:34:51,541 --> 01:34:53,941
>> Just a question --

1320
01:34:53,952 --> 01:34:56,675
I probably wasn't paying attention --

1321
01:34:56,675 --> 01:35:00,554
so will Fairfield pay the remaining amount or is that what

1322
01:35:00,554 --> 01:35:02,954
they are approving tonight?

1323
01:35:03,955 --> 01:35:07,835
If we move forward with this for EAH?

1324
01:35:07,835 --> 01:35:10,235
>> I am Brice Lockard

1325
01:35:17,830 --> 01:35:18,708
>> We will move forward on the consent item.

1326
01:35:18,708 --> 01:35:20,541
For $800,000 in additional impact fee credit

1327
01:35:20,541 --> 01:35:24,741
and in addition to nearly 500 or $450,000 deferral,

1328
01:35:27,835 --> 01:35:31,435
and a $400,000 housing trust fund loan,

1329
01:35:31,495 --> 01:35:35,555
that makes the gap more manageable and potentially we

1330
01:35:35,555 --> 01:35:41,555
can find some cost savings and construction to meet that.

1331
01:35:42,350 --> 01:35:47,435
>> And with that, because it is approximately like 760 000 per

1332
01:35:48,195 --> 01:35:53,635
door -- so why is it that much per door for an affordable

1333
01:35:53,635 --> 01:35:55,248
housing project like this?

1334
01:35:55,248 --> 01:35:59,612
I'm looking at the total budget but I don't know how many doors

1335
01:35:59,612 --> 01:36:02,975
-- >> We build quality affordable housing.

1336
01:36:02,975 --> 01:36:04,575
It's affordable.

1337
01:36:04,575 --> 01:36:06,975
>> What does quality mean?

1338
01:36:07,350 --> 01:36:07,923
>> Quality finishes.

1339
01:36:07,923 --> 01:36:10,275
We're not building with shoddy materials.

1340
01:36:10,275 --> 01:36:13,875
We build with -- wage labor.

1341
01:36:14,803 --> 01:36:20,715
We deliver housing that would be acceptable for the market.

1342
01:36:20,715 --> 01:36:23,670
That is just priced lower because we

1343
01:36:23,670 --> 01:36:25,467
are assisted by subsidies.

1344
01:36:26,835 --> 01:36:28,115
>> Okay.

1345
01:36:28,115 --> 01:36:34,115
And why only 25 PVS versus -- why not increasing that?

1346
01:36:37,915 --> 01:36:40,795
>> That's the maximum that the city of Fairfield's housing

1347
01:36:40,795 --> 01:36:43,795
authority -- they've maxed out.

1348
01:36:44,135 --> 01:36:45,950
>> Thank you for that.

1349
01:36:45,950 --> 01:36:47,950
Thank you.

1350
01:36:47,635 --> 01:36:49,635
>> Great, thank you.

1351
01:36:50,579 --> 01:36:51,995
Okay

1352
01:36:51,995 --> 01:36:56,395
>> Before we go any further, anybody, public comment --

1353
01:36:56,395 --> 01:36:58,775
anybody up here on the board?

1354
01:36:58,775 --> 01:36:59,900
All right.

1355
01:36:59,900 --> 01:37:03,466
So this is how I'm looking at it.

1356
01:37:03,466 --> 01:37:05,843
We'll figure out how to make the motion happen.

1357
01:37:05,843 --> 01:37:12,443
Should the city of Fairfield vote on consent or however they

1358
01:37:12,883 --> 01:37:16,785
are bringing it forward tonight, for what the gentleman just

1359
01:37:16,785 --> 01:37:20,975
indicated that they need then I believe that we should be able

1360
01:37:20,975 --> 01:37:24,939
to give the money that we have listed here in recommendations.

1361
01:37:24,939 --> 01:37:27,995
If it doesn't happen, I definitely

1362
01:37:27,995 --> 01:37:30,243
will email with all of you guys tomorrow.

1363
01:37:30,243 --> 01:37:32,915
It didn't happen, so we now will have

1364
01:37:32,915 --> 01:37:36,612
to figure out how we want to do the loan that will not

1365
01:37:36,612 --> 01:37:37,888
be going to you.

1366
01:37:37,888 --> 01:37:41,615
And I just want to make sure, tabor comments,

1367
01:37:41,615 --> 01:37:46,221
didn't we already build part of that already off of Tabor?

1368
01:37:46,221 --> 01:37:49,300
What is that look familiar to me?

1369
01:37:49,300 --> 01:37:54,403
What does that look familiar to >> The county acquired

1370
01:37:56,455 --> 01:37:58,800
a piece of property off of Tabor Avenue

1371
01:37:58,800 --> 01:37:59,935
that we are currently using for housing.

1372
01:37:59,935 --> 01:38:06,285
And it was an item I wasn't allowed to vote on,

1373
01:38:06,285 --> 01:38:08,685
if you remember (laughs).

1374
01:38:11,209 --> 01:38:12,251
That was on Tabor Avenue.

1375
01:38:12,251 --> 01:38:12,911
That project you're referring to is the Park Rose gardens

1376
01:38:12,911 --> 01:38:15,611
project which was an Arpa purchase project, still

1377
01:38:15,611 --> 01:38:16,747
in process.

1378
01:38:16,747 --> 01:38:18,621
So that's part of it and the other part

1379
01:38:18,621 --> 01:38:21,163
as I mentioned earlier which is Tabor Commons has been talked

1380
01:38:21,163 --> 01:38:22,971
about for quite some time.

1381
01:38:22,971 --> 01:38:26,315
They've been working towards moving forward

1382
01:38:26,315 --> 01:38:28,875
for a number of years, including us bringing

1383
01:38:28,875 --> 01:38:33,319
an item to the board for consideration under Arpa years

1384
01:38:33,319 --> 01:38:33,819
back.

1385
01:38:33,819 --> 01:38:36,819
That's part of the recollection.

1386
01:38:37,435 --> 01:38:40,955
>> As my head goes through when I'm looking at everything

1387
01:38:40,955 --> 01:38:43,635
popping up from the computer, that's why it seems familiar

1388
01:38:43,635 --> 01:38:45,935
because we talked about it.

1389
01:38:45,935 --> 01:38:48,805
It just kind of looked familiar to me.

1390
01:38:48,805 --> 01:38:51,515
>> I did that and I'd like to make a motion that we approve

1391
01:38:51,515 --> 01:38:56,265
the staff recommendations stipulating that the city --

1392
01:38:56,265 --> 01:38:59,168
stipulating the condition that the City of Fairfield approve,

1393
01:38:59,168 --> 01:39:02,595
therefore their portion of the project.

1394
01:39:02,595 --> 01:39:04,595
>> Second.

1395
01:39:04,995 --> 01:39:08,595
Does that pass muster for everybody?

1396
01:39:15,325 --> 01:39:15,825
>>

1397
01:39:15,825 --> 01:39:15,830
>> It does for me.

1398
01:39:15,830 --> 01:39:17,580
>> For clarity, that includes the grant --

1399
01:39:17,580 --> 01:39:19,595
>> That's everything on the recommendation page.

1400
01:39:19,595 --> 01:39:21,595
>> What?

1401
01:39:21,795 --> 01:39:27,195
>> Question -- so should it be -- or no?

1402
01:39:28,195 --> 01:39:31,795
Because there's two different projects here.

1403
01:39:34,235 --> 01:39:38,435
>> I'm understanding the supervisor's motion that --

1404
01:39:39,466 --> 01:39:43,235
but with number one of those recommended actions is

1405
01:39:43,235 --> 01:39:47,715
conditioned upon the city taking action tonight to contribute

1406
01:39:47,715 --> 01:39:49,155
to the project..

1407
01:39:49,155 --> 01:39:54,350
I want to make sure -- >> That's a fair distinction.

1408
01:39:54,350 --> 01:39:55,475
>> Okay.

1409
01:39:55,475 --> 01:40:03,275
So now I am just -- you are going to invite us all

1410
01:40:05,555 --> 01:40:07,115
because we want to be there.

1411
01:40:07,115 --> 01:40:09,115
Okay, just checking.

1412
01:40:09,675 --> 01:40:15,150
>> If you wanted my approval, I want to be there -- oh my gosh.

1413
01:40:15,150 --> 01:40:17,415
We made it through.

1414
01:40:18,155 --> 01:40:18,795
Yes.

1415
01:40:18,795 --> 01:40:21,186
Thank you thank you Anne

1416
01:40:21,186 --> 01:40:25,755
And staff, for putting it all together -- thank you.

1417
01:40:25,755 --> 01:40:27,307
Thanks for coming and speaking.

1418
01:40:27,307 --> 01:40:31,195
I will see you tonight. We are starting at the normal time right?

1419
01:40:31,195 --> 01:40:33,423
They are not changing the time?

1420
01:40:33,423 --> 01:40:34,827
This is Fairfield.

1421
01:40:34,827 --> 01:40:36,827
You never know.

1422
01:40:39,795 --> 01:40:41,795
Okay.

1423
01:40:43,435 --> 01:40:45,435
All all right.

1424
01:40:46,646 --> 01:40:53,690
So to the clerk of the board, I think we are on 16

1425
01:40:53,690 --> 01:40:55,229
and if that's the case then I need

1426
01:40:55,229 --> 01:40:58,829
you to read the title please.

1427
01:40:59,115 --> 01:41:02,225
>> Receive the 2025 Solano County Crop and Livestock Report

1428
01:41:02,225 --> 01:41:05,315
from the Agricultural Commissioners sealer of Weights

1429
01:41:05,315 --> 01:41:07,350
and Measures.

1430
01:41:07,350 --> 01:41:07,855
>> Yay.

1431
01:41:07,855 --> 01:41:11,595
I have to tell you, I just love this.

1432
01:41:11,595 --> 01:41:13,828
This is so cool.

1433
01:41:13,828 --> 01:41:15,828
This is nice.

1434
01:41:16,688 --> 01:41:18,688
All right.

1435
01:41:18,995 --> 01:41:19,825
Thank you Matthew.

1436
01:41:19,825 --> 01:41:24,250
Did a great job as usual. >> (inaudible)

1437
01:41:34,998 --> 01:41:35,540
>> I love it.

1438
01:41:35,540 --> 01:41:35,545
>> The floor is yours.

1439
01:41:35,545 --> 01:41:36,635
>> Good morning board.

1440
01:41:36,635 --> 01:41:40,235
Agricultural Commissioner and Matt, deputy Commissioner.

1441
01:41:40,235 --> 01:41:44,115
Pleased to be here to share the 2025 crop and Livestock

1442
01:41:44,115 --> 01:41:45,185
report with you.

1443
01:41:45,185 --> 01:41:49,115
The report is our annual review and summary

1444
01:41:49,115 --> 01:41:51,747
of agricultural production in the county,

1445
01:41:51,747 --> 01:41:54,443
looking back over previous calendar year it has information

1446
01:41:54,443 --> 01:41:58,707
on all of the crops and livestock produced in the county

1447
01:41:58,707 --> 01:42:02,750
last year including data on harvested acreages, yields

1448
01:42:02,750 --> 01:42:04,145
and gross production values.

1449
01:42:04,145 --> 01:42:06,568
I'm going to start off with the presentation.

1450
01:42:06,568 --> 01:42:09,227
I'll take you through the top ten crops

1451
01:42:09,227 --> 01:42:12,571
and then we'll turn to Matt to address

1452
01:42:12,571 --> 01:42:17,371
some of the additional features in the report.

1453
01:42:17,395 --> 01:42:21,203
So we do come with some good news today.

1454
01:42:21,203 --> 01:42:24,251
We have calculated the total gross production value

1455
01:42:24,251 --> 01:42:29,510
for agriculture in the county for 2025 to be 476,209,000.

1456
01:42:29,830 --> 01:42:33,283
This is over a $38 million increase from 2024

1457
01:42:35,835 --> 01:42:39,675
that also sets a new record high value for production

1458
01:42:39,675 --> 01:42:41,675
in the county.

1459
01:42:41,735 --> 01:42:45,935
Topping the previous high of 460 million from 2023.

1460
01:42:46,492 --> 01:42:51,467
Almonds are the top crop for the second consecutive year

1461
01:42:51,467 --> 01:42:55,214
and the first time crop has gone above 100 million

1462
01:42:55,214 --> 01:42:56,835
in gross value.

1463
01:42:56,835 --> 01:43:01,275
There's over 100 commodities accounted for and the report

1464
01:43:01,275 --> 01:43:05,475
showcases our commodity export pesticide use --

1465
01:43:05,945 --> 01:43:10,650
certified farmers markets and weights and Measures programs

1466
01:43:10,650 --> 01:43:14,265
which Matt will help cover here momentarily.

1467
01:43:16,755 --> 01:43:21,235
This graph here shows how the gross value of production

1468
01:43:21,235 --> 01:43:24,835
in the county has trended between 2000

1469
01:43:24,966 --> 01:43:27,966
all the way up to 2025.

1470
01:43:28,355 --> 01:43:30,507
Over the past eight years we have

1471
01:43:30,507 --> 01:43:33,383
alternated between a year when the value has been up

1472
01:43:33,383 --> 01:43:36,285
and a year when it tailed off some and back up again.

1473
01:43:36,285 --> 01:43:41,555
We are on a high point for 2025 but generally trending upwards

1474
01:43:41,555 --> 01:43:43,555
through time.

1475
01:43:44,515 --> 01:43:49,315
So this chart shows -- values broken --

1476
01:43:51,610 --> 01:43:55,955
you can see the fruit and nut sector at the bottom accounts

1477
01:43:55,955 --> 01:43:59,461
for 37% of the total value and over the past ten years

1478
01:43:59,461 --> 01:44:03,955
the fruit and nut sector has averaged about 30%.

1479
01:44:03,955 --> 01:44:09,955
With the almond crop most notably, growing in value --

1480
01:44:10,728 --> 01:44:14,581
and fruit and nuts -- across the board --

1481
01:44:14,581 --> 01:44:18,775
fruit and nuts sector -- occupying a larger proportion

1482
01:44:18,775 --> 01:44:21,745
share of the overall value and then we have vegetable

1483
01:44:21,745 --> 01:44:25,195
proportion and 23% of the total value,

1484
01:44:25,195 --> 01:44:29,755
and that's spot on with the ten year average for where vegetable

1485
01:44:29,755 --> 01:44:33,301
production is and in relation to the other categories.

1486
01:44:33,301 --> 01:44:36,499
Then we have animal production which includes cattle and sheep

1487
01:44:36,499 --> 01:44:41,835
but of course poultry, milk and bees is typically around --

1488
01:44:41,835 --> 01:44:48,435
a little uptick here at 22% and -- we're up last year.

1489
01:44:48,787 --> 01:44:55,387
And the sector is the one portion here that has been

1490
01:44:57,395 --> 01:44:59,287
on a steady decline --

1491
01:44:59,287 --> 01:45:00,995
and then relation to the other categories

1492
01:45:00,995 --> 01:45:03,777
over the past 10 to 15 years.

1493
01:45:03,777 --> 01:45:08,595
There's been a decline in the overall value in field crops.

1494
01:45:08,595 --> 01:45:11,675
More so here in looking at this graph in relation

1495
01:45:11,675 --> 01:45:15,523
to the other sectors, the other sectors have continued to grow

1496
01:45:15,523 --> 01:45:18,700
and field and forage has remained flat or tailed off

1497
01:45:18,700 --> 01:45:22,795
but we have seen big increases in fruit and nuts, vegetables

1498
01:45:22,795 --> 01:45:26,515
and animal production value consistently over time.

1499
01:45:26,515 --> 01:45:32,480
And the nursery industry is typically around 10% and seed is

1500
01:45:32,480 --> 01:45:36,360
usually -- seed crops are usually around 3 to 4% --

1501
01:45:36,360 --> 01:45:39,892
and those sectors had a down year last year.

1502
01:45:39,892 --> 01:45:42,355
So we are representing a little smaller share

1503
01:45:42,355 --> 01:45:44,755
of the overall value.

1504
01:45:45,115 --> 01:45:47,880
>> A quick question.

1505
01:45:47,880 --> 01:45:49,851
When we talk about the field and forage,

1506
01:45:49,851 --> 01:45:55,475
have we had a reduction in the production area of that?

1507
01:45:55,475 --> 01:45:58,381
Has there been acreage taken out of production

1508
01:45:58,381 --> 01:46:01,515
that's been purchased for something else?

1509
01:46:01,515 --> 01:46:04,290
And it sits fallow now?

1510
01:46:04,290 --> 01:46:06,861
Or is that reduction because there's just

1511
01:46:06,861 --> 01:46:14,610
been a dip in the market? More so we've seen a shift

1512
01:46:14,990 --> 01:46:15,224
into the other commodities.

1513
01:46:15,224 --> 01:46:15,228
Primarily fruit and nut.

1514
01:46:15,228 --> 01:46:16,635
So they are moving, they are putting orchards in? Yes.

1515
01:46:16,635 --> 01:46:17,135
Okay.

1516
01:46:17,135 --> 01:46:20,735
That's what I needed to know.

1517
01:46:27,534 --> 01:46:29,951
>> This brings us to the top ten and here's almonds again,

1518
01:46:29,951 --> 01:46:29,953
number one.

1519
01:46:29,953 --> 01:46:30,693
108,107,000.

1520
01:46:30,693 --> 01:46:37,293
This is an increase of almost 30 million from the previous --

1521
01:46:37,355 --> 01:46:43,857
and at 108 million, this is now also the highest value crop that

1522
01:46:43,857 --> 01:46:45,719
we have seen in the county.

1523
01:46:45,719 --> 01:46:51,719
It tops the 2023 tomato crop which came in at 101 million

1524
01:46:52,350 --> 01:46:58,388
in that 2023 tomato crop was -- now almonds has done the same

1525
01:46:58,388 --> 01:46:59,950
and then some.

1526
01:46:59,950 --> 01:47:02,395
What we see with almonds over the past three years

1527
01:47:02,395 --> 01:47:06,750
is year after year or year over year for the past three,

1528
01:47:06,750 --> 01:47:09,955
there's been fewer and fewer new almond orchards planted.

1529
01:47:09,955 --> 01:47:15,350
However, the orchards that have been planted over the past 5

1530
01:47:15,350 --> 01:47:18,827
or 6 years -- everything's now coming into full production.

1531
01:47:18,827 --> 01:47:23,288
So we also saw the largest almond crop we have today

1532
01:47:23,288 --> 01:47:25,288
at 23,700 tons.

1533
01:47:25,288 --> 01:47:28,515
And first in perspective on where that puts us,

1534
01:47:28,515 --> 01:47:32,371
the enormity of the overall California almond industry --

1535
01:47:32,371 --> 01:47:35,655
that's a little less than 2% of the total harvest which is

1536
01:47:35,655 --> 01:47:39,855
on order last year of 1.3, 1.4 million tons.

1537
01:47:40,955 --> 01:47:45,253
Almond prices have also gained three years running now.

1538
01:47:45,253 --> 01:47:49,891
If you look back ten years, almond prices were around $4,500

1539
01:47:49,891 --> 01:47:53,915
a ton and they proceeded to run flat for a couple of years

1540
01:47:53,915 --> 01:47:57,845
and then decline and now have picked up three years back

1541
01:47:57,845 --> 01:48:02,655
to 45, $4,600 a ton and maybe doing a little better this year.

1542
01:48:02,655 --> 01:48:05,627
But UC Davis estimates in the same time frame

1543
01:48:05,627 --> 01:48:09,488
that almond farmers were facing a 70% increase

1544
01:48:09,488 --> 01:48:11,415
in their operating costs.

1545
01:48:11,415 --> 01:48:13,715
Here they are, growers still getting

1546
01:48:13,715 --> 01:48:16,755
paid where they were ten years ago.

1547
01:48:16,755 --> 01:48:22,645
This photo by the way is fairly representative of a good portion

1548
01:48:22,645 --> 01:48:24,307
of the Northeastern part of the county.

1549
01:48:24,307 --> 01:48:28,195
It looks like this time of year nowadays in almonds.

1550
01:48:28,195 --> 01:48:34,195
Cattle is in number two of -- at $48 million in 2024

1551
01:48:35,779 --> 01:48:37,779
to $65,369,000 at 2025.

1552
01:48:40,315 --> 01:48:44,715
Looking across the country at the nationwide Beef Cattle

1553
01:48:44,715 --> 01:48:46,805
inventory continues to hover along

1554
01:48:46,805 --> 01:48:50,795
at historically low levels due to either prolonged

1555
01:48:50,795 --> 01:48:52,730
drought in some parts of the country

1556
01:48:52,730 --> 01:48:56,555
and lingering effects of drought parameters high production cost

1557
01:48:56,555 --> 01:48:59,955
but there's still strong demand for beef.

1558
01:48:59,955 --> 01:49:01,305
Prices are elevated.

1559
01:49:01,305 --> 01:49:04,515
Ranchers continue to move more cattle to market

1560
01:49:04,515 --> 01:49:07,648
in favor of holding some cattle back and rebuilding

1561
01:49:07,648 --> 01:49:09,528
the Herd just as of yet.

1562
01:49:09,528 --> 01:49:14,235
We are also seeing the reemergence of invasive pests

1563
01:49:14,235 --> 01:49:15,811
called the New World Screwworm.

1564
01:49:15,811 --> 01:49:17,651
It's a pest of livestock.

1565
01:49:17,651 --> 01:49:23,715
The Screwworm is a fly that will lay its eggs in an open wound

1566
01:49:23,715 --> 01:49:29,750
on cattle or sheep or goats and mucous membranes and mammals

1567
01:49:29,750 --> 01:49:33,659
in general -- and then those eggs will hatch and they'll feed

1568
01:49:33,659 --> 01:49:37,685
in the wound and that can cause secondary infection and be fatal

1569
01:49:37,685 --> 01:49:39,475
if not properly addressed.

1570
01:49:39,475 --> 01:49:44,535
Screwworms are native to South America and the Caribbean.

1571
01:49:44,535 --> 01:49:46,885
It's been effectively controlled in decades

1572
01:49:46,885 --> 01:49:50,385
past by releasing sterile flies into the environmental,

1573
01:49:50,385 --> 01:49:54,595
and the female will lay eggs that won't hatch

1574
01:49:54,595 --> 01:49:57,315
and once she breeds she is done.

1575
01:49:57,315 --> 01:50:00,875
You can effectively control the population by releasing these

1576
01:50:00,875 --> 01:50:04,295
sterile flies and masks into the environment and that's been used

1577
01:50:04,295 --> 01:50:08,395
to full effect in past decades --

1578
01:50:08,395 --> 01:50:12,635
USDA and Mexican authorities did so to push Screwworm out

1579
01:50:12,635 --> 01:50:15,435
of the US and down through Mexico,

1580
01:50:15,435 --> 01:50:19,635
back into Central America and further south.

1581
01:50:22,637 --> 01:50:24,179
In recent years now it's made its way

1582
01:50:24,179 --> 01:50:26,960
back up through Central America through Mexico

1583
01:50:26,960 --> 01:50:28,125
and there's pockets of infestation in Texas.

1584
01:50:28,125 --> 01:50:30,895
That's all to say that this time last year

1585
01:50:30,895 --> 01:50:34,855
USDA closed the southern border to cattle imports

1586
01:50:34,855 --> 01:50:38,331
from Mexico which was further constrained and restricted

1587
01:50:38,331 --> 01:50:41,705
supplies and is helping keep the prices elevated.

1588
01:50:41,705 --> 01:50:45,635
No detections of screwworm in California as of yet.

1589
01:50:45,635 --> 01:50:48,779
Our State Department and Food and AG

1590
01:50:48,779 --> 01:50:50,715
is monitoring along the southern border.

1591
01:50:50,715 --> 01:50:52,667
USDA announced last week that they're

1592
01:50:52,667 --> 01:50:56,355
going to look into opening one of the Arizona ports

1593
01:50:56,355 --> 01:50:57,675
later this month.

1594
01:50:57,675 --> 01:51:00,300
They're rebuilding all their capacity and infrastructure

1595
01:51:00,300 --> 01:51:04,395
to start rearing and releasing sterile flies by the millions

1596
01:51:04,395 --> 01:51:09,195
and in time that should control the population.

1597
01:51:09,835 --> 01:51:14,568
Should be it would not have reached where it is right

1598
01:51:14,568 --> 01:51:16,143
now there's some things to be

1599
01:51:16,143 --> 01:51:18,435
>> There's something to be said for letting people have

1600
01:51:18,435 --> 01:51:20,435
their government jobs.

1601
01:51:28,732 --> 01:51:31,190
>> Processing tomatoes are in at number three at 50,266,000

1602
01:51:31,190 --> 01:51:33,648
and this is down around 5.5 million from the previous year.

1603
01:51:33,648 --> 01:51:37,550
The tomato processors come with a canneries

1604
01:51:37,550 --> 01:51:39,515
entered last year, generally speaking

1605
01:51:39,515 --> 01:51:42,795
with more or less sufficient inventories on hand.

1606
01:51:42,795 --> 01:51:45,779
They didn't contract for an increase in tonnage

1607
01:51:45,779 --> 01:51:48,995
and an increase of tomatoes and then accordingly prices dropped

1608
01:51:48,995 --> 01:51:54,308
from $114 a ton to $109 a ton per month similar scenario this

1609
01:51:54,308 --> 01:51:58,608
year, prices are down to $104 a ton and then we have some rain

1610
01:51:58,608 --> 01:52:02,221
at the beginning of October that slowed things down and more rain

1611
01:52:02,221 --> 01:52:05,575
in the middle of October that effectively ended harvest before

1612
01:52:05,575 --> 01:52:09,680
everything could come in, although the total harvest ended

1613
01:52:09,680 --> 01:52:15,235
up at 465 000 tons which is shy of the 20 year average of 470

1614
01:52:15,235 --> 01:52:17,235
000 tons.

1615
01:52:18,595 --> 01:52:22,795
Wine grapes are in at number four.

1616
01:52:25,755 --> 01:52:29,435
Wine market the wine despite the ongoing downturn in the wine

1617
01:52:29,435 --> 01:52:32,303
economy, we are proposing a slight gain of 2%

1618
01:52:32,303 --> 01:52:34,430
to over $31 million.

1619
01:52:34,430 --> 01:52:40,643
White wine grape value overall was down 7% and Reds were up 7%.

1620
01:52:40,739 --> 01:52:44,339
Largely because double, cabaret and Zinfandel

1621
01:52:45,650 --> 01:52:47,101
all showed overall gains.

1622
01:52:47,101 --> 01:52:51,445
A couple of the whites did two, Pinot Grigio and Sauvignon Blanc

1623
01:52:51,445 --> 01:52:54,715
increased as well, not to the degree that the rest did

1624
01:52:54,715 --> 01:52:58,915
but those five varietals just offset losses elsewhere and are

1625
01:52:58,915 --> 01:53:04,205
helping the overall value -- which under the circumstances is

1626
01:53:04,205 --> 01:53:06,205
probably saying something.

1627
01:53:06,775 --> 01:53:10,215
Great prices coming out of the pandemic,

1628
01:53:10,215 --> 01:53:14,185
picked up for a couple years and then went flat and declined.

1629
01:53:14,185 --> 01:53:17,275
The harvest here last year was the smallest

1630
01:53:17,275 --> 01:53:19,275
we've seen since 2017.

1631
01:53:19,899 --> 01:53:23,768
Some vineyards come more so out on Brier,

1632
01:53:23,768 --> 01:53:28,895
did not get picked last year due to lack of market and buyer.

1633
01:53:28,895 --> 01:53:32,979
If you Zoom out and look at the total statewide picture,

1634
01:53:32,979 --> 01:53:38,979
just two years ago, the total grape harvest was 3.6 million

1635
01:53:41,328 --> 01:53:47,210
tons of grapes and then two years later it had dropped --

1636
01:53:47,210 --> 01:53:50,210
2025 number it was 2.6 million tons.

1637
01:53:50,747 --> 01:53:53,891
That's a massive adjustment or downscaling

1638
01:53:53,891 --> 01:53:56,320
over a two year period.

1639
01:53:56,320 --> 01:54:01,555
I will leave you on a high note with wine grapes.

1640
01:54:01,555 --> 01:54:05,750
Remember that the valley was voted the number one wine

1641
01:54:05,750 --> 01:54:08,750
region by readers last year.

1642
01:54:08,435 --> 01:54:12,350
There's something special about the Valley.

1643
01:54:12,555 --> 01:54:15,661
And to some degree it's holding its own

1644
01:54:15,661 --> 01:54:17,255
in the current situation.

1645
01:54:17,255 --> 01:54:21,497
And wine grape value, looking back a decade at 2015,

1646
01:54:21,497 --> 01:54:25,185
was under $15 million and now even under the circumstances

1647
01:54:25,185 --> 01:54:27,585
we are double that.

1648
01:54:28,555 --> 01:54:33,679
Then we have nursery products in it, number five at $28,270,000.

1649
01:54:33,679 --> 01:54:39,375
This is a decline of $10 million from the previous year.

1650
01:54:39,375 --> 01:54:42,115
Largely because we had one of our biggest nurseries

1651
01:54:42,115 --> 01:54:44,755
go through bankruptcy last year.

1652
01:54:44,755 --> 01:54:48,745
I don't think that was anything specific to Solano.

1653
01:54:48,745 --> 01:54:51,685
They operate across multiple states.

1654
01:54:51,685 --> 01:54:54,685
They have restructured and organized

1655
01:54:54,747 --> 01:54:58,795
and so hopefully we'll continue to have a strong nursery

1656
01:54:58,795 --> 01:55:02,675
industry with that entity here and moving forward.

1657
01:55:02,675 --> 01:55:06,875
Alfalfa is number six and alfalfa prices

1658
01:55:07,255 --> 01:55:08,601
declined last year.

1659
01:55:08,601 --> 01:55:11,855
We had a little more acreage in production

1660
01:55:11,855 --> 01:55:14,539
which led to an overall bigger crop which

1661
01:55:14,539 --> 01:55:19,501
is driving the increase in value from 15.2 million to 16.6

1662
01:55:19,501 --> 01:55:20,955
million.

1663
01:55:20,955 --> 01:55:26,355
Walnuts are up 5% to 15.25 million and prices like almonds

1664
01:55:27,127 --> 01:55:28,886
have gained three years in a row.

1665
01:55:28,886 --> 01:55:34,550
It was just a few years ago that walnuts hit rock bottom --

1666
01:55:34,550 --> 01:55:36,455
that hit $0.40 a pound.

1667
01:55:36,526 --> 01:55:39,435
We have $0.90 a pound in the report this year.

1668
01:55:39,435 --> 01:55:42,955
That's a long ways away from highs of ten and 12 years ago

1669
01:55:42,955 --> 01:55:44,935
and there are $1.75 a pound.

1670
01:55:44,935 --> 01:55:48,283
The harvest last year was the smallest

1671
01:55:48,283 --> 01:55:52,448
the county has seen since 2003 as well.

1672
01:55:52,448 --> 01:55:57,483
Over the past few years we have seen a lot of walnuts --

1673
01:55:57,483 --> 01:55:59,475
they've gone through this transition --

1674
01:55:59,475 --> 01:56:01,155
coming out of production.

1675
01:56:01,155 --> 01:56:04,907
Those grounds have now gone into almonds or pistachios or field

1676
01:56:04,907 --> 01:56:05,539
crops.

1677
01:56:05,539 --> 01:56:08,988
However, we do have a number of walnut orchards

1678
01:56:08,988 --> 01:56:13,115
that are in a state of neglect or abandonment

1679
01:56:13,115 --> 01:56:15,990
and that is a problem.

1680
01:56:15,990 --> 01:56:17,381
It's causing increased pest pressures

1681
01:56:17,381 --> 01:56:20,105
for neighboring properties or farmers still growing

1682
01:56:20,105 --> 01:56:23,705
or actively growing almonds or walnuts.

1683
01:56:23,895 --> 01:56:28,515
So we have been building a fair share

1684
01:56:28,515 --> 01:56:32,280
number of complaints about that over the past couple of years

1685
01:56:32,280 --> 01:56:32,528
now.

1686
01:56:32,528 --> 01:56:35,565
We are trying to work through that on both sides,

1687
01:56:35,565 --> 01:56:38,875
ideally that those trees get pulled out

1688
01:56:38,875 --> 01:56:41,155
and those properties cleared.

1689
01:56:41,155 --> 01:56:44,155
Barring that, those property owners

1690
01:56:44,675 --> 01:56:47,505
need to do a base amount of pest control

1691
01:56:47,505 --> 01:56:50,925
to mitigate damages and impacts to their neighbors.

1692
01:56:50,925 --> 01:56:54,595
That's an issue that we're continuing with.

1693
01:56:54,595 --> 01:56:59,995
Max is doing surveillance and working on this --

1694
01:57:00,301 --> 01:57:02,331
to quantify where we're at.

1695
01:57:02,331 --> 01:57:04,925
Estimates we have 1300 acres that are

1696
01:57:04,925 --> 01:57:07,925
in the situation and condition.

1697
01:57:10,555 --> 01:57:16,350
>> My question is what mechanism do we have for enforcement

1698
01:57:16,350 --> 01:57:20,468
to ensure that the pest mitigation is taking place?

1699
01:57:20,468 --> 01:57:24,459
It's just like with a fire break, when

1700
01:57:24,459 --> 01:57:27,530
people don't want to mitigate for fires,

1701
01:57:27,530 --> 01:57:29,715
we have a mechanism for that.

1702
01:57:29,715 --> 01:57:33,883
What do we have for this when we have potential impacts

1703
01:57:33,883 --> 01:57:36,209
to other farmers in the area?

1704
01:57:36,209 --> 01:57:38,459
>> First and foremost we're trying to gain cooperation

1705
01:57:38,459 --> 01:57:41,853
and have them come in and understand the situation and get

1706
01:57:41,853 --> 01:57:46,525
a pesticide permit, start as I said some base level of control

1707
01:57:46,525 --> 01:57:50,555
to mitigate, and barring that or non-cooperation in that

1708
01:57:50,555 --> 01:57:54,755
direction, we issue a Warning level --

1709
01:57:54,835 --> 01:57:59,655
if that still doesn't move the needle and then just as of this

1710
01:57:59,655 --> 01:58:03,435
year Kamala passed that allows commissioners --

1711
01:58:03,435 --> 01:58:07,765
grants a civil penalty authority to pursue more forcefully

1712
01:58:07,765 --> 01:58:11,365
and issue a proposed monetary penalty.

1713
01:58:12,555 --> 01:58:14,252
>> Just wanted to make sure their --

1714
01:58:14,252 --> 01:58:18,343
to make sure we are getting -- >> We haven't gone that far yet

1715
01:58:18,343 --> 01:58:21,210
but we are moving in that direction.

1716
01:58:21,210 --> 01:58:24,147
>> I want there to be further impacts to the actual producing

1717
01:58:24,147 --> 01:58:26,547
AG in the county.

1718
01:58:26,635 --> 01:58:32,635
>> I was reading and in Fresno that the pistachio crop,

1719
01:58:33,195 --> 01:58:36,245
because when the rain and everything came through,

1720
01:58:36,245 --> 01:58:40,445
there is nothing surrounding -- whatever --

1721
01:58:41,171 --> 01:58:44,385
I don't like pistachios, but however they come out,

1722
01:58:44,385 --> 01:58:45,967
there's nothing there inside.

1723
01:58:45,967 --> 01:58:46,919
The shell.

1724
01:58:46,919 --> 01:58:48,935
I thought that was trippy.

1725
01:58:48,935 --> 01:58:52,355
>> We had a very warm spring, exceptionally warm that

1726
01:58:52,355 --> 01:58:54,755
coincided with pistachios pollination.

1727
01:58:59,635 --> 01:59:02,715
They're going to see a significant crop

1728
01:59:02,715 --> 01:59:04,715
loss further south.

1729
01:59:06,915 --> 01:59:09,315
>> Number eight is prunes.

1730
01:59:09,355 --> 01:59:13,123
They continue to be the largest tree fruit crop in the county.

1731
01:59:13,123 --> 01:59:16,250
We estimate 1800 acres harvested last year

1732
01:59:16,250 --> 01:59:20,225
at a total value of 12.3, almost 12.4 million.

1733
01:59:20,874 --> 01:59:25,740
Apiary pollination is in at number nine.

1734
01:59:26,269 --> 01:59:27,314
9.3 million.

1735
01:59:27,314 --> 01:59:29,899
This is consistent with valuation

1736
01:59:29,899 --> 01:59:32,419
and what we've seen for pollination

1737
01:59:32,419 --> 01:59:34,135
in the last few years.

1738
01:59:34,135 --> 01:59:37,635
Most of this value is attributed to almond pollination

1739
01:59:37,635 --> 01:59:42,500
and we see a big influx of beehives in the county

1740
01:59:42,500 --> 01:59:45,481
every January and February gearing up for almond bloom.

1741
01:59:45,481 --> 01:59:48,960
Then we have field corn at number ten

1742
01:59:48,960 --> 01:59:52,387
and this is corn grown for grain under animal feed

1743
01:59:52,387 --> 01:59:54,395
versus fresh market sweet corn.

1744
01:59:54,395 --> 01:59:58,795
First time field corn has been in the top ten crops since 2014.

1745
01:59:58,795 --> 02:00:04,501
The last two years growers pivoted a little more to corn

1746
02:00:04,501 --> 02:00:07,555
as a tomato acreage has dropped off.

1747
02:00:07,555 --> 02:00:10,943
Sunflower has dropped the past years but it's back up this year

1748
02:00:10,943 --> 02:00:15,821
and for lack of other more desirable profitable options.

1749
02:00:15,821 --> 02:00:19,907
We estimate 5700 acres of corn harvested in the county

1750
02:00:19,907 --> 02:00:20,739
last year.

1751
02:00:20,739 --> 02:00:28,295
Looking back in the early 80s, field corn was a top crop in 82

1752
02:00:28,295 --> 02:00:29,405
and 83.

1753
02:00:29,405 --> 02:00:33,303
And 83 there was 55,000 acres of field corn planted

1754
02:00:33,303 --> 02:00:37,347
and that's enough to cover the entire Dixon Ridge from Davis

1755
02:00:37,347 --> 02:00:41,470
to Dixon to Vacaville up to Winters

1756
02:00:41,470 --> 02:00:41,791
just corn.

1757
02:00:41,791 --> 02:00:45,261
Now we have 10% of that and we think it's a lot.

1758
02:00:45,261 --> 02:00:47,750
Times change.

1759
02:00:47,750 --> 02:00:50,997
That is a wrap on the top ten and I

1760
02:00:50,997 --> 02:00:52,455
can pause if there's more questions

1761
02:00:52,455 --> 02:00:56,550
or we'll shift over to Matt.

1762
02:00:56,275 --> 02:00:58,275
Keep going?

1763
02:00:58,328 --> 02:01:03,728
So in reference to the alfalfa, I did not

1764
02:01:06,515 --> 02:01:08,515
recognize that location.

1765
02:01:09,185 --> 02:01:11,185
Is that --?

1766
02:01:12,335 --> 02:01:14,735
This photo for alfalfa.

1767
02:01:24,489 --> 02:01:25,322
>> I think it's for.

1768
02:01:25,322 --> 02:01:25,326
Right on the border.

1769
02:01:25,326 --> 02:01:26,534
>> Is it outside of 505 area?

1770
02:01:26,534 --> 02:01:30,461
You know you can go up to the 505.

1771
02:01:30,461 --> 02:01:36,315
>> It's on the south side of 80 there in the vicinity of.

1772
02:01:36,315 --> 02:01:37,804
>> I just was like --

1773
02:01:37,804 --> 02:01:41,320
I think I know that location.

1774
02:01:41,320 --> 02:01:45,895
Thank you for your report and your hard work.

1775
02:01:45,895 --> 02:01:50,750
Now so Matthew, did you take pictures?

1776
02:01:50,750 --> 02:01:53,750
Did you take pictures Ed?

1777
02:01:53,288 --> 02:01:55,688
>> It's a team effort.

1778
02:01:55,777 --> 02:01:59,785
It's like, I'm tired of being inside and I need to get out?

1779
02:01:59,785 --> 02:02:00,285
Effort?

1780
02:02:00,285 --> 02:02:04,275
I'm just teasing. We have a lot of fun wiht it.

1781
02:02:04,275 --> 02:02:08,699
>> Matthew and Matthew -- >> I forgot, that's right.

1782
02:02:08,699 --> 02:02:12,875
You guys are the twins. Yes it was a lot of fun.

1783
02:02:12,875 --> 02:02:14,421
>> This was phenomenal.

1784
02:02:14,421 --> 02:02:15,775
I love it.

1785
02:02:15,775 --> 02:02:21,949
It also needs -- people need to understand that not only do we

1786
02:02:21,949 --> 02:02:26,301
create a lot in terms of the economy in terms of Solano

1787
02:02:26,301 --> 02:02:30,741
County but we feed people and that's why we need to keep

1788
02:02:30,741 --> 02:02:32,221
our land pristine.

1789
02:02:32,221 --> 02:02:34,631
And that we use it in a proper fashion.

1790
02:02:34,631 --> 02:02:37,581
And we don't pave over it.

1791
02:02:37,581 --> 02:02:39,108
My opinion.

1792
02:02:39,108 --> 02:02:42,108
Being a supervisor at Williams?

1793
02:02:43,915 --> 02:02:45,915
Oh okay okay.

1794
02:02:46,555 --> 02:02:48,955
Okay, are we good?

1795
02:02:50,121 --> 02:02:56,121
So since it was a presentation -- there's still more?

1796
02:02:58,735 --> 02:03:00,535
Oh no.

1797
02:03:00,535 --> 02:03:02,335
I apologize.

1798
02:03:02,335 --> 02:03:05,915
I figured since we were looking at part of the United States

1799
02:03:05,915 --> 02:03:10,728
in terms of the rest of the world, that we were good.

1800
02:03:10,728 --> 02:03:11,503
My bad.

1801
02:03:11,503 --> 02:03:13,995
A few more slides if we can.

1802
02:03:13,995 --> 02:03:15,995
We'll be quick.

1803
02:03:18,435 --> 02:03:23,235
Our growers exported over 640 certificates for ag products

1804
02:03:25,655 --> 02:03:28,425
last year and shipped to 32 countries.

1805
02:03:28,425 --> 02:03:34,485
Most exports are going to Japan or South Korea but others also

1806
02:03:34,485 --> 02:03:41,850
shipped almonds or dried fruit, and dive, nursery stock and --.

1807
02:03:42,235 --> 02:03:46,435
In 2025 we issued certificates to 37 local farmers

1808
02:03:47,259 --> 02:03:50,315
allowing them to sell and certified farmers markets

1809
02:03:50,315 --> 02:03:55,321
and we actively have eight markets in six out of the seven

1810
02:03:55,321 --> 02:03:56,645
locations in our county.

1811
02:03:56,645 --> 02:03:58,645
At this time.

1812
02:03:59,875 --> 02:04:03,419
And our agricultural protection and safety work,

1813
02:04:03,419 --> 02:04:08,819
we monitored over 2300 invasive insect traps and inspected over

1814
02:04:09,795 --> 02:04:14,950
700 000 plant shipments coming into our county and rejected 360

1815
02:04:14,950 --> 02:04:17,501
of those shipments that either were found to have pest

1816
02:04:17,501 --> 02:04:20,408
or violated quarantine for plant shipment regulations

1817
02:04:20,408 --> 02:04:25,208
and we've intercepted 49 invasive pests and we've issued

1818
02:04:25,219 --> 02:04:28,395
270 pesticide permits for farmers or other property owners

1819
02:04:28,395 --> 02:04:33,139
to use pesticides and we conducted over 450 pesticide use

1820
02:04:33,139 --> 02:04:37,275
safety inspections with farmers and agricultural landscape

1821
02:04:37,275 --> 02:04:40,885
maintenance and operators and pest control operators.

1822
02:04:40,885 --> 02:04:42,400
Yes sir?

1823
02:04:42,400 --> 02:04:48,640
I I want to take this opportunity because right now --

1824
02:04:48,928 --> 02:04:49,861
you're covering it --

1825
02:04:49,861 --> 02:04:54,750
I want to thank staff for this year's response.

1826
02:04:54,750 --> 02:04:57,675
Especially on the sharpshooter and everything

1827
02:04:58,867 --> 02:05:02,595
that staff has done to protect these crops.

1828
02:05:02,595 --> 02:05:06,750
You see how significant to our vintners

1829
02:05:06,750 --> 02:05:10,581
into grape production, what it means to our county.

1830
02:05:10,581 --> 02:05:13,370
So you guys are small but mighty.

1831
02:05:13,370 --> 02:05:15,495
There's not a lot of you all to go out and do that and take

1832
02:05:15,495 --> 02:05:18,115
on a big old chunk of land looking for these things

1833
02:05:18,115 --> 02:05:20,987
and getting critters out of here.

1834
02:05:20,987 --> 02:05:24,371
I'm appreciative of you being out there doing that.

1835
02:05:24,371 --> 02:05:27,110
And the effort that it takes.

1836
02:05:27,110 --> 02:05:28,711
I'm not the only one.

1837
02:05:28,711 --> 02:05:30,815
There's a lot of people appreciative

1838
02:05:30,815 --> 02:05:35,835
of you guys making that effort on behalf of us in the Suisun Valley.

1839
02:05:35,835 --> 02:05:37,341
Thank you.

1840
02:05:37,341 --> 02:05:42,141
So speaking of you got ahead of us.

1841
02:05:43,155 --> 02:05:44,155
>> Okay.

1842
02:05:44,155 --> 02:05:48,355
So the sharpshooter is a persistent nemesis.

1843
02:05:49,127 --> 02:05:54,355
This slide come this graph shows the number of adult detections

1844
02:05:54,355 --> 02:05:58,555
that we've had over the life of our eradication project area

1845
02:05:58,555 --> 02:06:00,555
in Browns Valley neighborhood.

1846
02:06:00,555 --> 02:06:06,395
You can see in 23, 24 and 25 we are making steady progress.

1847
02:06:06,395 --> 02:06:10,335
However, we have regressed and taken a small step back

1848
02:06:10,335 --> 02:06:11,201
this year.

1849
02:06:11,201 --> 02:06:15,595
We have had five detections in June and July, four of which

1850
02:06:15,595 --> 02:06:18,595
were clustered onto neighboring properties.

1851
02:06:18,995 --> 02:06:21,995
A little bit of alarm.

1852
02:06:22,901 --> 02:06:26,623
We still have intensified monitoring and surveillance

1853
02:06:26,623 --> 02:06:28,595
in this area.

1854
02:06:28,595 --> 02:06:31,306
We are still optimistic that we're

1855
02:06:31,306 --> 02:06:33,149
going to win out in the end and get

1856
02:06:33,149 --> 02:06:35,675
to a point of complete eradication.

1857
02:06:35,675 --> 02:06:41,515
However, we and just about every Northern California county now

1858
02:06:41,515 --> 02:06:46,301
are contending with a new sharpshooter threat in that we

1859
02:06:46,301 --> 02:06:51,835
had a Fresno County nursery in April and May ship 10,000

1860
02:06:51,835 --> 02:06:55,415
grapevines, many of which were infested with sharpshooter,

1861
02:06:55,415 --> 02:06:59,615
to Costco stores all over Northern California,

1862
02:07:00,155 --> 02:07:03,155
including Laiho, Vacaville and Fairfield.

1863
02:07:05,995 --> 02:07:09,595
The rest of 420 vines came in.

1864
02:07:10,808 --> 02:07:14,875
We were able to stop some before they made it to the sales floor.

1865
02:07:14,875 --> 02:07:17,875
We've accounted for 75% of the 420.

1866
02:07:18,121 --> 02:07:23,819
As we speak, staff are going out this week and doing door hangers

1867
02:07:23,819 --> 02:07:27,467
on the remaining properties despite multiple attempts --

1868
02:07:27,467 --> 02:07:31,105
certain folks we still -- they've been non-responsive

1869
02:07:31,105 --> 02:07:33,211
and we haven't been able to connect.

1870
02:07:33,211 --> 02:07:34,794
That's what we're working on this week

1871
02:07:34,794 --> 02:07:37,619
to try to track down the balance of those.

1872
02:07:37,619 --> 02:07:41,387
We have found sharpshooters related to these shipments.

1873
02:07:41,387 --> 02:07:45,395
One is here in Fairfield and one on the east side --

1874
02:07:45,395 --> 02:07:49,755
so we are continuing to enhance monitoring at all these

1875
02:07:49,755 --> 02:07:53,699
locations where we know people bought grapevines and took them

1876
02:07:53,699 --> 02:07:58,641
out to their communities and our colleagues throughout Northern

1877
02:07:58,641 --> 02:08:01,518
California counties are doing the same thing.

1878
02:08:01,518 --> 02:08:03,855
So enhanced surveillance through the rest of the summer

1879
02:08:03,855 --> 02:08:10,275
into the fall and then we will go with our colleagues

1880
02:08:10,275 --> 02:08:14,595
and state Department of Food and AG this fall and winter

1881
02:08:14,595 --> 02:08:19,541
and see where we are at at that point.

1882
02:08:19,541 --> 02:08:22,880
>> Is there any way to go after the folks who didn't do

1883
02:08:22,880 --> 02:08:28,210
their due diligence and get some monetary compensation to clean

1884
02:08:28,210 --> 02:08:30,210
up somebody's incompetence?

1885
02:08:31,355 --> 02:08:34,361
>> We are in contact with the deputy Da who was assigned

1886
02:08:34,361 --> 02:08:38,155
to agriculture and she is engaged with multiple other

1887
02:08:38,155 --> 02:08:39,355
counties.

1888
02:08:39,355 --> 02:08:41,355
Pending potential action.

1889
02:08:44,115 --> 02:08:46,115
>> Supervisor Williams?

1890
02:08:46,435 --> 02:08:47,971
>> Thank you.

1891
02:08:47,971 --> 02:08:51,510
I've been receiving some calls from the Valley

1892
02:08:51,510 --> 02:08:55,245
Not that they have spotted any sharpshooters,

1893
02:08:55,245 --> 02:08:58,845
but just concerned -- the concern,

1894
02:08:59,495 --> 02:09:05,495
the impact to the grapevines and how this particular species

1895
02:09:08,350 --> 02:09:14,350
really enjoy grapes (laughs) just as much as we do.

1896
02:09:16,825 --> 02:09:19,408
My question is, because I have received all the information --

1897
02:09:19,408 --> 02:09:23,435
I have shared it publicly in the newsletters and everything else.

1898
02:09:23,435 --> 02:09:25,435
And social media.

1899
02:09:25,579 --> 02:09:30,979
Is there anything and so is there anything more

1900
02:09:31,315 --> 02:09:34,915
we could do to eradicate this?

1901
02:09:35,555 --> 02:09:38,488
There's been a push for me to make sure

1902
02:09:38,488 --> 02:09:43,155
that I am staying abreast of what's going on with this.

1903
02:09:43,155 --> 02:09:49,155
And all the different steps we are taking to eradicate.

1904
02:09:49,155 --> 02:09:53,455
>> As I said, we are doing enhanced surveillance.

1905
02:09:53,455 --> 02:09:57,375
We have traps across the county, particularly

1906
02:09:57,375 --> 02:10:02,175
in areas where people bought these Costco grapevines.

1907
02:10:02,305 --> 02:10:07,101
We are doing additional outreach to the outstanding properties

1908
02:10:07,101 --> 02:10:09,908
today and in our eradication area

1909
02:10:09,908 --> 02:10:14,215
we are going door to door doing surveys as well.

1910
02:10:14,215 --> 02:10:17,781
I think we're doing everything we can at the moment.

1911
02:10:17,781 --> 02:10:23,181
We're kind of in a wait and see approach.

1912
02:10:23,795 --> 02:10:27,995
>> My second question about this particular species,

1913
02:10:28,395 --> 02:10:34,995
so does it go dormant in the winter and then --

1914
02:10:35,692 --> 02:10:39,648
once we go door to door and do what we can,

1915
02:10:39,648 --> 02:10:43,248
for next year is it --

1916
02:10:44,158 --> 02:10:47,795
I don't really know about the species.

1917
02:10:47,795 --> 02:10:50,835
>> We will plan to have this enhanced level of monitoring

1918
02:10:50,835 --> 02:10:53,835
likely for some time now.

1919
02:10:54,435 --> 02:10:58,635
The populations can be difficult to detect.

1920
02:10:58,771 --> 02:11:02,775
They overwinter as adults and they're typically not active

1921
02:11:02,775 --> 02:11:08,775
once temperatures cool off -- >> But it doesn't kill them?

1922
02:11:10,355 --> 02:11:14,555
>> We need like a super freeze --

1923
02:11:15,555 --> 02:11:19,755
which we haven't had in Browns Valley.

1924
02:11:21,718 --> 02:11:25,282
(inaudible) to a level that would be effective.

1925
02:11:25,282 --> 02:11:26,574
>> That's all I wanted to know.

1926
02:11:26,574 --> 02:11:27,694
I was just wondering.

1927
02:11:27,694 --> 02:11:29,430
I was wondering more.

1928
02:11:29,430 --> 02:11:32,255
I guess I'll have to study up.

1929
02:11:32,255 --> 02:11:34,255
Thank you.

1930
02:11:42,540 --> 02:11:44,373
>> Finally in our weights and measures work,

1931
02:11:44,373 --> 02:11:45,821
staff have it tested over 8000 commercial measuring devices

1932
02:11:45,821 --> 02:11:48,275
including electric vehicle charging stations

1933
02:11:48,275 --> 02:11:53,750
and they've also inspected 162 retail stores in nearly 3500

1934
02:11:53,619 --> 02:11:56,867
items for pricing accuracies that resulted in finding

1935
02:11:56,867 --> 02:12:00,467
overcharges on 2.8% of all items inspected.

1936
02:12:01,445 --> 02:12:04,403
Roughly three out of 100 items purchased or charged

1937
02:12:04,403 --> 02:12:09,895
at an amount higher than the posted price ranging from $0.10

1938
02:12:09,895 --> 02:12:11,895
to $100.

1939
02:12:22,183 --> 02:12:23,641
>> That concludes the presentation.

1940
02:12:23,641 --> 02:12:25,933
>> I was fine with it being over earlier if you wanted.

1941
02:12:25,933 --> 02:12:28,435
I guess we didn't script that.

1942
02:12:28,435 --> 02:12:33,761
Just thank you -- if I may, thanks to all the farmers

1943
02:12:33,761 --> 02:12:36,435
and ranchers who contributed information to help us build

1944
02:12:36,435 --> 02:12:41,715
report and staff and to Matthew for doing the design year after

1945
02:12:41,715 --> 02:12:43,555
year.

1946
02:12:43,555 --> 02:12:49,555
>> I did have a question on -- on the overcharges.

1947
02:12:49,741 --> 02:12:56,341
So what happens when you catch them overcharging for the --

1948
02:13:03,620 --> 02:13:03,770
for the charging?

1949
02:13:03,770 --> 02:13:03,772
What's happened?

1950
02:13:03,772 --> 02:13:06,245
>> Depending on the enforcement history or the compliance

1951
02:13:06,245 --> 02:13:10,252
history on that location, we typically start with --

1952
02:13:10,252 --> 02:13:13,950
and with the level of overcharge was and the impact

1953
02:13:13,950 --> 02:13:18,795
to the consumer -- we may start with a Warning letter or elevate

1954
02:13:18,795 --> 02:13:22,395
directly to the administrative civil penalty.,

1955
02:13:25,170 --> 02:13:26,450
they're overcharging?

1956
02:13:26,450 --> 02:13:27,219
What happens?

1957
02:13:27,219 --> 02:13:30,219
We do monitor them ongoing.

1958
02:13:30,803 --> 02:13:35,603
Just to make sure they're staying in compliance.

1959
02:13:38,715 --> 02:13:42,885
If they're habitual breakers of these rules,

1960
02:13:42,885 --> 02:13:45,295
is it revoked from them?

1961
02:13:45,295 --> 02:13:46,855
What happens?

1962
02:13:46,855 --> 02:13:50,923
>> We would continue to elevate the civil penalty.

1963
02:13:50,923 --> 02:13:55,635
If it's a chain store we would look across to other counties

1964
02:13:55,635 --> 02:13:58,301
to see if it's a persistent problem

1965
02:13:58,301 --> 02:14:00,301
across multiple jurisdictions.

1966
02:14:00,815 --> 02:14:04,475
District attorneys occasionally will take cases --

1967
02:14:04,475 --> 02:14:07,541
if there's a multi county issue going on.

1968
02:14:07,541 --> 02:14:10,981
This is a program we've been building over the past few years

1969
02:14:10,981 --> 02:14:15,555
now, we're getting up to speed with it now.

1970
02:14:15,555 --> 02:14:19,755
>> I'm glad you're doing something about it.

1971
02:14:20,515 --> 02:14:22,515
>> Public comments?

1972
02:14:24,195 --> 02:14:25,215
>> That's fine.

1973
02:14:25,215 --> 02:14:26,768
I just wanted

1974
02:14:26,768 --> 02:14:29,535
>> I wanted to ask you and counsel tell me if this

1975
02:14:29,535 --> 02:14:33,275
isn't okay, but I'd like to see a report out so the public knows

1976
02:14:33,275 --> 02:14:37,867
also who those offenders are who are overcharging them,

1977
02:14:37,867 --> 02:14:39,825
at least report to the board.

1978
02:14:39,825 --> 02:14:42,303
You may not have to come out and call them out

1979
02:14:42,303 --> 02:14:44,115
by name but at least, just like when

1980
02:14:44,115 --> 02:14:47,571
we have the folks who don't pay their garbage bill,

1981
02:14:47,571 --> 02:14:51,195
I won't mention any names, but when

1982
02:14:51,195 --> 02:14:54,195
we have the folks who don't pay their garbage bill,

1983
02:14:54,195 --> 02:14:56,823
we have no problem calling out citizens on that.

1984
02:14:56,823 --> 02:15:00,419
I think we should be calling out the businesses

1985
02:15:00,419 --> 02:15:03,915
and the citizens have a right to know who is overcharging them.

1986
02:15:03,915 --> 02:15:05,699
Especially if they are repeat offenders

1987
02:15:05,699 --> 02:15:07,830
or a big corporate change.

1988
02:15:07,830 --> 02:15:08,995
I think that matters.

1989
02:15:08,995 --> 02:15:13,887
I would like to see a report to the board on that.

1990
02:15:13,887 --> 02:15:15,595
>> If you maintain those as confidential,

1991
02:15:15,595 --> 02:15:18,755
I think generally enforcement records are public.

1992
02:15:18,755 --> 02:15:23,555
But maybe we can talk offline about it.

1993
02:15:23,555 --> 02:15:28,955
>> Maybe I will get one and maybe I won't.

1994
02:15:36,688 --> 02:15:37,230
>> I love it.

1995
02:15:37,230 --> 02:15:37,233
>> Public comment?

1996
02:15:37,233 --> 02:15:37,246
>> Charlene, we can see you have your hand raised so please go

1997
02:15:37,246 --> 02:15:38,288
ahead and press star six.

1998
02:15:38,288 --> 02:15:40,688
Go ahead and speak.

1999
02:15:44,355 --> 02:15:45,655
>> Thank you very much.

2000
02:15:45,655 --> 02:15:48,251
I wanted to say that I love this report.

2001
02:15:48,251 --> 02:15:52,715
I think it shows exactly what our county has to offer

2002
02:15:52,715 --> 02:15:54,488
as far as agriculture goes.

2003
02:15:54,488 --> 02:16:02,635
I wonder if in the future not to provide more work for Matthew, if we could kind of keep track

2004
02:16:02,635 --> 02:16:09,267
of what we would be losing and these numbers to Suisun's annex

2005
02:16:09,267 --> 02:16:13,975
that farmland, we would have a definite drop in sheep and cow,

2006
02:16:13,975 --> 02:16:18,375
cattle funds and with the Northeast annexation for Vacaville,

2007
02:16:18,375 --> 02:16:25,203
we would move a ton of fruit and nut tree in alfalfa production.

2008
02:16:25,203 --> 02:16:29,323
I think if we were watching those closely and could project

2009
02:16:29,323 --> 02:16:35,174
what would happen if you gave away or somehow I don't know how again

2010
02:16:35,174 --> 02:16:38,395
I need to learn about what it means to annex something

2011
02:16:38,395 --> 02:16:42,415
but somehow if you were to relinquish that property,

2012
02:16:42,415 --> 02:16:44,565
what are we going to lose?

2013
02:16:44,565 --> 02:16:48,961
There's a lot of money here that is part of what

2014
02:16:48,961 --> 02:16:50,300
represents Solano County.

2015
02:16:50,300 --> 02:16:53,300
Thank you for the reports.

2016
02:16:54,595 --> 02:16:59,608
And I'm glad to be part of those numbers.

2017
02:16:59,608 --> 02:17:01,608
>> Thank you. (inaudible)

2018
02:17:17,694 --> 02:17:20,194
Hats now from real estate agent to the president the Pleasant

2019
02:17:20,194 --> 02:17:20,423
Valley AG Association, I'm Gaull Culley

2020
02:17:20,423 --> 02:17:23,767
Today I would like to celebrate some wonderful news for Solano

2021
02:17:23,767 --> 02:17:24,267
County.

2022
02:17:24,267 --> 02:17:27,735
The newly released 2025 crop and Livestock report

2023
02:17:27,735 --> 02:17:29,635
tells an incredible story.

2024
02:17:29,635 --> 02:17:32,475
This year Solano County Agricultural

2025
02:17:32,475 --> 02:17:35,475
generated nearly half of $1 billion

2026
02:17:36,500 --> 02:17:38,855
in gross agricultural production making

2027
02:17:38,855 --> 02:17:43,195
it the highest agricultural production value in the county's

2028
02:17:43,195 --> 02:17:45,195
76 year history.

2029
02:17:45,755 --> 02:17:47,915
That's something every resident of Solano County

2030
02:17:47,915 --> 02:17:50,665
should be proud of and should know about.

2031
02:17:50,665 --> 02:17:53,640
The report highlights historical milestones.

2032
02:17:53,640 --> 02:17:57,248
Almonds became the second commodity in county history

2033
02:17:57,248 --> 02:17:59,848
to exceed $100 million in annual value

2034
02:17:59,848 --> 02:18:03,775
and our cattle industry reached record production as well.

2035
02:18:03,775 --> 02:18:06,541
These achievements reflect dedication, innovation

2036
02:18:06,541 --> 02:18:09,387
and resilience of the farmers and ranchers

2037
02:18:09,387 --> 02:18:11,855
who continue to feed our communities

2038
02:18:11,855 --> 02:18:13,806
and Steward our lands.

2039
02:18:13,806 --> 02:18:18,499
I want to thank the Agricultural Commissioner and the staff

2040
02:18:18,499 --> 02:18:21,415
for producing such an exceptional report,

2041
02:18:21,415 --> 02:18:24,275
for this important work they do every day to support

2042
02:18:24,275 --> 02:18:26,275
agriculture.

2043
02:18:27,115 --> 02:18:30,818
As I read the report one thing stayed with me.

2044
02:18:30,818 --> 02:18:34,435
While agriculture continues to set records in our county,

2045
02:18:34,435 --> 02:18:38,795
it is often absent from the public conversation about Solano

2046
02:18:38,795 --> 02:18:41,101
counties major economic drivers.

2047
02:18:41,101 --> 02:18:43,501
Our economic development Corporation

2048
02:18:44,750 --> 02:18:48,563
highlights many industries but very little or nothing

2049
02:18:48,563 --> 02:18:50,963
about the agricultural sector.

2050
02:18:51,540 --> 02:18:56,340
I believe agriculture deserves to stand alongside healthcare,

2051
02:18:57,635 --> 02:19:00,635
manufacturing, logistics, biotechnology and government

2052
02:19:01,795 --> 02:19:05,995
as one of the foundational industries that

2053
02:19:08,989 --> 02:19:10,989
drives our economy.

2054
02:19:11,336 --> 02:19:12,711
The crop report itself reminds us

2055
02:19:12,711 --> 02:19:15,128
that nearly half $1 billion value represents only the farm

2056
02:19:15,128 --> 02:19:18,115
gate value and does not include the multiplier effect, created

2057
02:19:18,115 --> 02:19:21,115
through food processing, transportation, equipment

2058
02:19:21,675 --> 02:19:25,275
finance, wineries, agritourism and many businesses

2059
02:19:26,365 --> 02:19:28,218
that depend on agriculture.

2060
02:19:28,218 --> 02:19:32,645
My hope is that we tell the full story of Solano County's

2061
02:19:32,645 --> 02:19:33,715
economy.

2062
02:19:33,715 --> 02:19:35,601
Agriculture just isn't a part of our history.

2063
02:19:35,601 --> 02:19:38,881
It's one of the greatest strengths.

2064
02:19:38,881 --> 02:19:43,810
It deserves to be recognized as much.

2065
02:19:51,655 --> 02:19:54,300
>> I have no other -- >> Any other comments to the board?

2066
02:19:54,300 --> 02:19:55,995
Are we good?

2067
02:19:55,995 --> 02:19:57,515
All right.

2068
02:19:57,515 --> 02:20:02,955
I love the fact that you made it to this side of Solano County.

2069
02:20:02,955 --> 02:20:05,779
I have to let you know, I do think of you

2070
02:20:05,779 --> 02:20:09,379
when I drive on Cordelia Road.

2071
02:20:19,110 --> 02:20:19,652
>> All right.

2072
02:20:19,652 --> 02:20:19,654
Thank you.

2073
02:20:19,654 --> 02:20:19,657
That was great.

2074
02:20:19,657 --> 02:20:20,157
Thank you.

2075
02:20:20,157 --> 02:20:22,157
Both mats.

2076
02:20:22,275 --> 02:20:26,219
We're at that portion -- are there any comments from

2077
02:20:26,219 --> 02:20:27,245
the board?

2078
02:20:27,245 --> 02:20:31,835
Anything the board wants to talk about or bring forward or tell

2079
02:20:31,835 --> 02:20:34,635
us what you've done or whatever it is we're doing?

2080
02:20:34,635 --> 02:20:36,635
Comments?

2081
02:20:37,355 --> 02:20:39,355
>> Thank you.

2082
02:20:39,875 --> 02:20:42,128
>> Just want to make sure.

2083
02:20:42,128 --> 02:20:46,928
>> I wanted to share that on Saturday --

2084
02:20:47,315 --> 02:20:49,115
I am Resharing.

2085
02:20:49,115 --> 02:20:52,143
On Saturday August 22nd from 10 a.m.

2086
02:20:52,143 --> 02:20:55,941
To 12 noon, at Anna Kyle elementary school,

2087
02:20:55,941 --> 02:21:01,115
I will be hosting a diaper giveaway and resource

2088
02:21:01,115 --> 02:21:05,315
fair in honor of national Breastfeeding Month.

2089
02:21:06,235 --> 02:21:10,532
We will have not only resources but right now

2090
02:21:10,532 --> 02:21:14,275
we have I think up to 2000 diapers to give away.

2091
02:21:14,275 --> 02:21:18,168
This is free and open to the public.

2092
02:21:18,168 --> 02:21:22,577
It will also have food as well to give away

2093
02:21:22,577 --> 02:21:26,755
and I want to thank food is free for their partnership with this.

2094
02:21:26,755 --> 02:21:30,467
It's also in partnership with the first five Solano

2095
02:21:30,467 --> 02:21:32,867
and Partnership Health Plan.

2096
02:21:32,945 --> 02:21:35,901
I want to thank them for their support

2097
02:21:35,901 --> 02:21:40,307
and I do believe North Bay has just joined us as well.

2098
02:21:40,307 --> 02:21:45,107
I also wanted to announce that Justice Wright,

2099
02:21:47,635 --> 02:21:51,195
she is an intern in my office.

2100
02:21:51,195 --> 02:21:54,635
She returns this year to work in the office.

2101
02:21:54,635 --> 02:21:58,315
You'll be seeing her in the hallways.

2102
02:21:58,315 --> 02:22:03,715
She is actually a graduate from Buckingham Collegiate Chapter

2103
02:22:12,262 --> 02:22:12,762
Academy.

2104
02:22:12,762 --> 02:22:13,720
She's an honor student.

2105
02:22:13,720 --> 02:22:20,920
I want to acknowledge Justice and welcome her back to the area

2106
02:22:21,975 --> 02:22:22,600
into my office.

2107
02:22:22,600 --> 02:22:25,142
We can continue to work on some things that we're working on.

2108
02:22:25,142 --> 02:22:29,942
I think that's all I needed to share.

2109
02:22:39,730 --> 02:22:39,770
>> Again thank you.

2110
02:22:39,770 --> 02:22:39,850
I just wanted to say to everyone who

2111
02:22:39,850 --> 02:22:42,219
has small children, may you have a wonderful back to school.

2112
02:22:42,219 --> 02:22:43,670
Thank you.

2113
02:22:43,670 --> 02:22:45,670
Bye bye.

2114
02:22:45,221 --> 02:22:47,515
>> I'm so glad I don't have to go.

2115
02:22:47,515 --> 02:22:49,515
Supervisor James?

2116
02:22:50,435 --> 02:22:57,135
>> As I get prepared -- for back to school -- but I am excited.

2117
02:22:57,135 --> 02:22:59,135
Two things.

2118
02:22:59,335 --> 02:23:01,350
Three.

2119
02:23:01,350 --> 02:23:04,635
Two there are two backpack giveaways

2120
02:23:05,787 --> 02:23:11,480
or back to school giveaways in Vallejo this Saturday.

2121
02:23:11,480 --> 02:23:15,172
One will be held at the GVRD Sports Gym

2122
02:23:15,172 --> 02:23:18,669
and it is set up like a market where

2123
02:23:18,669 --> 02:23:21,326
you can choose your own backpack and school supplies

2124
02:23:21,326 --> 02:23:22,343
and there will be shoes.

2125
02:23:22,343 --> 02:23:24,818
Three youth to seven youth.

2126
02:23:24,818 --> 02:23:26,635
It starts at 11 a.m.

2127
02:23:26,635 --> 02:23:31,390
And then next Saturday there will be another backpack giveaway hosted

2128
02:23:31,390 --> 02:23:34,192
by Fresh Prints, August 15th 11 a.m.

2129
02:23:34,192 --> 02:23:35,250
To 3 p.m.

2130
02:23:35,250 --> 02:23:38,235
At Dick Bass Park in North Vallejo.

2131
02:23:38,235 --> 02:23:44,835
And I want to adjourn in memory of Patricia Anne Barber,

2132
02:23:44,915 --> 02:23:47,275
also known as Pat.

2133
02:23:47,275 --> 02:23:53,691
Pat was born in Washington D.C. Two Ulas Grant Jacobs

2134
02:23:53,691 --> 02:23:56,165
and Lossie W Jacobs, her family later moved

2135
02:23:56,165 --> 02:23:58,834
to Clinton North Carolina where she attended

2136
02:23:58,834 --> 02:24:01,934
primary and secondary school alongside her brother

2137
02:24:01,934 --> 02:24:02,635
Charles Jacobs.

2138
02:24:02,635 --> 02:24:06,171
She went on to earn a degree in social work

2139
02:24:06,171 --> 02:24:09,707
from Fayetteville State College and began her professional life

2140
02:24:09,707 --> 02:24:13,875
as a social worker in New York before moving to California.

2141
02:24:13,875 --> 02:24:18,434
In California Pat earned her Master's of Art

2142
02:24:18,434 --> 02:24:21,915
degree and special education from Sonoma State University.

2143
02:24:21,915 --> 02:24:25,395
She devoted more than 30 years to serving students

2144
02:24:25,395 --> 02:24:28,235
in Vallejo City Unified School District including

2145
02:24:28,235 --> 02:24:29,584
Franklin Middle School.

2146
02:24:29,584 --> 02:24:31,555
Vallejo High School.

2147
02:24:31,555 --> 02:24:33,594
And Jesse Bethel High School.

2148
02:24:33,594 --> 02:24:36,475
Her love for teaching continued after retirement

2149
02:24:36,475 --> 02:24:40,315
when she taught life skills at Vallejo Adult School.

2150
02:24:40,315 --> 02:24:43,209
Pat was deeply committed to service, community

2151
02:24:43,209 --> 02:24:45,379
and the well-being of all children.

2152
02:24:45,379 --> 02:24:48,382
She was active with Meals on Wheels,

2153
02:24:48,382 --> 02:24:50,674
the Greater Vallejo chapter of Jack and Jill of America

2154
02:24:50,674 --> 02:24:54,874
incorporated, and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority --

2155
02:24:56,995 --> 02:25:01,184
she also led the project at Saint Catherine of Siena School,

2156
02:25:01,184 --> 02:25:04,995
ensuring children will not have to sit in the hot sun while

2157
02:25:04,995 --> 02:25:06,350
eating lunch.

2158
02:25:06,350 --> 02:25:10,140
Beyond her service she enjoyed listening to music, gardening,

2159
02:25:10,140 --> 02:25:14,635
painting, traveling and spending time with her beloved grandsons.

2160
02:25:14,635 --> 02:25:20,635
She leaves behind a husband of 57 years, Johnny Barbara Junior

2161
02:25:21,263 --> 02:25:24,710
and Her daughters and three grandsons

2162
02:25:24,710 --> 02:25:27,671
and may her memory be pleasant.

2163
02:25:37,333 --> 02:25:37,833
>> Okay.

2164
02:25:37,833 --> 02:25:39,125
Anybody >> Hold on, here we go.

2165
02:25:39,125 --> 02:25:41,434
Before I gavel out, a reminder --

2166
02:25:41,434 --> 02:25:45,254
August 25th we do not have a board meeting.

2167
02:25:45,254 --> 02:25:50,540
I know everybody in the audience -- what?

2168
02:25:50,728 --> 02:25:53,674
I thought you said August 25th.

2169
02:25:53,674 --> 02:25:55,334
>> August 11th, no board meeting.

2170
02:25:55,334 --> 02:25:58,934
August 25th is when we'll reconvene.

2171
02:26:00,475 --> 02:26:03,267
>> We definitely want the August 25th.

2172
02:26:03,267 --> 02:26:06,525
That's fine, I even put August 25th Council so obviously I

2173
02:26:06,525 --> 02:26:09,941
didn't hear you properly, which is usually pretty true when it

2174
02:26:09,941 --> 02:26:10,600
comes to n.

2175
02:26:10,600 --> 02:26:13,181
Do I really have to listen to admin?

2176
02:26:13,181 --> 02:26:14,288
I apologize.

2177
02:26:14,288 --> 02:26:16,461
Here I was happy.

2178
02:26:16,461 --> 02:26:20,661
You just took away my happiness. (laughs)

2179
02:26:31,893 --> 02:26:34,122
>> I mean, you still get a day -- >> (laughs) yeah,

2180
02:26:34,122 --> 02:26:35,237
but not the day I wanted!

2181
02:26:35,237 --> 02:26:35,245
I could have had baseball tickets or something.

2182
02:26:35,245 --> 02:26:37,780
Anyway let me make sure I have this correct.

2183
02:26:37,780 --> 02:26:41,315
It is August 11th, so next week we do not meet.

2184
02:26:41,315 --> 02:26:45,835
And then we have to come back on the 25th,

2185
02:26:45,835 --> 02:26:48,855
which if you get freaking out is how many more months before

2186
02:26:48,855 --> 02:26:49,355
Christmas?

2187
02:26:49,355 --> 02:26:52,395
I'm throwing it out since it's the 25th.

2188
02:26:52,395 --> 02:26:53,811
So I apologize.

2189
02:26:53,811 --> 02:26:57,246
Sorry, those of you who got excited like me --

2190
02:26:57,246 --> 02:26:59,246
not happening.

2191
02:27:01,995 --> 02:27:06,195
Okay so okay so I was trying.

2192
02:27:07,235 --> 02:27:13,155
I was trying to get some free time for all of us to do stuff.

2193
02:27:13,155 --> 02:27:15,155
Oh meeting adjourned.

2194
02:27:15,405 --> 02:27:16,801
That's right.

2195
02:27:16,801 --> 02:27:19,201
Not to hit Mitch.

2196
02:27:19,388 --> 02:27:21,235
We are adjourned.

2197
02:27:21,235 --> 02:27:23,235
Yay.