GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE, WELCOME TO THE FEBRUARY 2ND, TWENTY TWENTY ONE MERCED COUNTY BOARD [Call to Order] [00:00:05] MEETING. IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE SPREAD OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS, THE COUNTY IS CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN COMPLIANCE WITH SOCIAL DISTANCING REQUIREMENTS WITH SEATING FOR THE PUBLIC LIMITED TO TWENTY FIVE. WE HAVE ALSO PROVIDED SOME OVERFLOW SPACE ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO DO NOT WISH TO ATTEND IN PERSON. WE HAVE BEEN ACCEPTING GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL AND VOICEMAIL FOR NON AGENDA AND AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL NOW START WITH THE INVOCATION PROVIDED BY PASTOR TYSON TOLBERT OF FAITH COMMUNITY, BIBLE CHURCH IN [INAUDIBLE]. AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. LET'S PRAY. LORD, IT IS GOOD FOR US TO SIMPLY BOW OUR HEADS AND OUR HEARTS BEFORE YOU AND LORD SEEK YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR DIRECTION. AND WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, LORD, WHERE THINGS CAN BE DISCUSSED PERTAINING TO THIS COMMUNITY. I THANK YOU FOR THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR INSIGHTS AND WISDOM AND HOW YOU BROUGHT THEM TO THIS PLACE AT THIS TIME. I DO ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT WOULD GUIDE THEM AND WE PRAY FOR ALL THE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA AND EVEN THINGS THAT MIGHT BE WEIGHING UPON THEM OR THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM INSIGHT AND WISDOM, GIVE THEM DIRECTION AND MOTIVATION FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY AND FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE DO WANT TO TAKE TIME AND ACKNOWLEDGE LORD AND ASK FOR YOUR HAND OF PROTECTION UPON ALL THOSE WHO SERVE. SO WE THINK ABOUT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND DOCTORS AND NURSES. LORD THANK YOU FOR THEM. THANK YOU FOR THE STRENGTH OF THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. WE DO WANT TO PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES AS WELL. ALWAYS LIKE TO PRAY FOR THEM AND ASK GOD THAT YOU WOULD MEET THE NEEDS FOR THOSE WHO ARE STRUGGLING AND THOSE WHO ARE HURTING AND THAT THROUGH THIS TIME LORD THERE MIGHT BE SOME HELP AND GUIDANCE. SO, LORD, THIS TIME WE COMMIT TO YOU. WE PRAY THAT YOUR SPIRIT WOULD BE ACTIVE AND BE AT WORK. BLESS THESE SUPERVISORS AND BLESS THEIR FAMILIES. GIVE THEM ATTENTION TO DETAIL, GIVE THEM WISDOM AND DIRECTION AND LEAD EVERYTHING FOR YOUR GLORY AND YOUR PURPOSES AND LET OUR COMMUNITY BE BLESSED. AND WE THANK YOU FOR IT. AND WE LOOK TO YOU. WE ASK THAT, LORD, YOU WOULD BE AT WORK AND WE PRAY THIS IN THE WONDERFUL NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. AMEN. READY, BEGIN. AND THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IT'S NOW TIME FOR A PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OF THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST [PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK] WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION, INCLUDING ITEMS ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA, EXCEPT FOR THOSE ITEMS SPECIFICALLY SCHEDULED AS PUBLIC HEARINGS, TESTIMONY LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. IS THERE ANYBODY--? OK, THERE'S A RACE. I SEE [INAUDIBLE] WORKING OUT, SO I KNOW SHE'S A LITTLE QUICK. SO IT'S A JOINT PARTNERSHIP. OK. GOOD MORNING CHAIR, SUPERVISORS, COUNTY COUNCIL CEO BROWN . SO LATER ON IN YOUR AGENDA, ITEM 10 AND 11 IS A JOINT COLLABORATION BETWEEN [INAUDIBLE] AND PROBATION. IN SEPTEMBER OF TWENTY TWENTY, YOU APPROVED FOR MY DEPARTMENT TO LAUNCH A NEW DIVISION, OUR JUSTICE AND COMMUNITY INTEGRATION TEAM, OR WE SO FONDLY CALLED OUR JUSTICE LEAGUE. IN THAT TIME, WE EXPLAINED TO YOU THAT THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE PHASES WITHIN THAT DIVISION. OUR FIRST PHASE WAS THE DART TEAM, WHERE WE COLLABORATE WITH MERCED PD AS WELL AS GOING OUT WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. AT THIS TIME, PHASE ONE IS MULTI-PRONGED AND YOU WILL BE ACTUALLY VOTING ON TWO MOUS WITH PROBATION. ONE, WHERE MY DEPARTMENT WILL BE ABLE TO BE FULLY INTEGRATED IN JUVENILE JUSTICE [INAUDIBLE], AS WELL AS AN INTEGRATED PROGRAM AT LOS BANOS, WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK DIRECTLY ALONGSIDE PROBATION OFFICERS AND DO REAL TIME RESPONSES. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEXT PART OF PHASE ONE AND YOUR VOTE LATER ON TODAY. HELLO. WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS COLLABORATION WITH BHRS AND WE RECOGNIZE AS A DEPARTMENT THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING REHABILITATIVE AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES TO OUR CLIENTS. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? [00:05:06] SEEING NONE. WE WILL MOVE. I THINK WE HAVE TWO VOICEMAIL'S. CALLS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT DURING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 2021. HELLO, MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE]. I'M THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT [INAUDIBLE] IS A GRASSROOTS AND COMMUNITY DRIVEN ORGANIZATION WORKING ON SYSTEMS CHANGE, CHANGING RULES WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS IN ORDER TO BUILD TRUST WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. OUR GOAL IS TO MOVE THEM ALL FORWARD. TODAY, I'M HERE TO URGE YOU, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, TO TAKE ACTION AND RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT WEEKLY COMMUNITY IMPACT REPORTS THAT ARE CREATED BY [INAUDIBLE] SHOW DATA. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO SEE WHETHER THEY ARE [INAUDIBLE] AND UNDERSERVED, AS WELL AS ENSURE RESOURCES ARE DISTRIBUTED EQUALLY. AS WITH THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE. [INAUDIBLE] DATA ON THE ONLINE DASHBOARD. NOT ALL WITHIN [INAUDIBLE] ARE IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT UNTIL THEY CAN INTERMINGLE WITH NO CULTURAL OR ETHNIC BARRIER. WE NEED TO MAKE THAT DISTINCTION. THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT VULNERABLE POPULATIONS IN ORDER TO DO OUTREACH WORK AND TAKE ACTION TO REDUCE THE RISK. WE NEED MORE DATA THAT WE CAN HOLD TO REPRESENT THE ETHNIC GROUPS. AND THEN WE OFFER ANY PUBLIC HEALTH [INAUDIBLE] THE HMONG AND REPRESENTATIVES WITHIN WAGE TO BE FULL TIME. AND THERE IS A DIRE NEED FOR THE HMONG COMMUNITY TO UTILIZE THE PUBLIC SERVICES. AND THEY HAVE MANY WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE BASIC ENGLISH LANGUAGE. PLEASE CONSIDER THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND TAKE ACTION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS BRIAN MUNOZ WITH PROJECT GROWTH IN MERCED AND I HAVE A GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT . MERCED FAMILIES ARE EXPERIENCING HUNGER AT LEVELS NEVER SEEN BEFORE. THIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, BUT IT WAS WORSENED BY IT. WE KNOW SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS, FOOD BANKS AND PANTRIES HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD, OFFERING GROCERIES, PREPARED MEALS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN. BUT IT OFTEN ISN'T ENOUGH. ONE FEDERAL PROGRAM DID MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHEN CONGRESS PASSED A LAW GIVING FAMILIES THE CASH VALUE OF THE MEALS THEY MISSED WHEN SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED SOME MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CAN ALSO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY REQUESTING THE FUNDS BE ALLOCATED TO ALLEVIATE THE FOOD NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. ON OUR PART, PROJECT GROUP HAS LAUNCHED A LOCAL COALITION WHOSE ONLY GOAL IS TO ENSURE FAMILIES HAVE ACCESS TO NUTRITIOUS FOOD AND QUALITY EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES. WE INVITE THE PUBLIC TO JOIN US AND HELP US PUSH THIS INITIATIVE FORWARD. YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AT PROJECT GROWTH MERCED. WE WOULD ALSO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT FREE FOOD IS AVAILABLE DAILY AT THE PEOPLE'S FRIDGE AND EVERY SATURDAY AT THE POP UP PEOPLE'S PANTRY LOCATED AT 936 WEST 18TH STREET IN MERCED. THANK YOU. THIS CONCLUDES THE VOICEMAILS RECEIVED. OK, THANK YOU. NEXT IS APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE. [CONSENT CALENDAR ] OK, ON THE CONSENT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS ON ANY ITEMS? THERE YOU GO. GO AHEAD, MAKE THE MOTION. OK, I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS BOARD ACTION PUBLIC WORKS ITEM NUMBER SIX. [BOARD ACTION] ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? [00:10:06] CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PARIERA. THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE IF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING THAT THIS IS AN ITEM THAT WILL EXTEND THE EXPIRATION DATE OF YOUR LAKE YOSEMITE ANNUAL PASS THAT WAS SOLD BACK IN TWENTY TWENTY, THAT IT IS STILL GOOD AND WILL BE GOOD UNTIL THE END OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE, DECEMBER 31ST 2021. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD. YOU KNOW, IT BOTHERS ME WHEN PEOPLE SPEND MONEY ON SOMETHING AND THEN CAN'T UTILIZE IT. AND OF COURSE THAT ONE OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS WE DID THAT WITH SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL FEES AND FIRE AND BUSINESS LICENSES. AND SO THIS KIND OF HOLDS TRUE WITH THAT. AND I HOPE THAT THIS YEAR YOU GET TO USE THAT PERMIT EVERY DAY HERE IN THE SHORT RUN. AND ANYWAY, SO I JUST WANT TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS AND [INAUDIBLE] AGAIN FOR BRINGING THAT FORWARD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OK, I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE. LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS HEALTH ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA? LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. TALLY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, AND BE IN THAT THERE IS A [INAUDIBLE] VOTE WILL GO AHEAD AND DIVIDE THIS ONE UP INTO TWO. YES. I CAN MAYBE MAKE A SUGGESTION, MAYBE WE CAN DO BOTH MOTIONS, THE CONCLUSION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT'S ALL KIND OF SEAMLESS IF-- WE NEED TO HAVE TWO INDEPENDENT VOTES, CORRECT? I WOULD SUGGEST JUST DOING AT THE TAIL END OF THE PRESENTATION. OK. YES. THANK YOU, SIR. SURE, MARK. WHATEVER STAFF REQUEST. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, BUT I'LL TAKE IT FOR NOW. LET'S GET SITUATED HERE REAL QUICK. DID WE HAVE SOMEBODY JOIN US VIA REMOTE? YEP. THEN ACTUALLY, LACEY'S GETTING GOING AS WE SPEAK. THIS IS AN EXCITING PRESENTATION, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, MR. HENDRICKSON. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GOOD MORNING. AGAIN MARK HENDRICKSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I ACTUALLY LIKE TO PREFACE MY REMARKS TODAY BY FIRST THANKING THIS ENTIRE BOARD FOR ITS LEADERSHIP ON THIS AUTOTECH PROJECT, ITS VISION TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND ITS FOCUS ON DIVERSIFYING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY BY BRINGING HIGH TECH JOBS TO OUR DOORSTEP. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES, I WILL BE WALKING YOU THROUGH THE PARTICULARS OF THIS PROJECT, ESSENTIALLY WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING. THIS HAS BEEN A MULTIYEAR EFFORT WHICH HAS MOVED AT AN INCREDIBLY FAST PACE THIS PAST YEAR, EVEN DESPITE THE CHALLENGES FACING THIS COUNTY WITH COVID. THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DID NOT WAVER. WE STAYED ON TARGET AND WE WORKED HARD TO POSITION THIS COUNTY FAVORABLY. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED EACH OF YOUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVES, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT MOMENTARILY, MOST NOTABLY TO CREATE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COUNTY, THE PEOPLE OF OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE REGION AS A WHOLE. TODAY, AT A TIME WHEN WE ALL NEED SOME GOOD NEWS UPON THIS BOARD'S APPROVAL, MERCED COUNTY WILL BE CONTRACTING AND PARTNERING WITH THE LEADING TRANSPORTATION AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY TO OPERATE YOUR AUTOTECH TESTING AREA AT CASTLE, WHICH IMMEDIATELY WILL PLACE YOU AT THE FOREFRONT OF TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING IN CALIFORNIA. BY LEVERAGING OUR PROXIMITY TO THE SILICON VALLEY AND THROUGH YOUR CREATIVE VISIONING, THIS WILL RESULT IN NEW DIRECT AND INDIRECT JOBS, FUTURE INVESTMENT, SYNERGISTIC OPPORTUNITIES WITH BOTH UC MERCED AND MERCED COLLEGE AND MERCED COUNTY WILL BE PLACED ON A MAP FOR ALL OF THE RIGHT REASONS. BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO THE PRESENTATION, THERE ARE SEVERAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THAT I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO MAKE. SO TO THE BOARD, I SIMPLY ASK FOR YOUR INDULGENCE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES IN ADVANCE. BUT I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED GREATLY TO THIS OUTCOME. TO OUR BOARD AD HOC COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MCDANIEL, SUPERVISOR PAREIRA AND TO MR. BROWN SIMPLY WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE ALONG THE WAY. WE SIMPLY WOULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ASSEMBLY MEMBER ADAM GRAY, WHO WAS [00:15:03] INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING A SIX AND A HALF BILLION DOLLAR GRANT IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA STATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY WHO HAVE BEEN PHENOMENAL TO WORK WITH THEMSELVES. I'D LIKE TO THANK SEVERAL INTERNAL PARTNERS, MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND HIS DPW TEAM, MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES ORGANIZATION, NOTABLY KIM [INAUDIBLE], WHO WAS EXTRAORDINARY FOR HER WORK DURING THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. I'D LIKE TO THANK MR. HANSEN AND COUNTY COUNCIL'S OFFICE, MOST NOTABLY JEFF GRANT, WHO I BELIEVE DID SOME OF THE BEST LAWYERING I'VE SEEN HERE IN THE PAST 15 YEARS. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SARAH BAKER FROM RISK AND HER TEAM. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. MAY AND THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. [INAUDIBLE] IN THE CEO'S OFFICE AS WELL. WITHIN MY OWN ORGANIZATION. I NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE STEVE [INAUDIBLE] AND OUR PLANNING TEAM. AND I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT MARK MIMS, WHO FOR WHOM I'M VERY PROUD. I BELIEVE MARK IS AN EXCEPTIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPER WHO CONTRIBUTED COUNTLESS HOURS TO THIS PROJECT. WE WOULD NOT BE HERE TODAY IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE HARD WORK, PROFESSIONALISM AND DAILY PERSONAL ATTENTION EXTENDED TO US FROM OUR CONSULTANTS, KPMG. FROM DAY ONE, THEY PROVED WHY THEY ARE AMONG THE BEST IN THE FIELD AROUND THE GLOBE. SO TO TED [INAUDIBLE], DAVID SPECTER, DAN F[INAUDIBLE], RICHARD CUMMINGS, BRIAN [INAUDIBLE], [INAUDIBLE] AND OTHERS WHO DID WORK BEHIND THE SCENES, WE THANK YOU AND WE CERTAINLY APPLAUD YOU AS WELL. NOW, I THANKED NEARLY EVERYONE UNDER THE SUN. LET'S PERHAPS GO TO OUR FIRST SERIES OF SLIDES. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND IN HISTORY. AND THIS IS IN GREAT PART, THANKS TO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOOGLE AND [INAUDIBLE]. OTHER AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE ORIENTED COMPANIES OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS TOOK NOTE OF WHAT WE HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY DOING WITH [INAUDIBLE] WHICH IS, AGAIN, GOOGLE, AND APPROACHED US ABOUT DOING SOMETHING PROSPECTIVELY AT CASTLE. INHERENTLY, WE KNEW SEVERAL THINGS. ONE, OUR LOCATION IS UNIQUE BECAUSE OF OUR CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE SILICON VALLEY. TWO, WE DID HAVE SOME UNDERUTILIZED SPACE AT CASTLE. THREE, WE KNEW WE WERE GENERATING REVENUE AND WE ALSO KNEW WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTNER WITH THOSE IN THE INDUSTRY TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL. AS A BRIEF REMINDER, THIS BOARD HAD SEVERAL KEY OBJECTIVES WITH THIS PROJECT. YOU WANTED TO ADVANCE JOB CREATION, TO TRANSFER OPERATIONS OF THE AUTO TECH FACILITY TO A THIRD PARTY OPERATOR, TO BE FLEXIBLE AND WORK WITH AN ENTITY WHO WOULD BRING PROSPECTIVE INVESTMENTS TO THE AREA, TO INTEGRATE THIS PROJECT INTO THE LARGER CASTLE STORY, WHICH INCLUDES AIR, RAIL AND MANUFACTURING, TO GENERATE POSITIVE CASH FLOW AND TO FACILITATE OTHER PARTNERSHIPS TO INCLUDE WITH LOCAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND STATE AGENCIES. IN EACH CASE, I BELIEVE YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS CONTRACT IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. SINCE THIS PAST YEAR, THE COUNTY AND THE KPMG TEAM UNDERTOOK AN AGGRESSIVE AND HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO ENGAGE A POTENTIAL OPERATOR FOR A FACILITY. OVER THAT PROCESS, WE ENGAGED SEVERAL INDUSTRY LEADERS AS A PART OF THE MARKET SOUNDING PHASE. WE DEFINED THE COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE LEARNED, AND WE DEVELOPED A HIGHLY STRATEGIC MULTIPHASE PROCUREMENT PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THE OPTIMAL PARTNER FROM WHICH TO WORK. SPEAKING OF A PROCESS, THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE DEPICTS EACH OF THE STEPS THAT WE TOOK JUST SINCE THIS PAST OCTOBER, CONCLUDING WITH YOUR POTENTIAL APPROVAL TODAY. THIS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE PROCESS WAS EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE AND REQUIRED A GREAT DEAL OF INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COORDINATION. AND ULTIMATELY, AFTER THE NUMBER OF SHORTLISTED PARTIES WAS NARROWED DOWN TO TWO, ONE CLEARLY ROSE TO THE TOP. THE PROPOSALS WERE EVALUATED FOR RESPONSIVENESS, CONFORMITY, ALIGNMENT WITH OUR PROJECT GOALS, NOTABLY TO IDENTIFY AN OPERATOR WITH EXPERTISE, AN OPERATOR WHO WILL EMPHASIZE INNOVATION, AN OPERATOR WHO WILL PROVIDE ONGOING FISCAL STABILITY FOR THE COUNTY, AND AN OPERATOR WHO WILL PROVIDE WHO ACTUALLY RATHER WOULD SUPPORT THE COUNTY IN MANAGING RISKS. BRIEFLY, THESE NEXT SEVERAL SLIDES WILL ACTUALLY GOING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE KEY COMMERCIAL TERMS. AND AS-- THERE'S A SLIDE WELL ILLUSTRATES, THE ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS A CONTRACT WITH THE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH CENTER, WHICH IS AFFILIATED WITH THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY, WHO CURRENTLY OPERATES THE LARGEST INDEPENDENT VEHICLE TEST FACILITY AND PROVING GROUNDS IN THE UNITED STATES WITH MORE THAN A THOUSAND CLIENTS. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, WE'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH THEM TO GET US TO THIS POINT TODAY, DAY AND NIGHT. I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK MR. [INAUDIBLE] CEO AND HIS ENTIRE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DID IN COLLABORATION WITH US AND OUR TEAM TO MAKE AGAIN TODAY POSSIBLE. IN A FEW MOMENTS YOU'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE HEARING FROM MR. [INAUDIBLE] HIMSELF AND MR. MATHERS, BOTH OF WHOM ARE CALLING IN FROM OHIO, MR. [00:20:03] MATHERS IS TRCS DIRECTOR OF FACILITIES, WHO I BELIEVE WILL BE MAKING THE MOVE TO CALIFORNIA. ALSO OF NOTE, ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, WERE A COUPLE OF EXCERPTS FROM LETTERS THAT WERE RECEIVED AS A PART OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS. I'M NOT GOING TO READ THEM BOTH, BUT I AM GOING TO READ THE SECOND ONE. TRC. IT'S ACTUALLY FROM MY PROFESSOR AT UC MERCED. TRC HAS A RICH HISTORY COLLABORATING WITH RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO ADVANCE MOBILITY TECHNOLOGIES AND TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. WE BELIEVE TRC HAS THE EXPERIENCE, EXPERTISE AND RELATIONSHIPS TO MAKE THE FACILITY A SUCCESSFUL MOBILITY RESEARCH CENTER SERVING AS A HUB FOR THE INTERSECTION OF ACADEMIA, GOVERNMENT AND INDUSTRY. BEFORE HANDING THIS OVER TO MR. [INAUDIBLE]. OBVIOUSLY, STAFF TODAY OBVIOUSLY DOES SEEK YOUR APPROVAL AND WITH YOUR APPROVAL TODAY, WITH YOUR APPROVAL TODAY, WE WILL IMMEDIATELY BEGIN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH DPW TO FINALIZE DESIGN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT, ETC. DO WANT TO ACTUALLY MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE WITH THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE. AS YOU'LL NOTICE ON THIS SLIDE, WE STILL HAVE AN AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE TO GET THEM OPERATIONAL BY JULY 1ST. BUT ALSO ON THE SLIDE, I WOULD ACTUALLY POINT TO A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, THIS PROJECT THAT YOU LED US ON WILL CREATE ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY PLUS JOBS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, BOTH DIRECT AND INDIRECT. SO THIS IS OF GREAT VALUE TO THE PEOPLE OF MERCED AT THE TIME. AND AGAIN, WHEN WE NEED SOME GOOD NEWS. WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THAT. AND AGAIN, FROM JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW, WE HAVE SAID FROM THE OUTSET THAT WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING CREATIVE, SOMETHING VISIONARY, SOMETHING THAT WAS DESIGNED BY INDUSTRY FOR INDUSTRY. AND WE HAD A GOAL TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP A PROJECT OF STATEWIDE IMPORTANCE. UPON YOUR APPROVAL AGAIN, TODAY, I BELIEVE YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED EACH OF THESE GOALS. AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO ACTUALLY TURN THIS OVER TO MR. BRETT [INAUDIBLE]. AGAIN, THE CEO OF TRC. HE HAS MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GROWING BUSINESSES AND FOSTERING INNOVATION ACROSS THE AUTOMOTIVE ECOSYSTEM. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, TRC HAS EXPANDED THE RESEARCH CAPACITY AND FACILITIES, HAS ADVANCED PARTNERSHIPS WITH FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS AND INDUSTRY FOR JOINT RESEARCH IN THE NEXT GENERATION OF TRANSPORTATION PERFORMANCE, SAFETY AND CONNECTIVITY TECHNOLOGIES. IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND HIS TEAM TO MERCED COUNTY TODAY. SO LACEY IF YOU CAN TRANSITION HIM OVER. MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US JOIN TODAY AND I'M HOPING THAT EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME AND TECHNOLOGY IS ON MY SIDE. WE ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS. AND AS MARK HAS ALREADY POINTED OUT, REALIZING THE GOALS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY OUTLINED BY THIS GROUP OF ADMINISTRATORS FROM THE COUNTY. MARK HAS PREVIOUSLY THANKED EVERYONE THAT I WOULD INCLUDE IN MY THANK YOU'S, MANY OF WHOM I HAVE NOT MET YET. OUR TEAM WORKED TIRELESSLY AND COLLABORATIVELY THROUGH THE PROCESS. AND SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK KPMG AND BOTH MARKS AS WE TOOK THE STEPS FORWARD TO ACTUALIZING THE GROWTH THAT WE SEE IN THIS OPPORTUNITY, BOTH FOR THE COUNTY, FOR OTHER GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, ACADEMIA AND INDUSTRY. MR. MATHERS IS GOING TO PULL UP A SET OF SLIDES WHICH WE'LL MOVE THROUGH SWIFTLY. I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO BRIEF ALL OF YOU ON TRC INC. AND WHERE WE COME FROM AND CERTAINLY WHERE WE ARE HEADED WITH MERCED COUNTY. FIRST, WE ARE AN EXPERIENCED ENGINEERING SERVICE FIRM IN THE WORLD OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY. WE'RE A 501 C THREE NOT FOR PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. PART OF OUR MISSION WAS CREATING JOBS, BRINGING INVESTMENT, WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS. AND ONE OF THE GROUPS OF STAKEHOLDERS IS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. CURRENTLY, WE OPERATE THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE INDEPENDENT PROVING GROUND IN NORTH AMERICA, LOCATED IN EAST LIBERTY, OHIO. WE PROVIDE A CATALOG, IF YOU WILL, OF RESEARCH ENGINEERING AND TEST SERVICES TO ABOUT A THOUSAND CLIENTS ACROSS INDUSTRY, ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENT. [00:25:02] AND WE HAVE A DEMONSTRATED KNOWLEDGE OF THE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED WORLD OF TESTING AND LAB FACILITIES REQUIRED FOR THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY. TRC INCORPORATED WAS ORIGINALLY STOOD UP IN NINETEEN EIGHTY EIGHT, BUT WAS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION OF THE EAST LIBERTY FACILITY DATING BACK TO WHEN OHIO'S GOVERNOR HAD THE FORESIGHT TO CREATE IT BACK IN 1974. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR PILLARS AROUND ADVANCED MOBILITY, ROAD PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, LABS AND TECHNICAL SERVICES. WE ACCOMMODATE ALL TYPES OF MOBILITY SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. WE ALSO HAVE GREAT EXPERIENCE IN THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE FACILITIES AS WE LOOK FORWARD THAT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PROVE OUT SAFELY, PROVE OUT THE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IN TERMS OF MOBILITY. AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT THAT CUMULATIVE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN PRODUCED BY ALL OF THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DRIVEN THE VISION FORWARD AND HAVE MOVED TRC INCORPORATED INTO ITS POSITION AS A LEADER IN THE INDUSTRY. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WHEN WE WERE FIRST INTRODUCED TO THE PROJECT, WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME TO APPLY OUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE TO GENERATE A FACILITY CONCEPT THAT WE BELIEVE BEST UTILIZES AND LEVERAGES THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE ON SITE. A VERY LARGE SITE WITH A LOT OF GOOD THINGS GOING FOR IT. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS AND COME UP WITH WHAT WE THINK IS SOMETHING THAT ADDRESSES THE NEEDS OF THE INDUSTRY BOTH TODAY AND MOVING FORWARD. AND THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES A SAFE, CONTROLLED AND REPEATABLE ENVIRONMENT. OUR CONCEPT PROVIDES THREE SEPARATE TESTING AREAS FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF MOBILITY TESTING. TWO OPEN FLEXIBLE PATHS, WHICH WE'VE LISTED HERE AS VDA ONE OR VDA TWO, AS WELL AS THE CITY COURSE IN THE MIDDLE. THAT'S MORE GEARED SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS REPLICATING REAL WORLD DRIVING ENVIRONMENTS FOR AUTOMATED AND CONNECTED VEHICLES. CERTAINLY PAVEMENT AND VEHICLE BARRIERS OR SOME OF THE KEY ASPECTS HERE AND SOME OF THE LARGEST INVESTMENTS IN THIS FACILITY IMPROVEMENT PLAN. BUT THERE'S ALSO A NUMBER OF OTHER PIECES OF INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED AND PLANNED FOR HERE IN ORDER TO ENABLE TESTING AND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT OUR CUSTOMERS EXPECT. ULTIMATELY, THE CONCEPT THAT'S PRESENTED HERE REALLY REPRESENTS PHASE ONE OF OUR PLANS. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE BETWEEN NOW AND JULY 1ST. BUT THERE'S, OF COURSE, LOTS OF ROOM AND OPPORTUNITY TO ADD NEW FEATURES TO THIS COURSE, WHICH WOULD FURTHER EXPAND UPON THE SERVICE OFFERING AND ADDRESS OUR CLIENT'S NEEDS. THANK YOU, ANDREW. THROUGHOUT THE CONVERSATIONS WITH MARK AND THE ENTIRE TEAM INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OUR APPROACH TO DELIVERING TO A WIDE ARRAY OF STAKEHOLDERS. WHAT YOU SEE BELOW ARE EXAMPLES OF HOW WE OPERATE OUR OHIO FACILITY AND FOCUS ON DEVELOPING AN ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM AND DELIVERING ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT INTEREST ALL OF US. WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT SAME TYPE OF APPROACH WITH MERCED COUNTY AND ALL OF THE RELATED ENTITIES, WHETHER THEY BE GOVERNMENT, ACADEMIA OR INDUSTRY. AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT TRC OR FURTHER THE APPROACH . I IN CLOSING WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I WAS FORTUNATE TO, THROUGH A CLIENT RELATIONSHIP, VISIT CASTLE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO AND BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE PERFECT PLACE FOR THIS TYPE OF ENDEAVOR. SO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU ON WHAT I SEE AS TRUE FORESIGHT INTO SERVING THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT. MR. [INAUDIBLE], THANK YOU, SIR. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS A 10 YEAR AGREEMENT, WHICH AGAIN, AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, WILL GENERATE OVER 130 JOBS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, WILL PROVIDE A FIXED RENT SCHEDULE TO THE COUNTY. AND IN ADDITION TO OPERATING THIS FACILITY, IT WAS JUST MENTIONED TRC WILL BE CONDUCTING [00:30:02] OUTREACH TO EXISTING CUSTOMERS, WILL BE DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS AND LOCAL CONTRACTORS. AGAIN, THEY ARE LOOKING TO WORK WITH EVERYONE FROM UC MERCED TO OTHERS. AND WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO CREATE AN AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS, CREATING A PIPELINE FOR FUTURE ENGINEERING STUDENTS. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO ITEMS. I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU TAKING THEM INDEPENDENTLY. THE FIRST OF WHICH IS ACTUALLY TO MAKE A [INAUDIBLE] DETERMINATION, FINDING THAT THE PROJECT IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM [INAUDIBLE] UNDER SECTIONS 15 THREE OH ONE, 15 THREE OH TWO, 15 THREE OH THREE, 15H THREE OH FOUR, 15 THREE OH FIVE AND 15 311 [INAUDIBLE] GUIDELINES, AGAIN, BASED ON THE STAFF'S [INAUDIBLE] ANALYSIS INCLUDED WITH THIS ITEM. AND THEN TWO THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS CONTRACT WITH TRC FOR THE LEASE OF APPROXIMATE TWO HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE ACRES AND TO BECOME THE OPERATOR OF YOUR AUTO TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT CASTLE, AUTHORIZE THE CHAIR TO EXECUTE THAT SAID AGREEMENT FOR THE PERIOD COMMENCING TODAY THROUGH JUNE 30 2031. THE SECOND ACTION WILL REQUIRE A FOUR FIFTH VOTE. MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS AND WE WOULD BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU, MR. HENDRICKSON. IT IS OPEN UP FOR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. THANK YOU, CHAIR, MR. HENDRICKSON I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW EXCITED I AM FOR OUR COUNTY AND OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK YOU AND YOUR TEAM HAVE EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS. AND I JUST WANT TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REALLY WORKED ABOVE AND BEYOND TO PUT TOGETHER THIS DEAL. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF A COMPANY LIKE TRC AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING ON THE EAST COAST, AND THEN YOU BRING THAT TO THE WEST COAST AND YOU PUT IT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SILICON VALLEY, WHERE A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS DONE, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR LOCATION WILL, YOU KNOW, HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SUPERSEDE ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON. I DON'T KNOW IF IN THE WORLD, BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, FROM A WIDE RANGE. AND SO ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND THEN I WANT TO THANK MARK MIMS. YOU KNOW, YOUR ADDITION TO OUR TEAM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HAS, I THINK, REALLY FORTIFIED WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THE KNOWLEDGE YOU BROUGHT TO THE COMMUNITY IS APPRECIATED. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU, MR. SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WANT TO ECHO A LOT OF WHAT SUPERVISOR PAREIRA SAID. I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I DON'T THINK SOMETIMES THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND ORGANIZATION GETS CREDIT FOR IN HIGHLIGHTING OUR SUCCESSES IN THIS IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE SUCCESSES. AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AND SAY THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING AND WORKING OUT THERE. A LOT OF TIMES YOU GUYS GET BEAT UP QUITE A BIT. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT PROJECTS LIKE THIS, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, OVER THE FUTURE. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS I'M GOING TO GIVE OUT MY TEAM GSD AWARD TO THE WHOLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF. AND ALONG WITH THAT, THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SOON BE PARTNERING WITH. IN THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC, A SUPER AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE, WHICH YOU GUYS KNOW IN GOVERNMENT IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF. AND SO TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN THIS AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE IS NOT LOST ON ME AND REALLY WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS THAT WERE HERE BEFORE ME, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN HERE A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS NOW, THE VISION WE INHERITED THIS THING THAT WAS CASTLE SOME YEARS BACK. AND WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THIS THING AND THE VISION OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WERE HERE BEFORE ME AND STAFF. AND THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. AND I GOT TO TELL YOU, WHEN I GOT HERE, I WAS EXCITED JUST BECAUSE WE ARE KIND OF GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE WE WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE SOME OF THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOR, DID THE INVESTMENTS, THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER. AND IT'S SECURING A GRANT AND REALLY JUST BEING ON THE FOREFRONT OF TECHNOLOGY AND [00:35:04] DRIVERLESS CARS. AND THAT'S THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE. AND WE'RE GOING TO BE ON THE GROUND FLOOR OF THAT. SO I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, IS WHAT I DO APPRECIATE THE MOST IS REALLY BRINGING IN A PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNER, BECAUSE IN GOVERNMENT WE TEND TO JUST COMPLICATE THINGS AND MAKE THEM MORE DIFFICULT. AND NOT THAT OUR STAFF WASN'T CAPABLE BECAUSE I THINK THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB. BUT NOW WE'RE GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO A GROUP THAT SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD AND IS GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS FOR US, WHICH THEN ME BEING SELFISH, SAYS THAT NOW OUR FOLKS IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AREN'T GOING TO HAVE TO FOCUS EVERY BIT OF THEIR EFFORT IN THIS HERCULEAN EFFORT OF GETTING A PROJECT LIKE THIS OFF THE GROUND. AND NOW FREE UP SOME TIME, HOPEFULLY, THAT WE CAN LOOK AT NEW AND EXCITING OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. SO JUST AN ALL AROUND WIN FOR US TODAY. I CAN'T THANK THE FOLKS ENOUGH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY DO. AND I'M THE LUCKY ONE THAT JUST KIND OF GETS TO VOTE ON THE END PRODUCT. AND SO, AGAIN, THE FOLKS OVER AT TRC, IT'S A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIMELINE. AND JUST SEEING HOW YOU GUYS HAVE DELIVERED ON THAT MAKES ME EXCITED FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER ON IN THE FUTURE. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU, GUYS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. EXCUSE ME, [INAUDIBLE]APPRECIATE OUR STAFF, MARK, IN OUR STAFF AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN, AND THEN ALSO OUR REPRESENTATIVES HERE ON THE SUPERVISORS CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR THAT DONE A GREAT JOB REPRESENTING US, GOING OVER ALL THIS AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE. SO I THINK THAT WITH PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT STARTED WITH WAY MORE AND GOOGLE AND ALL THIS STUFF, YOU KNOW, AUTONOMOUS, YOU KNOW, I WAS GOING TO LIKE LEARY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GET INTO THAT. BUT WE'VE SEEN HOW THE TIME HAS COME AS THE MARKET HAS JUST TAKEN OFF. AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WAY BETTER AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING THE BEST. AND SO GOOD LUCK TO EVERYBODY. AND I THINK THAT PART ON THE PART OF THE COUNTY, I THINK IT TAKES INVESTMENT FOR THE FUTURE. AND THIS IS PART OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO INVEST IN CASTLE. AND HOPEFULLY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THE JOBS THAT CAN BE CREATED IN OUR COUNTY AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH NOT JUST TRC BUT UC MERCED HOPEFULLY. AND IT'S GOING TO GO WELL FOR THE COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. THANK YOU, MARK. I HAD TO SAY THAT I CAN REMEMBER WALKING OUT ONE OF MY FIRST VOTES AS A BOARD MEMBER WAS HOW ARE WE MOVING FORWARD WITH CASTLE? AND I REMEMBER US NEGOTIATING IN MY OFFICE BEFORE WE EVER MOVED OUT, LINING THINGS UP. CASTLE'S OFFERED A LOT OF SLEEPLESS NIGHTS FOR ME, A LOT OF EARLY MORNING WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLES THAT I'M TEXTING OVER TO MARK IN THE MORNING. IT'S PROBABLY AROUND FOUR THIRTY A.M. AND I'M SURE HE WAS TEXTING. WELL, I THINK I SENT WORD TO YOU TOO [INAUDIBLE]. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN REMEMBER AS HAVING A DISCUSSION ONE TIME WHEN WE WERE REALLY PUTTING OUR BRAINS TOGETHER, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AT CASTLE. AND I REMEMBER SAYING SOMETHING TO YOU ONE TIME WE HAD ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE THINGS ON OUR PLATE AND I SAID, LET'S JUST PICK ONE. AND WHATEVER WE PICK, LET'S BE THE BEST, WHATEVER IT TAKES, LET'S BE THE BEST AT IT. AND THEN WE PICKED THIS AUTO TECHNOLOGY. AND I THINK THIS GOES BEYOND JUST OUR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES BECAUSE I'VE HEARD TIRES, BRAKES, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF TESTING THAT'S THERE. AND I THINK AT THIS POINT, MARK, YOU'VE TAKEN IT TO WHERE YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT WE WANTED TO BE THE BEST. AND I THINK EVERY STEP OF THE WAY WHERE WE ENDED UP RIGHT NOW HAS PROVEN THE HARD WORK AND THE FOCUS THAT YOU'VE HAD. AND I WELCOME TRC AFTER DOING A LOT OF RESEARCH ON THEM AND SEEING WHAT THEY'RE DOING THERE, I THINK MERCED IS THE PERFECT FIT, CASTLE IS THE PERFECT FIT. AND I KNOW I ALWAYS LIKE TO TELL EVERYBODY THEY LOOK AT MERCED AS A RURAL COUNTY, BUT WE ARE CONTIGUOUS TO SANTA CLARA COUNTY. AND SO IT'S JUST OVER THE HILL. AND SO I THINK MOVING FORWARD, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY. AND SO WITH THAT, IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER CONVERSATIONS, I WILL LOOK FOR A MOTION ON THE FIRST ITEM. I AM LOOKING FOR A MOTION. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR. MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE FIND THE PROPOSED CONTRACT AND [INAUDIBLE] CENTER [00:40:07] PROJECT CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT FROM CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER SECTION 15, 3 OH ONE THREE OH TWO THREE OH THREE THREE OH FOUR THROUGH FIVE AND 311 OF THE [INAUDIBLE] GUIDELINES BASED ON OUR STAFF'S ANALYSIS. AND I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. SECOND. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. WAS IN FIRST, SECOND. EVERYBODY WAS EXCITED TO SUPPORT THIS. IT JUST SHOWS THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE HAVE. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS OR COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I'M PROUD TO ASK FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS. FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE, THIS MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NOW, I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR THE SECOND PART. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. WELL, MOVING [INAUDIBLE] EXEMPTION IS A LITTLE BIT BORING COMPARED TO THIS NEXT MOTION. SO THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THAT HONOR. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH TRC CALIFORNIA LLC FOR THE LEASE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE ACRES AT CASTLE AND FOR THEM TO BECOME THE OPERATOR OF THE CATCD AT CASTLE. THANK YOU. AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SCOTT SILVEIRA. I DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. AND I GLADLY SECOND THAT MOTION. SO THOSE IN THE POOL OR THEY WERE SECONDS OR--? SO, THE CHAIR WON'T RECOGNIZE? OK. AND WITH THAT AGAIN, PROBABLY ASK FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. . AYE. ANY OBJECTION TO THAT MOTION? SEEING NONE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY PULLED OFF. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT. THIS HAS BEEN HARD WORK BY A LOT OF FOLKS AND THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES, FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS PROJECT. NEXT IS NUMBER NINE, CLERK RECORDER. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT, IS PROBATION ITEMS 10 THROUGH 12. PLEASE NOTE ITEM NUMBER 10 REQUIRES A 4/5 VOTE. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS? SEEING NONE. I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PEREIRA AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. CALL FOR THE VOTE. WELL, CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. THANK YOU. JUST QUICKLY, WANT TO YOU KNOW, WE MADE THIS COMMITMENT A FEW MONTHS BACK ON REALLY GIVING ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, THESE PARTNERSHIPS, THESE MOUS WITH BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TO ACTUALLY GET THESE SERVICES TO THE PLACES THAT THEY NEED TO BE. AND IT'S JUST IMPORTANT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO STATE IT AGAIN. THE SILENT PANDEMIC THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS THE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS REALLY ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH HERE IN MERCED COUNTY. AND I THINK THAT THIS GIVES PROBATION BHRS JUST ONE MORE TOOL IN THEIR TOOL BAG TO ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET CLINICIANS ON THE FRONT LINES TO IF FOR NO OTHER REASON, JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE AND HOPEFULLY START TO HELP SOME OF THESE FOLKS AT AN EARLY STAGE VERSUS LATER ON. AND SO ANY TIME THAT THESE ITEMS COME FORWARD, I'M VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THEM AND REALLY KIND OF CHANGE IN THE APPROACH ON HOW WE'RE DELIVERING BHRS SERVICES HERE IN MERCED COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. I CONCUR WITH THE SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA'S COMMENTS AND ALSO TO YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST PANDEMIC TIMES RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE MENTAL ISSUES IN ALL AGES IS NOT JUST THOSE NOW. IT'S JUST EVEN THE YOUTH. [00:45:01] SO IT'S JUST WE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING. AND THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, EVERYWHERE. SO HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. I CONCUR WITH MY TWO COLLEAGUES. I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A THANKS TO THE CITY OF MERCED IN WORKING WITH OUR PROBATION DEPARTMENT FOR ITEM TWELVE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ON PROBATION AND YOU'VE GOT A PROJECT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WORK ON, IT KIND OF HELPS YOU HAVE A LITTLE PRIDE IN YOUR COMMUNITY. AND SO OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY OF MERCED WILL BE THE BENEFICIARY. BUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED AND GIVEN RESPONSIBILITY THROUGH THAT PROGRAM WILL BENEFIT THEM GREATLY AND HOPEFULLY KEEP THEM ON TRACK FOR A GREAT AND PRODUCTIVE LIFE. SO THANK YOU TO PROBATION FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THAT PROGRAM. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. THANK YOU. I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS AND I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR PAREIRA FOR HIGHLIGHTING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF MERCED. THAT'S BEEN A REAL PUSH FOR I KNOW MYSELF AND THE OTHER AND THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE MERCED CITY COUNCIL TO REALLY DO SOME CLEAN UP COMMUNITY CLEANUPS AND STUFF. AND SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE IN A POSITION TO SUCCEED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THE FIRST AND THE SECOND AND WE'VE ALREADY VOTED. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TALLY THE VOTES. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT IS BOARD INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEM NUMBER 13. [BOARD INFORMATION & POSSIBLE ACTION] CHAIR. I WAS GOING TO DO IT ANYWAY. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. THANK YOU. AND SO AS I PREVIOUSLY STATED ON THESE ITEMS THAT I DIDN'T REALLY LIKE, UM, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE POSTING ON THERE AND DON'T AGREE WITH IT. AND I FELT LIKE MY VOTE SUPPORTED THOSE THINGS. BUT I WANT TO THANK THE COUNTY COUNCIL FOR REALLY DIGGING INTO THIS. AND BY THE LAST TIME WE TALKED TO HAD LOOKED BACK ALL THE WAY TO LIKE 1960 SOMETHING THAT THESE ITEMS HAVE BEEN ON OUR AGENDA. AND AS A PERSON THAT DOESN'T WANT TO WASTE THE TAXPAYERS DOLLARS, I'VE EXPRESSED TO COUNTY COUNCIL THAT THERE IS NO FURTHER NEED FOR HIM TO BE LOOKING INTO THIS ANYMORE. IT IS WHAT IT IS. SO I WILL RELUCTANTLY VOTE TO BASICALLY I'M NOT ENDORSING ANY OF THESE ITEMS UNLESS THEY'RE ONE OF THE COUNTY ITEMS THAT I LIKED. AND I DO ENDORSE THOSE. BUT THESE FISH AND GAME THINGS THAT TALKS ABOUT JOSHUA TREES. AND I DO WANT TO REITERATE TO MY COLLEAGUE FROM DISTRICT TWO THAT THAT IT WAS IN NO WAY A POKE AT HIM. BUT I DON'T ENDORSE THOSE THINGS. AND I'M TAKING THE MINDSET IN THE APPROACH THAT WE ARE SIMPLY JUST A COG IN THE WHEEL AND MAKING THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR DISTRIBUTION OF OUR AGENDAS FOR FOLKS TO SEE. AND SO I'M GOING TO LIVE WITH THAT AND DON'T LIKE IT NECESSARILY. BUT I DON'T WANT STAFF WASTING ANY MORE TIME ON RESEARCHING SOMETHING THAT WAS PROBABLY JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE PET PEEVE OF MINE. AND SO THAT'S JUST NOT A GOOD USE OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES. SO WITH THAT CHAIR, I WILL GLADLY MAKE A MOTION TO FILE ITEM NUMBER THIRTEEN. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU SAID SINCE 1965, IT MUST BE SINCE YOUR PREDECESSOR [INAUDIBLE] WAS HERE, SO HE MUST HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING. OK, OK. SO I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. AND LAST IS BOARD REPORTS. THANK YOU. LET ME SEE. LET'S START WITH SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. KEEP YOU GUYS ALL ON YOUR TOES WITH THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH QUITE A BIT LATELY IS THE VACCINE ROLL OUT IN THE VACCINATION. AND I KNOW THAT WE UP HERE HAVE RECEIVED A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. AND I WANT TO ENSURE THE COUNTY AND EVERYBODY THAT THE COUNTY STAFF HAS DONE [00:50:10] AN IMPECCABLE JOB IN PUTTING OUT THE INFORMATION AND ROLLING OUT THE INFORMATION. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES IT'S NOT REACHING EVERYBODY BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO THE INTERNET OR HAS ACCESS TO A COMPUTER. AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF TO DO IS THAT COME UP WITH A PLAN, WHETHER IT'S A TOWN HALL HERE, WHETHER IT'S REVERSE 911, WHETHER IT'S TEXT MESSAGES OR SOMETHING, TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. AGAIN, I THINK THAT COUNTY STAFF HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT CHANGES, YOU KNOW, BY THE MINUTE. WE HAVE LEGISLATORS IN THE STATE THAT HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FORCE, ESPECIALLY ADAM GRAY, WHO'S BEEN VERY VOCAL IN WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IN GETTING US OUR ALLOCATION. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS AND WE'RE THE THIRD LEAST TO RECEIVE VACCINATIONS, THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE. AND THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE WANT TO POINT THE FINGER AT US. AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. I DON'T THINK THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE IS REALLY LISTENING TO US. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT THE COMMUNITY AND THE COUNTY TO KNOW THAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING HARD ON THIS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY-- THAT WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN. THIS IS SOMETHING LIKE DARREN SAID, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OVER [INAUDIBLE]. I'VE HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHTS OVER THIS. I KNOW CEO BROWN HAS HAD SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND WE ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENSURE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF MERCED COUNTY. AND I WANT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET THAT OUT THERE. AND THEN ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING FOR PATRICIA [INAUDIBLE]. HER AND HER HUSBAND, JOE, HAVE LIVED IN MS. SAID FOR 53 YEARS. SHE WAS A NURSE AT MCMC FOR 16 YEARS BEFORE THAT AT MERCY. SHE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF NURSES AT LUSSIER CONVALESCENT HOME AND ALSO THE PARISH HEALTH NURSE FOR 10 YEARS AT [INAUDIBLE] ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH. SO I'D LIKE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WELL, I KNOW ALREADY SAID IT, BUT I WANT TO REITERATE JUST HOW THANKFUL AND EXCITED AND HAPPY I AM FOR THE CONTRACT THAT WE APPROVED TODAY. AGAIN, I JUST CAN'T THANK STAFF ENOUGH. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS. AND WHEN I GOT HERE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS YOU KNOW, CASTLE WAS ON PEOPLE'S MINDS AND WE WERE DEVELOPING AND WORKING. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A PORT DEAL COME IN. AND ALTHOUGH THAT'S NOT COMPLETELY DEAD, IT CERTAINLY HAS SLOWED DOWN. AND WHAT'D STAFF DO? THEY PICKED UP ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE NEXT ITEM AND AND DEVELOP IT AND TURN IT INTO A PROJECT THAT IS A DELIVERABLE. AND SO I JUST I WANT TO REITERATE MY GRATEFULNESS TO YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S WATCHING. AND IF ANYBODY'S WATCHING OUR MEETINGS, SOMETIMES THERE'S A LOT, SOMETIMES THERE'S NOT. BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO SEND A NOTE TO OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. YOU KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS WORKED ON THIS WITH THEM, PRETTY MUCH EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY. BUT ANYWAYS, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A SHOUT OUT AND A THANK YOU. IF YOU'RE IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY AND YOU INTERACT WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT TIME YOU COME IN THE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A PAT ON THE BACK BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT GREAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOR MERCED COUNTY AND AND NOT ONLY THE CONTRACT WITH TRC, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES THAT WILL CO LOCATE HERE BECAUSE OF THAT AGREEMENT. I FORESEE, YOU KNOW, ITEMS COMING UP FOR US TO VOTE ON TO SELL LAND TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BUILD AS A RESULT OF TRC AND THE AUTONOMOUS TRACK HAPPENING HERE. SO THANKS AGAIN, BUT I WANT TO DIRECT A COUPLE OF COMMENTS TO SUPERVISOR PEDROZA ON YOUR REQUEST FOR A TOWN HALL ON THE VACCINES. YOU KNOW, A TOWN HALL MAYBE WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SUITED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, BUT WITH THE STATE YANKING THE VACCINATION PROGRAM FROM THE COUNTIES AND TAKING IT TO THE STATE LEVEL, YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE A TOWN HALL WITH A LOT OF FRUSTRATED FOLKS. [00:55:01] AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANSWERS FOR THEM BECAUSE THE STATE DOES NOT COMMUNICATE WITH US WHAT THEIR PLAN REALLY IS AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING. SO ANYWAY, IT'S JUST A SUGGESTION THAT MAYBE IT COULD BE MAYBE DOWN THE ROAD ONCE WE KNOW WHAT IT'S DOING, BUT NOT IMMEDIATELY. I THINK THAT PUTS OUR STAFF IN A DIFFICULT POSITION. YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE THAT YOU COULD COORDINATE WITH [INAUDIBLE] GRAY OR SENATOR [INAUDIBLE] AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE THEY HAVE GREATER ACCESS TO THE KNOWLEDGE AND MAYBE DO A TOWN HALL WITH THEM MIGHT BETTER BENEFIT YOUR CONSTITUENTS. AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS THE PANDEMIC IS HOPEFULLY ON ITS DOWNWARD SPIRAL. AND THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO STIR IT UP AND KEEP IT GOING. AND IN THE POLITICAL REALM, I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IT'S BEEN A YEAR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING UP ON IT ON A YEAR'S ANNIVERSARY. TAKE TIME TO GET OUTSIDE, TO EXERCISE, TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. YOU KNOW, SUNSHINE AND VITAMIN D ARE OUR FRIENDS AND VITAMIN D, ZINC SEEM TO BE A COUPLE OF THE MINERALS AND VITAMINS THAT HELP WARD OFF CONTRACTING COVID. I SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET BY THEMSELVES, NOBODY WITHIN 50 OR 100 FEET OF THEM, AND THEY HAVE A MASK ON. AND FROM THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE ON MASK, ALTHOUGH THEY PROTECT YOU FROM PROJECTILE IN DROPLETS THAT COULD CONTAIN COVID, IF THERE'S NOBODY NEAR YOU THAT COULD BE PROJECTING THOSE PROJECTILES AND THERE'S NOBODY FOR YOU TO PROJECT THOSE PROJECTILES TOWARDS. YOU'RE LIMITING YOURSELF ON OXYGEN INTAKE, WHICH IS DANGEROUS. AND SO ANYWAYS, JUST BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, YOUR ACTIONS AND HOW THEY AFFECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE SOME GOOD SUNNY DAYS COMING IN OUR FUTURE. AND YOU CAN GET OUT IN YOUR GARDEN OR, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU LIKE TO DO OUTSIDE AND AND BREATHE SOME FRESH AIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT TIME, MR. CHAIR.SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. THANK YOU, SIR. WELL, JUST IN REGARDS TO VACCINES, I CONCUR WITH THOSE COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE THERE-- THEY'RE MAD. THEY'RE CALLING US. THEY'RE CALLING US. QUESTION ABOUT EVERYTHING. I UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW, LIKE HE STATED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE SECOND LOWEST WITH ALLOCATIONS IN THE STATE. SO I KNOW THAT WE YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED TO SENATOR [INAUDIBLE] ADAM GRAY BRIEFLY. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST ABOUT ALL OUR ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THROUGH SOME CALLS AND AND PHONE CALLS. AND IT JUST YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL FRUSTRATED AS A COUNTY. BUT THIS IS THE WHOLE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, TOO, AS WELL. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEALING WITH THIS. KING COUNTY IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE LOWEST OR THE LOWEST, YOU KNOW, UNDER US. SO WE'RE JUST HOPEFULLY NOW THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CAN BE PUSHING BACK VACCINES TO ALL THE STATES THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE VACCINES WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. SO JUST BE PATIENT, PLEASE. AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TELLING EVERYBODY TO GO TO VACCINATE MERCER COUNTY AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN GET AN APPOINTMENT. BUT I KNOW IT'S HARD AND WE'RE STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT. SO JUST TO BE SURE THAT FIRST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THERE, SOMEONE GET THEIR SECOND VACCINE. SO ON FEBRUARY 9TH, WE'LL HAVE OUR SECOND MEETING OF THE MONTH. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE THE THIRD MEETING IN A ROW. BUT AND THEN WE HAVE A BREAK FOR A FEW WEEKS. SO I WAS ASKING DEPARTMENT PUBLIC WORKS IF WE CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THE PARKING OPEN FOR OUR COUNTY PARKS. SO I KNOW SOME OF THE CITIES ARE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE OPENING UP THERE, THE PARKING. SO THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN GO WALK AND ENJOY, YOU KNOW, THE OUTDOORS AND JUST GET RID OF THIS ALL INSIDE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO RELAX AND WALK. AND LIKE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU GET SOME VITAMIN D AS WELL. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED ABOUT THE FATALITY IN [INAUDIBLE] REGARDING SANTA FE AND CHILES, SOMEBODY, YOU KNOW, THEY ALWAYS BLOW THE STOP SIGN THERE AT THE END AND THEN THEY KILL THEMSELVES AT THE END OF THE [INAUDIBLE] OVER THERE. SO IT'S JUST WE'RE WORKING ON HOPEFULLY PUTTING SOME YELLOW SIGNS IN. I KNOW THERE'S UPGRADES ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING THIS YEAR. THERE'S GOING TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF ALL THAT CROSSING RIGHT THERE. SO I JUST WANT TO KNOW THE [INAUDIBLE] I'M BRINGING IT UP, SO. WELL, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. THANK YOU, CHAIR. A COUPLE OF THINGS. DIRECTOR HENDRICKSON, JUST JUST SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED, AS I ALWAYS DO APPRECIATE IN YOUR STAFF REPORTS, THAT YOU NEVER TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT WE STILL HAVE [01:00:03] TO VOTE ON THE ITEM AND IT'S ALWAYS FOR THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION IF PASSED. SO THAT'S NOT LOST ON ME. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THE VACCINES, YOU KNOW, I SHARE EVERYBODY ELSE'S FRUSTRATIONS. MOST OF MINE I DON'T WANT TO LET A MEETING GO BY WITH NOT JUST EXPRESSING MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE STATE THAT OUR WHOLE ROLL OUT OF THE VACCINES. IT'S BEEN MY NOT GOING TO SAY THE WORD THAT IT'S BEEN, BUT IT'S BEEN BAD. IT'S JUST BEEN BAD. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME. UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T ALWAYS GET THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO US, BUT I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF CALLS AND OR EMAILS THAT I'VE RECEIVED ON FOLKS THAT DID GO THROUGH THE COUNTY, STOOD UP VACCINATION SITES THAT BASICALLY SAID THAT IT WAS SEAMLESS. STAFF WAS SO GRACIOUS. I KNOW WE MENTIONED IT AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I'VE GOTTEN MORE CALLS SINCE THEN. UM, AGREE. IT IS JUST YOU JUST GOT TO BEAR WITH US. WE'RE LEARNING TOO. I THINK SUPERVISOR PEDROZO MADE IN HIS COMMENTS THIS STUFF LITERALLY CHANGES BY THE MINUTE. THE INFORMATION AS WE KNOW MORE, WE WILL SHARE MORE. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO SHARE. I KNOW ANY TIME THAT THE COUNTY PUTS OUT ANY KIND OF PRESS RELEASE, I'M SHARING THAT STUFF ACROSS MY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS IN MY NEWSLETTER THAT I SEND OUT. SO JUST I'M TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE A GOOD SPOT TO GET GOOD INFORMATION. YOU KNOW, WE ARE-- I THINK WE'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE IN SAYING THAT IF YOU GOT YOUR FIRST DOSE FROM US, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SECOND DOSES TO GIVE YOU. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT. THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE PULLED BACK ON THE COUNTY SPONSORED CLINICS THIS WEEK, IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH DOSES TO GIVE TO THE-- WE'RE IN THE NOW IN THE CYCLE. WE'RE GIVING OUT SECOND DOSES. AND WITH THE STATE'S SYSTEM STILL BEING DEVELOPED OR HOPEFULLY BEING CLOSE TO BEING DEVELOPED, WE JUST DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT OUR NEXT ALLOCATION IS GOING TO BE. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THOSE FOLKS THAT GOT IN LINE, THAT GOT THE SHOT, THAT WE HAVE THE SECOND DOSE FOR THEM. SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE KIND OF MOVING THROUGH THIS. I AGREE. IT KIND OF SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL TODAY COMPARED TO WHERE WE WERE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AGO. BUT JUST BEAR WITH US. WE ARE WORKING HARD. AND WHEN I SAY WE'RE WORKING HARD, I MEAN, OUR STAFF IS, I'M SURE, JUST COUNTLESS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, IF NOT EVERY NIGHT IS SLEEPLESS FOR THEM, TRYING TO JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP WITH A CONSTANTLY MOVING BATTLEFIELD. SO, AGAIN, KUDOS TO OUR PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF. I KNOW I RECEIVED AN EMAIL ON ONE OF THE EMAILS THAT CAME IN. THEY WANT OVERSIGHT AND OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH STAFF. AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S THE BEST TIME OF BEST USE OF OUR TIME AND RESOURCES AT THIS POINT, BECAUSE, QUITE HONESTLY, THEY'RE STRETCHED BEYOND CAPACITY. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO PRAY AND THAT THOSE FOLKS KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT. HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING. I WANT TO THANK THE CITIZENS OF [INAUDIBLE] LAST SATURDAY. WE'RE OUT FOR KIND OF OUR FINAL COMMUNITY EVENT WITH THE STATE EXTENDING THE GRANT DEADLINES FOR THE PROP SIXTY EIGHT GRANTS, WE'RE ABLE TO FIT IN ONE MORE COMMUNITY EVENT. AND THE ONE THAT WE HAD LAST SATURDAY WAS REALLY GETTING MORE INTO THE WEEDS ON WHAT KIND OF LANDSCAPE DO WE WANT TO SEE? WE TALKED ABOUT LIGHTING AND SECURITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE PARK, BECAUSE FROM ALL THE SMART PEOPLE THAT I TALKED TO HAVE SAID AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE THAT IF PEOPLE ARE IN THE PARK USING IT FOR GOOD REASONS AND WANT TO BE THERE, IT TENDS TO KEEP THE RIFFRAFF AWAY. THEY DON'T SHOW UP. SO, AGAIN, WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF [INAUDIBLE]. THE POLICE CHIEF WAS OUT THERE. WE HAD REALLY GOOD COMMUNITY SUPPORT. AND SO AND THEN PATTI DOSSETTI, WHO IS OUR COUNTY GRANT WRITER, BRIAN [INAUDIBLE], WHO'S THE-- HE'S THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS AHEAD OF PARKS AND RECREATION. I JUST CALL HIM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. IT'S JUST EASIER THAT WAY. BUT HE'S JUST AS COMMITTED. AND PATTI, THEY'RE BOTH JUST AS COMMITTED TO THIS HOPEFULLY SUCCESSFUL GRANT IN [INAUDIBLE] AS I AM AGAIN, IS SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE. WE DON'T NOTHING'S IN THE BAG YET. UM, THESE GRANTS ARE DUE IN MARCH. WE DON'T FIND OUT UNTIL SEPTEMBER IF WE WIN THEM. THEY'RE HIGHLY COMPETITIVE. BUT I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE JUST AS GOOD A SHOT AS ANYBODY BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE LEGWORK TO PUT OURSELVES IN A SUCCESSFUL POSITION. AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH IS LOS BANOS ROTARY. THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL CRAB FUNDRAISER, WHICH, BECAUSE OF COVID, IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN THIS YEAR. AND SO THEY'RE DOING AN AUCTION, AN ONLINE AUCTION. AND YOU CAN IT'S THE LOS BANOS ROTARY, TWENTY TWENTY ONE. AND THAT'S AT THIRTY TWO AUCTIONS DOT COM. [01:05:01] YOU CAN GO AND SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS. THIS IS BASICALLY THEIR ONE FUNDRAISER THAT THEY HAVE FOR THE YEAR THAT HELPS THEM WITH THE SCHOLARSHIPS THAT THEY GIVE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS AND DO THEIR FOOD PANTRY PROGRAM THAT THEY DO. AND THEN I WILL SHARE THAT. AFTER TALKING WITH GENE LEAVE THIS MORNING, I DONATED A POST COVID A LUNCH WITH THE SUPERVISOR ANYWHERE ON THE BEST SIDE, WHICH IS THE WEST SIDE. I WILL I WILL TAKE SOMEBODY TO LUNCH. AND SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, GO VISIT THIRTY TWO AUCTIONS DOT DOTCOM AND LOOK UP LOS BANOS ROTARY. TWENTY TWENTY ONE. IT'S A GREAT CAUSE. ROTARIANS ARE VERY GOOD PEOPLE. A LOT OF THEM ARE MY GOOD FRIENDS AND THEY DO A LOT OF GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SHARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. MR. HANSEN. NOTHING. NOTHING. MR. BROWN. MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I CAN JUST ASSURE YOU THAT WE SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATIONS. I THINK MANY OF YOU IN YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK HEARD FROM PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTLY THAT THEY ARE EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED. AS WE LOOK AT THIS, THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHERE THE STATE ACTUALLY THE PUBLIC SOMETIMES KNOWS ABOUT A CHANGE BEFORE WE DO. AND PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS ON NUMEROUS CALLS WITH THE STATE IN THE EVENING AND NIGHT. AND YET THE NEXT MORNING SOMETHING WILL BE ROLLED OUT. AND IT WASN'T EVEN SHARED WITH PUBLIC HEALTH THE NIGHT BEFORE. AND SO IT'S BEEN A CONSTANT MOVING TARGET. AND I CAN JUST AND WE ONLY IMAGINE AND UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND FRUSTRATION FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE ARE I ASSURE YOU, WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WHERE WE CAN. WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LEARNED IT. AND IF ONE OF THE THINGS IS YOU LOOK AT THIS, YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH FOCUS OVER THE LAST HOW MANY YEARS AND DECADE RELATED TO TECHNOLOGY. THERE'S STILL A GOOD PART OF YOUR POPULATION THAT DOESN'T COUNT ON TECHNOLOGY FOR COMMUNICATION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE PUTTING PLANS IN PLACE. I MEAN, WE'VE INTERNALLY AND WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF YOU, WE'VE INTERNALLY GOT HAD DISCUSSIONS AND PLANS FOR FLIERS THAT CAN ROLL OUT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITIES TO THEIR UTILITY BILLS THROUGH OUR WASTE HAULERS, PUT IN DOCTORS' OFFICES, WORK WITH COMMUNITIES. BUT THE CHALLENGE IS, IS EVERY WEEK THERE'S A CHANGE. AND SO YOU TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION AND HOW TO PUT THAT OUT AND THEN IT CHANGES BY THE TIME YOU'RE PUTTING IT OUT LATELY. I WILL SHARE WITH YOU IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, THERE'S BEEN MORE CONVERSATION ON CHANGE WITHIN THE TIER SYSTEM. IN FACT, VERY CANDIDLY THIS MORNING, I GO TO THE STATE WEBSITE AND THERE'S A CHANGE IN THE TIERS, BUT YET THEY SAY THEY'RE NOT DOING IT UNTIL MID-FEBRUARY. AND SO RIGHT THERE, THERE'S A CONFLICT WITH AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE EVEN THE TIERS AT THIS POINT AS OF TODAY? THE BIGGEST CHANGE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE I WOULD SUGGEST TO ALL OF YOU IS FROM THE VACCINE. AND THE RELEVANCY IS LAST WEEK, THE ANNOUNCEMENT TO GO TO A THIRD PARTY ADMINISTRATOR, WHICH IT WAS ANNOUNCED WILL BE BLUE SHIELD. JUST THIS MORNING, I WAS ABLE TO READ A LITTLE BIT MORE THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN SOMETHING IN WRITING SINCE LAST WEEK'S ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE STATE THAT THEIR GOAL IS HOPEFULLY MID-FEBRUARY. I'M A VERY AGGRESSIVE, BUT LET'S HOPE AND HOLD THEM TO THAT MID-FEBRUARY. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE WITH BLUE SHIELD WHERE BLUE SHIELD WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE PROVIDER COMMUNITY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THE DOCTORS, THE CLINICS, THE HOSPITALS, THE PHARMACIES AND THE STATE WILL BE ALLOCATING TO BLUE SHIELD AND THE BLUE SHIELD WOULD BE ALLOCATING TO THOSE PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE A REAL QUESTION RIGHT NOW OF WHAT THE ROLE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM IS GOING TO BE AND WHETHER WE WILL GET VACCINE OR NOT. WE BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO GET VACCINE, BUT THE PRIMARY DISTRIBUTION FOR VACCINES IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IS GOING TO CHANGE TO WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE THE STATE DIRECTLY TO PROVIDERS THROUGH BLUE SHIELD. AND SO IT'S HARD FOR US AT THIS POINT TO COMMENT AND COUNT ON WHAT VACCINE WE'RE GETTING. WE SUPERVISOR SILVER SAID WE ARE COMMITTED, AS YOU HEARD LAST WEEK, TO THE SECOND AS WE'VE STOOD UP THESE CLINICS AND STARTED IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. THAT'S WHERE THE SECONDS ARE COMING FROM, LET ALONE NEXT WEEK, NOT THIS WEEK, BUT NEXT WEEK, WE ESTIMATE BETWEEN THREE TO THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED OF SECONDS WE HAVE TO DISTRIBUTE IN THE FOLLOWING WEEK AS BETWEEN TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED SECONDS . WE'VE BEEN GETTING TWO LAST TWO WEEKS, IT'S BEEN NINETEEN SEVENTY FIVE IS THE AMOUNT OF VACCINE WE'RE GETTING. SO THAT IS, AGAIN, WHY WE COULD NOT ISSUE THE CLINICS THIS WEEK, BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THOSE WHO RECEIVE THEIR FIRST DOSE GETS FULL [01:10:02] VACCINATION WITH THE SECOND DOSES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A COMMITMENT RIGHT NOW FROM THE STATE THAT NEXT WEEK WE WILL GET EVEN THE TWO THOUSAND PLUS OR MINUS THAT WE'VE GOT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE SEEN A STAND AT THE CLINICS. WE HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER AVENUES AND WORKS TO WHERE WE COULD STAND UP MORE CLINICS. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAND THEM UP. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DISTRIBUTE THE VACCINE. WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT. AND SO I THINK THERE IS THERE I FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, HOWEVER THE BOARD WANTS TO GO, WE ARE COMMITTED AND WE THINK IT'S FROM INFORMING THE PUBLIC. WE DO THINK WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER JOB. BUT AT THIS POINT, SOME OF IT HAS BEEN RELATED TO JUST THE RULES KEEP CHANGING ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK. AND I GUESS MAYBE WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT CONSERVATIVE IN THAT AS YOU SEND SOMETHING OUT AND IT CHANGES BY THE TIME YOU SEND IT OUT. HOPEFULLY THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A MORE PERMANENT STRUCTURE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, THAT WE CAN CREATE A MASSIVE INFORMATION FLOW TO BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC ON HOW IT'S GOING TO ROLL OUT. THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND I GET THAT. BUT MY THING IS I DON'T WANT OUR STAFF OR OUR PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO BE BLAMED WHEN REALLY THIS IS ALL YOU KNOW, THIS IS ON THE STATE. THIS ISN'T ON US. THIS IS ON THE STATE. AND SO I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT. AND THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT THIS UP. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. I WANT TO THANK THE TRC. THANK YOU, MARK, FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THIS. THIS HAS BEEN A, LIKE I SAID, EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE, THIS IS SOMETHING IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON A LOT. AND FOR LOSING SLEEP AT NIGHT, I RECOMMEND KEEPING A PAD OF PAPER NEXT TO YOUR BED BECAUSE IT WORKS. ONCE YOU WRITE IT DOWN, IT SEEMS LIKE NOW YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FORGET IT FOR THE NEXT DAY. AND THEN WHEN YOU READ YOUR NOTES THE NEXT DAY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SCRATCHING YOUR HEAD GOING, WHY WAS I THINKING ABOUT THAT LAST NIGHT? BUT THE WAY I'M LOOKING AT THIS IS THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF FINGER POINTING GOING ON WITH THESE VACCINES. AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE'S NO FAULT OUT THERE OR MAYBE SOME OF THE FINGER POINTING IS CORRECT. BUT WHEN WE WERE ROLLING OUT THE VACCINES, I CAN REMEMBER HAVING A MEETING HERE WHERE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT WASN'T GOING TO BE UNTIL MID-MARCH UNTIL WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO ROLL SOMETHING OUT ON THE COUNTY LEVEL. AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN THESE OUT A LOT FASTER. THE WAY I LOOK AT IT, IT'S A SUPPLY PROBLEM. I MEAN, WE HAVE THIS ADMINISTRATION BLAMING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION, THE LAST ADMINISTRATION BLAMING THIS. GOVERNOR, BLAMING THE LAST ADMINISTRATION. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT WITH LOGISTICS AND SUPPLIES, THESE FOLKS CAN ONLY MAKE SO MANY VACCINES. THE PROBLEM IS, IS WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO WANTS TO CONTINUE TO BROADEN THE POOL. AND SO WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO SAY-- WHEN WE'RE ON A TRAJECTORY FOR SEVENTY FIVE AND OLDER AND ALL OUR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, THEN YOU LOOK AT THAT SUPPLY, THEN IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE EASIER TO MOVE FORWARD. BUT THEN WHEN YOUR GOVERNOR DROPS IN, WE'RE GOING TO DO 65 AND OLDER. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS SEGMENT. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS NOW. ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY PEOPLE TRYING TO GET IT. AND THEN IT CREATES DIVISION AMONG THOSE PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE GETTING IT. I DON'T DISAGREE THAT ANYBODY THAT THEY'VE EVER MET MENTIONED SHOULD BE GETTING A VACCINE. BUT LET'S LOOK AT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. IT'S A SUPPLY PROBLEM. WE HAVE A GOVERNOR THAT KEEPS CHANGING THE WAY HE WANTS TO DELIVER THE GOODS, THE VACCINE, AND THAT'S AS A VEHICLE OF DISTRIBUTION FOR OURSELVES. IT GETS VERY, VERY CONFUSING ON HOW YOU'RE GOING TO DELIVER IT AND THEN WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO BE THAT TOOL TO DELIVER IT OR NOT. SO LET'S I THINK IF EVERYBODY JUST STAYS FOCUSED ON IT'S A SUPPLY PROBLEM, HOW DO WE GET IT TO THE END USER? AND LET'S MAKE SURE WE ACCOMPLISH SOME OF THESE GOALS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE BEFORE YOU START ADDING EVERYBODY ELSE INTO THE POOL. FOR ME, THAT'S THE FRUSTRATING PART. I MEAN, I COME FROM A DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS BUSINESS BACKGROUND. AND WHENEVER I SEE THIS HAPPENING, IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU INTRODUCE A NEW BUD LIGHT AND IT TAKES OFF THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS, IT'S GOOD. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, EVERYBODY FIGURES OUT EVERY STORE IN YOUR AREA SAYS, HEY, I WANT THAT, TOO, AND YOU RUN OUT. IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING GOING ON HERE. SO STAY IN FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE THAT IT IMPACTS THE MOST WHO NEED IT THE MOST, I THINK IS [01:15:04] THE WAY TO DO IT. I HOPE THIS NEW SYSTEM, THE GOVERNOR IS WANTING TO DO IT. AND, YOU KNOW, AND I'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS WITH STAFF THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CUT OUT A FEW AREAS OF THE DISTRIBUTION LOOP, YOU DO SAVE TIME AND GET THAT PRODUCT OUT FASTER. SO I'M HOPING THAT WITH THIS GOING THROUGH BLUE SHIELD, WE'LL GET IT TO OUR PROVIDERS AT A FASTER RATE. AND I THINK AND I HOPE AND I WANT OUR PROVIDERS OUT THERE TO STICK WITH YOUR ATTESTATION OF WHAT YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO PROVIDE. THERE'S A SERIOUS PROBLEM OUT THERE. I SEE FACEBOOK POSTS ALL THE TIME OF FOLKS WHO ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE VACCINE YET, WHO ARE GETTING VACCINES IN THEIR ARMS BECAUSE ANY VACCINE THAT HAPPENS TO THAT PERSON WHO IS BRAGGING ON FACEBOOK THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THIRTY FIVE YEARS OLD AND THEY GOT A VACCINE IN THEIR ARM, YOU'VE JUST TAKEN IT AWAY FROM A SEVENTY FIVE YEAR OLD WHO NEEDS IT MORE THAN YOU DO. SO MAYBE JUST GET OFF THE SOCIAL MEDIA, QUIT BRAGGING ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHAT'S FRUSTRATING FOR ME. BUT MOVING FORWARD, I LIKE HOW STAFF HAS GRASPED IT. I LIKE HOW BECKY HAS COME PUBLIC WITH HER FRUSTRATION AND NOT JUST BESTOWED UPON US AND THEN CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THIS GOVERNOR. WE ARE FRUSTRATED. IT IS HARD TO GET OUT. LET'S ACCOMPLISH OUR SMALL GOALS BEFORE WE GO AFTER THE BIG GOALS AND LET'S BE REALISTIC THROUGH THIS PROCESS. I DO NEED TO PATTI WILL GET ME IF I DON'T SAY THIS. THANK YOU, PATTI DOSSETTI, BUT SATURDAY, FEBRUARY SIX, FROM 10 TO 11 30 AT JOE STEFFANIE SCHOOL, WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY AND BEAUTIFICATION IDEAS AT THE NEW PARK THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT AT THE BEACHWOOD FRANKLIN AREA. SO I INVITE EVERYBODY TO BE OUT THERE. WE WILL BE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND DOING THE PROCESS. BUT THE LAST TIME WE DID THIS, IT WAS REALLY FUN WHERE WE HAD THE BIG MAPS AND YOU'RE ABLE TO MOVE THE STUFF AND FIND OUT WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. OUR NEXT MEETING IS FEBRUARY 9TH. AND WITH THAT IDEA IN OUR MEETING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.