Apr 27, 2021 Board Meeting

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP OUR MEETING.

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WELCOME TO THE APRIL 27TH, 2021.

MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.

IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE THE SPREAD OF 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 FROM 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 THE INVOCATION LED BY PASTOR TWYLA REESE FROM THE UNITY CHURCH OF MERCED.

AND THEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY JOSH PEDROZO, SUPERVISOR FROM THE 2ND DISTRICT. SO, TWYLA, COULD YOU COME FORWARD, LET'S MAKE SURE YOU'RE OK? AND FOR THE TECHNICIANS IN THE BACK ROOM, THANK YOU FOR CONTROLLING THE MICS FOR US.

GOOD MORNING. WE PRAY TO THE ONE GOD OF MANY FAITHS, HOLY PRESENCE. WE CALL UPON THE SPIRIT TO BE HERE IN THIS ROOM WITH THIS BODY OF PEOPLE TODAY.

WE GIVE THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND TO LISTEN AND TO HEAR AND TO KNOW WHAT IS OURS TO DO FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON.

THERE ARE MANY STORIES.

THERE ARE MANY DESIRES.

AND WE KNOW THAT EACH STORY AND EACH DESIRE IS GUIDED BY GOD, GUIDED BY THIS HIGHER PRESENCE, THIS HIGHER PURPOSE.

AND SO WE PRAY, KNOWING THAT EACH PERSON HERE COMES WITH A CLEAN AND OPEN MIND AND HEART TO DO WHAT IS BEST NOT ONLY FOR THEMSELVES, BUT FOR THE COUNTY, FOR THE STATE, FOR THE COUNTRY. IT ALL RIPPLES OUT TO OUR WORLD.

AND AGAIN, WE GIVE THANKS FOR BEING GUIDED TO LISTEN.

AND FEEL THE PRESENCE OF HOLY SPIRIT HERE WITH US RIGHT NOW.

WE BREATHE THAT IN AND WE SAY THANK YOU, GOD, FOR DIVINE RIGHT GUIDANCE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THIS WORLD.

AND SO IT IS.

AND SO WE LET IT BE.

AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF OUR FLAG.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PASTOR, THAT WAS VERY NICE.

THIS MORNING WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION MEETING DIRECTION TO INITIATE LITIGATION FOR ONE OF THE CASES THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO COUNTY COUNCIL AND THE CEO.

THE DEFENDANTS AND OTHER PARTICULARS SHALL BE DISCLOSED ONCE THE ACTION IS FORMALLY COMMENCED. IN ADDITION, STAFF WAS GIVEN DIRECTION REGARDING THE EXISTING LITIGATION AND REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATION ITEMS.

[PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK]

PLEASE NOTE THAT PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED VIA EMAIL WILL NOT BE READ DURING THE MEETING.

ALL THE EMAILS RECEIVED BY THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING WILL BE PLACED INTO THE MEETING RECORD. WE WILL NOW TAKE COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND AND YOU WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE PODIUM IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING. WE ASK THAT ONLY ONE PERSON SPEAK AT A TIME AT THE PODIUM.

OK, LET'S GO RIGHT HERE FIRST.

YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS DAVID RODRIGUEZ, I LIVE IN PLANADA, WHICH IS IN DISTRICT ONE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE HILLCREST DAIRY AND ITS EXPANSION IN PLANADA. THE DAIRY ODOR HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE HORRENDOUS, AND THE STRONG POSSIBILITIES OF NITRATE IN OUR DRINKING WATER IS A MAIN CONCERN.

THE DAIRY IS ZERO POINT SEVEN FIVE MILES, NOT EVEN A COMPLETE MILE FROM PLANADA .THE TOWN WAS WELL ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE DAIRY ARRIVED.

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ANY WELLS INSTALLED AT THE DAIRY, INCLUDING THE ONES THEY HAVE ALREADY WILL AFFECT WATER LEVELS.

UNDER WATER AQUIFERS ARE THE SAME STREAMS THE PUMP WATER FROM.

THERE WAS ALREADY TALK ABOUT OUR DROUGHT CONDITIONS IN SOME COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA AND THERE WAS ALWAYS POSSIBILITIES OF NITRATES FROM DAIRIES.

IN 2012, HILLCREST DAIRY WAS OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH MERCED COUNTY.

THEIR ALLOTTED UNITS OF THREE THOUSAND INCREASE TO OVER 8000.

THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 10-005 WAS GRANTED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

IN 2013 HILLCREST DAIRY HIRED KENNETH S.

BUCHANAN, JR.

FROM CALFUL US CONFINEMENT ANIMAL FEEDINGS AND OPERATIONS.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, THERE WAS NO DAIRY ODOR FILTERING THROUGH TOWN.

THE DAY THE DAIRY ORDER CAME BACK, I HAD NOTIFIED MR. BUCHANAN AND ASKED HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON AND THE HILLCREST TERMINATED HIM.

I'D LIKE TO READ A FEW EXCERPTS FROM HIS EMAIL LETTER THAT HE SENT ME.

SINCE MARCH OF 2013, WE ATTEMPTED TO HELP EDDIE ARRANGE FOR CLEANING OUT HIS LAGOONS AND ARRANGE FOR THIRTY THREE PERCENT DISCOUNT ON THE FRONT END, PROVIDED THAT HE WOULD HAVE THE SAME ENTITY PUMPED THE ENTIRE LAGOON EMPTY.

WE TOLD HIM THOSE LAGOONS CLEANED OUT BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE SULFATE ORDERS ORIGINATED. BUT EDDIE NEVER INTENDED TO PUMP IN HIS LARGEST LAGOON CLEAN.

HE CONTINUES WITH THE PROGRAM.

IF HE HAD, HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A DISCOUNT RANGE OF 40 TO 50 PERCENT AS ADVISED BY HIS ACCOUNTANTS. AFTER ONE HOUR OF DISCUSSION, IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT EDDIE JUST WANTED THE COUNCIL TO PARTNER WITH THEM WITH THE COST OF RESOLVING HIS DAIRY ODOR PROBLEM.

AND WE ARE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF PROVIDING OUR SERVICES AT A LOSS SO THAT THOSE WHO WE SERVICE CAN MAINTAIN THEIR PROFIT MARGINS.

EDDIE STATED THAT HE DID NOT BELIEVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONDITIONED HIS DAIRY TO MAINTAIN A PROGRAM FOR ODOR CONTROL AT HIS DAIRY.

ALL HE NEEDED WAS A PLAN OF ODOR CONTROL, JUST A WRITTEN PLAN OF TIME, WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO TO CONTROL THE ODORS AFTER WORKING WITH EDDIE FOR SOME TIME.

I AM THE OPINION THAT HE REALLY DOES NOT CARE IF THE PLAN OF ODOR CONTROL WORKS OR NOT.

THE CUP JUST STATES THAT HE WAS JUST TO HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE.

SO IN MY OPINION, AND HE WILL HIRE SOMEONE TO CREATE A WRITTEN PLAN FOR HILLCREST JUST TO SATISFY THE CONDITIONS AS SET FORTH.

OK, SIR, YOUR TIME YOUR TIME IS UP.

YEAH, BUT THANK YOU.

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO JUST FINISH WITH? IT'S, PEOPLE MAY THINK OF IT AS A HOLE IN THE WALL OR SOMETHING, JUST A LITTLE TOWN YOU GO THROUGH, BUT IT DOESN'T DESERVE TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF ODORS FILTERING THROUGH TOWNS FROM TIME. IT'S NOT CONSTANT, BUT IT DOES OCCUR IN THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNINGS.

I THANK MR. PAREIRA, I CONTACTED HIM LAST YEAR THROUGH EMAIL AND HE RESPONDED AND WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ODOR CONTROL, SO HE WANTED SPECIFICS.

OK, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THE AREA.

I CAN LEAVE A COPY OF THIS LETTER.

JUST SET IT RIGHT THERE IN THE IN THE BASKET AND IT WILL GO TO EACH BOARD MEMBER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

AND DR. ASADI IS ANXIOUSLY AWAITING RAISING HER HAND.

SO I'M GETTING TOO USED TO COMING UP HERE.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S NOTHING SMALL ABOUT PLANADA.

IT HAS BEEN VERY KEY TO MY SUCCESS.

SO THE LAST TIME I WAS AT THIS MIC, I TOLD YOU THAT I HAD VACCINATED EIGHT HUNDRED.

IT IS NOW TOPPING EIGHT THOUSAND.

AND I'M NOT STOPPING ANYTIME SOON, BUT I DO NEED YOUR HELP.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE.

I NEED LEADERSHIP TO START THINKING ABOUT VACCINE HESITANCY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT. I AM JUST ONE PERSON WITH NOW LIKE ALMOST 40 VOLUNTEERS WHO CLEARLY ARE NOT HESITANT TO TRY TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.

WE CAN'T SOLVE THIS PROBLEM IF WE DON'T ADDRESS SOCIETY AND THEIR FEARS.

AND I WAS AT RADIO MERCED THIS MORNING MYSELF TRYING TO DO WHAT I CAN.

BUT AGAIN, I'M JUST ONE PERSON, SO I NEED MY LEADERS TO START THINKING LONG AND HARD ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO TACKLE VACCINE HESITANCY.

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I WANT PEOPLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, NOT BECAUSE WE MANDATED THAT THEY DO IT.

THE STATE IS VERY CLEARLY SOME ENTITIES ARE ALREADY STARTING TO DO THAT.

SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO START HELPING ME.

WE GOT TO THINK OF SOLUTIONS, FOLKS.

AND I MEAN, WE ALL CLEARLY KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

I JUST NEED SOME HELP.

CREATIVE IDEAS, PLEASE.

THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DR. ASADI. YES, SIR.

MY NAME IS MICHAEL PACHECO.

I AM THE COMMANDER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, CHAPTER 31 IN ATWATER.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ITEM 26 ABOUT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL HALL.

WE, AT THE DAV, HAVE BEEN TRYING SINCE APRIL OR MAY OF LAST YEAR TO ACQUIRE THE LEASE ON THIS BUILDING. I'VE HAD A MEETING WITH DANA HERTFELDER AND FIVE OF MY OTHER MEMBERS EARLY LAST YEAR AND GAVE HIM A LETTER OF INTENT ON WHAT WE WANT.

WE WANT TO GET THE HALL OPEN TO THE VETERANS AND THE PUBLIC.

AND WE REACHED OUT TO OTHER VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE THE ONLY VETERANS ORGANIZATION LEFT IN THAT WAR.

BUT WE REACHED OUT TO THE VFW HERE IN TOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE LOSING THEIR PLACE, THE AMERICAN LEGION AND MARINE CORPS ASSOCIATION.

WE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO TELL THEM THAT THEY, IF WE GET THE HALL, THE LEGION HALL.

WE WILL HAVE THEM, INVITE THEM AND WE WANT THE PEOPLE AT THE BUILDING BE USED.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING.

YOU GUYS JUST SPENT A LOT OF CHUNK OF MONEY FIXING IT.

WE JUST LIKE YOU CONSIDER US.

WE'VE BEEN TRYING ALL ALONG.

I GO BY THE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK, I PICK UP THE TRASH, UH, TO TELL IF ANYTHING'S BEEN HAPPENING TO IT. SOMEBODY TORE DOWN THE SIGN ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING OF WHO WAS USING THE HALL. THEY TORE IT DOWN.

I PICKED IT UP. I HAVE IT IN MY HOUSE.

I'VE LET PUBLIC WORKS KNOW THAT IT'S THERE.

OK, JUST LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER US.

WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL AND EXPERIENCED PEOPLE TO MANAGE THE HALL IN A PROPER MANNER, AND THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

OK, COME FORWARD. GOOD MORNING, I'M FELICIA GRAY, I'M DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADULT AND AGING SERVICES.

I'M HERE TODAY TO HIGHLIGHT IN THE BOARD AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE.

THE PROCLAMATION FOR MERCED COUNTY TO DESIGNATE MAY AS OLDER AMERICANS MONTH.

OVER THE PAST FIFTY EIGHT YEARS, THE ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY LIVING LED MAY RECOGNITIONS TO HONOR OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY.

THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL THEME IS COMMUNITIES OF STRENGTH.

THIS PAST YEAR HAS DEFINITELY SHOWN HOW RESILIENT OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY IS.

OUR SENIORS HAVE EXPERIENCED MANY CHANGES THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE SPAN, TECHNOLOGICAL AS WELL AS SOCIAL. THESE EXPERIENCES DRIVE THIS RESILIENCY AND STRENGTH.

WE AT HSA AND THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING ARE CELEBRATING THEIR STRENGTH AND THEIR STORIES THAT WILL PROVIDE A FOUNDATION FOR US TO BUILD UPON.

THIS PAST YEAR HAS BROUGHT A RENEWED FOCUS ON AGING AND THE WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE EXCITED WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S MASTER PLAN FOR AGING CAN BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND ALTHOUGH THIS YEAR WE'RE NOT ABLE TO HOST OUR ANNUAL LUNCHEON DUE TO COVID-19 SAFETY NEEDS, WE ARE ASKING THAT THE COMMUNITY PLEASE JOIN US ON MAY 27TH FOR OUR VIRTUAL CELEBRATION VIA OUR MERCED COUNTY ADULTS AND AGING FACEBOOK PAGE.

THEY CAN ALSO CONNECT OR CONTACT OUR AREA AGENCY ON AGING AT (209) 385-7550 FOR MORE INFORMATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO REPEAT THAT NUMBER ONE MORE TIME? I SPEAK FAST, SORRY, (209) 358-7550.

AND THAT'S OUR AREA AGENCY ON AGING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? OH, DARLENE, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING THROUGH THE CHAIR SUPERVISOR DARREN MCDANIEL.

GOOD MORNING. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, CEO BROWN AND COUNTY COUNSEL HANSEN.

I'M DARLENE INGERSOL, REGISTRAR OF VOTERS FOR MERCED COUNTY.

I WANTED TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ON THE VOTER'S CHOICE ACT AND UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

EARLIER THIS YEAR, ON MARCH 2ND, 2021, THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADOPTED A RESOLUTION

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DURING THIS CURRENT YEAR, THE REGISTER OF VOTERS ELECTIONS DEPARTMENT IS FORMALLY TRANSITIONING TO THE VOTER'S CHOICE ACT, OR VCA.

THE VCA IS INTENDED TO MODERNIZE ELECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA BY ALLOWING COUNTIES TO CONDUCT ELECTIONS UNDER A NEW MODEL, WHICH PROVIDES GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND CONVENIENCE FOR VOTERS IN CHANGING ELECTION LAWS TO REFLECT TRENDS TOWARDS VOTING BY MAIL AND ALLOWING POLLING PLACES TO BE REPLACED WITH VOTING ASSISTANCE CENTERS.

OUR COUNTY IS WELL POSITIONED FOR THIS TRANSITION, HAVING SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED BKE LIKE ELECTIONS FOR SEVERAL YEARS WITH VOTING ASSISTANCE CENTERS.

THIS MORNING I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT UPCOMING, PARDON ME, OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE.

ON MONDAY, MAY 17TH.

2021 AT 5:30 PM WE'LL BE HAVING A LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.

THE NEXT DAY, TUESDAY, MAY 18TH AT 5:30 PM WE'LL BE HAVING A VOTING ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING. WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS TO ELECTION INFORMATION, MATERIALS AND VOTING RIGHTS TO MINIMIZE OBSTACLES IN VOTING FACING NON ENGLISH SPEAKING COMMUNITIES. WE ARE OVERSEEING THE LAAC, WHICH IS THE LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND THIS COMMITTEE ASSISTS MERCED COUNTY IN COMPLYING WITH FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS REGARDING LANGUAGE ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS.

WE'RE ALSO COMMITTED TO ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS TO THE ELECTORAL PROCESS BY VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES SO THAT ALL PERSONS CAN VOTE INDEPENDENTLY AND PRIVATELY.

THE VAAC OR THE VOTING ACCESSIBILITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE ASSISTS MERCED COUNTY BY ADVISING COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICIALS ON EXISTING PROGRAMS TO REACH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, PROVIDE ADVICE ON WHETHER TO CREATE NEW PROGRAMS AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION FOR SENIOR VOTERS AND VOTERS WITH DISABILITIES.

BOTH OF OUR MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD VIRTUALLY AND WILL BE COVERING THE VOTER'S CHOICE ACT OVERVIEW AND ELECTION ADMINISTRATION PLAN OVERVIEW.

AND WE'RE SEEKING COMMITTEE COMMENTS.

I BROUGHT FLIERS AND I'LL PUT THEM IN THE BASKET.

REGARDING THESE MEETINGS.

PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND AND MAY CONTACT OUR OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMATION.

OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 385-7541.

OUR WEBSITE ADDRESS IS WWW.MERCEDELECTIONS.

ORG AND OUR GENERAL EMAIL ADDRESS IS ELECTIONS@COUNTYOFMERCED.COM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DARLENE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO REPEAT THE NUMBER AND THOSE ADDRESSES.

YOU SAID I'M SLOW. YOU DID VERY GOOD.

BUT I THINK IF FOLKS FINALLY GOT THEIR PEN THERE, READY TO WRITE THEM DOWN.

NOW, OUR PHONE NUMBER IS 385-7541.

WEBSITE ADDRESS MERCEDELECTIONS.

ORG.

OUR EMAIL ADDRESS, OUR GENERAL EMAIL ADDRESS, IF YOU WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THAT WAY, IS ELECTIONS@MERCEDCOUNTY.COM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME? SO NOW WE'LL MOVE TO THE VOICEMAILS.

WE NOW WILL PLAY VOICEMAILS RECEIVED FOR THIS MEETING FOR NON AGENDA AND AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AND PLACED INTO THE RECORD, AS WELL AS ONE ON ITEM 41, WHICH WILL BE PLAYED.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE LEADERSHIP COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY, A COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION THAT WORKS ALONGSIDE LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR IN DOS PALOS, DEL HIGH, LOS BANOS AND PLANADA IN MERCED COUNTY TO ADVOCATE FOR LOCAL, REGIONAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES TO ADDRESS THEIR COMMUNITIES NEEDS FOR THE BASIC ELEMENTS THAT MAKE UP A SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY.

AT THE MERCED COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ADDRESSES ITS RESPONSIBILITIES FOR COUNTYWIDE REDISTRICTING IN 2021.

I WOULD LIKE TO URGE THE BOARD TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS AS INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE.

IN ORDER TO DRAW THEIR LINES IN DISTRICTS, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS AN INTEGRAL, NOT ANCILLARY, PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.

UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY COMMUNITIES IN THE MOST RURAL PARTS OF OUR COUNTY, LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND COMMUNITIES WHERE FOLKS BECOME LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

IN ORDER TO DRAW FAIR LINES, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THESE COMMUNITIES ARE NOT ONLY INCLUDED IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS, BUT CENTERED, AND IT IS INCUMBENT ON THE BOARD TO ENSURE THE PLACES ARE CENTERED.

AS SUCH, I URGE THE BOARD TO ENSURE THAT ITS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS IS EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL, BOTH DURING AND AFTER THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

PROMOTE PARTICIPATION.

BOTH AUDIOVISUAL AND TELEPHONIC SHOULD BE PRESERVED AS OPTIONS TO PARTICIPATE.

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PRINCIPLES OF LANGUAGE JUSTICE SHOULD BE PRESERVED BY ENSURING THAT ALL MATERIALS ARE TRANSMITTED TO FINISH LONG.

PUNJABI INTERPRETERS SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR PEOPLE INCLUDED, ALONG WITH ANY OTHER MAJOR LANGUAGES AT ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS. OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WITH COMMUNITIES THAT ARE RURAL, CLASSIFIED AS DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND HAVE HIGH PERCENTAGES OF PEOPLE WHO SPEAK A LANGUAGE OTHER THAN ENGLISH SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED.

THE BOARD SHOULD BE COLLECTED AND PARTNERING WITH COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE COMMUNITIES ARE CENTERED.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS IS A RIGHT, NOT A PRIVILEGE.

AS SUCH, I URGE THE BOARD TO UPHOLD ITS RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED THEM AND ENSURE THAT ALL CONSTITUENTS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS REGARDLESS OF GEOGRAPHIC, PHYSICAL AND LINGUISTIC BARRIERS.

SECOND, IT'S NOT CLEAR TO ME WHETHER OR NOT MERCED COUNTY HAS ALREADY DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH REDISTRICTING THIS YEAR.

BUT IN ORDER TO URGE AS TRANSPARENT PROCESS AS POSSIBLE, I URGE THE [INAUDIBLE] TO ADOPT AN INDEPENDENT COMMISSION.

REDISTRICTING IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN THE PROCESS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

WE BELIEVE THAT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN OUR LOCAL ELECTIONS, THERE MUST BE NO ROOM FOR DOUBT OVER THE FAIRNESS OF THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS AND IT'S [INAUDIBLE]. AS SUCH, I STRONGLY URGE THE BOARD TO APPOINT AN INDEPENDENT OR HYBRID COMMISSION.

IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH A FAIR REDISTRICTING PROCESS.

THERE MUST BE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR PERCEPTION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

THE REGULATIONS SURROUNDING ADVISORY COMMISSIONS ARE MINIMAL, AND IF THE BOARD WERE TO DRAW THE LINES ITSELF.

[INAUDIBLE] THE PUBLIC WILL PERCEIVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND WHICH WILL UNDERMINE CONFIDENCE IN THE LOCAL ELECTORAL PROCESS.

REDISTRICTING IS AN IMPORTANT PROCESS THAT FACILITATES DEMOCRATIC ENGAGEMENT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE BOARD ENSURES THAT THIS IS A PROCESS THAT MITIGATES, RATHER THAN EXACERBATES EXISTING ELECTORAL INEQUITIES.

I THEREFORE, URGE THE BOARD TO SEND OUR MARGINALIZED VOICES AS IT ENGAGES THE PUBLIC IN 2021 REDISTRICTING.

THIS IS PER AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 41 ON THE APRIL 27TH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC COMMENT.

OK, THANK YOU.

AND I'LL LOOK AROUND THE ROOM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED AND I DON'T.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MOVE ON AT THIS TIME WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND AFTER WE DO THE CONSENT, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION AT THE END.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

OK, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS? SEEING NONE, I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

AND IF I COULD HAVE SURJEET JOIN ME AT THE PODIUM WITH ANYBODY ELSE.

DOES THIS WORK? THERE WE GO.

SO ITEM TWENTY THREE AUTHORIZE PROPAGATION AND RECOGNITION OF THE PRODUCTION VITALITY AND IMPORTANCE FOR LOCAL INDEPENDENT FARMING OPERATIONS AND THE PRODUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND FARMERS AND PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATORS TO BENEFIT INDIA'S AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.

SO IF I CAN INVITE YOU FOLKS UP HERE.

SURJEET IS AN OLD FRIEND.

WELL, YOU'RE NOT OLD, BUT WE'VE BEEN FRIENDS FOR A LONG TIME AND HE REACHED OUT TO ME ON THIS AND RODRIGO AND I WORKED ON IT BEFORE WHEN WE DID THE LETTER.

AND SO SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA AND MYSELF DID A LETTER AND THEN TAKING IT FURTHER, WE WANT TO DO AN OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION.

SO EVERYBODY CAN GO AHEAD AND JOIN ME UP HERE.

AND IF THE BOARD WOULD WANT TO JOIN ME AS WELL, YOU GUYS ARE WELCOME.

AND WE CAN GET SOME PICTURES.

YEAH, LET'S GO. WHY DON'T WE GO ON UP HERE.

YEAH, THAT'S WHERE THERE'S MORE ROOM, YOU AND I HERE IN THE CENTER.

AND MY FARMER FROM ATWATER, WE NEED HIM UP HERE IN THE CENTER.

THEY'RE FROM LIVINGSTON, ALSO FARMERS.

OK, THANK YOU, OH YEAH. I'M SORRY.

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AND YOU KNOW A POLITICIAN DOESN'T USUALLY LIKE TO HAND OVER THE MICROPHONE, BUT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STOOD UNITED WITH THIS PROCLAMATION.

BUT I'M GOING TO HAND OVER MY MIC TO SURJEET.

RIGHT? YOU SAID YOU WANT TO SAY A LITTLE SOMETHING.

THANK YOU, DARON.

AND YOUR TEAM. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.

WE WILL NEVER FORGET YOU GUYS STANDING FOR THE FARMERS.

GOD BLESS YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. AND ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, LET'S GET SURJEET GET THE STUFF . I'LL PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATION HERE SINCE DISTRICT THREE.

WE APPRECIATE DISTRICT THREE HERE IN MERCED COUNTY.

NOW, GET UP HERE, SURJEET.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING, AND I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY ON YOUR OWN ON BEHALF OF NOT JUST BEING A FARMER, BUT JUST BEING A GOOD AMERICAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE SIKH COMMUNITY IN ALL OUR COUNTY.

I KNOW WE HAVE A BIG SIKH COMMUNITY IN LIVINGSTON, BUT ALL THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM ARE FARMERS.

AND WE JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WHAT THEY PROVIDE FOR OUR COUNTY AND JUST TO SUPPORT THEM, YOU KNOW, IN THEIR HOMELAND.

I KNOW A LOT OF FARMERS ARE STRUGGLING OVER THERE, AND I KNOW THEY HAVE FAMILY OVER THERE, SO THEY'RE SUFFERING. SO WE JUST WANT TO SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE FARMING COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

AND A BIG THANK YOU TO [INAUDIBLE] FOR RUSHING IN HERE TO GET THOSE PICTURES.

OK, SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

[BOARD ACTION]

NOT ANY OF THESE ITEMS FROM PUBLIC WORKS.

IT'S IN DISCUSSION MODE, I PUT MY.

I'M ALREADY ON IF YOU JUST LET ME, BUT MAYBE YOU WANT TO CHANGE IT OUT OF.

GO AHEAD. SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA, I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ITEM TWENTY FOUR.

UM, IT'S SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS APPROXIMATELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING INTO SB1 PROJECTS.

AND AS YOU GUYS ARE ALL AWARE, THAT'S THE ADDITIONAL GAS TAX THAT NOW COMES TO OUR MERCED COUNTY. AND I CAN TELL YOU IS NOW THREE OF US HAVE GONE THROUGH OUR TOWN HALLS AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUES, SUPERVISOR PEDROZO IS GOING TO BE TOMORROW NIGHT AT 6:00 P.M.

AND THEN FOLLOWED THAT BY CHAIR MCDANIEL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S HIGHLIGHTED WITH ALL THE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON WITH COVID.

UM, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IS IN THE HOT SEAT WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE TOWN HALL MEETINGS, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT ROADS.

ROADS, ROADS, ROADS, AND IT HASN'T REALLY CHANGED.

I WILL SHARE THAT BEFORE THE COUNTY HAD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES IN MEASURE V AND SB1, I FEEL LIKE WE PROBABLY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO A LOT OF ROADS AND EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF UPSET, BUT NOBODY'S ROAD WAS GETTING DONE, SO THEY JUST KIND OF LIVED WITH IT.

AND AS WE PROGRESS AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME DOLLARS THAT THAT ARE MAKING SOME MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN THE ROADWAYS IN MERCED COUNTY, THERE TENDS TO BE A LOT MORE FRUSTRATION NOW.

AND THAT FRUSTRATION IS THIS BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD THAT'S BEEN REPAVED AND THEIR ROAD HASN'T BEEN REPAVED.

AND I'VE LONG SAID AND WHEN I RAN MY CAMPAIGN AND TOLD FOLKS THAT, LISTEN, ULTIMATELY YOU GET TO HOLD ME ACCOUNTABLE AND I COME TO WORK EVERY DAY AND TRY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE ROADS IN DISTRICT FIVE.

AND I'VE BEEN TOLD BY NUMEROUS PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE THE WORST ROAD IN MERCED COUNTY AND I CAN PROBABLY SHARE A ROAD WITH THEM.

THAT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY WORSE.

AND WE'RE NOT, IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE NOT AWARE OF IT, BUT ULTIMATELY WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO

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AND I JUST ASK FOLKS TO BEAR WITH US BECAUSE WE ARE WHEN WE GET DONE WITH THIS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A NICE EAST-WEST CORRIDOR ACROSS THE COUNTY, BASICALLY FROM HIGHWAY 99 SANDY MUSH, WHICH THEN TURNS INTO A FEW DIFFERENT ROADS AND INTO TURNER ISLAND AND TURNS INTO HENRY MILLER, WHICH GOES ALL THE WAY OUT.

SO YOU'RE TALKING ALL THE WAY FROM OUT IN THE KIND OF LE GRAND AREA OF HIGHWAY 99 ALL THE WAY OUT TO HENRY MILLER ROAD TO HIGHWAY 33 AND [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S GOING TO BE A REPAVED NICE ROAD TO TRAVEL DOWN, BUT THOSE ARE BIG STRETCHES.

YOU'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, 10, 12 MILES OUT OF WHACK THAT WE'RE REPAVING ON THOSE ROADS.

AS WE GET THROUGH THOSE LONGER ROADS, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO NOW GO INTO, YOU KNOW, PICKING UP SOME OF THESE ONE AND TWO MILE STRETCHES OF ROAD. AND IT'S NOT FROM LACK OF TRYING.

AND THE ONE JOB THAT I DON'T ENVY, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WHO IS ALSO THE MERCED COUNTY ROADS COMMISSIONER, DANA HERTFELDER'S JOB IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THE BEST, AND AS SUPERVISORS WE GET CALLS ALL THE TIME AND WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR THIS.

AND WE'RE IN YOU KNOW, DANA CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE.

WE'RE IN THE DISTRICT. WE KNOW THE ROADS THAT ARE HEAVIER TRAVELED AND TRYING TO ADVOCATE ON THOSE ROADS. AND I KNOW THERE'S A FRUSTRATION, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO BEAR WITH US.

YOU KNOW, IT GOES BACK TO WE HAVE OVER SEVENTEEN HUNDRED MILES OF ROAD THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IN MERCED COUNTY.

THAT DOESN'T COUNT THE HIGHWAYS THAT COUNT.

THAT'S JUST MERCED COUNTY ROADS.

AND PRIOR TO SB1 AND MEASURE V, THERE WAS, I'M GOING TO SAY, ROUGHLY TEN MILES OF ROAD PER YEAR THAT WE'RE GETTING REPAVED.

NOW, WE'RE PROBABLY MORE IN THE 40 TO 50 MILES PER YEAR.

AND THAT VARIES DEPENDING ON THE YEAR AND THE PROJECT.

SO WE ARE MAKING HEADWAY.

AND I GET IT. WHEN YOUR ROAD'S NOT REPAVED, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATED BUT JUST KNOW THAT WE ARE DOING OUR VERY BEST.

THERE'S JUST A LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCES.

MEASURE V IS GOING TO BRING IN FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS OVER THE COURSE OF THIRTY YEARS. WELL, WE'RE ONLY LIKE IN YEAR FOUR OF THAT.

WE DIDN'T GET FRONT LOADED FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION DOLLARS.

THE MONEY COMES IN ON FIFTEEN MILLION DOLLARS, GIVE OR TAKE ANNUALLY.

THAT GETS DISTRIBUTED OUT IN, MIND YOU, IT'S NOT ONLY THE COUNTY BUT THE CITIES ARE GETTING THEIR PORTION AND JUST LIKE IN DOS PALOS, THEIR PORTION.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M HAPPY WITH MEASURE V IS IT GAVE EVERYBODY A STARTING AMOUNT, AND THEN IT WAS BROKEN UP BASED UPON ROAD MILES AND POPULATION AFTER THAT.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE A SMALL COMMUNITY LIKE DOS PALOS AND YOU GET AN ALLOTMENT OF, I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND.

WELL, JUST THINK ABOUT WHEN I SAID IT'S THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A MILE TO REPAVE A ROAD FOR THE SMALLER COMMUNITIES.

THEY HAVE TO BUILD UP A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE THEY CAN ACTUALLY REPAVE A ROAD.

AND THEN WHEN YOU RUN INTO THE CITIES, THEY HAVE ISSUES OF, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S UNDERNEATH THOSE STREETS.

AND IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO GO PAVE A STREET THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REPLACE INFRASTRUCTURE A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER.

SO THEY'RE WORKING ON THINGS.

AND I GET IT. IT'S NEVER SOON ENOUGH.

BUT JUST KNOW THAT I MEAN, HERE, JUST IN THIS SB1 PORTION RIGHT NOW, SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING IN THIS NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET TO DO FOR ROADS AND SO WE ARE MAKING HEADWAY.

AND JUST BEAR WITH US.

I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.

AND AGAIN, THANK DANA HERTFELDER AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR THE TASK THAT THEY HAVE IN TRYING TO MANAGE THAT SEVENTEEN, OVER SEVENTEEN HUNDRED MILES OF ROADWAY IN OUR MERCED COUNTY. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

I THINK FROM NOW ON, ANY TIME I GET A ROAD COMPLAINT, I'M GOING TO DIRECT THE PHONE CALL TO YOU BECAUSE THAT WAS EXPLAINED VERY WELL AND MUCH APPRECIATED HOW YOU EXPLAINED THAT.

AND I THINK DANA APPRECIATES THAT, TOO.

HE GETS PRESSED ON IT.

ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT THE ENDING OF COVID PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY STARTING TO CALL AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THE ROADS AGAIN.

SO THAT MEANS OUR DAILY LIVES ARE BEING IMPACTED ON DAILY PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF JUST THE COVID DOMINATING IT THE WHOLE TIME.

SO THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

SO I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

ONE LAST COMMENT. YES, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID, SUPERVISORS, CELEBRITIES PRETTY MUCH SIGNED UP.

AND I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KNOW ALL THE ROADS AND NOT JUST THE ROADS,

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SO WE HAVE TO, I THINK PRETTY MUCH EVERY COMMUNITY HAS SEEN THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING AND HOPEFULLY WE KNOW SLOWLY, BUT WE'LL GET THERE.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR, FOR YOUR COMMENT.

OK, AT THIS TIME, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT, IS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES ITEMS 27 AND 28.

ARE THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS PRESENTED? SEEING NONE.

I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

LET'S VOTE. LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY ITEMS 29-32.

THANK YOU. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON THESE ITEMS? SEEING NONE. I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND I HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ITEMS 33-36.

PLEASE NOTE, A FOUR FIFTHS VOTE IS REQUIRED ON ITEMS 35 AND 36.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? DOES NOBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HENDRICKSON ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? I SEE NONE, BUT I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

MR. HENDRICKSON GOT OFF THE HOT SEAT.

ITEM THIRTY SEVEN IS FROM CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I HAVE A MOTION BY OF SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA . LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE. TALLY THE VOTES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS AUDITOR ITEM 38.

FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS? OH, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA, YOU'RE BEING RECOGNIZED.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE AUDITOR AND HER STAFF ON BASICALLY A CLEAN OPINION ON THE FINANCIALS.

IT'S KIND OF COMMON PRACTICE AROUND HERE.

BUT JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING DOWN THERE ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF KEEPING ALL OUR BOOKS STRAIGHT AND KEEPING ALL OUR MONEY STRAIGHT AND PASSING THESE AUDITS WITH NO FINDINGS, NO MATERIAL WEAKNESSES, ALL GOOD THINGS AS WE ENTRUST THE AUDITOR TO KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE OVER THE PUBLIC'S DOLLARS.

THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YEAH, I, TOO, WANT TO COMMEND THE AUDITORS OFFICE.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE PAINSTAKINGLY DETAILED PROCESS THAT THEY GO THROUGH.

AND ANYWAY, I JUST I THINK WHEN WHEN PEOPLE DO GOOD WORK AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GO THROUGH AN AUDIT, THEY'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING, EVEN IF IT'S SIMPLE AND LITTLE TO PUT IN A FINDING SO THEY CAN KIND OF CREATE THEIR VALUE.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IN THIS CASE, THEY COULDN'T EVEN FIND THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

SEEING NO MORE.

CALL FOR THE VOTE. LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 39 IS FROM THE SHERIFF, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM?

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I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

I'LL LOOK AROUND STILL NO MORE DISCUSSION.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS HUMAN RESOURCES ITEM 40.

IS THERE A FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE. I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

I THINK THEY'RE HAVING A FINGER RACE OVER THERE TRYING TO SEE WHO CAN MOTION IT FASTER.

SO WE'LL GIVE THAT ONE TO SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. LET'S TALLY THE VOTES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS EXECUTIVE OFFICE ITEMS 41 AND 42 AND THEY WILL BE TAKEN SEPARATELY.

SO WE'LL DO ITEM 41 FIRST.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NONE. I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY AND WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 42.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES CEO BROWN.

MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS TO IMPROVE OUR PERMITTING PROCESSES.

WE HAVE CO-LOCATED PERSONNEL, INVESTED IN PERMIT TRACKING SOFTWARE AND CREATED A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COORDINATOR POSITION JUST TO MENTION A FEW.

EACH OF THE STEPS DID LEAD TO IMPROVEMENTS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COORDINATION AMONG DEPARTMENTS. HOWEVER, WE STILL BELIEVE THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND THAT WE CAN BECOME MORE EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE MOVING FORWARD.

AS IT STANDS TODAY, WE HAVE MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS WHO TOUCH THE PERMITTING PROCESS WITHOUT THERE BEING A SINGLE POINT OF RESPONSIBILITY IF WE ARE HONEST WITH OURSELVES.

THIS HAS LED TO SOME INCONSISTENCY, MISCOMMUNICATION AND EVEN AT TIMES LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY. THEREFORE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A PHASED ORGANIZATIONAL RESTRUCTURE TO REALIGN THE DEVELOPMENT PERMITTING FUNCTIONS AND ASSOCIATED STAFFING TO CREATE A SINGLE POINT OF RESPONSIBILITY.

THE FIRST STEP IS PLACING THE BUILDING DIVISION UNDER THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IN ORDER TO DO THIS, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT MUST BE MODIFIED IN THE MERCED COUNTY CODE. THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TODAY INTRODUCES AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY CODE TO MODIFY THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO WAIVE FURTHER READING AND TO SET A POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE ON MAY 11TH.

IF THE BOARD IS WILLING TO CONSIDER THIS RESTRUCTURE AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS FIRST STEP, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE YOU TO BE AWARE THAT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL STRATEGIC STEPS AS WELL AS OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AND STAFFING CHANGES RECOMMENDED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON MAY 11TH. THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS TO COME ARE ALL DESIGNED TO COMPREHENSIVELY IMPROVE OUR OVERALL EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR PERMITTING OPERATIONS.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT YOU PLACE A PRIORITY ON CUSTOMER SERVICE, AND OUR GOAL WITH THESE CHANGES IS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THAT CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE OF OUR CUSTOMERS.

AT THIS POINT STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

OK, OK.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THIS BOARD AND THE LEADERSHIP FROM A LOT OF THE BOARD MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE CONVERSATIONS, I THINK A LOT OF IT GOES TO STAFF FOR LISTENING TO US AND SEEING THAT THIS NEEDED TO BE STREAMLINED.

THIS BOARD, AS YOU WELL KNOW, IS VERY, COME FROM PRIVATE BUSINESS BACKGROUNDS AND WE SEE THE HICCUPS IN THE WAY.

AND I APPRECIATE SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA, SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, WHO ACTUALLY, SUPERVISOR PAREIRA HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE HE WAS ELECTED IN THE STREAMLINING PROCESS.

WE TRIED TO STREAMLINE IT BEFORE HE GOT HERE.

WE LISTENED TO HIS THOUGHTS AND STREAMLINE IT AFTER YOU GOT HERE.

AND THEN SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA COMES IN AND HE HAS OTHER IDEAS, NOT THAT HE NEVER DEMONSTRATES THEM HERE ON THE MICROPHONE OUT HERE, BUT THAT PROCESS STAFF LISTENED AND WE KEEP GOING. WE KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A PERFECT JUST AS CEO BROWN SAID, BUT WE'RE IN A PROCESS OF MOVING FORWARD.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

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I USED TO HAVE A DAIRY AND DEALT WITH THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT OF MY MOTIVATION FOR INITIALLY RUNNING FOR THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WAS THAT PROCESS WASN'T NOT ONLY NOT PERFECT, BUT IT REALLY STRUGGLED.

AND SO AS I GOT ELECTED AND GOT IN THE BACK SEAT WHERE YOU GET TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, THE PREVIOUS BOARD HAD ALLOCATED SOME MONEY AND DID SOME CHANGES AT THAT TIME THAT I TOOK OFFICE, 82 PERCENT OF THE PERMITS WERE OVER 30 DAYS WITHOUT BEING PROCESSED.

AND WHICH REALLY IS UNACCEPTABLE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, STAFF REALLY LISTENED.

AND I CAN TELL YOU TODAY THAT WHEN A PERMIT IS APPLICATION IS APPLIED FOR, YOU KNOW, WITHIN 30 DAYS, IT'S DEALT WITH SOME OF THEM.

IT JUST TAKES A FEW DAYS.

BUT UNLESS THERE'S EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES, AT ONE TIME WE HAD A SCHOOL THAT WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTS, AND THAT TOOK LONGER.

BUT BY AND LARGE, EVERY PERMIT IS DEALT WITHIN 30 DAYS.

HOWEVER, NOW WHAT WE'RE FINDING IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE APPLY FOR A PERMIT, THEY GET THEIR PERMIT. THEN SOMETIMES THERE'S HANG UPS AFTER THAT AND THE MISCOMMUNICATION THAT YOU ALLUDED TO. AND SO I JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS ITEM, BECAUSE I THINK IT PUTS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF COORDINATING AND MAKING SURE EVERYONE AT THE COUNTY DOES THEIR JOB ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS WHO PAY OUR SALARIES WOULD JUST BE THAT ONE LAST STEP THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL RESOLVE.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T RESOLVE EVERY ISSUE BECAUSE THEY HAPPEN.

BUT IT'LL RESOLVE MOST OF THE ISSUES.

I KNOW WHEN A CONSTITUENT GETS FRUSTRATED, THEY CALL US AND OFTENTIMES THEY WAIT TOO LONG. RIGHT. IT'S DOWN THE ROAD.

AND THEN WHEN WE CONNECT WITH STAFF, WELL, THERE'S A QUICK RESOLUTION.

HOPEFULLY WITH THIS CHANGE, THAT QUICK RESOLUTION WILL COME BEFORE THE CONSTITUENT EVER GETS FRUSTRATED. SO I REALLY LIKE TO THANK DIRECTOR HENDRICKSON AND DIRECTOR HERTFELDER AND THE OTHER STAFF THAT THAT ARE COALESCING UNDER THIS PROGRAM, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IT'LL MAKE ALL OF OUR JOBS EASIER, INCLUDING YOUR OWN.

SO ANYWAY, I'D LIKE THIS SHOW MY SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I'M GOING TO REITERATE A LOT OF WHAT MY COLLEAGUES SAID, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST REALLY CALL OUT BY NAME. AND I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR MARK HENDRICKSON, OUR PUBLIC WORKS.

DIRECTOR, DANA HERTFELDER.

THERE ARE FIRE CHIEF MIKE VAN LOBEN AND SALES JIM BROWN, THE CEO'S OFFICE, MARCI BARRERA, OUR ASSISTANT CEO WITH THE HR MOVES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN ALL OF THESE THINGS.

AND LET'S SEE, MAKE SURE I GET EVERYBODY, I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE ANYBODY ELSE.

AND SO WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS, IS THAT WHEN I GOT HERE, WE HAVE THE ONE STOP SHOP.

AND I'VE SAID THAT IN CONCEPT, IT WAS A GREAT IDEA.

BUT WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF SELF REFLECTION AND SAY THAT WE COULD MAKE IT BETTER.

AND THIS IS THAT STEP IN MAKING IT BETTER.

THIS TAKES OUT THERE'S ONE POINT OF CONTACT.

AND THAT WAS ALWAYS KIND OF MY CONCERN WITH ONE STOP SHOP IS YOU STILL HAD FOLKS THAT WERE ANSWERING TO INDIVIDUAL BOSSES FOR LACK OF BETTER WORDS, AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE PERSON.

AND THAT'S OUR, IF THIS ALL GOES THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HENDRICKSON WILL BE THAT ONE POINT OF CONTACT.

AND I JUST THINK IT'S GOING TO MAKE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SIT HERE AND WE TALK ABOUT THAT WE WANT TO BE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC.

WE WANT TO NOT ONLY LURE IN NEW FOLKS, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AND DOING BUSINESS WHEN THEY WHEN THEY PULL THE TRIGGER ON THAT EXPANSION AND EXPANSIONS, THEY'RE NOT CHEAP. AND SO THESE FOLKS ARE MAKING INVESTMENTS BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

ONE SPECIFIC ONE IN MY DISTRICT, WHEN THEY GET ALL DONE, IT'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY A 20 TO 30 MILLION DOLLAR EXPANSION THAT THEY'RE DOING OUT AT THEIR FACILITY.

THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THEM, ALLOW THEM TO BE ABLE TO RUN MORE PRODUCT.

THEY'RE GOING TO EMPLOY MORE PEOPLE AND ALWAYS WORKING TOWARD THAT GOAL OF TRYING TO HAVE FOLKS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK, LIVE AND PLAY IN THE SAME PLACE.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS A HUGE STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND I JUST I CAN'T THANK OUR CEO ENOUGH ON THIS, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR.

AND REALLY OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS, THIS THING HAS REALLY COME TOGETHER.

AND I DO THINK THAT IT'S GOING TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, IN BUSINESS, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE BUSINESS. AND THE ONE THING THAT YOU CRAVE IS CERTAINTY IN A VERY UNCERTAIN WORLD.

BUT WHAT THEY WANT TO KNOW IS THAT THEY DON'T WANT THE GOALPOSTS MOVED ON THEM.

WHEN YOU GO TO DO THIS EXPANSION, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND SAY, OK, THESE ARE THE BOXES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CHECK.

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NO DEVELOPER, HOMEOWNER, ANY PERSON THAT'S BUILDING, THEY'VE NEVER MET A FEE OR A PERMIT THAT THEY LOVE. RIGHT. BUT ULTIMATELY, IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES, THERE HAS TO BE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF FEES AND PERMITS THAT HAVE TO BE PAID FOR AND TAKEN CARE OF.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THOSE FOLKS COME IN AND SET THAT TONE OF, LISTEN, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO A BIG EXPANSION, COME HAVE A PRE MEETING WITH US SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

AND NOW YOU HAVE THE ROADMAP ON WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

AND YOU'RE NOT JUST SUBMITTING THIS THING.

YOU KNOW KIND OF WHAT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND IN BUSINESS TIME IS MONEY.

AND IT'S A WHEN YOU HAVE WHEN THINGS HAVE TO BE SENT BACK TO ENGINEERS AND REWORKED AND THEN SENT BACK AGAIN, REJECTED FOR THIS OR THAT, ALL COST TIME AND MONEY.

AND SO I'M HOPING WITH THIS NEW REORGANIZATION, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO STREAMLINE THAT. I ENVISION THAT WHERE WE ACTUALLY TALK TO THESE ENGINEERS AND SO THAT THEY ALREADY KIND OF KNOW WHEN THIS TYPE OF PROJECT COMES UP.

THEY ALREADY KNOW THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND CAN SUBMIT THAT ON THE FIRST TRY.

THERE'S NO PROBLEM. I DON'T THINK IT'S A BAD THING FOR SOMEBODY TO SUBMIT A SET OF PLANS AND ACTUALLY HAVE THEM APPROVED ON THE FIRST TIME THEY SUBMIT THEM.

THAT'S THE GOAL.

NOW, DOES THAT HAPPEN? NO, THERE'S ALWAYS LITTLE TWEAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT SITTING ON PERMITS FOR 14 DAYS, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WOULD FRUSTRATE ME.

AND I TRY TO ALWAYS PUT MYSELF IN THE SHOES OF THE PERSON THAT'S STANDING ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE COUNTER, YOU KNOW, AND THEN ONE THING YOU ASK STAFF IS PUT YOURSELF IN THEIR SHOES AND HOW WOULD YOU FEEL ABOUT IT? AND I GET IT. WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP SOMETIMES IN THE BUREAUCRATIC MESS.

AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS IS A STEP IN GETTING RID OF SOME OF THAT.

WE WOULD NEVER ASK OUR FOLKS TO DO ANYTHING THAT'S NOT ABOVE BOARD.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE HERE ABOUT.

AND REALLY, A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE ASK FOR IS FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY AND FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR BUSINESS AND FOR THE SAFETY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES AND YOUR FAMILY AND WHATNOT.

AND SO I JUST THINK IT'S, UM.

I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE.

IT TOOK US A LITTLE WHILE.

BUT I THINK THAT THE FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO TO THE SECOND FLOOR AND PULL THOSE PERMITS ARE GOING TO SEE WHEN THIS THING FULLY TAKES EFFECT.

THEY'RE GOING TO SEE. AND, YOU KNOW, I WANT MERCED COUNTY TO HAVE A REPUTATION AS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A REALLY GREAT PLACE TO DO BUSINESS.

THEY MEAN IT WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE OPEN FOR BUSINESS.

THEY MEAN IT WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AND I THINK THIS IS A HUGE STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

AND I CAN'T THANK STAFF ENOUGH FOR THE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT HAS WENT IN TO REALLY PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IN SHORT ORDER.

AND YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD ME SHARE FRUSTRATIONS ON HOW SLOW GOVERNMENT IS.

AND THIS IS A CASE THAT I CAN POINT TO WHERE THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THAT STAFF IS.

AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK, A LOT OF TALK BETWEEN DEPARTMENT HEADS FIGURING OUT WHAT IS THIS NEW ORGANIZATION REALLY LOOK LIKE.

AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

I ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT THIS AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT ACTUALLY TAKE FULL EFFECT AND OUR CONSTITUENTS, OUR BOSSES ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO SEE THE BENEFITS OF IT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

I THINK THIS FALLS UNDER THE GSD CONCEPT THAT WE LIKE TO WORK UNDER.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK, AGAIN, EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY MUCH SAID.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I GET A CALL IN ABOUT SOMEBODY SUBMITTING ANY TYPE OF PLANS, WHETHER IT'S A HOUSE OR A BUSINESS, AND THEY HAVE CONCERNS.

I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I ADDRESSED IT WITH WITH MARK OR DANA WITH AND WHERE IT'S IN THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE GREAT. AND, YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING THEM ADDRESSED TO WHOEVER IT IS AND PROCESSED.

RIGHT. SO WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE VERY MUCH OUR DEPARTMENT'S MARK AND DANA FOR BEING VERY EFFICIENT.

AND SO MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CUSTOMERS IS ATTENDED TO AND THEY'RE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND THAT THEY'RE GLAD TO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IF THEY'RE JUST ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS, DO ANOTHER ONE FOR EFFICIENCY.

SO I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF AND DIRECTORS, AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK AND SUPPORT.

THANK YOU. YOU MAKE US LOOK GOOD.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

JUST ONE MORE THING I WANT TO ADD AND IT'S IN NO WAY AM I PUTTING DOWN THE FOLKS THAT ARE DOING THE GOOD WORK NOW.

IT JUST REALLY, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE YOU MORE TOOLS TO BE EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL, TO TAKE AWAY SOME OF THOSE SILOS, SOME OF THOSE BARRIERS.

GOOD WORK IS GETTING DONE.

THAT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST REALLY TO GIVE YOU A BETTER, BIGGER TOOLS TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE EVEN MORE SUCCESSES, BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T DO A LOT OF IS CELEBRATE OUR SUCCESSES.

AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO REPORT AS I'M SITTING UP HERE, OF THE SUCCESSES OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXPANDING IN MERCED COUNTY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

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THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

UH, AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

SO I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTES.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WELL DONE, BOARD, WELL DONE.

NEXT, IS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ITEM 43.

DO YOU WANT? THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND THIS ITEM HERE IS AN ITEM THAT I ASKED TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA.

AND REALLY THIS IS FOR, I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW SHEEPHERDER'S OUT ON THE WEST SIDE AND WITH SOME OF THE NEW OVERTIME REGULATIONS IN A BUSINESS WHERE YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT BASICALLY LIVE WITH THE FLOCK WHEN THEY'RE MOVING THESE SHEEP AROUND, THEY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT KIND OF LIVE WITH THEM.

AND SOME OF THE NEW OVERTIME RULES IS JUST GOING TO DEVASTATE THEIR INDUSTRY.

AND THE GOVERNOR HAS SOME AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO.

THERE WAS SOME, I DON'T WANT TO QUOTE, BUT THERE WAS SOME FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT RECOGNIZED THIS INDUSTRY SPECIFICALLY, THAT THEY'RE KIND OF, THEIR WORK WEEK LOOKS DIFFERENT THAN MOST FOLKS' WORK WEEK.

AND SO THE GOVERNOR HAS THE ABILITY ADMINISTRATIVELY TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE SOME THINGS.

AND THIS IS JUST A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM OUR COUNTY.

AND I APPRECIATE MY COLLEAGUES SUPPORT ON THIS TO HELP THOSE FOLKS.

I MEAN, IF LEFT AND NOTHING IS DONE, THEIR COSTS OF DOING BUSINESS ARE GOING TO GO UP SOMETHING LIKE 70 PERCENT, 60 TO 70 PERCENT.

AND THEY'RE JUST BEING ASKED TO BE TREATED LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

AND SO THERE'S SOME GAMESMANSHIP THAT'S GOING ON UP AT THE STATE CAPITAL WITH CERTAIN ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND THIS IS A SPECIFIC LEGISLATOR'S PIECE OF LEGISLATION.

AND IT'S PUT THE WORD OUT THAT NO ONE WILL MESS WITH IT OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATIONS THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT WANT WON'T BE CONSIDERED.

AND SO THEY'RE LEFT ONLY WITH REALLY GOING STRAIGHT TO THE GOVERNOR TO GET SOME SOME ADMINISTRATIVE RELIEF.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS' THE SUPPORT ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. SO YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S REALLY SOME GAMESMANSHIP BEING PLAYED UP IN SACRAMENTO? WOW. [LAUGHTER] SO 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 BOARD INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS, 44-47.

[BOARD INFORMATION & POSSIBLE ACTION]

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT, WE HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES - PUBLIC HEARING]

BEFORE WE GET INTO THE TOTAL HEARING.

I'M JUST GOING TO READ THIS FOR THE SCHEDULED ITEMS. SO THIS WOULD ENCOURAGE BECAUSE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF HEARINGS AND SO FOLKS DURING THIS ONE CAN GO AHEAD AND MAKE THEIR COMMENT IF THEY WANT TO SPEED THIS PROCESS UP.

SO FOR TODAY'S PUBLIC HEARINGS, WE WILL BE ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS LIVE IN PERSON AND VIA VOICE MAIL. THE VOICE MAIL MESSAGE LINE HAS BEEN OPEN TO ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENTS SINCE THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA.

WE WILL BE ACCEPTING PUBLIC COMMENTS BY EMAIL FOLLOWING THE OPENING OF EACH HEARING.

THERE WILL BE A BRIEF PAUSE TO ALLOW MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO LEAVE A VOICEMAIL MESSAGE.

PLEASE CALL (209) 726-2755.

I'D LIKE TO REPEAT THE NUMBERS (209) 726-2755 AND REFERENCE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT YOU ARE CALLING IN REGARDS TO.

VOICE MAILS WILL BE PLAYED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE BREAK.

SO I'M ENCOURAGING, FOLKS, IF YOU'RE WAITING FOR AN ITEM TO GO AHEAD AND DO IT NOW SO IT WILL SPEED THE PROCESS UP.

NOW, BACK TO YOU FOLKS.

[01:00:02]

I'M A MANAGEMENT ANALYST WITH MERCED COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICE.

ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE TO YOU GENEVIEVE VALENTINE.

SHE'S OUR DIRECTOR OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES.

I'M PREPARING A STATE GRANT ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES.

THE GRANT IS CALLED THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE PROGRAM.

AND WE'RE APPLYING FOR $945,845 TO REMODEL THE TREATMENT ROOMS AT THE CHILDREN'S SYSTEM OF CARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES FACILITY ON 13TH STREET SO THAT CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES CAN SOCIALLY DISTANCE DURING THEIR COUNSELING SESSIONS.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS TO ALLOW PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE STANDARD FOR ALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS.

THANK YOU AND I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU, PATTI. YOU'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE GRANT WRITING AND WE APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING. THE BHRS WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK PATTI FOR BEING THE HEAD OF MOVING THIS FORWARD AND BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.

AS YOU KNOW THAT DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS, MANY OF OUR SERVICES HAVE HAD TO GO TO TELEHEALTH. AND BECAUSE OF THE SILENT PANDEMIC AND SCHOOLS SLOWLY COMING BACK IN, WE ARE ANTICIPATING AN INCREASE OF SERVICES FOR OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES.

AND THIS GRANT WILL ALLOW US TO HAVE EXTENDED SPACE IN THOSE ROOMS FOR FAMILY SESSIONS AND GROUP SESSIONS WITH MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY GETTING THIS GRANT.

THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AS I READ, YOU CAN READ THE COMMENTS.

WE WILL RETURN AT 11:00, 11:10.

SO WE'LL TAKE A BREAK IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[01:08:57]

WELCOME BACK. SO WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING STILL OPEN AND WAS LOOKING FOR VOICEMAILS AND I'LL STILL KEEP IT OPEN HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.

WERE THERE ANY VOICEMAILS? THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED.

THANK YOU. AND I SEE NONE HERE IN THE CHAMBER.

SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

I WILL MOVE THAT WE ADOPT THE RESOLUTION AND I NEED; WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO READ ALL OF IT OR DO WE TAKE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? I'LL TAKE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

OK, THANKS. UNLESS YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IT.

SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA SOMETIMES LIKES TO READ IT.

AND THEN THAT ALSO DIRECTS THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES TO RETURN TO THE BOARD WITH AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM OF ALL ACTIONS TAKEN.

[01:10:04]

IS THERE FURTHER COMMENTS BY T BOARD HERE AT THE DAIS? SEEING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS FROM COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

[COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - PUBLIC HEARING]

IS IT ON? IT'S ON. MR. CHAIRMAN? THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING.

I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WERE HAVING A STARING CONTEST OR WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.

JUST A LITTLE PLAIN STARE OUT.

SO, AGAIN, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF BOARD.

GOOD MORNING. MARK HENDRICKSON, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

AS WAS JUST MENTIONED, THE FAST OPEN CONTRACTS UTILIZATION SERVICES PROGRAM, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS FOCUS, IS CALIFORNIA'S ONLY NATIONWIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT PURCHASING PROGRAM. IT ALLOWS CITIES AND COUNTIES, SCHOOLS AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS AND OTHER PUBLIC ENTITIES TO ACQUIRE TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS AND SERVICES EASILY AND AT COMPETITIVE RATES.

YOUR COUNTY HAS BEEN ADMINISTERING THIS PROGRAM SINCE 1997.

AND OVER THE LIFE OF THIS PROGRAM, MORE THAN 50 MILLION DOLLARS IN TECHNOLOGY PURCHASES HAVE BEEN MADE BY NUMEROUS LOCAL JURISDICTION SCHOOLS AGAINST SPECIAL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS STATE AND FEDERAL AGENCIES.

IN SHORT, MERCED COUNTY'S FOCUS PROGRAM GIVES OTHER GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES ACCESS TO PRESCREENED, COMPETITIVE BID VENDORS IN THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY SO THAT THEY CAN AVOID THE EXPENSE AND DELAY OF PROTRACTED GOVERNMENTAL RFP PROCESSES WHILE FULLY BEING COMPLIANT WITH PUBLIC AND STATE PROCUREMENT LAW.

MERCED COUNTY, IN TURN, RECEIVES AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE FROM THE CORRESPONDING VENDORS AS EACH OF THE MASTER VENDOR AGREEMENTS ARE EXPIRING AND RFP WAS RELEASED IN LATE 2020, ALLOWING VENDOR AWARDS IN 46 SEPARATE CATEGORIES FOR RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED, AND STAFF IS TODAY SEEKING AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE THREE YEAR MASTER PRICE AGREEMENTS WITH EACH SELECTED VENDOR AS AUTHORIZED UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 25330 AND 6500, AND THEN RETURN TO THE BOARD FOR INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT APPROVALS PROSPECTIVELY.

TODAY, THE BOARD, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND TO THE BOARD, RATHER, THAT ONE OPEN AND CLOSE THE CORRESPONDING PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE THE CATEGORICAL AWARDS AS LISTED IN THE EXHIBIT TO THE BOARD AGENDA ITEM.

TWO, TO FIND THAT THE PROVISION OF SPECIAL SERVICES WILL NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT THE PROVISION OF SIMILAR SERVICES BY PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS WITHIN COUNTY.

THAT'S A FINDING THAT HAS TO BE MADE.

AND THEN THREE, AUTHORIZE STAFF TO AGAIN NEGOTIATE THOSE THREE YEAR MASTER AGREEMENTS AND RETURN TO THE BOARD FOR CONTRACT APPROVAL.

AGAIN, THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT THIS COUNTY HAS SUCCESSFULLY ADMINISTERED SINCE 1997.

I CAN TELL YOU AS RECENTLY AS TODAY WE HAVE ONE OF OUR FOUR VENDORS REACHING OUT TO US TODAY, EXCITED THAT THIS ITEM IS IN FRONT OF YOU SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT SALES TO, IN PARTICULAR, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. SO STAFF WOULD BE HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT AT THIS POINT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD CERTAINLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVE ANY TESTIMONY THAT THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO MAKE.

THANK YOU, MARK. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL RETURN AT 11:20.

[01:18:22]

OK, THAT MOMENT OF PAUSE AND SILENCE.

ACTUALLY, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR RFP NO.

7370.

AND THE LIST OF CATEGORICAL AWARDS TO VENDORS IS LISTED IN EXHIBIT A.

AND THEN I ALSO MOVE TO FIND, BASED ON THE EVIDENCE AND THE RECORD, THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SPECIAL SERVICES DESCRIBED IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACTS WILL NOT ADVERSELY IMPACT THE PROVISIONS OF SIMILAR SERVICES BY PRIVATE SECTOR COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE COUNTY. AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AUTHORIZE OUR CED TO NEGOTIATE THREE YEAR MASTER PRICE AGREEMENTS WITH EACH SELECTED VENDOR AS AUTHORIZED UNDER THE GOVERNMENT CODE 25330 AND 6500 AND THEN RETURN TO THE BOARD FOR CONTRACT APPROVAL, WHICH WILL UTILIZE THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY STRUCTURE TO ENABLE PUBLIC AGENCIES TO EFFICIENTLY PROCURE TECHNOLOGY, EQUIPMENT, SERVICES AND SYSTEMS THROUGH THE COUNTY'S COMPETITIVE SOLICITATION.

THANK YOU. THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD.

I GOT IN MATH AN A IN MATH ONCE.

[01:20:01]

OK, I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

IS THERE A FURTHER DISCUSSION HERE AT THE DAIS ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE. I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE. THE CHAIR SENSES A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ANNEXING THE VILLA

[PUBLIC WORKS - PUBLIC HEARING]

YES, I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

CHAIR, IF IT IS YOUR PREROGATIVE, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE TAKE BOTH PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME, SEEING AS HOW THEY ARE SO VERY SIMILAR.

JUST LITERALLY WE'RE ANNEXING INTO DIFFERENT ZONES OF BENEFIT AND SAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FROM HAVING TO GO THROUGH IT TWICE.

SO I LOOKED AT COUNSEL TO SEE IF WE'RE ABLE TO TO DO THAT.

SO YOU'RE SAYING OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

ON BOTH ITEMS. ON BOTH ITEMS AT THE SAME TIME? THEY'RE CURRENTLY SCHEDULED SEPARATELY, I'D RECOMMEND THAT WE TAKE THEM SEPARATELY AT THIS POINT IN CASE SOMEBODY FROM THE PUBLIC IS NOTICING THAT THEY'VE BEEN SCHEDULED SEPARATELY AND IS WAITING TO COMMENT OR MAYBE CONFUSED BY THE ACTION TO CONSOLIDATE.

I KNOW THE RISK OF THAT IS LOW, BUT FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, THAT WOULD NE.

SO HOW ABOUT JUST FOR THE ONLINE INTERACTION? CAN WE PUT THAT OUT THERE AND DO THE FIVE MINUTE AND INSTEAD OF OPEN UP ANOTHER FIVE MINUTE FOR THE SECOND ONE FOR ONLINE? TAKING PUBLIC COMMENT FOR BOTH OVER VOICEMAIL TOGETHER? YES, AS I TRIED TO ENCOURAGE AS WE ARE ENTERING INTO THE HEARINGS, I WAS ENCOURAGING ENGAGEMENT. AGAIN, I WOULD JUST BE CONCERNED ABOUT CAUSING CONFUSION WITH THE PUBLIC, WITH THE WAY THEY ARE SCHEDULED ON THE AGENDA TODAY.

UNDERSTAND. THAT'S WHY I WENT TO YOU TO ASK.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I WITHDRAW MY REQUEST.

[LAUGHTER]. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN.

GOOD MORNING. BOARD, DANA HERTFELDER, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS.

VILLA CORDOBA UNIT 2, FACE 3, MAJOR SUBDIVISION 07-002 HAS REQUESTED TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE VILLA CORDOBA UNIT 2 LANDSCAPED ZONE OF BENEFIT NO.

129 LOCATED WITHIN COUNTY SERVICE AREA NUMBER ONE.

THE ANNEXATION OF VILLA CORDOBA UNIT 2, PHASE 3, INTO ZONE OF BENEFIT NO.

129 WILL PROVIDE FOR THE FUTURE MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF THE LANDSCAPE FOR THIS PROJECT.

THIS REQUEST IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE MAJOR SUBDIVISION.

THE ANNEXATION WILL NOT AFFECT ANY EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS CURRENTLY IN THIS ZONE OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC WORKS IS REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVE ANY TESTIMONY, CLOSE TO PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ANNEXING VILLA CORDOBA UNIT 2, PHASE 3, SUBDIVISION NUMBER 07-002 INTO THE VILLA CORDOBA UNIT 2 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ZONE OF BENEFIT NUMBER 129 IN COUNTY SERVICE AREA NUMBER ONE.

THANK YOU, DANA. SO AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL RETURN AT 11:30.

[01:28:09]

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN? I SEE NOBODY HERE, SO I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WILL LOOK TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR THE DIRECTION MOVING FORWARD.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION ANNEXING THE VILLA CORDOBA UNIT 2, PHASE 3, SUBDIVISION NUMBER 07-002 INTO THE VILLA CORDOBA UNIT 2, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE ZONE OF BENEFITS NUMBER 129 IN COUNTY SERVICE AREA ONE.

OK, I HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

SECOND. AND I HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.

WAS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM? IF NOT, I WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSITION ON THIS? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

LET'S DO THAT AGAIN.

[LAUGHTER] OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING IS FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION ANNEXING

[PUBLIC WORKS - PUBLIC HEARING]

100 IN COUNTY SERVICE AREA NO.

ONE. SO, MR. HERTFELDER, I THINK IT'S ALREADY BEEN READ.

UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS BY THE BOARD FOR MR. HERTFELDER AT THIS TIME? WE CAN MOVE TO OPENING UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL RETURN, I'LL OPEN IT UP RIGHT NOW FOR ANY COMMENTS AND CLOSE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 11:30.

[01:30:02]

OK, WE'RE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND AT THIS TIME, I WILL LOOK AROUND HERE TO SEE IF THERE'S

[01:35:08]

WERE THERE ANY VOICEMAILS OR? THERE WERE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS ON EITHER PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC HEARINGS.

OK, THANK YOU. AND LOOKING AROUND HERE, I SEE NONE HERE.

I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I SEE THAT I DO HAVE SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA WANTING TO BE RECOGNIZED. OK, I'LL LOOK FOR SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ANNEXING THE VILLA CORDOBA UNIT 2, PHASE 3, SUBDIVISION NUMBER 07-002 INTO THE HILMAR IRWIN LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE ZONE OF BENEFIT NUMBER ONE H100, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE 129 IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, IN THE COUNTY SERVICE AREA ONE.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR AND I DO HAVE, THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

JUST TO COMMENT REGARDING THE LANDSCAPING FEES.

IT'S JUST THE, YOU KNOW, LITTLE INFO FOR THE PUBLIC.

IT'S JUST A FEE THAT WILL BE ADDED ON TO NEW HOMES IN THE FUTURE.

BUT YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT IT AS A MAINTENANCE FEE THAT THEY WILL KEEP MORE SERVICES IN THEIR NEW HOME. SO ADDING THAT, IT ADDS VALUE.

I KNOW, EVEN THOUGH THEY GET CHARGED A YEARLY FEE, BUT I THINK IT ADDS VALUE, WHETHER IT'S A MAINTENANCE DISTRICT WITH REGARDS TO DRAINAGE OR LIGHTING OR WHATEVER IT IS, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST IN LIVINGSTON, WE HAD ISSUES WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE IT AWAY AND THERE'S A [INAUDIBLE]INCREASE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REMOVE IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, THOSE SUBDIVISIONS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE LIGHTING OR MAINTENANCE OR BETTER IMPROVEMENTS, WHATEVER IT IS AROUND THAT COMMUNITY.

SO I THINK IT ADDS VALUE.

AND THEN WE MIGHT LOOK AT IT INTO ADDING MORE OF THESE DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY, BECAUSE EVEN [INAUDIBLE] HOMES, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY PARK SPACE.

AND SO WE IF WE CAN ADD A A LITTLE PARK TO ANY SELF-HELP SUBDIVISION, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE LOW INCOME, BUT AT LEAST HAS VALUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE SELF-HELP HOMES, A LOT OF THE FAMILIES HAVE A LOT OF KIDS.

SO THEY NEED SOMEWHERE TO GO PLAY AND DO SOMETHING SO THEY CAN HAVE A COUPLE OF ACRES PARK TO GO PLAY. I THINK THAT WOULD HELP.

US. YOU KNOW, THEY ADDS ANOTHER FIFTEEN HUNDRED DOLLARS PROBABLY, OR WHATEVER IT IS A YEAR OR MORE TO THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENT.

BUT THEY WILL BENEFIT THEIR KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.

THANK YOU. SO WAS THAT A SECOND? YES, AND A MOTION? OK, IF YOU GET TO SPEAK I'LL LET YOU HAVE IT.

OK, THANK YOU, SIR. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSITION? SEEING NONE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

LAST IS BOARD REPORTS.

[REPORTS/BOARD DIRECTION]

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? HOLD ON. LET ME PUT THIS ON DISCUSSION MODE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO REPORT OUT THAT ON SATURDAY I ATTENDED THE DRIVE THROUGH RECLASSIFICATIONS CEREMONY HONORING A SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNERS.

AND SO OVER AT PACHECO HIGH SCHOOL, THEY BROKE IT DOWN IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

UM, YOUNGSTERS THAT ENGLISH WASN'T THEIR PRIMARY LANGUAGE THAT HAVE NOW BEEN DEEMED AS QUALIFIED. AND THOSE ARE MY WORDS, PROBABLY NOT THE PROPER WORDS, BUT QUALIFIED NOW TO THAT THEY'RE NO LONGER, THEY'RE PROFICIENT ENGLISH LEARNERS.

SO THEY HAD A LITTLE CEREMONY RECOGNIZING THOSE FOLKS.

NICE LITTLE, COOL DEAL. THEY GOT TO DRIVE THROUGH.

AND THEN THEY HAD LIKE THESE BIG PHOTO THINGS THAT THEY COULD TAKE PICTURES AND YOU COULD JUST SEE WHEN IT WAS THE YOUNGER ONES, THEY WERE PRETTY STOKED ABOUT IT AND BECAUSE THEIR PARENTS WERE HONKING THEIR HORNS.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU STARTED TO GET TO THOSE, I'M GOING TO SAY MAYBE LIKE FIFTH OR SIXTH GRADERS THAT THEY'RE STARING STRAIGHT FORWARD IN ONE KIND OF HIT AND HITTING HER DAD BECAUSE HE WAS HONKING THEIR HORNS AND EMBARRASSING HER.

BUT IT WAS A GREAT LITTLE OUTCOME FOR THOSE FOLKS, FOR THEM TO BE HONORED.

ALL THE PRINCIPALS FROM THE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS WERE THERE.

SO THAT WAS A COOL DEAL. I WANT TO THANK AMANDA REECE RUIZ FOR INVITING ME OUT TO THAT.

AGAIN, THE PANDEMIC WE'RE ALL RUNNING INTO, I JUST WAS ON OUR CISAC BOARD OF DIRECTORS CALL, AND IT'S NOT UNIQUE TO MERCED COUNTY, BUT IT IS UP AND DOWN THE STATE, IS WHAT DR.

ASADI HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.

IT'S JUST KIND OF LIKE WE'RE HITTING THAT POINT NOW WHERE WE'VE VACCINATED THE FOLKS THAT WANTED TO GET VACCINATED AND NOW WE'RE RUNNING INTO JUST, YOU KNOW, VACCINE FATIGUE, IF

[01:40:05]

I DO THINK THAT THE [INAUDIBLE] IS WELL.

THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE AND THE WAY THAT HAS BEEN PORTRAYED IN THE MEDIA HAS BEEN REALLY, IT'S KIND OF HURT US BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO SOME FOLKS THAT WERE KIND OF ON THAT TEETERING POINT, BUT THEY WERE OK WITH THE ONE SHOT.

AND THEN WHEN THEY PAUSED, THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON, THAT CAUSED A LOT OF CONCERNS.

AND, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, WHATEVER YOUR THOUGHTS ARE ON GETTING VACCINE, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE.

AND I RESPECT THAT.

BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS UNTIL WE GET TO THAT 70 TO 80 PERCENT HERD IMMUNITY, AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'VE DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB OF TRACKING THE PART OF ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD COVID.

AND DO THEY BUILD INTO THAT HERD IMMUNITY OR NOT? THEY'RE LOOKING ONLY JUST AT PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN VACCINATED TO GET TO THAT NUMBER.

THAT'S WAY ABOVE MY PAY GRADE.

BUT UNTIL WE GET TO THAT 70 TO 80 PERCENT HERD IMMUNITY, I REALLY THINK THAT IT STILL ALLOWS US, THE STATE, TO STAY IN THIS EMERGENCY DECLARATION AND REALLY TAKES, UM, THE ABILITY FOR LOCAL LEADERS, US AT THE COUNTY AND EVEN AT THE CITIES, IT TAKES OUR ABILITY TO BE THE DECISION MAKERS AWAY AND STILL ALLOWS IT TO STAY IN THE STATE'S HANDS.

AND, AS YOU GUYS ARE ALL WELL AWARE, I'M NOT ALWAYS BEEN A BIG FAN OF THAT.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU CHOOSE TO GET A VACCINE OR NOT TO GET A VACCINE, JUST KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND THAT THE SOONER THAT WE GETTING TO THAT HERD IMMUNITY, THE SOONER THAT WE CAN GET RID OF THESE EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS AND WE CAN GO BACK TO ACTUALLY ME BEING YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVE, THAT'S HERE TO MAKE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF YOU AND ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I WOULD SUGGEST, AND I SHOULD'VE BROUGHT THIS UP TO YOU, JIM, EARLIER, IS JUST MAYBE IT KIND OF AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT TRYING TO TAKE SOME DIFFERENT APPROACHES ON HOW WE'RE GETTING THE VACCINE OUT.

UNTIL JUST LAST FRIDAY, THEY HAD A CLINIC IN LOS BANOS.

IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE A THREE HUNDRED DOSE CLINIC.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I WANT TO SAY THEY ENDED UP DOING ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN TO ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY IS WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ENDED UP DOING.

BUT I KNOW THAT OUT THERE IN LOS BANOS, THEY HAVE THAT, THE FRIDAY FLEA MARKET AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. AND ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES KIND OF WENT OVER THERE JUST TO DRUM UP SOME BUSINESS, IF YOU WILL. AND WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB OF PUSHING THE INFORMATION OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN THOSE PLACES.

BUT THERE ARE FOLKS OUT THERE THAT DON'T ENGAGE IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA PIECE.

AND SO IF WE CAN COME UP WITH WAYS TO I KNOW IT WOULD BE THEY DON'T START TILL SIX O'CLOCK OR FIVE O'CLOCK AT THAT DEAL.

BUT IF YOU WENT OUT THERE WITH A ONE HUNDRED DOSES AND JUST LIKE JOHNNY ON THE SPOT, THERE'S A SPOT AVAILABLE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WE HAVE VACCINES.

YOU WANT ONE? LET'S GET ONE. AND I'LL SHARE A STORY OF A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WAS REALLY ON , DIDN'T WANT TO GET A VACCINE.

AND THEY ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO BE IN TEXAS FOR SOMETHING AND WALKED OUT OF THEIR HOTEL AND THERE WAS A CLINIC LOCALLY THERE AND THEY HAD EXTRA DOSES.

AND THE GUY WALKED UP AND SAID, HEY, WE HAVE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINES.

WOULD YOU, DO YOU WANT TO GET ONE? AND HER AND HER HUSBAND BOTH WERE LIKE TEETERING, WHETHER THEY WANTED TO DO IT.

AND THEY SAW IT AS A KIND OF A SIGN FROM GOD.

WELL, IT WAS HERE.

AND SO THEY GOT IT.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS THAT AGONIZE OVER DO I GET IT? DO I NOT GET IT? IF IT JUST HAPPENS TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY'RE AT, IT TAKES A LOT OF THE THINKING OUT OF IT. AND IT'S LIKE, YEAH, I'M GOING TO GET IT AND I'M GOING TO BE DONE WITH IT INSTEAD OF AGONIZING FOR DAYS AND WEEKS WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT.

SO I THINK THAT WE DO NEED TO KIND OF CHANGE THE APPROACH BECAUSE THE THREE HUNDRED AND THE FIVE HUNDRED AND A THOUSAND DOSE CLINICS ARE NOT WORKING ANYMORE.

WE'RE JUST NOT GETTING THAT KIND OF INTEREST IN THEM.

SO WE REALLY PROBABLY NEED TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON SCALING THOSE DOWN TO FIFTY AND HUNDRED DOSE, GO TO WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE AND TRY TO GET TO SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT WAY.

BUT THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

SUPERVISOR PAREIRA? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE TODAY'S MEETING IN MEMORY OF A YOUNG FELLOW NAMED BRODY FERGUSON.

HE WAS, WELL, HE HAD GRADUATED FROM EL CAPITAN HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS A REAL INTEGRAL MEMBER OF THEIR AQUATICS PROGRAM.

AND HE SUCCUMBED TO CANCER, WHICH IS ALWAYS SAD, BUT EVEN SAD WHEN IT'S A NICE YOUNG PERSON. AND SO, ANYWAYS, JUST IN MEMORY OF HIM, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.

AND THEN I, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I WAS GOING TO DO THIS IN THE HALLWAY, BUT SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA KIND OF BROUGHT IT ANYWAYS.

THE AND SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA ALLUDED TO THE ZONE OF BENEFITS.

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RIGHT? AND THEY LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SIDEWALKS.

RIGHT? AND THEY SEE THEIR NEIGHBOR GETTING THEM BECAUSE THERE'S A GRANT THAT THEY HAPPEN TO LIVE ON A PATH TO SCHOOL OR, YOU KNOW, WHERE THERE'S A ANOTHER PROGRAM GOING ON AND THEY SAY, WELL, I WANT ONE. AND BUT ULTIMATELY, SIDEWALKS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY.

AND SO IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT THAT THE COUNTY COULD DO A PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO VOTE INTO A ZONE AND OPT IN? SO ANYWAYS, DANA, I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY NOT ANOTHER THING YOU WANT ON YOUR PLATE AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE DONE TOMORROW, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT WE COULD START LOOKING AT.

AND THAT'S IT. MR. CHAIR.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

SUPERVISOR PEDROZO? THANK YOU. I WANTED TO COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

ONE, ON SATURDAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY WITH MAYOR SERRATTO AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER GRAY TO ATTEND THE LAO NEW YEAR EVENT AT BANGKOK THAI.

IT WAS A GREAT SHOWING OF THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY THAT WE HAVE IN MERCED.

COUNTY. AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT THAT WE HIGHLIGHT, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T RECOGNIZE HOW DIVERSE THAT WE REALLY ARE.

ON FRIDAY NIGHT, ALSO I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS FROM THE HMONG LAO AND [INAUDIBLE] COMMUNITIES, OF THE COMMUNITY TO DISCUSS SOME OF THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE AND THEN THEY'VE BEEN FACING.

IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

JUST TALKING TO THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY KNEW THAT WE WERE THERE TO SUPPORT WHAT THEY WERE DOING.

I WANT TO ALSO SECOND WHAT SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA SAID.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S HERE TO SAY THAT, TO TELL PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE TO GET VACCINATED, JUST RECOGNIZE THAT THE BENEFITS OF IT AND HOW IT CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY MOVING FORWARD, WHICH I THINK IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

THE OTHER THING, AS WAS MENTIONED, MY TOWN HALL MEETING IS TOMORROW NIGHT AT SIX PM.

IN ORDER, YOU CAN, IT'S ON THE COUNTY'S FACEBOOK PAGE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND IN THE SEARCH BAR TYPE IN TOWN HALL MEETINGS, AND YOU CAN REGISTER AND BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS THROUGH THAT.

AND THEN ALSO, I WANTED TO ADJOURN THE MEETING IN MEMORY OF KATY [INAUDIBLE] PINOCCHIO.

KATY WAS DIED UNEXPECTEDLY AT SIX DAYS AFTER GIVING BIRTH TO HER DAUGHTER.

AND SO, SHE WAS 37 YEARS OLD.

I GREW UP WITH HER.

IT WAS VERY TOUGH THING FOR HER AND HER FAMILY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, PEDROZO.

SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR. WELL, I'M GOING TO START WITH THE SIDEWALKS, LIKE SUPERVISOR PAREIRA WAS MENTIONING, I DO HAVE ALSO COMMITTEES THAT ARE VERY MUCH IN NEED OF SIDEWALKS.

FIRST OF ALL, IT'S PLANADA, WHICH HAVE BEEN WAITING ABOUT FOUR YEARS FOR A SIDEWALKS ON AND PLAINSBORO ROAD FROM HIGHWAY 140 ALL THE WAY TO THE SCHOOL.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE SCHOOLS, SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOLS.

ALSO, TOO, [INAUDIBLE] THAT ONE AND THE NEED FOR THAT ONE.

I KNOW WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THE REAL [INAUDIBLE] PERMITS AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S COME A LONG WAY THERE.

ALSO IN SOUTH MERCED.

I DON'T WANT SOUTH MERCED TO THINK THAT I'VE FORGOTTEN SOUTH MERCED.

I'M LOOKING FOR, I WOULD JUST ALREADY WITH PATTI ABOUT GRANTS PROBABLY PUT IN SO WE CAN GET SOME GRANTS OR ALSO WITH [INAUDIBLE] HERTFELDER, YOU KNOW, ADDRESSING THAT NEED FOR SIDEWALKS ON P STREET AND T STREET JUST SOUTH OF CHILDS AND THE COUNTY AREA, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE CITY HALL, WE HAVE SCHOOLS LESS THAN A MILE AWAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE CAN GET THE GRANT FUNDING FOR [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOLS.

SO THAT'S VERY MUCH IN NEED OF THAT ALSO.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO PUT ON THE AGENDA IN THE FUTURE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH AN ORDINANCE ON INCLUSIONARY HOUSING IN OUR COUNTY.

THAT'S VERY MUCH IN NEED OF, WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION THAT'S GOING AROUND.

YOU KNOW, IN THE NORTH PART OF THE COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY EVERYWHERE IN OUR COUNTY, INCLUSIONARY HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT WHERE, YOU KNOW, ONE OUT OF FIVE, ONE OUT OF SIX

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AND SO THAT WOULD HELP US A LOT TO MEET OUR HOUSING ELEMENT, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR OUR COUNTY. SO I THINK THAT'S SINCE 2002 WHEN I GOT ON THE COUNCIL MEETING COUNCIL IN LIVINGSTON, I'VE GONE TO CONFERENCES.

REGARDING INCLUSIONARY HOUSING.

SO, YOU KNOW, I REGRET NOT DOING [INAUDIBLE].

AND SO I'M HOPING THAT THAT HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING IN THE COUNTY ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE, YOU KNOW, AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR COUNTY.

ALSO FIREWORKS. I'VE PROBABLY, ALONG WITH ALL OF THIS BOARD WE COULD CAUSE ON FIREWORKS, ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. YOU KNOW, WE, I LIKE TO SEE THE SAME FIREWORKS.

BUT NOT IN EVERY COMMUNITY.

THERE'S, I THINK THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IS GETTING WORSE.

AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, I LIVE IN LIVINGSTON, MY NEIGHBORS ALL AROUND AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EVERY OTHER WEEKEND, THERE'S PARTIES AND PEOPLE ARE SHOOTING OFF THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS. SO, YOU KNOW, I REGRET PASSING [INAUDIBLE] IN LIVINGSTON, WHICH WAS BANNED FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I KNOW IT BENEFITS A LOT OF THE NONPROFITS, THEY HAVE MONEY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT JUST CREATING, YOU KNOW, ISSUES FOR ANIMALS AND BUT JUST THE CONSTANT CALLS FROM FROM PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE ILLEGAL FIREWORKS ALL AROUND.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT JUST MAKES THEIR [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOK BAD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AND BUT I KNOW THE NAME OF THE COMMUNITYWITH THE NONPROFITS.

ALSO, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ABOUT GETTING THE AGENDAS IN SPANISH AND HMONG RIGHT NOW WITH TECHNOLOGY, I THINK WOULD BE GREAT AND EASY FOR WITH GOOGLE. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU PUT IT ON GOOGLE OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND IT WILL PROBABLY TRANSLATE ABOUT 90 PERCENT, YOU KNOW, MUCH OF IT.

AND THEN A COUNTY COUNCIL AND AN ASSISTANT COULD PROBABLY LOOK OVER THE LITTLE ISSUES.

AND I THINK IT WOULD BE PRETTY EASY.

AND I THINK THE COST WOULD BE NOT THAT MUCH, BUT IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL HAVE TO DO THEM ANYWAY. SO I THINK THE AGENDAS IN SPANISH AND HMONG WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, WORK GREAT.

SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THAT COUNTY AND THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE MORE PEOPLE HERE TO, YOU KNOW, COMMENT OR, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE QUESTIONS TH EY MIGHT NEED. I'D LIKE TO THANK, YOU KNOW WE'RE PUTTING QUINLEY BRIDGE AND PART OF THE ROADS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE FIXED.

NOT THE ROAD, BUT THE BRIDGE HAS BEEN DOWN [INAUDIBLE].

JUST ABOUT A WEEK AGO, I WENT DOWN THERE AND THAT BRIDGE HAD BEEN DOWN FOR TWO YEARS.

SO IT'S CLOSED FOR A LOT OF THE PEOPLE IN SOUTH ATWATER AND THE COUNTY.

SO THAT'LL BE MUCH HELP FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THERE.

I WANT TO THANK DR. ASADI FOR, YOU KNOW, SHE WAS THERE FRIDAY AND MONDAY YESTERDAY IN LIVINGSTON. BUT SHE'S A WORKAHOLIC.

SHE DID GREAT ALL AROUND THE COUNTY.

AND I KNOW SHE'S FROM LOS BANOS TO PLANADA TO EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE AROUND THE COUNTY.

SHE'S DOING SO MUCH AND ALONG WITH ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, HER STAFF AND OTHER DOCTORS THAT DO SO MUCH [INAUDIBLE] YOU KNOW, SHE HAS BEEN ALL OVER AND CONSTANTLY TIRELESS.

SO I WANT TO SHOW MY APPRECIATION TO HER AND THE SUPPORTING THE VACCINES.

AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH HESITANCY.

SO, ALSO THE LAST ONE IS MAC AGENDAS, PLANADA, LE GRAND AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THOSE AGENDAS. AND SOMEBODY ASKED ME ABOUT PUTTING THOSE ON THE COUNTY WEBSITE SO MAYBE WE COULD LOOK AT IT WHERE WE CAN HAVE IN SO THAT WAY WE CAN POST THE AGENDA.

SO WE ALL HAVE MOST OF US HAVE MACS AND SO THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN, THE PUBLIC AND CAN, SEE THOSE AGENDAS POSTED ON THE WEB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

I APPRECIATE THAT, TOO. I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF REQUESTS FOR THOSE MAC AGENDAS TO BE I THINK ONLY MIKE MCSWAIN'S MAC, IS THE ONE WHO, BUT I THINK A LOT OF IT IS JUST THE MANAGEMENT OF THOSE FOLKS GETTING US THE INFORMATION IN TIME TO GET IT UP THERE.

AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE QUINLEY BRIDGE, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT IS IN YOUR DISTRICT, I GET A LOT OF CALLS ON THAT AS WELL.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, I'VE BEEN SENDING THEM YOUR WAY.

THANK YOU. COUNTY COUNSEL.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOTHING.

CEO BROWN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? NOTHING.

OK, AND A REMINDER, YOU'VE HEARD IT UP HERE.

MERCED COUNTY DISTRICT THREE TOWN HALL WILL BE MAY 5TH.

I HAVE TO SAY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO AND I HAVE A LOT OF PRESSURE ON US BECAUSE OUR COLLEAGUES WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US HAVE DONE SUCH AN EXCELLENT JOB.

YOU KEEP,YOU WANT TO GET BETTER AND BETTER, BETTER EACH TIME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN DO THAT, SUPERVISOR PEDROZO, BECAUSE OUR COLLEAGUES HAVE DONE SUCH A GOOD JOB. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY AS WELL MY MOBILE DISTRICT OFFICE HOURS OR THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH AT THE GARY FRAGO ROOM AT THE ATWATER COMMUNITY CENTER

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THAT'S HOW I WAS ABLE TO COUNT HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE GETTING VACCINES THE LAST TIME BECAUSE I WAS CO-LOCATED WITH THE VACCINATION PROCESS THAT WAS GOING ON THERE IN ATWATER.

AND I JUST WANT TO REACH OUT AND THIS IS A THANK YOU.

THIS IS SOMETHING I STARTED THE LAST TIME I WAS CHAIRMAN.

BUT THE PRAYER BEFORE MEETINGS IN THE BOARD CHAMBERS IS MUCH APPRECIATED, NOT ONLY TO MY COLLEAGUES FOR KEEPING THE SUPPORT ON THIS, BUT I THINK IT GOES OUT TO THE PASTORS WHO ACTUALLY COME HERE BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY EASY TO GET HERE FROM MERCED OR TO GET HERE FROM ATWATER, BUT FROM SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA PAREIRA AND RODRIGO'S DISTRICT.

SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TRAVEL.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY ALWAYS SHOW UP AND IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD THING, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO ENCOURAGE US TO KEEP GOING WITH IT, AND WITH THAT, I'LL ADJOURN THE MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.