May 11, 2021 Board Meeting

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THIS STARTED.

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[Call to Order]

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. NOW WE WILL START WITH THE INVOCATION LED BY PASTOR PHIL JENKINS, PASTOR OF MOUNT OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, LOCATED IN ATWATER.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUE, SUPERVISOR PEDROZO, FOR INVITING HIM IN BECAUSE HE DOES LIVE IN SUPERVISOR PEDROZO'S DISTRICT.

AND THEN AFTER PASTOR JENKINS DOES, THE INVOCATION WE'LL GO TO SUPERVISOR PEDROZO TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PASTOR THE MIC IS YOURS.

LET US BOW FORWARD A PRAYER.

FATHER GOD WE COME FIRST OF ALL, JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR ANOTHER DAY.

AS WE COME TO THIS MEETING TODAY, I COME TO PRAY FOR OUR COUNTY AS A WHOLE.

WE PRAY FOR OUR COUNTY BOARD THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS, THE STAFF AND TO ALL THOSE PRESENT AND TO THE COUNTY, THOSE THAT THEY REPRESENT.

FATHER GOD, WE ASK THAT EVERYTHING TO BE DONE HERE TODAY IS BE DONE WITH COMPASSION, COMFORTING, ENCOURAGING, PROTECTIVE, PROSPEROUS, BUT MOST OF ALL, GODLY TO BUILD, NOT TO DESTROY. AND WE PRAY AND WE ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US IN YOUR OWN SPECIAL WAY AND THEN BLESS THIS MOMENT THAT EVERYTHING BE DONE DECENT AND IN ORDER. WE THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY AND ALL [INAUDIBLE] THAT WILL COME ON THE AGENDA AND THOSE THAT WILL COME PRESENT AND THOSE THROUGH VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE THANK YOU AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU DO FOR MERCED COUNTY AS A WHOLE INTO THE SERVICE OF THOSE THAT ARE SERVING THIS GREAT COUNTY.

WE THANK YOU IN JESUS NAME.

WE PRAY AND THEY ALL SAY TOGETHER.

AMEN.

THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THIS MORNING, WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION MEETING AND STAFF WAS GIVEN DIRECTION AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

IT'S NOW TIME FOR A PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ANY MATTER OF THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST

[PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK]

WHY DON'T WE GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE VOICE MAIL FIRST, AND THEN AFTER WE DO THE VOICE MAIL PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE IN TO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE IN THE CHAMBERS.

I AM THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER AT [INAUDIBLE] CENTER.

I'M CALLING TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT AND HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT MOTHER'S DAY WEEKEND AS THIS WEEKEND [INAUDIBLE] CENTER CELEBRATED MOM AND [INAUDIBLE] MOMS IN MERCED COUNTY BY GIVING THEM A FOOD BOX WITH [INAUDIBLE] TO GET THIS GIFT, THEY HELPED US PICK A SURVEY ABOUT THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LIVE IN.

WHEN IT CAME TO DREAMS FOR THEIR CHILDREN THEY WANT THEIR KIDS TO GROW UP HAPPY, TO BE PROUD OF THEIR HISTORY, TO BE SAFE, BE EDUCATED, SUCCESSFUL, AND BE ECONOMICALLY STABLE.

WHEN IT CAME TO CHANGES THAT WILL MOST IMPROVE THEIR LIVES THEY SAID INCREASE IN JOB OPPORTUNITIES, LOWER HOUSING PRICES, MORE KID FRIENDLY ENTERTAINMENT AND MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT UNITES THE COMMUNITY FROM ALL CULTURES.

THIS WAS NOT A SURPRISE FOR US.

I GET SAD WHEN I SEE THE SURVEY ABOUT THEIR DREAMS BECAUSE THEIR CHILDREN HOW CAN WE EXPECT THEM TO DREAM BIG WHEN THESE BASIC NEEDS OF HOUSING AND LACK OF JOB OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT BEING MET? AND, YOU KNOW, WE GET TO REALLY MOVE PAST THE STATUS QUO AND BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE, MERCED COUNTY.

AND ALSO PEOPLE THAT HAVE SURVEY SOUTHEAST ASIAN COMMUNITY ESPECIALLY THE HMONG COMMUNITY BETTER. AS FOR THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN COVID EFFORTS, WE HAVE REGISTERED ABOUT A

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WE HAVE MORE TO GO.

HOWEVER, A VACCINE HESITANCY IS HUGE FOR US.

THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION, THIS INFORMATION THAT HAS BEEN AFFECTING OUR EFFORTS.

AND WE NEED YOUR HELP TO CREATE MORE CLEARER MESSAGES.

WE NEED HIGH QUALITY AND PROFESSIONAL MEDIA OUTREACH.

THE LAST VIDEO ON THE MERCED COUNTY COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, FACEBOOK [INAUDIBLE] FEBRUARY 25TH [INAUDIBLE] THE HMONG DOCTORS AND ALSO HEALTH WORKERS, THAT THINGS ARE CHANGING RAPIDLY AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HMONG COMMUNITY IS BEING INCLUDED WHEN THINGS DO CHANGE.

SO PLEASE HELP US WITH THE VACCINE HESITANCY.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THIS CONCLUDES THE VOICEMAILS RECEIVED.

OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE DID HAVE AN EMAIL THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WAS, SHARED WITH ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS AND PUT INTO THE RECORD. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP FOR FOLKS HERE IN THE CHAMBERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

GOOD MORNING, COUNTY OF MERCED SUPERVISORS, CEO BROWN AND COUNTY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS QUENTIN LEVICK AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AS I HAVE LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY.

HERE IS A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCACY GROUP.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, MERCED COUNTY, TO BE EXACT.

I HAVE A VERY DIVERSE FAMILY AND ALONG WITH MY PASSION FOR BEING A TRANSFORMATIVE LEADER FOR COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THE ONE I WAS RAISED IN, I FORMED THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCACY GROUP.

I BEGAN LOBBYING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES WITH MY DEGREE IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, BUT FOUND MY TRUE PASSION IN EDUCATING INDIVIDUALS ON THE PURPOSE AND PROCESSES OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE. MORE IMPORTANTLY, I FOUND PASSION IN EDUCATING THE PEOPLE ON HOW TO ACCESS THEIR STATE LAWMAKERS IN AN EFFORT TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

MY FIRM'S GOAL IS TO PROVIDE EQUAL ACCESS TO REPRESENTATION AS THE CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY RESTS ON THE FOUNDATION OF AN EDUCATED ELECTORATE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO A PARTNERSHIP IN ENGAGING AND EMPOWERING YOUR COMMUNITY.

THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCACY GROUP SERVICES WILL INCLUDE AN INTERNET BASED PLATFORM WHICH DELIVERS ACCESS TO SIMPLIFIED AND CONCISE BILL INFORMATION DIRECTLY TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

THE EDUCATIONAL ASPECT OF THIS SERVICE CONSISTS OF EASY TO UNDERSTAND MONTHLY NEWSLETTERS THAT ALLOW EVERY PERSON TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH ISSUE AREAS THEY ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT.

FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE USERS THAT ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

OUR NEWSLETTERS WILL HELP THEM UNDERSTAND PROPOSED LAWS THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN AND ALLOW THEM TO CONNECT WITH THEIR LAWMAKERS.

THE ENGAGEMENT SIDE OF OUR SERVICES CREATES THE ABILITY FOR COUNTY OF MERCED RESIDENTS TO NOT ONLY STAY INFORMED BUT TO ALSO CONNECT WITH THEIR LOCAL LAWMAKERS.

SCHEDULING TOOLS AT THE CLICK OF BUTTONS WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO SUBMIT THEIR MEMBER MEETING REQUESTS INTO THEIR RESPECTIVE LEGISLATIVE OFFICES.

INCREASING COMMUNAL LINKS IS IMPORTANT TO THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCACY GROUP.

THAT IS WHY WE HAVE CREATED A PLACE WHERE EVERY CONSTITUENT CAN POSE QUESTIONS ABOUT BILLS OR ISSUES THAT THEY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND CONNECT WITH INDUSTRY EXPERTS AND OTHERS IN AN EFFORT TO INCREASE THE PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS WE WANT TO PROVIDE EVERY CONSTITUENT UTILIZING THIS SERVICE WITH A FREE COPY OF THE FIRM'S SELF PUBLISHED HOW TO LOBBY GUIDE INTO THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURES.

OUR WORLD IS CONSTANTLY CHANGING THE PANDEMIC, SOCIAL UNREST, EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS AND OTHER CHALLENGES. THIS IS THE MOST CRITICAL TIME FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR COMMUNITY TO STAY INFORMED OF UPCOMING BILLS OR PERHAPS PROMOTE THEIR OWN.

OUR SERVICES SIMPLIFY THAT PROCESS, ALLOWING YOU TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY WITH KNOWLEDGE, ACCESS AND CONNECTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SUPERVISORS.

I URGE YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCACY GROUPS PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE ITS SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COUNTY OF MERCED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, QUENTIN.

AND YOU WERE ABLE TO DO IT IN UNDER THREE MINUTES.

FANTASTIC.

QUENTIN DIDN'T PLAY BASKETBALL FOR ME BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET HIM TO, BUT HE WAS A HECK OF A FOOTBALL PLAYER. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME? PLEASE COME FORWARD.

GOOD MORNING, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT AS A MERCED COUNTY EMPLOYEE, I'M HONORED TO BE STANDING HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY.

MY NAME IS CHRISTINE HERNANDEZ.

I AM DOS PALOS RESIDENT AND ALSO EMPLOYED WITH MERCED COUNTY COUNTY PARK AND RECREATIONS.

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SINCE I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED WELL, ACTUALLY SINCE BEFORE I CAME BACK FOR THE SEASON.

I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT DOCUMENTING THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON CONCERNING OUR DUMPSTERS AND AT THESE TWO LOCATIONS.

THE CITY OF DOS PALOS RESIDENTS ARE PETITIONING FOR NO DUMPING ORDINANCE SIGNS TO BE PLACED AT BOTH LOCATIONS.

I'VE BEEN DOCUMENTING THIS SINCE DECEMBER.

I HAVE PHOTOS.

WE HAVE LICENSE PLATE NUMBERS.

WE HAVE EVERYTHING, INCLUDING FACES THAT ARE DOING THIS ILLEGAL DUMPING.

AND BECAUSE THERE ARE NO SIGNS POSTED, THEY'RE FREE TO DO IT.

AND WE'VE CONTACTED MERCED COUNTY SHERIFFS.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SUPERVISE PATROL THOSE AREAS.

AND THERE'S NEXT TO NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT OR THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT AS FAR AS PERSECUTION OR CITING THEM.

SO I DO HAVE SIGNATURES THAT I HAVE PLACED IN THE BASKET.

I HAVE PHOTOS. AND ONE LAST THING I DO HAVE AN ACTUAL VIDEO OF I WENT TO WORK ONE DAY AND THIS REALLY DISTURBS ME TO SHOW UP TO WORK.

WE HAD JUST CLEANED THE PARK IMMACULATELY TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITIES.

SHOW UP AT THE PARK AND THE PARK LOOKS NICE, BEAUTIFIED.

BUT WE GO TO WORK LOOKING AT THIS DUMPSTER AND WE LEAVE WORK LOOKING AT THE DUMPSTER DESPITE OUR EVERY EFFORT OF GOING TO OUR SUPERVISORS AND THEM SAYING WE NEED SIGNS OUT THERE. SO HERE I STAND TODAY.

I HAVE A VIDEO I WAS RECORDING OF THE DUMPSTER AND I WAS WALKING THROUGH THE PARK.

IT'S FOUR MINUTES LONG.

AND AS I'M FINISHING UP, I TURN AROUND AND I POINT BACK TO THE DUMPSTER.

AND THERE WAS LITERALLY A COUPLE AND TWO CARS, ONE IN A TRUCK AND ONE IN A CAR ON VIDEO DUMPING. IF THERE IS ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, ASK THEM NOT TO.

OH, WELL, WE'RE SORRY.

YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T SEE A SIGN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU . IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE AT THIS TIME THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE INTO THE AGENDA ITEMS. NEXT IS APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDA CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE, PLEASE NOTE ITEMS

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS BEFORE US, AS CONSENT ITEMS? I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THE DAIS SEEING NONE I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE? TALLY THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS BOARD ACTION PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS 10 THROUGH 13, PLEASE NOTE ITEM 13 REQUIRES A

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SECOND, BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, I SEE NOBODY IN THE QUEUE, SO I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

ONE MOMENT.

[LAUGHTER] SORRY.

WELL, WE HAVE A SECOND NOW BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

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MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE VIEWING FROM THE OUTSIDE, IT BECOMES A BIT OF A COMPETITION UP HERE WHO'S GOING TO MOTION OR SECOND.

AND WE SAW SUPERVISOR PAREIRA TRY TO GET THE MOTION AND SCOTT BEAT HIM.

[LAUGHTER] NEXT IS HEALTH ITEMS 14 THROUGH 16. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? I SEE NOBODY IN THE QUEUE, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD.

AND WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? SO I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS SEEING NONE.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY ITEM 17 THROUGH 21.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THE DAIS ON THESE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS ON THESE ITEMS? SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS FIRE ITEM NUMBER TWENTY TWO.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I SEE NO SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA IS THERE STILL NO COMMENTS. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SHERIFF, ITEM NUMBER TWENTY THREE.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM SEEING NONE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA WAS SECONDED BY OH I'M SORRY MOTION BY PAREIRA.

SECONDED BY SILVEIRA.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

SEEING NONE? I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LITTLE ANTICIPATION.

THERE WE GO MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS PUBLIC DEFENDER ITEM NUMBER TWENTY FOUR.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION AT THE DAIS ON THIS.

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

ANY COMMENTS? I SEE NONE IN THE QUEUE.

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

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

TREASURER ITEMS TWENTY FIVE AND TWENTY SIX.

ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THESE ITEMS. I HAVE A MOTION BY A SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

OH IT IS. YES, I HAVE A MOTION.

I HAVE A MOTION, BUT NO SECOND.

OK, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

SO NOW TRY IT AGAIN.

OK, I HAVE A MOTION BY SILVEIRA, SECONDED BY PAREIRA.

AND GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS KAREN ADAMS, YOUR MERCED COUNTY TREASURER, TAX COLLECTOR.

I JUST BRIEFLY WANT TO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND FORREST HANSEN AND OF COURSE, COUNTY COUNCIL ASSISTANT TOM EBERSOLE.

THEY'VE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN REFINING OUR PROCESS FOR EXCESS PROCEEDS.

AND BEFORE YOU TODAY, WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED A POLICY WHICH DIRECTLY OUTLINES WHO WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXCESS PROCEEDS DISTRIBUTION AND AGAIN, A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD JUST PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DO MINOR REVISIONS IN THE DISTRIBUTION WITHOUT GOING BEFORE THE BOARD. SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, I DEFAULT TO THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO I HAVE NO SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE, SO THERE'S NO QUESTIONS.

I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

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MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS COUNTY COUNCIL ITEMS 27 THROUGH 33.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS ON THESE ITEMS? I HAVE A MOTION BY A SUPERVISOR PAREIRA SECONDED BY A SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

I SEE NO SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE.

THIS CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS EXECUTIVE OFFICE ITEMS THIRTY FOUR AND THIRTY FIVE, AND THEY WILL BE TAKEN SEPARATELY. LET'S TAKE THESE SEPARATELY.

YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON ITEM NUMBER 34.

MR. BROWN.

MR. THERE YOU GO.

MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GOOD MORNING.

AT YOUR LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU INTRODUCED 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 REALIGN THE DEVELOPMENT PERMITTING FUNCTIONS AND ASSOCIATED STAFFING TO CREATE A SINGLE POINT OF RESPONSIBILITY.

AS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

OVER THE YEARS, THE BOARD HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF STEPS TO IMPROVE OUR PERMITTING PROCESSES. YOU HAVE [INAUDIBLE] PERSONNEL INVESTED IN PERMIT TRACKING SOFTWARE AND CREATED A DEVELOPMENT SERVICES COORDINATOR POSITION TO SHARE JUST A FEW.

EACH OF THESE STEPS LED TO IMPROVEMENTS IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND COORDINATION AMONG DEPARTMENTS. HOWEVER, THERE IS STILL ROOM TO IMPROVE AND WE CAN BECOME MORE EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE MOVING FORWARD.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS WHO TOUCH THE PERMITTING PROCESS WITHOUT THERE BEING A SINGLE POINT OF RESPONSIBILITY.

AS WE ACKNOWLEDGED DURING THE LAST BOARD MEETING, IF WE'RE HONEST WITH OURSELVES.

THIS HAS LED TO SOME INCONSISTENCY, MISCOMMUNICATION AND AT TIMES LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY.

NOT OFTEN, BUT IT HAS LED TO THESE THINGS AT TIMES.

WE SHARED DURING THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT THERE WOULD BE OTHER ORGANIZATIONAL AND STAFFING CHANGES RECOMMENDED TODAY THAT HOPEFULLY HELP IMPROVE OUR OVERALL EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR PERMITTING OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS.

IN ADDITION, WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING A COUPLE OTHER POTENTIAL ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES AND WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTS AND GUIDANCE RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND CODE COMPLIANCE.

WHENEVER ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE TAKES PLACE, EMPLOYEES LIVES ARE IMPACTED AND THE DECISIONS ARE NOT EASY.

THIS HAS NOT BEEN EASY FOR US TO GET HERE.

WE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN THE PAST WORKING WITH AND IDENTIFYING OPTIONS FOR IMPACTED EMPLOYEES AS A RESULT OF THESE THINGS OVER THE HISTORY.

AND PLEASE BE ASSURED THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK HARD TO FIND OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION FOR THOSE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IMPACTED.

CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A PRIORITY OF THE BOARD.

AND OUR GOAL WITH THESE RECOMMENDED CHANGES AND EVEN THE ONES CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR GUIDANCE FROM YOU ARE IS TO IMPROVE CUSTOMER SERVICE.

STAFF THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE DISCUSSIONS HAVE TRULY APPROACHED THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THIS GOAL AND TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

SO TO STAFF I WANT TO SAY A BIG THANK YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS ARE MUCH APPRECIATED TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY FIRST.

AT THIS TIME, WE DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO MR. HENDRICKSON TO BEGIN WALKING THROUGH IT.

MR. HENDRICKSON, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

[LAUGHTER] MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TAKE THE TIME NEEDED.

I WILL DO MY BEST TO HIT THAT MARK, BUT I SUSPECT I'M GOING TO FAIL.

AS MR. BROWN DID MENTION IN THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

AND JUST IN HIS OPENING COMMENTS A MOMENT AGO, STAFF HAS, IN FACT, UNDERTAKEN A NUMBER OF PRETTY GOOD STEPS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS TO IMPROVE WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE DO IT.

AND WHILE EACH OF THESE STEPS DID LEAD TO SOME IMPROVEMENTS OVER TIME, WE DO BELIEVE THAT, AS MR. BROWN MENTIONED, WE CAN DO SOME THINGS EVEN MORE EFFICIENTLY MOVING FORWARD.

AS IT STANDS TODAY, WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE TOUCH POINTS IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS WITHOUT A SINGLE POINT OF RESPONSIBILITY.

AND THIS ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY PROPOSES TO REORGANIZE WHAT WE DO WITH ONE OVERARCHING GOAL IN MIND, WHICH IS TO DELIVER PREMIER CUSTOMER SERVICE.

NOW PRIOR TO LAUNCHING INTO THE BRIEF SLIDE PRESENTATION, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE SEVERAL PEOPLE, BEGINNING WITH THIS BOARD.

THIS BOARD HAS BEEN AN ARDENT CHAMPION FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH HAS LED YOUR STAFF TO BRING THIS ITEM TO YOU TODAY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MR. BROWN, MR. HERTFELDER, CHIEF VAN LOBEN SELS, AND NOTABLY MS. BARRERA, FOR WHOM I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ON THIS FOR THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. THIS ITEM FOR OUR TEAM TO MOVE FORWARD MORE EFFECTIVELY, THIS ITEM AIMS FOR OUR TEAM TO MOVE FORWARD MORE EFFECTIVELY, TO CHANGE FOR THE BETTER, TO OWN WHAT WE DO WELL,

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AND AGAIN TO DELIVER PREMIER CUSTOMER SERVICE, ENHANCING THE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

OUR VISION IS RELATIVELY SIMPLE.

WE ARE GOING TO PRIORITIZE CUSTOMER SERVICE.

WE'RE GOING TO BREAK DOWN SILOS WHERE THEY EXIST.

WE ARE GOING TO ENHANCE THE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS AND WE ARE GOING TO DO SO WITH POSITIVE ATTITUDES AND PERFORM MORE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY MOVING FORWARD.

AS THIS VERY BASIC SLIDE SHOWS, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR ORGANIZATIONS WHO EACH HAVE AN INDEPENDENT ROLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH CAN LEAD TO, AS MR. BROWN MENTIONED, INCONSISTENCY AND INEFFICIENCY IN OUR APPROACH.

AND SHOULD THIS ITEM BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD TODAY, THREE OUT OF THE FOUR WILL BE COMBINED TOGETHER UNDER THE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO REALIZE IMMEDIATE EFFICIENCIES.

AS RELATES TO THE FOURTH ENVIRONMENT HEALTH, SHOULD THE BOARD BE SO INCLINED.

TODAY'S RECOMMENDATION DOES SUGGEST THAT THE BOARD AUTHORIZE STAFF TO SUBMIT TO THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT A PROGRAM PLAN RELATED TO THE POSSIBLE TRANSFER ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

BUT FOR CLARITY, TODAY'S ACTION WOULD ONLY AUTHORIZE FURTHER EVALUATION AND NOTHING MORE.

NOW, GOING BACK TO THE REALIGNMENT, IT WILL LEAD TO A SINGLE POINT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO GREATER EFFICIENCY, TO BETTER COMMUNICATIONS, BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY WITH OUR CUSTOMERS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO FOCUS SOME TIME AND ATTENTION ON TO GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY AND AGAIN, A FOCUS ON OUR CUSTOMER.

THE BOARD DOES HAVE SEVEN ACTIONS IN FRONT OF IT FOR ITS CONSIDERATION TODAY, HOWEVER, THEY CAN GENERALLY BE LUMPED INTO THREE PRIMARY AREAS.

FIRST, MOVING THE FIRE INSPECTION TEAM UNDER THE BUILDINGS DIVISION.

SECONDLY, MOVING THE BUILDINGS DIVISION UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND AS A BRIEF REMINDER AGAIN, MR. BROWN MENTIONED HIS COMMENTS PERTAINING TO THE SPECIFIC PIECE AN ORDINANCE WAS INTRODUCED ON APRIL 27TH TO CHANGE THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTORS OF PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PERTAINING TO THE TRANSFER OF RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BUILDINGS DIVISION. AND THEN THIRDLY, AGAIN, TO DIRECT STAFF TO FURTHER EVALUATE ORGANIZATIONAL PLACEMENT OF BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION AS PART OF WHAT WOULD BE POTENTIALLY A FUTURE PHASE OF A REORGANIZATION.

AND AGAIN, TO THIS POINT AND AGAIN, AS MR. BROWN YOU MENTIONED, WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY GUIDANCE OR FEEDBACK THAT THE BOARD CAN GIVE AS IT RELATES TO THESE TWO FUNCTIONAL AREAS.

SO IN CLOSING, STAFF DOES RECOGNIZE THAT DELIVERING CUSTOMER SERVICE IS A KEY PRIORITY FOR THIS BOARD. AND WE ARE GOING TO WORK INCREDIBLY HARD TO ACHIEVE THIS OBJECTIVE.

SHOULD THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS STAFF WILL, OF COURSE, WILL BE PLEASED TO ANSWER.

AND AGAIN, WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN THANK THIS BOARD AND THANK MR. BROWN AND HIS HIS LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR THE WORK IT HAS DONE TO ACTUALLY PUT US INTO A POSITION TO IMPROVE OUR EXPERIENCE, THE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.

WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, THAT WAS NOT THREE MINUTES, BUT FAIRLY CLOSE.

THANK YOU, MR. HENDRICKSON. I'LL TURN IT OVER BACK TO CEO BROWN.

MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SO AS MR. HENDRICKSON SAID, TODAY'S BASIC ACTION IS TO ALIGN THREE OF THE FOUR UNDER ONE LEADERSHIP AND ONE ACCOUNTABILITY.

I DID WANT TO QUICKLY COMMENT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH AND CODE ENFORCEMENT, BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING AND THERE IS NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THIS PACKET AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND DISCUSSION.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, JUST FOR YOUR BENEFIT AND THE PUBLICS IS A LOT MORE COMPLICATED.

THERE IT IS BUILT INTO THE STATUTES IN THE CODE, IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH THAT DO NOT ALIGN DIRECTLY WITH THE PERMITTING FUNCTIONS. AND SO AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT AS WORKING WITH COUNCIL'S OFFICE AND WORKING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN SEPARATE APART.

IT IS A PULL ALL AS ONE UNIT.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND YOU KNOW CUPA AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, IT'S ALL PART OF THAT PACKAGE.

SO WE ARE CAUTIOUS ABOUT THAT ONE.

THAT'S WHY WE DIDN'T BRING THIS AS PART OF THIS PACKAGE RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS IS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO BE A LITTLE MORE CONSCIOUS AND A LITTLE MORE CAREFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THIS IS SOMETHING ALSO THEIR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH WITH THE MULTIPLE UNITS THAT ARE UNDERNEATH IT. ALSO, THERE'S A GOOD NUMBER OF STAFF IN THERE.

AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO CREATE THESE EFFICIENCIES IN CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU NEED TO HAVE STAFF CO-LOCATED.

AND THERE ARE SOME COMPLICATIONS WITH THAT MANY STAFF POTENTIALLY CONSIDERING IN THIS ADDING TO THIS BUILDING.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE UPFRONT FOR EVERYBODY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE EVALUATING. THIS ISN'T SOMETHING WE'RE SAYING WE NEED TO DO.

I'VE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT, POSSIBLY ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE BREADTH AND THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. AND I THINK THEY'RE ALL VERY LEGITIMATE AND VERY KEY CONCERNS.

SO FROM A STAFF PERSPECTIVE, WE JUST WANTED TO PUT ON THERE AS A RECOMMENDATION WHAT THE

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BUT IT STILL DOESN'T MEAN IT'S A DONE DEAL.

WE STILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH FURTHER, BECAUSE EVEN TO MOVE ALL THAT STAFF IN HERE WILL REQUIRE SOME CAPITAL COST.

AND THOSE ARE THINGS WE'RE STILL AND I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER FOR YOU.

I DON'T HAVE A LAYOUT FOR YOU TODAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ON CODE ENFORCEMENT.

IT IS SOMETHING OVER THE YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT'S KIND OF BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION. I THINK WE HAVE VERY GOOD QUALITY STAFF THAT ARE WORKING IN CODE ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW. I REALLY DO NOT HEAR COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE STAFF IN CODE ENFORCEMENT.

THIS WAS EVEN A TOPIC OF YOU AS A PRIORITY IN YOUR LAST BUDGET DISCUSSION THIS PAST YEAR.

AS FAR AS HOW DO WE IT'S A RESOURCE ISSUE AND I'LL CALL IT AN EFFICIENCY ISSUE.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S DONE DIFFERENTLY IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE WAYS.

I ALSO NEED TO COMMENT AND SHARE WITH THE BOARD THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT RUNS, AGAIN, LIKE PERMITTING ACROSS MULTIPLE ORGANIZATIONS AND THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ENFORCEMENT UNDER EACH ONE OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.

SO, AGAIN, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE.

I DO THINK WE HAVE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF.

I DO THINK THERE'S WAYS YOU COULD TAKE A PHASED APPROACH OR A PILOT TO THIS AS YOU LOOK FORWARD. AND WAYS OF TRYING TO TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITIES AND THE NEIGHBORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WELL ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES, WHO IS OUT IN THE UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES ALL THE TIME, YOUR DEPUTY SHERIFFS, YOUR SHERIFFS, I MEAN, THEY'RE OUT THERE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES ALL THE TIME.

SO WE HAVE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SHERIFF AND HIS STAFF.

AND I KNOW THERE'S EVEN AND JUST FOR OPEN TRANSPARENCY AND THERE HAVE BEEN MORE CONVERSATIONS WITH ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH AND PLANNING AND SHERIFF, ON WAYS WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF THE NUISANCE ISSUES.

IS THERE A WAY OF TAKING A PILOT AND START SMALL AND START TO TAKE SOME OF THOSE N UISANCE ISSUES AND MOVE THEM OVER AND YOU KNOW TYPE THING.

SO, AGAIN, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING FOR YOU TODAY.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THIS.

IT'S PART OF THAT WHOLE STRUCTURE WE'RE LOOKING AT AND WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE BOARD'S THOUGHTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS FAR AS YOU KNOW IN YOUR CONSIDERATIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. BROWN.

AND I DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE, WHICH I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO BE GIVEN DIRECTION. I JUST KIND OF WANT TO DO A HISTORY.

SO WHEN I FIRST JOINED THIS BOARD, THE BOARD THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF AT THAT TIME REALLY HAD TO FOCUS ON MAKING IT A ONE STOP SHOP.

AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPERVISORS WHO THEN CAME IN WHO RECOGNIZE WHAT THE BOARD HAD DONE.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE AT THE SPEED OF COMMERCE.

THAT'S OUR MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE, BECAUSE AS OUR ECONOMY IS MOVING AT SUCH A FAST RATE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THAT SPEED.

AND WE DON'T WANT GOVERNMENT TO HOLD IT BACK.

WITH THAT BOARD THAT I WAS A MEMBER OF, WE WERE VERY GOOD AT PUTTING FORWARD THE ONE STOP SHOP. BUT WHAT I DO APPRECIATE THEN WHEN THE NEXT ELECTION SUPERVISOR PAREIRA HAD GREAT LEADERSHIP AND GOOD FORTHRIGHT INSIGHT OF SEEING OTHER THINGS, SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA AS WELL. WANTING TO STILL TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT.

WE TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

THEN WITH THE NEXT ELECTION, SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA CAME IN AND HE WAS A LITTLE MORE FOCUSED ON STUFF THAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE WEST SIDE.

BUT STILL, HE WAS SEEING FLAWS WITHIN THE PROCESS.

AND SO HIS LEADERSHIP THEN AT THE NEXT LEVEL TO TAKE IT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

AND I JUST HAVE TO SAY, THIS IS A BIG SHOUT OUT, ESPECIALLY TO STAFF FOR LISTENING AND COMMUNICATING AND MOVING IT TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

SO AT THIS TIME, NOW THAT I'VE GIVEN US A LITTLE BIT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

YEAH UNDERSTANDING THAT ONE STOP SHOP IS THE CONCEPT WAS GREAT.

AND THERE'S JUST AS YOU PUT THINGS INTO MOTION, YOU START TO REALIZE THAT THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT NEED IMPROVEMENT AND THIS ADDRESSES IT.

THIS BRINGS IT TO WHERE YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON IN CHARGE.

AND THAT WAS, I GUESS, ONE OF I THOUGHT THE AREAS OF WEAKNESS IN ONE STOP SHOP WAS WE HAD THE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE, BUT ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE OFFICE ANSWERED TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL BOSSES AND THEN STUFF GETS LOST IN TRANSLATION.

AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE TAKING THIS HUGE STEP TO GET IT TO WHERE AS A COUNTY SUPERVISOR, WHEN WE GET CONSTITUENT CALLS, IT'S GOING TO BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE ONE PHONE CALL TO ONE DEPARTMENT HEAD AND SAY, HEY, THESE ARE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.

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I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS TO KIND OF LIKE IF YOU LOOKED AT THE STAFF REPORT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE BEING CHANGED HERE, THERE AND MOVING THIS, THERE MOVING THAT ADDING THIS DELETING THAT, IS REALLY THAT TOOK A LOT OF WORK OF A LOT OF FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES TO REALLY PUT THIS WHOLE THING TOGETHER.

AND SO I'M EXCITED THAT WE'RE AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE ALREADY MADE THE MOTION AND WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM TO MOVE FORWARD.

NOW AS IT PERTAINS TO ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, LIKE FOR ME, I'M JUST GOING TO PUT IT OUT THAT THAT'S NOT A DEAL BREAKER FOR ME.

WHEN YOU REALIZE THE BREADTH OF HOW MANY FOLKS ARE IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND IF YOU HAD TO MOVE ALL THOSE FOLKS HERE TO THE COUNTY BUILDING, IT'S TWENTY FIVE PLUS EMPLOYEES.

I START TO THINK ABOUT THINGS, OK, YOU HAVE THE CAPITAL COST AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REWORK SOME STUFF TO BE ABLE TO FIT THEM.

NUMBER 2 THAT'S TWENTY FIVE ADDITIONAL VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING TO WORK EVERY DAY.

AND OH BY THE WAY, YOU HAVE FOLKS THAT GO OUT INTO THE FIELD.

SO WHERE ARE ALL THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH VEHICLES THAT THEY USE TO TRAVEL OUT IN AND AROUND THE DISTRICTS WHERE ARE THOSE GOING TO PARK? SO ALL THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED? I DO AND WILL SUPPORT KIND OF MOVING FORWARD AND LOOKING AT WHAT IT TAKES AND REALLY EXPLORING ANY OPTION.

BUT I THINK FOR ME, WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO LET'S JUST BE REAL ABOUT IT, YOU'RE TAKING ALL THOSE DEPARTMENTS AND COMBINING IT UNDER ONE AND YOU STILL HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, WHICH IS A PIECE OF THAT.

YOU REALLY CAN'T THERE'S NOT A LOT OF FINGER POINTING YOU CAN GO ON.

IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER. AND WE CAN GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT REAL QUICK.

IT GETS A LOT HARDER WHEN THERE'S FOUR DEPARTMENTS AND THEN IT'S WELL, IT'S THIS, YOU KNOW, RUNNING STUFF DOWN. THERE'S A LOT LESS ROOM FOR ERROR WITH THERE ONLY BEING TWO.

SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

AND I THINK THAT WHEN IT COMES TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, I WILL CONTINUE TO SAY WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS STAFF, BUT THEY'RE ALWAYS ON DEFENSE.

THEY'RE ON THE RUN NONSTOP.

WE HAVE TWO.

AND I KNOW WE APPLIED FOR A GRANT.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT'S AT.

BUT WE HAVE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS THAT COVER THE WHOLE COUNTY OF MERCED IN ALL THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS.

THERE'S LIKE THE CITY OF LOS BANOS FOR THE POPULATION OF GIVE OR TAKE FORTY FIVE THOUSAND PEOPLE NOW HAS THREE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PLUS A SERGEANT WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S KIND OF IN CHARGE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.

SO JUST TO KIND OF PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE, THEY GOT A LOT OF GROUND TO COVER.

IT IS A RESOURCE ISSUE.

IT IS A WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BODIES.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR BECAUSE I THINK THAT LEFT UNCHECKED, YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE PANDEMIC DID WHEN IT COMES TO WHEN WE CANCELED CLEANUP DAYS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

IT'S CRAZY.

AND I WILL SAY I GOT A PHONE CALL AND I KNOW THAT THE GENTLEMAN SAID IT KIND OF TONGUE AN CHEEK THE OTHER DAY. BUT THERE'S A SPOT IN DOS PALOS RIGHT NOW THAT HE IS SO NAMED THE SCOTT SILVEIRA DUMP.

AND I DON'T LIKE IT. I DON'T.

AND AND IT'S WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

OUR PROCESS IS ANY TIME THAT WE CAN STREAMLINE PROCESSES THAT THIS WHOLE THING OF TAKING TWO YEARS TO GET ACTION AGAINST SOMEBODY IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ME IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.

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

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE HERE, WE'RE COMBINING EFFORTS.

WE'RE PUTTING IT UNDER ONE HOUSE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW APPROACH.

I LIKE THE APPROACH OF WE FIND EVERY WAY TO TELL YOU YES.

BEFORE WE HAVE TO TELL, YOU NO.

THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE.

EVERYONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WALKS IN THESE DOORS PAYS A PORTION OF OUR SALARY, WHETHER IT'S A LITTLE BIT OR WHETHER IT'S A LOT OF BIT.

THOSE ARE THE BOSSES.

AND SO I THINK THAT THE NEW, APPROACH TO CUSTOMER SERVICE, YOU KNOW, IN BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, THE SAYING THE CUSTOMER IS ALWAYS RIGHT.

I CAN'T SAY THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU STRIVE FOR.

AND SO I JUST THINK JUST TO TIE IT ALL TOGETHER, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF LOOKING AT ANY OPTION THAT WHETHER IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM, WHATEVER IT IS, IS SO THAT WE GIVE CODE ENFORCEMENT THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, THAT WE GIVE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE HOUSE. YOU KNOW, THESE BUSINESSES THAT COME IN AND EXPAND AND, YOU KNOW, THEY JUST THEY CRAVE CERTAINTY.

AND I THINK WITH THESE ACTIONS THAT WERE TAKEN, TODAY IS A HUGE STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.

I CAN'T THANK STAFF ENOUGH FOR LISTENING AND REALLY KIND OF PUTTING A PLAN TOGETHER THAT WE COULD SUPPORT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT YOU'LL HAVE ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS MR.

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THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. AND I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES YOU ARE ALLUDING TO BUT DIDN'T REALLY TOUCH ON IT, WAS OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT IS COMPLAINT DRIVEN.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF MISCONCEPTION BY OUR CONSTITUENCY OUT THERE THAT THEY ARE JUST DRIVING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PICK UP ON IT.

SO WE'RE REACHING OUT TO OUR CONSTITUENCY TO PLEASE INFORM US AND CALL IN TO ALLOW US TO KNOW WHERE CLEANUPS AND STUFF NEED TO BE DONE.

THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.

THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU DIDN'T GIVE SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA THE THREE MINUTES THAT YOU GAVE MR. HENDRICKSON. BUT NO I'M JUST KIDDING.

I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA SAID.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MR. BROWN MENTIONED WAS, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE TO CONTACT SOMETIMES IT TURNS INTO A GAME OF TELEPHONE.

AND SO THE MESSAGE GETS LOST WHERE YOU'RE GOING.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AND IT REALLY FALLS ESSENTIALLY THE THEME OF WHAT THIS BOARD, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, IS JUST GET STUFF DONE, LIKE WHAT CAN WE DO TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WANT TO SAY YES BEFORE WE SAY NO. WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE AS QUICK AS WE CAN.

WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU OUT. THE ONE QUESTION AND A TERM THAT MR. BROWN USED SAID THAT I HADN'T HEARD BEFORE, AND I JUST WANTED SOME CLARIFICATION.

I KNOW GOVERNMENT IS IN ALL ACRONYMS AND STUFF, BUT CUPA.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO LET MS. JONES, AS YOUR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIRECTOR, CAN GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BREATH ON THAT.

IT BASICALLY HAS TO DO WITH THE OVERALL PLAN OF YOUR YOU KNOW, YOUR SEPTIC SYSTEMS AND BROADER THINGS LIKE THAT AS FAR AS FROM A WASTE AND THINGS.

BECAUSE THE ONLY KOOPA I KNOW IS FROM SUPER MARIO BROTHERS.

[LAUGHTER] SO JUST BRIEFLY, IF YOU WOULD SURE HELLO, I'M VICKI JONES I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH DIVISION DIRECTOR WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY.

AND SO THE CUPA IS THE CERTIFIED UNIFIED PROGRAM AGENCY.

AND SO WHAT THAT DOES IS WE ARE BASICALLY OPERATING AS AN APPROVED PROGRAM ARM OF MULTIPLE STATE AGENCIES FOR REGULATION OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND HAZARDOUS WASTES FOR FACILITIES AND RESIDENCES IN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE CITIES.

IT'S A PERMITTING INSPECTION PROGRAM.

SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE OPERATING ON BEHALF OF THE STATE PROGRAMMATICALLY, COUNTY WIDE FOR ALL THOSE FUNCTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I'M NOT GOING TO I MEAN, I SUPPORT A LOT OF WHAT SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA HAS SPOKEN TO, AND I THINK WE'RE ALL OR AT LEAST I'M ON THE SAME PAGE.

A COUPLE OF MY THOUGHTS IS ONE THAT IF THIS PASSES TODAY, WHICH I BELIEVE IT WILL, THAT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE DIRECTORS OF ALL THESE AGENCIES STILL MEET IN THE BEGINNING, ESPECIALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S ONCE A WEEK OR TWICE A MONTH.

BUT WE DON'T WANT OUR TRANSITION TO CAUSE ISSUES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE ONGOING PROJECTS AND PERMITS. AND SO I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT.

CODE ENFORCEMENT. YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE KIND OF CODE ENFORCEMENT IN TWO SPOTS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PART OF IT IN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE PART OF IT STAY IN CED.

AND I THINK FIGURING OUT WHERE THE CALLS ARE AND WHAT TYPES OF ENFORCEMENT IS HAPPENING WOULD KIND OF HELP US DELINEATE OUT THE PERCENTAGES AT TIME OF WHAT SHOULD BE WHERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I JUST I WORRY THAT IF WE MOVE IT TO ALL TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THEN SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN THROUGH THE CED OFFICE WILL GET LOST, YOU KNOW, AND IF WE LEAVE IT IN CED'S OFFICE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR HAVING A PEACE OFFICER WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT GOING INTO DANGEROUS SITUATIONS, I THINK THAT COULD BE A NEGATIVE AS WELL.

SO ANYWAY, SO I DON'T WANT MY PERSONAL OPINION IS NOT ALL OF IT ONE DEPARTMENT, BUT KIND OF DELINEATED OUT APPROPRIATELY.

AND I TOO, WANT TO THANK STAFF DIRECTOR HENDRICKSON AND AND DIRECTOR HERTFELDER AND

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YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY.

AND I MEAN, I JUST SEE TEAM PLAYERS AT THE TABLE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK THE BEST THAT WE CAN. AND I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM ALL OF YOU.

I JUST I DON'T WANT TO UNDERESTIMATE THE VALUE OF YOU ALL WORKING TOGETHER TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, TO HELP MY BOSSES.

I KNOW I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN EASY FOR ME TO MAKE A PHONE CALL AND GET ISSUES RESOLVED. AND I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

I THINK THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL PROBABLY MAKE IT EASIER ON EVERYBODY AT THE LEADERSHIP LEVEL. WELL, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE DIRECTOR HENDRICKSON, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MORE OF IT WILL BE ON HIS SHOULDERS. BUT ANYWAYS, I JUST THINK THAT OUR CONSTITUENTS, WHEN I GET CALLS WITH A CONSTITUENT WHO HAS AN ISSUE, I MEAN, THEY GET RESOLVED VERY, VERY QUICKLY.

RIGHT. THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS SOMETIMES THOSE CONSTITUENTS TAKE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OR SOMETIMES IT'S EVEN BEEN LONGER BEFORE THEY GIVE ME A CALL AND LET ME KNOW THAT THERE'S AN ISSUE THAT I COULD HELP THEM WITH.

AND BUT STAFF REALLY, ONCE IT KIND OF GETS BROUGHT UP TO THEIR ATTENTION, IS VERY, VERY QUICK AT RESOLVING THE PROBLEMS. AND SO I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT.

AND I THINK THIS NEW SYSTEM WILL JUST KEEP THAT FROM HAPPENING.

THERE'LL BE ONE LESS STEP IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS FOR THERE TO BE A PLACE WHERE MAYBE THE BALL GETS DROPPED, EITHER ON FROM THE CONSTITUENTS SIDE, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY NEED TO BRING STUFF IN AND, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T REALIZE IT OR, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY OUR STAFF'S FAULT. BUT NONETHELESS, THERE'S A PERMIT THAT GETS DRUG OUT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER. AND I JUST BELIEVE THIS WILL IT WILL CUT MONTHS OFF OF THE AVERAGE TIME THAT SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR A PERMIT AND THE TIME THAT PERMIT GETS FINALIZED.

AND SO I'M REAL, REAL HAPPY FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

THANK YOU, SIR. I THINK EVERYTHING'S PRETTY MUCH SAID, BUT AS EFFICIENCY IN THE PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE ALL GET THE CALLS AND WE DIRECT OUR CALLS TO ONE DEPARTMENT AND THEY HAVE TO CALL PUBLIC WORKS OR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TO SEE WHETHER IT PERMITS US.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER YOU'RE BUILDING A HOME, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING IS ONE THING AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SEPTIC TANK AND OR A FUEL TANK IF IT'S AG RELATED.

IF THEY HAD SOMETHING THEY [INAUDIBLE] PERMITS FOR AG WELLS OR FERTILIZER TANKS OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO GET DIFFERENT PERMITS AND THAT TAKES ALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ALL THAT PROCESS IN ONE BUILDING, THEN IT'S A LOT EASIER FOR OUR STAFF TO GET BACK TO OUR CONSTITUENT, YOU KNOW, A LOT FASTER.

SO IT'S YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY LIKE I SAID, THE PUBLIC WORKS HAS BUILDING INSPECTIONS THAT DO THE INSPECTION FOR A LOT OF THE BUILDINGS.

AND SO THAT'S ACROSS TOWN AND THEY HAVE TO CALL BACK, BACK AND FORTH.

AND THAT TAKES TIME. SO BUT, YOU KNOW, WE AS A CONSTITUENTS OF OUR BOSS LIKE SUPERVISOR PAREIRA SAYS, OUR BOSSES ARE CALLING AND YELLING AT US.

SO THE PROCESS WILL BE A LOT FASTER FOR US TO GET BACK TO OUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IT FOR NOT YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE TO BE MOVED AROUND AND WE HAVE TO, OF COURSE, ENHANCE OUR OFFICES AND IMPROVE OUR OFFICES HERE IN THE BUILDING. SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION HERE, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS EVERYTHING APPROPRIATELY AND TO GET, YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE ALL FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE SERVICES FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS.

RIGHT. SO FIRE INSPECTIONS, AGAIN, THAT'LL BE A PART OF UNDER THE SAME ROOF HERE FOR TO GET THOSE INSPECTIONS DONE AND EFFICIENT AND FAST.

SO THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND I THINK THAT THIS WILL BE GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR. I THINK THERE WAS WITH THIS GROUP, THERE IS NOTHING LEFT FOR ME TO SAY, BUT I THINK WE ARE DEFINITELY GIVING A DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING HERE.

PLUS EVEN NUMBER THREE, LET'S, LOOK AT IT AT ITS COMPLEXITY AGAIN I THINK THE DRIVE IS THE SPEED OF COMMERCE. I THINK THAT'S THE DIRECTION WE'RE WANTING TO MOVE.

AND SO, YES CEO BROWN, YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? MR. CHAIR, BASED ON THAT SUMMARY, I THINK COLLECTIVELY I HEARD THE SAME THING AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, CAN I MAKE ONE SUGGESTION.

SURE. IS IN THAT ACTION NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS REFERRING TO THE PLAN TO THE STATE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, IT SAYS DIRECT STAFF TO REPAIR AND SUBMIT.

CAN I ASK THAT YOU EITHER ONE PROVIDE ME THE DISCRETION ON SUBMITTING THAT?

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BUT IF YOU'D I MEAN, I'LL LOOK TO YOU IF YOU WANT ME TO SUBMIT IT OR US TO SUBMIT IT WE WILL SUBMIT IT OR IF YOU WANT IT, BECAUSE THE WAY IT'S WORDED NOW, WE WILL SUBMIT.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WANTING A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION, MAYBE DIRECT US TO PREPARE AND OR GIVE US THE DISCRETION TO SUBMIT IT AT THAT POINT.

THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION BASED ON SOME COMMENTS I HEARD AS FAR AS.

SO THE MAKER OF THE MOTION IS SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES, SUPERVISOR FROM THE WEST SIDE. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

CEO BROWN. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THAT TO JUST MAYBE CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO PREPARE, LOOK AT, EVALUATE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO ADD IN THERE AND GIVE YOU THE DISCRETION THAT AFTER THAT YOU LOOK INTO THAT, THAT WOULD GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A DECISION ON WHETHER TO SUBMIT OR NOT, BECAUSE I DO THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE QUESTIONS THAN THERE ARE ANSWERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE PIECE, NOT JUST WHETHER THE STATE WOULD GIVE US PERMISSION TO DO IT, BUT THE FISCAL PIECE OF WHAT WOULD IT COST US TO REORGANIZE THE SECOND FLOOR AND AND AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO ADD THAT DISCRETION IN THERE FOR YOU.

AND SO WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR THAT? NOT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT? WE DO HAVE A MEETING NEXT WEEK.

[LAUGHTER] FROM A CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE.

WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE NUMBERS BACK TO YOU BY NEXT WEEK, IF THAT'S BECAUSE THAT COULD OR MAY BE A FACTOR IN YOUR DECISION.

WE WANT TO PUT A LITTLE BIT MORE ARMS AROUND, A LITTLE BIT MORE AS FAR AS THE WHOLE IDEA OF FOOD INSPECTIONS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO I KNOW I'M NOT GIVING YOU A DIRECT ANSWER AND I APOLOGIZE.

IT WILL NOT BE NEXT WEEK.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WE WILL TRY TO BY IN JUNE, MAKE THAT DETERMINATION BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR AT A BOARD MEETING IN JUNE.

COME BACK TO YOU WITH SOME ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH.

OKAY. I THINK ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.

I THINK BY LET'S WHERE WE'LL SET THE GOAL WITH AGAIN, I CAN'T COMMIT TO NEXT WEEK, BUT I'M GOING TO CALL IT A BOARD MEETING IN JUNE.

MAYBE WE CAN GO BACK TO YOU WITH KIND OF AN UPDATE AS A POSSIBILITY ON THAT ALSO.

OK, MAYBE MY NEXT QUESTION IS THIS WILL NOT HOLD UP.

NO. THE OTHER PARTS THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD ON.

THANK YOU. AND I WAS MISTAKEN BY NOT SHARING THAT IN MY COMMENTS.

WE HAD BEEN EVALUATING THESE.

AND PART OF THE OTHER WAS JUST VERY CANDIDLY, WE WERE HOLDING OFF A LITTLE BIT ON THIS AND WE DECIDED THAT WE COULDN'T HOLD OFF ANYMORE.

SO DIRECT ANSWER IS NO, IT WILL NOT HOLD OFF THE OTHER.

AND THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT IT THIS WAY, IS TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE PART THAT I THINK WAS THE MAIN COMPONENT OF GETTING SOME MAJOR EFFICIENCIES AND THINGS IN THERE.

AND THE OTHER PIECE TO ALLOW US TO EVALUATE.

SO YOU COULD MOVE FORWARD ON THAT. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU. MR. BROWN. CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO AS A SECONDER OF THE MOTION, I AGREE WITH THE CHANGES BY THE MOTION MAKER.

JUST A COMMENT WHEN WE GET TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PORTION.

I JUST HAVE A FEELING THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND IT DIFFICULT TO DO, YOU KNOW, AND I HOPE NOT. BUT I YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST MY GUT FEELING.

AND SO AS A SUGGESTION, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST TO TRY TO KEEP AWARE OF.

YOU WANT TO TALK.

IF THERE'S A WAY TO KIND OF MITIGATE THAT.

YES. RIGHT. MAYBE EVEN.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOBODY LIKES TO HAVE TWO OFFICES, BUT MAYBE THE DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, WORKS HERE A DAY A WEEK JUST TO KIND OF KEEP EVERYBODY MOVING ON THE SAME FLOW OR ANYWAYS.

SO JUST THAT'S MY THOUGHT.

A HYBRID MODEL. I APPRECIATE THAT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE ALL STAFF IN ONE LOCATION, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT SOMETIMES YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL STAFF IN ONE LOCATION.

BUT AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, WE ARE LIMITED IN OUR SPACE.

AND SO THAT CREATES CHALLENGES ON THAT, TOO.

BUT YES, I APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.

JOSH, JUST PUSH IT ONE MORE TIME.

NO I'M GOOD. I KNOW THAT TAKES YOU OFF THE QUEUE.

OKAY NOW YOU'RE OFF.

NO IT SAYS IN QUEUE NOW. OH IT DOES.

IT'S OFF QUEUE UP HERE.

I'LL JUST GO FOR IT. OK, SO I DO HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A SECOND MOTION BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

I'M OKAY WITH IT. YOU'RE OK WITH THAT. SO.

OH.

YEAH.

SO I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.

I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE QUEUE AT THIS TIME.

IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.

AND I THINK STAFF WAS GIVEN DIRECTION AND SO IT'S ALL UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE AT THE SPEED OF COMMERCE. THIS, I THINK, IS THE KEY HERE.

SO AT THIS TIME LET'S TAKE THAT DOWN, GO BACK TO OUR.

THERE WE GO WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.

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MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU AND AS YOU CAN TELL, SUPERVISOR PEDROZO DID NOT MISS A BEAT ON THE DIRECTION WE WERE MOVING AND APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP AND INPUT ON THIS AS WELL.

SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 35.

NEXT IS ITEM THIRTY FIVE.

SO THERE WAS NOT A PRESENTATION ON THIS, BUT I WILL LOOK TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS.

I DO SEE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALREADY IN THE QUEUE.

SO ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? SEEING NOT, I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT IS BOARD APPOINTMENTS ITEMS THIRTY SIX THROUGH THIRTY NINE.

OK, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS ON THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS? I HAVE A MOTION BY A SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.

MINE IS A YES VOTE AS WELL, SO MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY IF WE CAN INDICATE THAT IN THE RECORD.

NEXT IS BOARD INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ITEMS FORTY THROUGH FORTY TWO.

[BOARD INFORMATION & POSSIBLE ACTION]

MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

ITEM FORTY IS AN INFORMATIONAL UPDATE FOR YOU RELATED TO AN AMENDED AGREEMENT RELATED TO THE EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

WE THOUGHT WITH THAT THAT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE WITH A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO FOLLOW UP DIRECTLY WITH CVOC AS FAR AS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

SO JORGE. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN MCDANIEL SUPERVISORS, CEO BROWN AND COUNTY COUNSEL HANSEN. JORGE DE. NAVA HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE MERCED COUNTY EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND I'LL TRY MY BEST TO KEEP IT UNDER THREE MINUTES, AS IS THE THEME TODAY. SO BRIEF TIMELINE OVERVIEW.

FEBRUARY 9TH THE SUPERVISORS APPROVED THE CONTRACT WITH CVOC.

THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF MARCH I TOOK THE ADVANTAGE TO DO AN OUTREACH PERIOD AND INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE PROJECT.

FROM MARCH 15TH THROUGH MARCH 30TH WAS WHAT WE CALLED PHASE ONE, WHICH IS WHERE APPOINTMENT REQUESTS AND THE PRESCREENING PERIOD TOOK PLACE.

THIS IS WHERE WE RECEIVED AN ABUNDANCE OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAIL INQUIRIES ABOUT THE PROJECT. FOLKS WERE PRESCREENED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD AND THEN ACTUAL PHYSICAL APPOINTMENTS AND APPLICATION PROCESSING BEGAN ON APRIL 5TH.

AND WE ARE SCHEDULED OUT THROUGH MAY 18TH FOR PHASE ONE.

ONGOING WE ARE INCORPORATING GUIDANCE FROM THE TREASURY AS WELL AS COORDINATING WITH THE STATE EMERGENCY RENTAL PROJECT.

SO THE PROGRAM IS SOMEWHAT FLUID IN THAT THE TREASURY IS CONTINUING TO UPDATE THEIR REQUIREMENTS AND GUIDANCE TO OPERATIONS OF THE PROGRAM.

GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF SOME OF OUR OUTREACH THAT WE DID PRE LAUNCH TO THE PROGRAM.

IT INCLUDED RADIO SPOTS WITH ENGLISH AND SPANISH RADIO.

WE ATTENDED NUMEROUS EVENTS DOOR TO DOOR CANVASING WHERE WE WERE DISTRIBUTING FLIERS REGARDING THE PROGRAM.

WE ALSO VISITED SOME LOCAL FLEA MARKETS AND DID SOME VISUAL PRESENTATIONS.

SOME OF THE EVENTS ARE LISTED HERE.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT WE DID HIT QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT CITIES WITH DOOR TO DOOR, WHICH IS USUALLY THE MOST SUCCESSFUL AVENUE OF OUTREACH FOR THE FOLKS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO REACH FOR THIS PROJECT.

WE ALSO DID SOME COMMUNITY FORUMS. THOSE ARE THE VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS.

WE HELD A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT COMMUNITY FORUMS. WE ALSO RECORDED THAT AND WE HAVE THAT ON THE CVOC WEBSITE FOR THE COMMUNITY TO VIEW OF THEIR LEISURE. IN ADDITION TO HANDING OUT FLIERS, CVOC STAFF ALSO PROVIDED PPE KITS.

GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHAT THE KITS LOOK LIKE.

WE HAVE SOME DESCRIPTOR LISTED THERE.

TOTAL WE'VE HANDED OUT OVER THIRTY FOUR HUNDRED PPE KITS AND INFORMATIONAL FLIERS PHYSICALLY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

JORGE BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, IF I COULD JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION.

SURE. SO OUT OF ALL THOSE OUTREACH EFFORTS, IS THERE A WAY THAT YOU COULD TRACK WHICH WAS YOUR MOST EFFECTIVE WAY FOR REACH OUT? IT'S ALWAYS DOOR TO DOOR.

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YEAH. WHEN YOU HAND SOMEONE A FLIER OR THEY'RE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE AT AN EVENT THAT THEY'RE AT, THE FOCUS IS THEIR EVENT.

RIGHT. WHY THEY'RE THERE, WHETHER IT BE A VACCINATION CLINIC OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF EVENT DOOR TO DOOR IS ALWAYS THE BEST BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY GET TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE HANDING YOU AND THIS IS HOW YOU CONTACT US AND THIS IS HOW YOU QUALIFY AND THIS IS WHAT YOU'LL NEED AT THE TIME OF YOUR APPOINTMENT. WOW.

I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT ON THAT.

THANK YOU. HERE ARE SOME STATS, WHICH I ASSUME IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR.

GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH.

THIS IS DATA THROUGH MAY 7TH.

TOTAL INQUIRIES FOR THE PROJECT HAVE BEEN SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX.

WE FOUND ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT OF THOSE WERE DETERMINED TO BE OVER INCOME FOR THIS PROJECT. IF YOU RECALL, THE ELIGIBILITY FOR THIS PROJECT IS 50 PERCENT OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME FOR MERCED COUNTY AND BELOW WITH A PRIORITY TO THOSE THAT ARE AT 30 PERCENT OR BELOW. ANYONE OVER THAT 50 PERCENT THRESHOLD IS GOING TO BE REFERRED OVER TO THE STATE ERAP PROGRAM EXCUSE ME, EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED THROUGH MAY 18TH.

SO FROM APRIL 5TH THROUGH MAY 18TH, WE HAVE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE APPOINTMENTS SCHEDULED. THE NEXT NUMBER IS A LITTLE ALARMING TO ME, AND IT SHOULD BE TO MOST IS THAT WE'VE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND THREE NO SHOWS.

ONE HUNDRED AND THREE FOLKS THAT INQUIRED ABOUT THE PROGRAM WERE PRESCREENED, DEEMED ELIGIBLE, HAD AN APPOINTMENT YET DID NOT SHOW UP FOR THAT APPOINTMENT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE OVERLOOKED WITHIN THIS PROGRAM IS THE BARRIERS THAT THE FOLKS THAT ARE 50 PERCENT AND BELOW THE AMI 30 PERCENT AND BELOW THE AMI, SOME OF THE BARRIERS THAT THEY FACE ARE A HINDRANCE TO SHOWING UP FOR THEIR APPOINTMENT.

I'M NOT HERE TO DEFEND THE ONE HUNDRED AND THREE.

JUST TRYING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF PERSPECTIVE.

SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION, CHILD CARE.

THESE FOLKS ARE STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

THEY MAY BE WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS OR IN FEAR OF LOSING THAT JOB BY SHOWING UP TO AN APPOINTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE.

SO FEW OF THE CHALLENGES FOR THOSE NO SHOWS.

IS THERE A FOLLOW UP WITH THOSE NO SHOWS? YEAH, WE'VE SINCE IMPLEMENTED WHAT WE CALL INTERNALLY, JUST ADDITIONAL TOUCHES.

SO THEY'RE NOW GETTING A REMINDER PHONE CALL.

YOUR APPOINTMENT IS THIS DAY AT THIS TIME, DON'T FORGET TO BRING THIS, THAT OR THE OTHER.

WE ARE ALSO RESCHEDULING THOSE NO SHOWS EVERY FRIDAY.

SO MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, OUR APPOINTMENTS ARE FOR FOLKS THAT HAVE AGREED TO COME RIGHT. IF THEY FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY CAN'T MAKE IT TO THAT APPOINTMENT.

WE'RE TAKING EVERY FRIDAY TO TAKE ALL OUR RESCHEDULES.

OH NICE. AND WE ARE RESCHEDULING MULTIPLE TIMES FOR A LOT OF THESE FOLKS AS WELL.

DURING THE PRE SCREENING PROCESS, WE DID HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FIFTEEN FOLKS THAT WERE OVER INCOME. THAT'S USUALLY JUST SOME THIS INFORMATION WAS TRANSLATED WITHIN MY STAFF FROM THE APPLICANT. WE DO HAVE NINETY EIGHT PENDING APPOINTMENTS THROUGH MAY 18TH AND WE ALSO HAVE ABOUT HUNDRED APPLICATIONS IN PROGRESS ALREADY AT ONE STAGE OR THE OTHER.

EITHER A CHECK IS GETTING READY TO CUT OR WE'RE PENDING SOME TYPE OF DOCUMENTATION FROM THEM. IN TOTAL, WE'VE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND THREE HOUSEHOLDS APPROVED THROUGH MAY 7TH AND THAT RESULTS IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THREE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE.

SEVEN EIGHTY TWO HAS BEEN SPENT FROM THE PROGRAM.

THAT BREAKS DOWN TO ABOUT NINETY FOUR THOUSAND IN UTILITIES AND TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE THOUSAND IN RENT.

THE AVERAGE PER HOUSEHOLD HAS BEEN ABOUT THIRTY SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS AND THE HIGHEST TICKET SO FAR HAS BEEN TWENTY ONE THOUSAND SEVENTY SIX AND OUR LOW HAS BEEN FORTY SEVEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY EIGHT CENTS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR AVERAGE THOUGH IS THIRTY SIX TWENTY EIGHT.

WE ALSO BROKE IT DOWN BY HOUSEHOLD SERVED WITHIN YOUR DISTRICTS AS WELL.

THANK THAT'S THE PART THAT'S ALARMING FOR ME, BECAUSE USUALLY DISTRICT THREE IS USUALLY LEADING IN EVERY CATEGORY.

SO I WAS SURPRISED THAT WE WERE RANKED THIRD AT THAT TIME.

I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE ANY COMPETITION, TRYING TO INFORM YOU CHAIRMAN MCDANIEL.

[LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STATS HERE ON THIS SLIDE? OK, NEXT STEPS WHERE WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS.

SO AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE SCHEDULED OUT THROUGH MAY 18TH, ABOUT 100 APPLICATIONS IN PROGRESS AND ABOUT 100 TO BE SCHEDULED THAT ARE SCHEDULED THROUGH MAY 18TH.

BUT PHASE TWO, THE PRESCREENING FUNCTION WILL OPEN UP AGAIN.

THE PHONES WILL BE OPEN.

THE WEBSITE WILL BE RECEIVING INQUIRIES, AND THAT WILL BEGIN MAY 24TH AND WE'LL GO THROUGH JUNE 7TH. WE FELT THAT PHASE ONE WAS SUCCESSFUL WITH THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN.

WE DID HAVE OVER 650 INQUIRIES.

AND OF THAT, WE DID GARNER FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE APPOINTMENTS.

SO IT'S PROVEN THE THEORY WORKS.

IT WORKS. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.

MAY 24TH THROUGH JUNE 7TH.

THE PRE-SCREENINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 8 TO 3.

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THE 50 AND THE 30 PERCENT GETS THE PRIORITY.

WE ARE ADDING KIND OF WHAT WE'RE CALLING A ROAD SHOW.

SO WE WILL HAVE OFFICE HOURS MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY IN MERCED AS WELL AS LOS BANOS.

WE THINK THAT WILL HELP THE NO SHOWS AS WELL.

BEING OUT IN WINTON TRANSPORTATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR FOLKS.

SO WE ARE GOING TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY NOW WITH THREE SITES.

IN ADDITION, WE ARE FINALIZING AN ADDITIONAL ROAD SHOW, HOPEFULLY FOR JUNE, WHERE WE WILL GO OUT AS WELL AND VISIT COMMUNITY CENTERS.

IN ADDITION TO THE TWO SITES LISTED HERE.

FLIERS WITH NEW DATES HAVE BEEN PRINTED AND HAVE BEGUN DISTRIBUTION ACTUALLY TODAY.

THIS MORNING IS WHEN THEY WENT OUT, THEY WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE THIS AFTERNOON.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL OUTREACH EVENTS AS WELL AS WORKSHOPS THAT ARE BEING SCHEDULED, COMMUNITY FORUMS ONCE AGAIN, AND THEN ADDITIONAL PHASES WILL FOLLOW AFTER PHASE TWO.

I LISTED AS FUNDING PERMITS, BUT THERE WILL BE A PHASE THREE AND ADDITIONAL PHASES IF NEEDED, BASED OFF OF THE PHASE ONE EXPENDITURES.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR CONTACT INFO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE AGAIN, WE WILL OPEN UP PHASE TWO, MAY 24TH AND GO THROUGH JUNE 7TH.

THANK YOU, JORGE. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS OF CVOC AND YOUR LEADERSHIP OVER THERE.

I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION THAT I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON BEFORE I OPEN IT UP TO EVERYBODY ELSE. WE SEE WHERE THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE FOLKS THAT HAD OVER INCOME.

AND YOU'D MADE A COMMENT THAT YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN INTERPRETATION OR SOMETHING. BUT I KNOW ONE THING THAT WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT MOVING INTO THIS WITH ALL THAT TYPE OF MONEY WE KNEW THAT COULD BE SUSCEPTIBLE OR OPEN UP TO FRAUD.

HAVE YOU DETECT ANY OF THAT OR HAVE YOU IDENTIFIED WHERE I KNOW YOU'VE HAD TO RUN PROTECTIVE OVER THAT? SO HAS THERE BEEN ATTEMPTS, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW? YEAH, OF COURSE, WITH THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, THERE'S THERE'S ALWAYS AN ATTEMPT AT FRAUD. THANKFULLY, IT HASN'T BEEN ON THE APPLICANT SIDE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, CHAIRMAN.

IT'S BEEN ON THE LANDLORD SIDE.

INTERESTING. THE ATTEMPTS AT FRAUD.

WE CAUGHT THEM ALL AND CLEARED UP.

THE MISCOMMUNICATION IS THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK AND BEFORE ANYTHING GOT PROCESSED.

BUT, YEAH, THERE HAS BEEN SOME ATTEMPTS AT FRAUD.

THANK YOU. CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR AGREEING TO RUN THIS PROGRAM ON OUR BEHALF.

AND YOU KNOW, I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEING RUN WELL, I DO HAVE A COUPLE MAYBE OF THOUGHTS OR SUGGESTIONS FOR YOU.

ONE, YOU MENTIONED THAT TRANSPORTATION IS PART OF THE REASON WHY THE MAYBE THE ONE HUNDRED AND THREE NO SHOWS HAPPENED.

SO THE MERCED COUNTY ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS NOW RUNS THE OH WE RUN THE BUS.

RIGHT. AND SO INSIDE OF THAT, THERE'S A NEW PROGRAM CALLED THE MICROBUS, AND IT IS MORE OF A KIND OF AN ON CALL UBER TYPE EXPERIENCE.

AND I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, SINCE IF YOU HAD ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE AND YOU HAD THEM IN AREAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DESIGN SOMETHING WHERE THEY WOULD COME INTO A COMMUNITY AND PICK UP PEOPLE AND BRING THEM IN, SPECIFICALLY RUN ALL THEIR APPOINTMENTS AND THEN DELIVER THEM BACK OUT.

MIGHT BE AN IDEA OR A THOUGHT THERE.

SURE. AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FUNDING.

I MEAN, IT COSTS A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IN YOUR PROGRAM THERE'S THAT ABILITY OR NOT, BUT IT'S NOT REAL EXPENSIVE.

SO I THINK MOST SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I NOTICED ON THE PRE SCREENING THAT THOSE ARE DONE BETWEEN 8:00 AND 3:00.

IS THERE A NEED FOR MAYBE ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHERE YOU WOULD GO INTO THE EVENING? WE COULD, AND WHERE WE'RE SET UP FOR IT.

WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT REQUEST.

WE DID HAVE, LIKE I SAID, SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIX PRE SCREENINGS DONE, FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY THREE APPOINTMENTS. SO I DON'T THINK THAT IS OUR CHALLENGE.

I THINK THE MICROBUS IDEA IS VERY HELPFUL AS FAR AS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION AND MAYBE SOMETHING WE CAN IMPLEMENT. YEAH WE'RE OPEN TO TO DOING AFTER HOURS AND ODD HOURS, WEEKENDS AS WELL. RIGHT.

AND THEN I NOTICED ON THE DOOR TO DOOR THAT THE COMMUNITIES OF WINTON AND DELHI AND SNELLING WERE NOT LISTED. SO IS IT SOMETHING WHERE IF I COULD GET SOME VOLUNTEERS IN THE AREA THAT THAT WOULD HELP YOU? OR DO YOU KIND OF HAVE A SYSTEM SET UP? AND I JUST NEED TO ASK THAT YOU WOULD VISIT THESE THREE COMMUNITIES.

YEAH, NO, IT'S JUST AS EASY AS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND HANDING OUT A FLIER AND THEN ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS.

AND IF YOU DID HAVE SOME VOLUNTEERS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO SUPPLY YOU WITH THE FLIERS.

AND KIND OF A ONE PAGER AS FAR AS INFORMATION, QUESTIONS, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT

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ALL RIGHT. AND WELL THAT'S ALL MY INPUT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR.

SILVEIRA. THANK YOU CHAIR.

JORGE THANK YOU FOR FOR THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

JUST MAYBE THAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH PIECE, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO MAYBE REACH OUT AND THAT DOS PALOS SOUTH DOS PALOS AREA.

I KNOW WE GOT LOS BANOS COVERED WITH SOME OF THE COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE DO THERE, BUT ANY TIME WE CAN GET OUT TO THE SMALLER, UNINCORPORATED PARTS OF WHICH IS SOUTH DOS PALOS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

THEN I WANT TO GO BACK TO I KNOW WHEN WE PUT THIS PROGRAM TOGETHER, THERE WAS A LOT OF OUR FRIENDS WERE HERE AND WERE GIVING US SUGGESTIONS ON THE WAYS THAT WE SHOULD DO IT AND SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT. AND WE KIND OF WENT WITH WHAT WE KIND OF KNEW, HAVING ALREADY HAD A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU AND A SUCCESSFUL WHAT I DEEM TO BE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM BEFORE THAT. IT'S JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE MADE I'M GOING TO SAY, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORDS, SOME SPECIAL CONCESSIONS TO REALLY GIVE OUR FRIENDS FROM LEADERSHIP COUNCIL AND 99 ROOTS AND FORGIVE ME THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER ALL OF THE NAMES OF THEM BUT REALLY SOME KIND OF ACCESS TO REALLY HELP ADVOCATE FOR THE FOLKS THAT THEY REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO.

WE'RE BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS.

WE ARE GIVING THEM A SPOT TO BE ABLE TO GET APPOINTMENTS TO BE PRESCREENED.

ALL THAT. CAN YOU SHARE ANY KIND OF INSIGHT IS HOW SUCCESSFUL, YOU WERE WITH THOSE FOLKS BRINGING YOU POTENTIAL FOLKS TO HELP OUT? SURE. SO I MENTIONED PHASE ONE.

WE DEEM THAT AS A SUCCESS.

SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX INQUIRIES, FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY THREE APPOINTMENTS THAT WERE SCHEDULED. SO THERE WAS TWO THINGS THAT OCCURRED THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT.

NUMBER ONE WAS THE TREASURY'S GUIDELINES.

THEIR GUIDANCE WITHIN THE PROGRAM WAS TO INCORPORATE THE LANDLORDS.

THE LANDLORDS ARE A PART OF THIS PROCESS.

SO WHAT CVOC DID IS WE CREATED WHAT WE CALL THE LANDLORD LETTER, WHICH IS ON THE WEBSITE AND ALSO THE LANDLORD REFERRAL FORM.

SO ANY LANDLORD WHO HAS A TENANT THAT IS IN ARREARS OR IS IN DANGER OR UNABLE TO PAY THEIR RENT, THE LANDLORD CAN CONTACT CVOC DIRECTLY AND APPLY ON THEIR TENANTS BEHALF.

AND IT'S AS SIMPLE AS DOWNLOADING THE FORM, FILLING IT OUT AND THEN SCANNING IT TO A DESIGNED EMAIL ADDRESS AT CVOC.

IN ESSENCE, THAT LANDLORD GETS TO, YOU KNOW, LACK OF A BETTER TERM.

THEY GET TO SKIP THE LINE BECAUSE IT IS A DIRECT REFERRAL FROM THAT LANDLORD AND THEY INCLUDE ALL OF THE PERTINENT INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD BE GETTING DURING THE PRESCREENING. SO IT SPEEDS THINGS UP AS WELL.

THE SECOND THING THAT WE DID TO ENABLE THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A LARGER PART AND IMPACT ON THIS PROGRAM IS WE CREATED THE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION REFERRAL FORM, WHICH WAS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, WHERE ANY COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION CAN REFER THEIR CONSTITUENTS TO THIS PROJECT BY USE OF THE REFERRAL FORM.

SO THEY WOULD SIT DOWN WITH THEIR PEOPLE, FILL OUT THAT REFERRAL FORM AND THEN EMAIL THAT DIRECTLY TO CVOC AGAIN JUMPING THE LINE IN FRONT OF OTHERS BECAUSE IT WOULD ALREADY HAVE THE PERTINENT INFORMATION AND AGAIN, SPEEDING UP THE TIMELINE AS WELL.

THUS FAR WE'VE RECEIVED OVER 50 INQUIRIES EXCUSE ME, 50 CONTACTS AND REFERRAL FORMS FROM LANDLORDS. WE'VE RECEIVED ONE FROM COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS.

SO WE GAVE THOSE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND ADVOCACY GROUPS A VOICE AND ENABLED THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND ADVOCATE FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS RIGHT AND THEIR CLIENTS ON THIS PROGRAM, BUT WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY REFERRALS FROM THEM.

VERY GOOD. IT SADDENS ME TO HEAR THAT, BUT I GUESS I CAN JUST SAY THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I EXPECTED TO HAPPEN.

BUT IT DOES SADDEN ME BECAUSE WE GET THESE FOLKS THAT COME UP HERE THAT ARE ADVOCATING FIERCELY FOR YOU NAME THE ORGANIZATION AND WHATEVER THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR.

AND THEN YET I FEEL LIKE WE GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY NOW WE DESIGNED A SPECIAL LANE FOR THEM TO TRAVEL IN THROUGH THIS.

AND IT SEEMS TO ME JUST ONE HAS TO ASK THEMSELVES THE QUESTION, REALLY, WHAT ARE THEY HERE FOR? IS IT REALLY JUST TO HEAR THEMSELVES TALK OR DO THEY REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY'RE ADVOCATING FOR? AND I WILL LEAVE EVERYBODY TO MAKE THAT CONCLUSION ON THEIR OWN.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, FOR, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO EASY TASK.

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YOU'RE DOING IT REALLY.

YOU KIND OF AGREED TO IT BEFORE THE FEDS EVEN RELEASED THE FINAL GUIDELINES ON WHAT IS TO BE EXPECTED AND NOT TO BE EXPECTED.

AND THEN THE LAST PART IS MORE JUST A COMMENT THAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO HEAR IS YOU'RE TASKED WITH YOUR GROUP.

THE CVOC IS TASKED WITH ADMINISTERING A PROGRAM THAT YOU DIDN'T WRITE THE RULES FOR.

THE RULES FOR THIS PROGRAM WERE WRITTEN BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND YOU HAVE VERY SPECIFIC BOXES THAT YOU HAVE TO CHECK.

AND I GET THAT. I KNOW THAT JUST THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A HANDSHAKE DEAL WHERE SOMEBODY MAY BE RENTING A ROOM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL LEASE AGREEMENT. BUT IF THE PROGRAM REQUIRES THAT YOU CAN'T BREAK THE RULES.

RIGHT. AND ULTIMATELY, SOMEBODY HAS TO BE RESPONSIBLE IF THIS THING EVER GETS AUDITED.

SO I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

BUT I KNOW THAT SOME FOLKS WANT TO HATE THE MESSENGER.

RIGHT. AND BUT I UNDERSTAND AND WE'LL KEEP ADVOCATING THAT TO SAY, HEY, WE DIDN'T MAKE THE RULES. WE'RE JUST ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM.

SO, AGAIN, GOOD WORK.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF DOLLARS AVAILABLE THROUGH THIS PROGRAM AND WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET.

AND SO I THINK THAT AS THE PEOPLE GET MORE FAMILIAR AND WHATNOT, WE'RE ABLE TO HELP FOLKS. I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER THERE, SOMEBODY WAS ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF TWENTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OF BACK BILLS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT WAS RENT OR AND OR POWER BILLS OR UTILITY BILLS, THAT'S QUITE A HAND UP.

SO JUST KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR, CHAIRMAN RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA. JUST A QUESTION MR. DE. NAVA AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR, YOU KNOW, MANAGING THIS FUND.

SO THERE'S NO LIMIT ON WHAT THEY CAN GET.

THERE IS NO LIMIT. OH OKAY GOOD.

BECAUSE I KNOW LAST TIME IT WAS FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS.

RIGHT. SO, YES.

THE FIRST ONE THAT WE DID ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.

OK, WELL, THAT'S AWESOME.

YOU KNOW, AND ONE GREAT THING IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR STAFF IS ABLE TO CALL BACK THOSE PEOPLE THAT MISSED THOSE APPOINTMENTS.

SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THOSE CAN BE FORGOTTEN.

BUT A LOT OF THOSE ARE LIKE YOU STATED CAN BE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED OF A RIDE OR CAN'T MAKE IT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW [INAUDIBLE] OR HAVE ANYBODY TO TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT AS WELL.

SO I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE ADVERTISING.

I THINK THE CHAIR HAS TO ADVERTISE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN HIS DISTRICT HE'S A LITTLE BIT BEHIND SO.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR.

AND WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR I THINK MY COLLEAGUE FROM THE WEST SIDE ACTUALLY SUMMED IT UP.

YOU KNOW, THOSE FOLKS WERE OUT HERE VERY ADVOCATING ON BEHALF OF THEIR CONSTITUENCY.

AND WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING WE COULD TO COORDINATE YOU TO OPEN IT UP SO THEY COULD HELP WITH IT. BUT THE FACT THAT WE ONLY HAVE ONE APPLICATION THROUGH THAT PROCESS IS A LITTLE DISHEARTENING, OR MAYBE THAT'S JUST US REACHING OUT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY AND TRYING TO HELP THESE FOLKS.

SO WE'LL ALL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WHEN PHASE TWO OPENS UP SO THEY'LL GET A CHANCE AGAIN.

YEAH RIGHT ON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL WAIT FOR DAVID TO TAKE THE SCREEN OFF SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

AND WITH THIS, I THINK THIS IS A MOVE TO FILE FOR THESE ITEMS. AND I'M WAITING FOR THERE WE GO.

I HAVE A MOTION. NICE JOB [INAUDIBLE].

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

IS THERE A FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS ON THESE ITEMS. SEEING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEXT, WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FROM COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO CONSIDER THE WINTON COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE GPTA16-004/ZC16-003/CP16-003.

THANK YOU, MR. HENDRICKSON.

MR. CHAIRMAN MEMBERS. YOU DO HAVE THE FLOOR.

GOOD AFTER ALMOST GOOD AFTERNOON IT'S STILL GOOD MORNING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS THE ADOPTION OF THE WINTON COMMUNITY PLAN, WHICH WAS LAST ACCOMPLISHED IN 1981.

THIS HAS BEEN A MULTIYEAR EFFORT WHICH ACTUALLY BEGAN IN 2011 AS THE DIRECT RESULT OF CLOSE COORDINATION WITH AND INPUT FROM COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND IN

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WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN LEVERAGING RESOURCES FOR THIS PROJECT AND WORKED CLOSELY WITH CULTIVAR DE SALUD WITH OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SUPERVISOR PAREIRA AGAIN, THE MAC, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, OUR AGENCY PARTNERS, MY STAFF AND OUR PROFESSIONAL TEAM OF CONSULTANTS FOR THEIR OUTSTANDING WORK IN BRINGING THIS ITEM TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MINUTES, MR. MAXEY'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AND WE WILL, OF COURSE, BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AT ITS CONCLUSION.

MR. MAXEY. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, STEVE MAXEY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE COUNTY, MR. HENDRICKSON MENTIONED IT WILL BE SEVERAL MINUTES, IT WON'T BE JUST THREE.

I'M SORRY. AS LONG AS YOU UNDERSTAND THE GOAL.

THAT'S VERY GOOD.

SO THANK YOU, MR. MAXEY. IF WE COULD.

I KNOW THE PRESENTATION IS UP ON THE COMPUTER, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO AS MENTIONED, THIS IS THE 2021 UPDATE TO THE WINTON COMMUNITY PLAN, QUICKLY COVERING WHAT A COMMUNITY PLAN IS.

AGAIN, THIS IS ONE OF A SEQUENCE OF THREE THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH IN RAPID SUCCESSION JUST IN THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS HERE, PLANNED A LOT OF IT IN LE GRAND AND NOW WINTON ALL THIS PART OF THE SAME HEAVY LIFT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO YOU ALL HAVE SEEN PARTS OF THIS BEFORE, AT LEAST IN RECENT MEMORY.

SO A COMMUNITY PLAN IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT.

IT'S REALLY INTENDED TO SET GOALS, OBJECTIVES, POLICIES, PROGRAMS ALL SPECIFIC TO AN INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY. SO IN THIS CASE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY OF WINTON WANT TO SEE OVER THE HORIZON OF THE PLAN OUT TO THE YEAR 2040? ITS CONTENTS ARE REALLY SET BY GOVERNMENT CODE.

AND IT'S REALLY EASIEST TO THINK OF THIS AS KIND OF A MINI GENERAL PLAN.

WE HAVE OUR BROADER COUNTY GENERAL PLAN, BUT WE'RE LOOKING, AGAIN, SPECIFICALLY AT WHAT WINTON WANTS TO SEE OUT TO ITS HORIZON HERE.

IN THIS CASE, IT'S A PLAN ABOUT 40 YEARS OLD AND IT'S EXISTING MANIFESTATION AND WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING THAT INTO MODERN CENTURY.

SO LOOKING QUICKLY AT PROCESS, WE WORKED THROUGH A NUMBER OF WORKSHOPS, MAC MEETINGS, WORKED DIRECTLY WITH THE PUBLIC TO DEFINE THE PLAN.

WHAT DO WE WANT TO DO, LONG RANGE, FORMULATE THAT PLAN, DO OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT'S REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, GO AND RUN THIS THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS, AGAIN, THROUGH MAC'S AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND GET THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH THEY'VE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT A PUBLIC MEETING, AND THEN THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL AND ADOPTION OF THE EIR, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS THAT GOES WITH IT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

WE CAN QUICKLY AT THE LOCATION OF WINTON FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT A SMALLER COMMUNITY, ONE OF OUR BIGGER UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES, THOUGH JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF ATWATER AND WEST OF CASTLE AIRPORT GENERALLY IT'S CHARACTERIZED BY DEVELOPMENT OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND A SMALLER CORE OF COMMERCIAL USES, WITH THE COMMUNITY CONSIDERED TO BE KIND OF THE DOWNTOWN OF THE COMMUNITY OR DOWNTOWN WINTON. AND THEN JUST MORE GENERALLY, IT'S SURROUNDED BY AG USES TO THE NORTH AND THE WEST. AND MOVING ON.

WE GET OUTREACH EFFORTS AS MR. HENDRICKSON MENTIONED, THIS PROCESS BEGAN IN 2011.

A MYRIAD OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVOLVED.

WE PARTNERED WITH RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS.

AS MR. HENDRICKSON MENTIONED CULTIVA DE SALUD WAS INVOLVED THROUGH KIND OF A PARALLEL PROCESS AND WAS ABLE TO HELP WITH A LOT OF BILINGUAL OUTREACH, WHICH WAS A REAL BENEFIT FOR US. AND WE REALLY MODELED A LOT OF OUR EFFORTS HERE.

AFTER WHAT WE DID IN PLANADA AND LE GRAND IN LE GRAND WE ACTUALLY WON AN AWARD, STATE PLANNING AWARD, REGIONAL PLANNING AWARD FOR OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS.

AND SO WE TOOK A LOT OF WHAT WE LEARNED THERE AND APPLIED IT HERE.

WE WENT THROUGH FOUR COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, TWO IN 2011, ONE IN 2016, WHERE THE COMMUNITY ACTUALLY REALIZED AT THAT POINT, HEY, WHAT WE'VE DONE TO DATE ISN'T NECESSARILY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE FOR OUR BROADER LAND USES LONG TERM, LOOKING OUT TO 2040.

WE WANT TO KIND OF RESTART AND RELOOK AT SOME OF WHAT THEY HAD DEVELOPED TO THAT POINT IN TIME. SO WE HAD TO GO BACK AND KIND OF RESTEP THROUGH A FEW LAND USE DISCUSSIONS.

BUT I THINK THAT RESULTED IN MORE OF A PRODUCT THAT REPRESENTED WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO SEE AT THE END OF THE DAY.

AGAIN, SOME GOOD BILINGUAL OUTREACH THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS, AGAIN, THROUGH A PARALLEL PROCESS THAT WERE CONDUCTED ACTUALLY MOSTLY IN SPANISH.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO INFORM AND WORK WITH SOME PEOPLE ON GETTING INPUT INTO THE COMMUNITY PLAN THROUGH THAT PROCESSING EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T DIRECTLY RELATED.

THROUGH A LOT OF ALL OF THAT OUTREACH COMMUNITY, IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF PRIORITIES, JUST GOING THROUGH A FEW HERE, THEY'RE ALL MOSTLY TIED TO THINGS LIKE SAFETY, SAFETY

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AND THROUGH THOSE COMMUNITY PRIORITIES, THE COMMUNITY DEFINED OR CREATED A VISION STATEMENT THAT WAS ENTIRELY COMMUNITY LED OR ESTABLISHED EFFORT.

SO THE VISION STATEMENT, JUST TO READ WHAT'S THERE, WINTON ENVISIONS A BALANCE OF LAND USES THAT ANTICIPATE RESIDENTS' ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS EMPHASIZE AND STRENGTHEN WINTON'S SMALL TOWN AGRICULTURAL AND RESIDENTIAL IDENTITY, CAPITALIZING ON EXISTING COMMUNITY ASSETS IN ADDITION TO PROVIDE NEW GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES. SO THAT'S THE VISION STATEMENT.

WE THEN TAKE AND PUT IN THE WORDS IN THE DRAFT COMMUNITY PLAN.

THAT COMMUNITY PLAN COVERS A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT I'LL TOUCH ON IN A FEW MINUTES, UPDATING POPULATION DATA, LOOKING AT A FORECAST OF WHAT GROWTH IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE OUT THE NEXT 20 PLUS YEARS, LAND USE CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, CIRCULATION CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE WHERE THE COMMUNITY FEELS THAT MAYBE CERTAIN PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE AUTO INFRASTRUCTURE MIGHT BE LACKING OR NEED IMPROVEMENT, OPEN-FACED CONSERVATION AND THINGS LIKE PARKS, WATER AND WASTEWATER INFORMATION AND LONG RANGE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING IN THAT REGARD.

THEN DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR ALL LAND USES THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.

WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY WANT TO ACTUALLY SEE DEVELOPED? AND THEN WHAT IS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAN? HOW DO WE AS STAFF IMPLEMENT THIS PLAN ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY? JUMPING INTO POPULATION EARLY ON, THE COMMUNITIES SELECTED WHAT WE CALLED THE MODEST GROWTH SCENARIO THAT WAS REFLECTIVE OF GROWTH THAT WAS EXPERIENCED IN THE COMMUNITY BETWEEN 2000 AND 2017.

THAT WAS ABOUT ONE POINT TWO PERCENT GROWTH PER YEAR.

SO JUST TO KIND OF PUT SOME NUMBERS ON THAT, IN 1980, THE POPULATION OF WINTON WAS ABOUT FIFTY TWO HUNDRED.

AS OF THE 2010 CENSUS, THE POPULATION WAS ABOUT TEN THOUSAND.

AND AT BUILD OUT OF THIS PLAN WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.

SO WE TAKE THAT BUILD OUT NUMBER THAT FIFTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE BASE ALL OF OUR ANALYSIS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS MIGHT BE THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT LEVEL OF GROWTH. JUMPING INTO SOME SPECIFIC LAND USES.

THIS IS A MAP OF THE RESIDENTIAL LAND USE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S THE LARGEST LAND USE CATEGORY IN THE PLAN.

ABOUT NINE HUNDRED AND THIRTY TWO ACRES THERE ARE JUST SHY OF THREE THOUSAND EXISTING DWELLING UNITS WITH POTENTIAL TO ADD ANOTHER SIXTEEN HUNDRED PLUS.

THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S IN THE COUNTY'S HOUSING ELEMENT.

THAT MEETS A LOT OF NEEDS IN THE COMMUNITY OF WINTON.

WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY OF WINTON, BUT ALSO WHAT THE COMMUNITY EXPECTS TO SEE AND HOW THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO GROW.

AGAIN WITH THAT NUMBER THAT WE'VE ASSIGNED TO THAT GROWTH SCENARIO AND THAT THE TYPE AND THE SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S THERE IN WINTON AS WELL.

LOOKING AT COMMERCIAL LAND USES AND BEING COGNIZANT AGAIN OF THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRE FOR MAINTAINING SOME POTENTIAL FOR JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND AMENITIES THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, THINGS LIKE RESTAURANTS, THINGS TO DO, THINGS TO INTERACT WITH, THIS IS REPRESENTATIVE OF A LOT OF THOSE DESIRES.

SO THESE COMMERCIAL USES ALSO INCLUDE MIXED USE, AND MIXED USE DESIGNATION, WHICH IS NEW FOR THE COUNTY THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD AS PART OF OUR ZONING CODE UPDATE IN 2019, WE ADDED A MIXED USE CATEGORY AND THIS IS THE FIRST COMMUNITY PLAN TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THAT. WE'LL BE COMING BACK AND LOOKING MORE HOLISTICALLY AT THE COUNTY AND ADDING MIXED USE TO OTHER COMMUNITIES.

BUT WINTON GETS TO BE THE GUINEA PIG THERE, BUT DEFINITELY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT IMPLEMENTED AS A NEW TOOL.

BECAUSE THAT MIX USE DESIGNATION IS REALLY INTENDED TO BE FLEXIBLE, THAT RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL USE OR BLENDING OF THE TWO THAT'S REALLY LOCATED CENTRAL TO THE CORE OF THAT DOWNTOWN WINTON.

PARK SPACE WAS ALSO EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

CURRENTLY, THE COMMUNITY IS NOT MEETING ITS GOALS FOR DEVELOPING PARK SPACE AT A RATE THAT'S KIND OF PEGGED BY THE STATE AND BY THE COUNTY OF ABOUT THREE ACRES PER 1000 PEOPLE OF A POPULATION WHERE WE'RE JUST A LITTLE SHY OF THAT NUMBER IN WINTON TODAY.

SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED WHERE THOSE PARK FACILITIES COULD BE LOCATED LONG TERM.

AND AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, WE'LL SEE THOSE PARKS EITHER BUILT OR DEVELOPERS WILL PAY INTO A FUND THAT THE COUNTY CAN THEN COME BACK AND USE TO BUY AND BUILD THE PARK.

LOOKING AT SOME INDUSTRIAL OR QUASI INDUSTRIAL USES, WE HAVE A BUSINESS PARK DESIGNATION WAS ADDED TO OUR ZONING CODE IN 2019.

THAT BUSINESS PARK DESIGNATION IS REALLY KIND OF A MIX OR CAN ALLOW FOR SOME VERY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES, VERY, VERY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES OR LOWER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES.

AND SO IN THAT WAY, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL MIXED USE, BUT WITHOUT A LOT OF THE EXTERNALITIES THAT YOU SEE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INDUSTRIAL USE OR HEAVIER INDUSTRIAL USE OR MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL USE.

AND THEN THE SMALL BIT OF INDUSTRIAL I'VE HIGHLIGHTED THERE IN WHITE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF

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THAT IS ENTIRELY COMPRISED OF LAND THAT'S OWNED BY THE BNSF RAILROAD.

AND AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE NO PLANS TO REALLY BUILD THAT OUT OR DEVELOP THAT IN ANY REAL SIGNIFICANT WAY.

COMMUNITY DID ADDRESS SOME DESIRE FOR SOME CONSISTENT COMMUNITY DESIGN GUIDELINES.

THIS IS NOT UNIQUE TO WINTON.

THIS IS IN ALL OF OUR EXISTING COMMUNITY PLANS AS WELL.

BUT IT REALLY LOOKS FOR THE COMMUNITY'S DESIRE FOR GOOD DESIGN, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO DOWNTOWN WE FOLD IN A LOT OF BEST PRACTICES AROUND URBAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE THAT ARE PREVALENT TODAY.

AND SO JUST KIND OF LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE, THERE SITE DESIGN, MASSING, SIGNAGE, WHERE DO WE PUT PARKING? WHAT KIND OF LANDSCAPING DO WE WANT TO SEE, SAY, ALONG WINTON WAY.

AND WHERE THOSE ARE THE SORT OF THINGS THAT ARE REALLY SPECIFIED AND NARROWED DOWN IN THIS PLAN. AND WHAT WHAT WE HOLD THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY TO AS THEY LOCATE IN WINTON.

SOME OTHER NOTEWORTHY CHAPTERS JUST WITHOUT SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME.

WE DO ALSO LOOK AT UTILITIES AND AGAIN, AT KIND OF THAT PLANNING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S CAPACITY THAT CAN SUPPORT THE GROWTH THAT WE'VE PLANNED FOR THERE IN WINTON. SO WE'RE WORKING ACTUALLY SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE SEWER AND WATER DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAPACITY IS THERE.

HOW DOES THAT GET PLANNED FOR WHEN DO NEW FACILITIES GET BUILT? HOW ARE THEY FUNDED? THINGS LIKE THAT.

CIRCULATION AGAIN, LOOKING WITH THE COMMUNITY, IDENTIFYING WHERE THERE MIGHT BE GAPS AND SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, OTHER TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THERE WAS I MENTIONED EARLIER A PARALLEL PROJECT THAT WAS TAKING PLACE ALONGSIDE THIS COMMUNITY PLAN EFFORT THAT WAS CALLED THE WALKABLE WINTON TOWN CENTER PLAN.

AND WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD FOR SOME CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE. BUT WE DID WE WERE ABLE TO USE SOME GRANT FUNDING THAT WE GOT FROM CALTRANS TO DEVELOP THIS BROADER PLAN TO LOOK AT REALLY FINE GRAINED DETAIL OF WHAT DESIGN OF SOME OF THESE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS COULD LOOK LIKE.

SO WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THAT BACK AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

BUT WE TOOK A LOT OF THE DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD ABOUT THAT WALKABLE WINTON TOWN CENTER PLAN AND FOLDED SOME OF IT INTO THE POLICIES THAT ARE HERE IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN.

BUT WE NEED TO DO A MORE KIND OF FORMAL RECONCILIATION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK TO THE BOARD IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, PARK SPACE WAS ANOTHER IMPORTANT PIECE OR OPEN SPACE AND HOW THAT'S COVERED, HOW THOSE GOALS WILL BE MET WITH DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY IS COVERED IN A SPECIFIC CHAPTER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY PLAN AS WELL.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THERE IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW COMPONENT OR REQUIREMENT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ADOPTION OF THE COMMUNITY PLAN.

JUST TO QUICKLY RUN THROUGH THAT, THIS IS A PROGRAM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT IT'S KICKED OFF WITH AN INITIAL STUDY TO FOCUS KIND OF WHERE WE NEEDED TO DO SOME ANALYSIS IN THE COMMUNITY PLAN.

FILED A NOTICE OF PREPARATION AND JUST MADE, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITY GENERALLY AWARE OR OTHER AGENCIES GENERALLY AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THIS EIR WAS BEING DEVELOPED, HELD A SCOPING MEETING TO, AGAIN, KIND OF NARROW THAT FOCUS OR DEFINE THAT SCOPE OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO ANALYZE.

PREPARED THAT DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND RELEASED IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS, RECEIVED JUST A HANDFUL OF PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'RE ABLE TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THOSE WITHOUT ANY REAL ISSUE AND PUBLISH THE FINAL EIR IN MARCH.

THAT COVERS JUST MANY CHANGES TO THE DRAFT EIR, ANY RESPONSES TO COMMENTS, AND THEN PUTS TOGETHER KIND OF THE FINAL PIECES OF THE EIR AS WELL.

ONE OF THOSE PIECES IS THE STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS IN THE EVENTS.

AND THIS IS AGAIN, NOT UNIQUE TO WINTON.

WE'VE EXPERIENCED THIS WITH ANY OF OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PLANS.

IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE ANY SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS AS THEY ARE DEFINED IN CEQA. IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE GENERALLY RELATED TO CUMULATIVE IMPACTS.

SO WHAT'S THE CUMULATIVE IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT COUNTY WIDE, ESPECIALLY LOOKING IN REFERENCE TO OUR GENERAL PLAN OUR GENERAL PLANNING EIR THESE ARE THINGS LIKE YOU BUILD HOUSING, YOU BUILD OUT A COMMUNITY, YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE TRAFFIC, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME AIR QUALITY IMPACTS.

SO WILL MITIGATE TO THE EXTENT FEASIBLE.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE SOME IMPACT ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

OF COURSE. SO THE STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS IS REALLY RECOGNIZING THAT THAT IMPACT IS THERE AND SAYING IN LIGHT OF THAT IMPACT, THERE ARE STILL THESE BENEFITS THAT I'VE LISTED HERE ON THE SLIDE TO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE AND TO THE COMMUNITY OF WINTON THAT NECESSITATE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS LONG RANGE PROGRAMMATIC PLAN.

SO THERE ARE IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE SO MANY BENEFITS LISTED HERE AND IN THE STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS THAT WOULD CARRY FORWARD THAT THE BOARD WOULD ADOPT.

THEY'RE SUGGESTING OR RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD WOULD ADOPT THE STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS AS PART OF THE PROJECT.

SO JUST IN CLOSING, AGAIN, THIS PLAN HAS BEEN IN PROCESS FOR YEARS NOW.

AGAIN, 40 YEARS IN THE MAKING ARE OVERDUE.

IT'S BEEN ON THE STREET FOR REVIEW FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS HERE AND THE PLANNING

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SO WITH THAT, YOUR STAFF HAS SEVERAL RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU TO RECEIVE SOME PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH ADOPTION OF THE VARIOUS DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY PLAN AND THE COMMUNITY PLAN ITSELF.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS DIANA LOWRANCE, WHO IS OUR PROJECT PLANNER, THAT PUT A LOT OF EFFORT INTO THIS.

AND I HAVE TO THANK HER FOR FOR TACKLING A LOT OF THE ISSUES COMING IN, ESPECIALLY HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROJECT. AND OUR CONSULTANTS ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL TO GET INTO ANY SPECIFIC DETAILS. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAXEY. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GO BY YOUR NUMBER ONE RECOMMENDATION AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY.

IT IS OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE OUR BREAK AND RETURN AT 11:40.

SO FOLKS WHO NEED TO EMAIL OR VOICE MAIL AND ON THEIR COMMENTS.

OK, IT'S 11 OK, ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS HERE WITHIN THE CHAMBERS.

SEEING NONE? DID WE RECEIVE ANY VOICEMAILS OR EMAILS.

SEEING NONE I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME, YOU ACTUALLY GOT AN EXTRA TWO MINUTES THAN WHAT THE CHAIR HAD SUGGESTED.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THREE MORE OR FOUR ITEMS. SO I'M LOOKING TO COUNSEL.

CAN WE INCLUDE THESE ALL IN ONE OR DO WE HAVE TO TAKE EACH OF THESE SEPARATELY AS A SEPARATE MOTIONS? SEPARATELY, BUT THEN YOU COULD GROUP THE REST.

YOU'RE SAYING THREE AND FOUR.

YOU COULD COMBINE THREE AND FOUR AS ONE ACTION.

OK. MR. CHAIR. OK, SO SINCE THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MARK HENDRICKSON AND STEVE MAXEY AND THEIR TEAM FOR GIVING WINTON THEIR FIRST COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATE IN 40 YEARS.

RIGHT. IT'S JUST HARD TO BELIEVE.

BUT ANYWAYS, SO WITH THAT, I WOULD MOVE ITEMS THREE AND FOUR UNDER STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE WINTON WATER SUPPLY ASSESSMENT, ADOPT CEQA FINDINGS OF FACT, THE STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS AND THE MITIGATION MONITORING PROGRAM.

IN ADDITION, CERTIFY THE FINAL EIR.

SECOND THAT.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR. SO I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE MENTION I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THAT WE ACTUALLY SAW YOU IN ONE OF THE PHOTOS.

SO YOUR PARTICIPATION IS REALLY GOOD.

SO I DO HAVE SUPERVISOR PAREIRA IS THE MOTION AND IT WAS SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS? I DO HAVE ONE. YES. OK, CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YOU KNOW, AS I LIKE TO COMMENT ON ALL THE COMMUNITY PLANS, YOU KNOW, [INAUDIBLE] LE GRAND AND PLANADA AS WELL ALREADY.

SO WITH WINTON COMING UP NOW, I KNOW THAT MARK AND STEVE HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB AND I COMMEND THEM ON THIS ONE TOO THEY ADDRESSED THE COMMERCIAL THAT, YOU KNOW, SMALL TOWNS NEED AND ALSO THE INDUSTRIAL SPACE THAT'S ON THERE.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, AS THE BOARD KNOWS, I ALWAYS STRESS THAT WE NEED COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL SPACE, YOU KNOW, ALL AROUND OUR COUNTY AND FOR MORE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS AS WELL FOR THE RESIDENTS OF EVERY COMMUNITY.

SO AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE COMING UP WITH BEACHWOOD FRANKLIN TOO I'LL BE COMMENTING ON THAT ONE TOO EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT.

BUT WE DO VOTE IT LIKE RIGHT NOW FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY PLANS AROUND THE COUNTY.

SO, I WOULD JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN MARK AND STEVE FOR A GOOD JOB ON THIS ONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR.

YEAH, WHAT FOLKS DON'T UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE POPULATION OF WINTON, WHICH IS AN UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITY, IT'S APPROACHING THE SIZE OF LIVINGSTON, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR CITIES AND LARGER THAN TWO OF OUR INCORPORATED CITIES HERE IN THE COUNTY.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO HAVE THE VOICE.

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THANK YOU, CHAIR. I REALLY DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. MAXEY AND IT'S MORE OF I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.

SO I JUST KIND OF LIKE AS YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, THESE WE HAVE A COUPLE INCORPORATED COMMUNITIES IN OUR COUNTY THAT ARE SIX THOUSAND, BUT WE SEE LIKE WINTON AND DELHI AND THEIR POPULATION. DO YOU EVER FORESEE THOSE COMMUNITIES EVER INCORPORATING? THAT'S A LOADED QUESTION TO ANSWER IN UNDER THREE MINUTES.

[LAUGHTER] THERE ARE SO MANY FACTORS THAT WAY INTO INCORPORATING I MEAN, BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND KIND OF THE LONG TERM CARE AND FEEDING THAT COMES WITH AN INCORPORATED COMMUNITY IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HURDLE.

AND THAT'S PROBABLY IF I HAD TO GUESS, WINTON'S SINGLE BIGGEST HURDLE, YOU KNOW, IS IT POSSIBLE SOMEDAY? SURE. YOU KNOW, IN A PERFECT WORLD, IF THIS COMMUNITY PLAN WAS BUILT OUT AND ALL THE COMMERCIAL AND BUSINESS PARK WAS BUILT OUT THEIR A LOT CLOSER TO THAT GOAL.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, IT'S KIND OF A TOUGH SELL THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A WHOLE LOT OF GROWTH THAT WOULD HAPPEN HERE IN THE VALLEY, ESPECIALLY HERE IN MERCED COUNTY THAT WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN TO SUPPORT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

PERFECT. AND THEN I GUESS IT JUST ADDS TO JUST THE WHOLE WE ARE BECOMING MORE OF THAT PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

TYPICALLY, YOU SEE THAT THE CITIES WOULD HAVE.

BUT AS OUR UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES ARE REALLY OVERTAKING THE SIZE OF SOME OF OUR INCORPORATED COMMUNITIES, LIKE, WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT EMPHASIS ON, YOU KNOW, THESE COMMUNITY PLAN UPDATES.

THERE'S A LOT MORE STUFF THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

AND IT'S GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE TECHNICAL, MORE AND MORE COMPLICATED.

AS YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE WINTON SCENARIOS OF WINTON AND DELHI OUTPACING WHICH THEY ALREADY HAVE, BUT EVEN OUTPACING SOME OF THE MEDIUM SIZED INCORPORATED CITIES.

JUST KIND OF A THOUGHT ON THAT.

BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE WORK.

AND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS IT'S A TESTAMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE HERE PROTESTING THIS COMMUNITY PLAN IS A TESTAMENT TO THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AND THE OUTREACH THAT YOU'VE DONE TO REALLY INCORPORATE THE COMMUNITY'S THOUGHTS AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE THEIR COMMUNITY TO LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD.

SO GREAT JOB IN ALL THAT.

THANK YOU AND TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM.

CHAIR RECOGNIZES SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

AND TO SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA, THERE'S KIND OF TWO PARTS TO THAT QUESTION OR TWO ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTION. AND STEVE HIT ON ONE.

THE SECOND ONE REALLY IS SALES TAX.

YOU KNOW, THE CITY THE COMMUNITIES DON'T GENERATE ENOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN I CAME ON THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A TASK THAT BOTH COMMUNITIES GAVE ME AND IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF AND THE BUDGETING STAFF.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THE RETAIL AND GENERATE THOSE TAXES, THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO BECOME A CITY.

AND IT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE.

YOU KNOW, YOU THINK AS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, A NUMBER OF HOUSES, BUT ACTUALLY ROOFTOPS, AS THAT NUMBER OUTGROWS THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OR THE RETAIL SIDE, IT ACTUALLY INHIBITS THEM BECOMING A CITY SO.

[INAUDIBLE] I CAN EVEN TOUCH ON THAT FURTHER CALAFCO THE CONFERENCE.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A SEMINAR ON JUST THAT.

COMMUNITIES WHO INCORPORATE AND I THINK IT'S BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE WE'VE HAD A COMMUNITY INCORPORATE AND THE CITIES WHO PRESENTED WHO HAD WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS ACTUALLY CAME TO CALAFCO AND SAID THEY WISH THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE.

SO TO YOUR POINT, THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

SO WITH THAT I DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ITEMS, THREE AND FOUR ON THERE.

SO WITH THAT I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. IS THERE ANY OPPOSITION.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

CHAIR. SUPERVISOR PAREIRA YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.

THANK YOU. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SECOND MOTION AND THAT IS THAT WE ADOPT A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PROPOSED WINTON COMMUNITY PLAN CP 16-003 AND THE GENERAL PLAN TEXT AMENDMENT TO OUR AMENDMENT NUMBER GPTA16-04.

IN ADDITION, I WOULD MOVE THAT WE ADOPT AN ORDINANCE FOR A ZONE, CHANGE ZC16-003.

WHICH CHANGES THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS FOR VARIOUS PROPERTIES WITHIN THE WINTON COMMUNITY PLAN BOUNDARY. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION.

SEEING NONE I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

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CONGRATULATIONS, SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

CONGRATULATIONS SO AT THIS TIME, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE OVER TO THE MERCED COUNTY DELTA-MENDOTA GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY MEETING.

CALL IT TO ORDER AT 11:51.

NEXT IS COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ITEM NUMBER ONE.

LOOKING AROUND, I SEE NONE, SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS AND WE'LL DO ITEM NUMBER ONE APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZE THE CHAIRMAN TO SIGN AN AMENDMENT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH GRASSLAND GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY AND THE GRASSLAND, CLARIFYING THAT MERCED COUNTY, DELTA-MENDOTA GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS PROPORTIONAL SHARE OF THE COORDINATED PLAN EXPENSES.

SO THAT IS THE ITEM.

WHAT IS THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD? OH, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE IT UP THERE.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY A SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS ON THIS? I WAS ALREADY DOING IT MANUALLY, SO I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE THAT.

SO WITH THAT, LET'S CALL FOR THE VOTE.

LET'S TALLY THE VOTE.

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE DELTA-MENDOTA GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY AGENCY MEETING AND MOVE BACK INTO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.

LAST IS BOARD REPORTS.

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I'LL START WITH DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA AND I WILL CHANGE IT HERE.

MR. CHAIR AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE INCLUSIONARY HOUSING PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR DISCUSSION ONLY IN THE FUTURE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BENEFITS FOR OUR CITIZENS OF MERCED COUNTY.

AS YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S GOTTEN WORSE IN THE LAST YEAR.

YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTIES WERE ALREADY HIGH.

AND I WOULD JUST ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS SO HIGH, YOU KNOW, RENTALS ARE SO HIGH. IT'S JUST MIND BOGGLING.

AND, YOU KNOW, LESS OF OUR CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO AFFORD A HOUSE OR EVEN PAY RENT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW. SO IT'S JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, YOU KNOW, INVESTORS ARE MOVING INTO THE VALLEY AND, YOU KNOW, NOT MOVING, BUT BUYING UP A LOT OF HOMES AND JUST RENTING THEM OR JUST FLIPPING.

AND AND JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME, I HAD A HOUSE THAT WAS PUT UP FOR SALE FOR THREE SEVENTY FIVE AND SINGLE STORY TWENTY ONE SQUARE FOOT FOR THREE, SEVENTY FIVE AND IT SOLD FOR 420 BECAUSE LIKE THERE WAS A BIDDING GOING ON THERE.

SO IT JUST YOU KNOW, BACK TO I DON'T KNOW HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GO BEFORE IF WE HAVE ANOTHER CRASH. SO YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE TO SEE AND THEN AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LOT OF FARM WORKERS, A LOT OF LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES IN THE VALLEY.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO SEE SOME TYPE OF AFFORDABILITY FOR THE FUTURE OF RESIDENTS OF THE VALLEY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE IN MERCED COUNTY AND SO, YOU KNOW, MY JOB IS HERE TO REPRESENT OUR CITIZENS. SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST LIKE TO PUT IT ON THERE DISCUSS AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN HAVE A FUTURE ORDINANCE ON JUST WHATEVER NEW DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, JUST INCLUDE ONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO THE BOARD WHETHER WE DECIDE ONE OUT OF FOUR, ONE OUT OF FIVE, ONE OUT OF SIX HOMES WOULD BE AFFORDABLE TO A LOW INCOME.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WOULD BE PLACED ON THE DEVELOPERS.

NOT ON US. SO, YOU KNOW, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO I WENT TO DEVELOPMENT AFFORDABLE HOUSING SEMINARS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BUT WE CAME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO ANYTHING WHEN I WAS IN LIVINGSTON.

BUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO SOMETHING HERE IN MERCED COUNTY.

SO, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I THINK I ALREADY TALKED TO MY SECOND COMMENT WAS ON HOUSE RENTAL AND

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IT JUST KEEPS GOING UP.

AND I THINK A YEAR OR TWO AGO THAT WENT UP A LOT.

AND NOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE'S NO LIMIT WHAT PEOPLE ARE CHARGING NOW FOR THESE DAYS.

IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, AND EVEN I GOT TWO RENTALS AND I FEEL BAD, YOU KNOW, INCREASING FIFTY DOLLARS. BUT SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST KICKING PEOPLE OUT AND GOING UP TO FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS PER HOME.

SO THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

SO AND ALSO WITH THAT, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE NEXT WEEK.

SO WE'VE GOT TWO MEETINGS BACK TO BACK.

SO JUST FOR THE INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC, MAY 18TH IS OUR NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA I'LL GO TO DISTRICT NUMBER TWO SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.

THANK YOU. I WANTED TO KIND OF COMMENT ON THE GROUP THAT CAME EARLIER, THE PEOPLE ADVOCACY GROUP. I THINK WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS VERY ADMIRABLE, BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE TOO STATE CENTRIC AND DOESN'T NECESSARILY DEAL WITH SOME COUNTY ISSUES.

I THINK IF WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF WORK TOGETHER WITH THEM TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FOR THEM TO FOCUS MORE ON COUNTY ISSUES THAT WE HAVE, I THINK IT WOULD BE WOULD BE BETTER.

AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO FOR US TO KIND OF WORK WITH THEM, AT LEAST IN SOME IN SOME FASHION, TO FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR THEM TO GET MORE COUNTY FOCUSED.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE DO THAT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STILL HAVE TO WORK ON.

I WANT TO SAY THAT I WENT TO THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT JOB FAIR LAST WEEK.

IT WAS REALLY COOL TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF COMPANIES THAT WERE THERE.

THEY SAID THERE WAS 350 JOBS AVAILABLE ON SITE, WHICH WAS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY COOL AND PEOPLE WERE JUST KIND OF COMING IN AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AND HOW THEY COULD WORK TOGETHER.

AND I MEAN, THE EMPLOYERS THAT I TALKED TO, THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TAKING ANYBODY RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL TRAIN YOU.

AND SO THEY WERE WELCOMING THEM IN.

SO, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING OVER THERE.

THE OTHER THING, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HEARD THIS QUITE A BIT WITH THIS VACCINE HESITANCY.

I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF WE COULD MAYBE AS A GOVERNING BODY OR AS A BOARD, CREATE SOME TYPE OF PSA ON THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING VACCINE, NOT NECESSARILY, TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO IT, BUT JUST GIVING THEM THE INFORMATION ON WHY IT IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT WE CAN DO. I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I'M NEVER GOING TO MANDATE ANYTHING LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO MAKE THAT DECISION. I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THERE'S A FEW OF US THAT HAVE THESE GREEN RIBBONS ON, AND THAT'S FOR MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH IS THIS MONTH, JUST PROMOTING MENTAL HEALTH AND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S HELP OUT THERE IF YOU HAVE ISSUES. I KNOW PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOK AT THAT ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL MOMS A HAPPY BELATED MOTHER'S DAY.

AND HOPEFULLY THEY HAD A GREAT DAY.

I DON'T WANT TO STEAL LLOYD'S THUNDER OR ANYTHING, BUT I WANT TO CONGRATULATE HIS DAUGHTER ON HER GRADUATION THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHICH IS A REALLY COOL THING.

AND THEN, FINALLY I WOULD LIKE TO WISH MY SON A HAPPY TENTH BIRTHDAY.

AND THIS IS HE'S OUT OF THE SINGLE DIGITS NOW.

AND SO THIS MORNING HE ASKED ME IF HE COULD DRIVE MY TRUCK TO WORK.

AND I SAID, NOT YET, BUDDY.

SO OR TO SCHOOL.

BUT IT'S REALLY COOL TO SEE AND I KNOW IT'S A CLICHÉ, BUT IT GOES BY FAST, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.

I'LL LOOK AT DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

YES. SO OUR YOUNGEST DAUGHTER, [INAUDIBLE] GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY THIS PAST WEEKEND. AND SO MY WIFE AND I AND ONE OF OUR OTHER CHILDREN WENT OUT TO CELEBRATE WITH HER. AND I'LL TELL YOU, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE BEEN OUT PAST ONE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW IN THE LAST PROBABLY TWENTY FIVE YEARS.

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WHEN YOUR CHILD ACCOMPLISHES THEIR GOALS, YOU'RE VERY HAPPY FOR THEM.

AND THEN THE SAD PART IS SHE IS GOING TO WE MOVED HER TO TULSA.

SHE IS GOING TO STAY IN OKLAHOMA.

SHE TOOK A JOB WITH CONTINENTAL GRAIN AND BARGE, WHICH IS A HUGE FAMILY OWNED COMPANY THAT WORKS WITH GROWERS, GROWS WHEAT PROCESSES AND SENDS IT ALL OVER THE WORLD.

SO JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR HER TO LEARN A MULTITUDE OF JOBS IN A BOOMING INDUSTRY.

VERY PROUD OF HER. AND THEN I WOULD I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE CONGRESSMAN COSTA, HE HELPED THE CITY OF GUSTINE GET A GRANT FOR A NEW FIRE TRUCK, FIRE TRUCKS TODAY ARE SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS KIND OF ON THE LIGHT SIDE.

AND SO ANYWAYS, HE WAS ABLE TO HELP THEM.

THE CITY COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT ON THEIR OWN.

AND SO ANYWAYS, HE DID A GREAT JOB.

THE WONDERFUL THING IS THAT THEY TOOK THAT THE FIRE, THE FIRE CHIEF BORELLI, AND HIS CREW DEDICATED THIS TRUCK TO CAPTAIN PAUL PAUL ROTONDARO WHO WAS KILLED ON HIGHWAY 140 THIS LAST YEAR. AND ANYWAY, SO IT WAS JUST YOU KNOW, THEY DID A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR HIM AND ACKNOWLEDGED ALL THAT HE HAD DONE FOR THE COMMUNITY OF GUSTINE.

AND SO IT WAS KIND OF NICE TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND FEEL THAT EMOTION FROM A COMMUNITY FOR A MAN THAT'S LIFE WAS TAKEN WAY TOO SOON.

AS SUPERVISOR PEDROZO MENTIONED, A FEW OF US ARE WEARING THESE LIME GREEN RIBBONS.

SINCE THIS PANDEMIC STARTED, I HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR PEOPLE TO GET OUTSIDE EXERCISE.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ONLY GOOD FOR YOU PHYSICALLY, BUT IT'S GOOD FOR YOU MENTALLY. AND AS SCHOOLS ARE OPENING AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT MORE, WE'RE FINDING THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FOLKS WHO ARE JUST STRUGGLING.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CAMPAIGN QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO TO END THE STIGMA.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SHARE THAT.

AND I HOPE THAT FOLKS OUT THERE WILL BE WILLING TO TO CALL.

YOU KNOW, SUICIDE HAS INCREASED.

THERE IS A NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION LINE.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO AGAIN SHARE THAT NUMBER.

IT IS 800 273 TALK, WHICH IS 800 273 8255.

AND NOW MORE THAN EVER, YOU NEED TO CHECK IN ON FOLKS, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THE YOUNG THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TROUBLE DEALING WITH AND ADJUSTING TO CHANGES IN SOCIETY.

AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT.

I THINK OUR DIRECTOR VALENTINE FROM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES AND HER TEAM ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. AND SO I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO HER FOR BEING PROACTIVE.

THERE IS A YOUTH LINE AS WELL.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER WITH ME.

BUT IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND SEARCH THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH YOUTH LINE, YOU CAN FIND THAT NUMBER. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THAT IS IT. THANK YOU.

SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST A FEW THINGS TO MENTION TODAY ON SATURDAY, MAY 22ND FROM 9:00 A.M.

TO 3:00 P.M. AT ESPANA'S IN LOS BANOS, WE WILL BE HAVING THE 10TH ANNUAL DEBBIE PAREIRA MEMORIAL BLOOD DRIVE.

DEBBIE AND PAUL PAREIRA AND HER FAMILY ARE REALLY GOOD FRIENDS OF MINE.

WE LOST DEBBIE NOW TEN YEARS AGO OR SO TO CANCER AND PAREIRA STARTED THIS ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE. AGAIN NO APPOINTMENTS NECESSARY.

IT'LL BE THE MOBILE UNIT THERE.

IT'LL BE DONE AT ESPANA'S.

SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANYBODY GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT THIS PAST WEEK OR LAST WEEK, SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL AND I WERE ON ZOOM CALLS WITH WASHINGTON, DC ON OUR ANNUAL ONE VOICE TRIP.

FOR, YOU KNOW, THERE ON EAST COAST TIME, WE'RE ON WEST COAST TIME, SO THEY STARTED ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND WENT SOLID TILL ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON. IT'S JUST REALLY IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD THING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND ADVOCATE ON BEHALF OF MERCED COUNTY, AND OUR SISTER CITIES THAT ARE WITHIN THE COUNTY TO GO ADVOCATE FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT TO US.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD TEAM.

A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE ON THE SO-CALLED THE VIRTUAL TRIP THIS YEAR.

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THE STAFF OVER AT MCAG DID A GREAT JOB, TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WHOSE OUR LOBBYIST FOR MCAG DID A GREAT JOB OF SETTING EVERYTHING UP.

SO JUST OVERALL, I THOUGHT A REALLY GOOD WEEK.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN NECESSARILY SIT HERE RIGHT NOW AND TELL YOU WHAT KIND OF WHAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY BRING BACK.

I THINK A LOT OF IT WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION BRINGING BACK EARMARKS, I THINK IT'S KIND OF THIS TRIP WAS A LOT OF WAS SETTING THE TABLE TO TRY AND FIND THOSE LITTLE NUGGETS FOR TRIPS IN THE FUTURE. SO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, THE TOWN HALLS, AGAIN, WE RAN THROUGH FIVE WEEKS OF TOWN HALLS, WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL MY COLLEAGUES ON DOING A GREAT JOB ON THOSE TOWN HALLS. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF THAT ARE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. BUT THE IT STAFF CEO'S OFFICE STAFF, JUST WORKING TOGETHER TO PUT ON AND I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I DID THE FIRST ONE AND SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL DID THE LAST ONE.

AND JUST TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY MADE AND THEY CAME UP WITH A PLAN, WE PUT IT OUT THERE, WE RAN THROUGH ONE AND THEN THEY MADE A FEW CHANGES, DID ANOTHER ONE, OH, THIS IS GOING TO WORK BETTER. JUST A REALLY GREAT JOB.

AND I THINK THAT I COULD ACTUALLY SEE A SCENARIO WHERE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT POTENTIALLY MAYBE WE COULD DO ONE BIG TOWN HALL TYPE LIKE A DEAL OR MOVING FORWARD ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AFTER WE DO OUR ANNUAL VIDEO AND WHATNOT.

I JUST THINK IT'S A WAY TO BE ABLE TO GET MORE PEOPLE ENGAGED.

I STILL LIKE THE IN-PERSON STUFF WAY BETTER, BUT IT'S A WAY TO REALLY LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE THERE WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO TRAVEL OR ANYTHING.

SO JUST REALLY GOOD, GOOD PROGRAM, I THINK.

AND I THINK THAT THE GROUNDWORK HAS BEEN SET AND ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS JUST DUPLICATE THAT. JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

I DIDN'T GO TO THE JOB FAIR, BUT I DROVE BY THE JOB FAIR IN LOS BANOS A FEW WEEKS BACK.

AND IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO WORK, A LOT OF EMPLOYERS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO WORK.

AND I SAW A LOT OF BOOTHS SET UP AT THAT JOB FAIR ACROSS FROM THE FAIRGROUNDS IN LOS BANOS. AND I OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO IN AND WALK AROUND OR ANYTHING.

BUT JUST WHEN I WENT BY THERE, A LOT MORE VENDORS THAN THERE WAS PEOPLE ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR WORK. SO JUST IT'S CHALLENGING RIGHT NOW.

AND I THINK THAT THE JOBS NUMBERS THAT CAME OUT RECENTLY ARE REALLY SHOWING THAT THAT'S JUST PEOPLE THAT'LL MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT, NO, IT'S NOT THE CASE.

BUT I'M SAYING WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE DO I GO TO WORK AND MAKE X HOUR, OR I MAKE NEAR X OR ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS LESS THAN X, AND I DIDN'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

YOU START TO HAVE TO WONDER.

I JUST THINK THAT WELL, I DON'T KNOW.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS SPENDING MONEY RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE SPENDING MY GREAT GRANDKIDS MONEY AND MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDKIDS MONEY AT THIS POINT. AND IT'S CRAZY.

SO IT'S JUST SAD BECAUSE YOU TALK TO EMPLOYERS, THEY'RE SCREAMING.

JOSH YOU MENTIONED IT EARLIER.

THEY'LL TRAIN YOU.

THEY'LL DO ANYTHING THEY ARE LOOKING FOR BODIES AT THIS POINT.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL GET BETTER.

AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS IT GOES BACK TO THE VACCINATION THING.

LOOK, IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY OTHER REASON TO GET VACCINATED, THE QUICKER THAT WE GET TO THE SEVENTY PERCENT HERD IMMUNITY, THE QUICKER THAT THESE EMERGENCY ORDERS GO AWAY AND WE GO BACK TO NORMAL. IF THAT'S NOT A GOOD ENOUGH REASON FOR YOU, THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD BE, BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING IN THE RED CATEGORY.

AND I THINK THAT I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS, IS THAT WE GOT THE SHAFT ON THE FRONT END OF OUR VACCINE ALLOCATION.

I THINK THAT TIMING WISE, THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON PAUSE HURT US, BUT WE'RE KIND OF DISTAINED. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR SISTER COUNTIES, FRESNO, LAST TIME I HEARD WAS AT LIKE 40 SOME PERCENT.

MADERA WAS IN THE MID TO HIGH, 30 PERCENT.

AND WE I THINK MAYBE NOW WE'RE BARELY BREAKING THIRTY PERCENT, MAYBE STILL IN THE TWENTIES. AND SO IF YOU NEED A REASON IT'S TO GET GOVERNMENT OUT OF YOUR LIFE BECAUSE THESE ORDERS, AS SOON AS WE CAN GET TO THIS HERD IMMUNITY, THESE ORDERS CAN EXPIRE AND WE CAN GO BACK TO DOING BUSINESS THE WAY THAT WE USED TO.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THANK YOU SUPERVISOR JUST ONE LAST COMMENT.

SURE. YEAH.

JUST A QUESTION MORE OF RELATED TO SUPERVISORS SILVEIRA'S COMMENT ABOUT BLOOD DONATIONS, WHETHER IF IT'S YOU KNOW, IF WE HAD THE VIRUS AND WE GOT THE VACCINE, YOU KNOW, CAN WE

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I KNOW THEY TEST FOR ANTIBODIES.

THEY DO TEST. WHENEVER YOU GIVE BLOOD, THEY TEST YOU.

YEAH. OK, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT.

COUNTY COUNCIL CEO BROWN.

NOTHING REALLY. CAN WE GET SOMETHING FROM YOU GUYS SOMETIME.

DO ONE VOICE IN WASHINGTON DC IN PERSON, IT IS VERY, VERY TIRING, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GET THE FLIGHT ON THE WAY HOME TO REST A LITTLE BIT.

AND I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW PROBABLY BY THE THIRD DAY, I THINK SCOTT AND I, BY THAT AFTERNOON, ABOUT TWO THIRTY THREE O'CLOCK, I THINK JIM EVEN CAME DOWN AND WE'RE JUST SITTING IN OUR OFFICES JUST WE WERE SO TIRED FROM IT.

BUT I GOT TO SAY, SCOTT, YOUR LEADERSHIP DURING THAT, IT WAS EASY FOR SOME OF US BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD A FEW SUBJECTS THAT WE HAD TO KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.

BUT SCOTT HAD TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT EVERYTHING.

SO EVERY TIME WE WERE IN EVERY MEETING, HE HAD TO FILL IN THE GAPS.

BUT, SCOTT, ONE THING THAT I GOT TO SAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF I TOLD YOU THIS IN PERSON, BUT EVERY TIME WE ENDED THE MEETING, SCOTT WOULD ALWAYS AN SOME OF THESE FOLKS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE JUST BUREAUCRATS AND THEY'RE FOCUSED AND THEY'RE NOT GIVING US ANY EMOTION OR ANYTHING. BUT AT THE END OF EVERY MEETING, SCOTT SAYS, NOW, LOOK, WE'VE GOT A NEW FRIEND IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

AND EVERY TIME THEY WOULD OPEN UP AND SMILE AND THEN THEY WANT TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH US. AND WE WERE TRYING TO GET OFF THE CALL.

BUT I WAS I WAS VERY, VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

THE LAST TOWN HALL WAS GREAT.

THE IT STAFF WAS FANTASTIC.

ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS FANTASTIC.

I DID GET A QUESTION FOR YVONNIA BROWN SINCE SHE HAD ATTENDED EVERY ONE OF OUR TOWN HALLS AND NOBODY EVER ASKED HER A QUESTION.

SO I MADE SURE I HAD A QUESTION IN THE QUEUE FOR HER.

AND I APPRECIATE WE MADE HER THE VERY LAST ONE.

SO WE APPRECIATE HER.

AND I THINK I MADE A MISTAKE, THOUGH, BECAUSE I WANTED TO GET ONE FOR OUR AG COMMISSIONER IN THE QUEUE.

AND SO WE NEEDED DAVE ROBINSON.

AND HE ATTENDED ALL THE MEETINGS AS WELL.

BUT I WANTED TO DEFINITELY GET HIM UP THERE ON THE HOT SEAT SO WE COULD ASK HIM SOME QUESTIONS AND TO NO AVAIL.

WE'LL GET THEM NEXT TIME FOR SURE.

BUT THEY WENT WELL, EVERYBODY, GREAT JOB.

I MEAN, THAT WAS A TOUGH HAUL.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING THOSE QUESTIONS LIKE THAT.

AND NOT ONLY DO YOU HAVE TO KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THE SUBJECT, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO KNOW WHO YOU CALL ON TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND SO THAT WENT REAL.

WELL, I'M TRYING TO THINK, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? OH, SO COMMUNITY PLANS WE ARE WORKING OUT AT BEACHWOOD FRANKLIN, I APPRECIATE THE OUTREACH. IT'S A LITTLE WITH COVID IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE, BUT WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT TO DO THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN OUR MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.