>> WELCOME YOU TO THE MAY 24TH,
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2022 MERCER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING.[Call to Order]
WE HAD THAT CLOSED SESSION THIS MORNING AND STAFF WAS GIVEN DIRECTION.AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE INVOCATION AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
WE WILL HAVE AN INVOCATION LED BY PASTOR DAVE BRITTON OF THE NEW BEGINNINGS CHRISTIAN CENTER IN DELHI, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MR. HANSEN.
>> THANK YOU. WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN PRAYER? DEAR GOD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE AND BLESSING OVER OUR LIVES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GREAT LOVE AND BLESSING OVER EACH OF THESE, YOUR SERVANTS ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND STAFF, OUR SHERIFF AND HIS DEPARTMENT, THE FIREFIGHTERS, ALL OF THOSE WHO PROVIDE SERVICE IN OUR AREA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR FAVOR THAT HAS NO END, BUT LASTS FOR OUR ENTIRE LIFETIME.
FORGIVE US FOR SOMETIMES FORGETTING THAT YOU ARE INTIMATELY ACQUAINTED WITH ALL OF OUR WAYS, AND THAT YOU KNOW WHAT CONCERNS US, AND YOU COVER US WITH A SHIELD.
AS JABEZ PRAYED, OH, GOD THAT YOU WOULD BLESS US AND ENLARGE OUR TERRITORY.
LET YOUR HAND BE UPON US, AND KEEP US FROM HARM SO THAT WE WILL BE FREE FROM PAIN.
MAY YOUR BLESSING BE UPON EACH ONE AND THE BUSINESS THAT IS ENACTED HERE THIS DAY AND THE DAYS TO COME.
I ASK THESE THINGS IN THE NAME OF JESUS, MY LORD. AMEN.
>> OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE INVOCATION.
I APPRECIATE IT. THANKS FOR LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE AS WELL.
>> IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON
[PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK]
ANY MATTER OF PUBLIC INTEREST WITHIN THE BOARD'S JURISDICTION, EXCLUDING ITEMS ON THE BOARD'S AGENDA.TESTIMONY IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON AND 20 MINUTES TOTAL.
>> AT THIS TIME, I'LL PULL UP PUBLIC COMMENT, OUR LOVELY TREASURER IS WITH US THIS MORNING.
>> THANK YOU. YES, YOUR FAVORITE TAX COLLECTOR.
KAREN ADAMS, TREASURE TAX COLLECTOR HERE TO REPORT JUST TO FYI.
IF YOU'RE NOT A STREAMER LIKE ME, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE CALIFORNIA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY'S COMMERCIALS ON THEIR MORTGAGE RELIEF PROGRAM THAT THEY'RE KICKING OFF.
UNDERNEATH THAT PROGRAM, READY TO LAUNCH IS ANOTHER ARM OF IT, WHICH WILL BE THE ACTUAL PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PROGRAM.
IF YOU WERE BURDENED OR HAD ACCRUED TAXES PRIOR TO JANUARY 1ST, 2020, THE PROGRAM WITH A CERTAIN INCOME REQUIREMENTS WILL PROVIDE RELIEF FROM DELINQUENT TAXES.
THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY TREASURERS AND TAX COLLECTORS WERE WORKING WITH THE STATE, THIS AGENCY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDING ADEQUATELY BECAUSE WE, OF COURSE, DON'T ACCEPT PARTIAL PAYMENT, AND THAT WE'RE ABLE TO WORK AND MAKE IT A STREAMLINE PROCESS FOR OUR TAXPAYERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE DID ADD A LINK ON OUR WEBPAGE.
IF YOU CLICK ON IT NOW, IT SAYS THE PROGRAM IS YET TO BE LAUNCHED.
ONCE IT'S LAUNCHED, THAT INFORMATION AND APPLICATION PROCESS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR THE TAXPAYERS.
IT'S JUST AN FYI, IT'S AGAIN, A 150 MILLION STATEWIDE FOR THESE DELINQUENT PROPERTY TAXES.
BUT THAT WAY YOU CAN LET YOUR CONSTITUENTS KNOW. THANK YOU.
I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND I HAVE TO DIRECT THEM MOSTLY AT MR. PEDROZO, MY REPRESENTATIVE.
YOUR SUPERVISORS ARE ABOUT TO SPEND ABOUT $15.5 MILLION MOSTLY ON HUMAN SERVICES ADMINISTRATION FOR THE COUNTY.
I'D LIKE AN ANSWER BACK VIA MY EMAIL, WHICH I'M SURE YOU HAVE.
WHAT'S YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE TO ALLOW YOU TO SPEND MONEY ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR THE COUNTY THAT DOESN'T DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE WHOLE COUNTY?
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SECONDLY, MY GOODNESS, TAKE NOTES, RICK.[LAUGHTER] YOU ARE ALSO GOING TO BE SPENDING THIS MONEY, AND I WOULD LIKE YOUR HELP TO FIND OUT WHO IN THESE AGENCIES IS DIRECTLY SPENDING THE MONEY INCLUDING THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
FINALLY, IF YOU'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE MASS MEDIA PROPAGANDA OF FURTHERING VIOLENCE IN OUR SOCIETY WITHOUT PUNISHMENT, BY AND LARGE, ALL THAT MONEY YOU'RE SPENDING ON HSA IS GOING TO COME TO NAUGHT.
YOU'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS. THANK YOU.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[REPORTS/BOARD DIRECTION]
>> WE'RE DOING SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO TRY BOARD REPORTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
MY THOUGHTS ARE, IS AT THE END OF THE MEETING, MOST OF THE AUDIENCE HAS GONE AND THOSE WATCHING ONLINE ARE GONE AS WELL.
WE'LL GIVE IT A TRY. IF IT WORKS, WE'LL DO IT AGAIN.
IF NOT, I WILL GO BACK TO OUR OLD WAYS.
I'LL START TO MY LEFT, SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL.
>> THERE WE GO. MR. CHAIR, I KNOW I MISSED OUR LAST MEETING BECAUSE OF COVID.
I'VE RECOVERED, SO I'M BACK HERE AT THE OFFICE WORKING HARD, DID ALL THE PROTOCOLS BY MY DIRECTION OF THE CEO, I WANTED TO COME BACK EARLIER, BUT BY HIS DIRECTION, I WAITED IT OUT.
IN REPORTING OUT, I DO HAVE TO SAY THAT I ATTENDED THE 99 SUMMIT, WHICH WAS IN TULARE COUNTY.
I ALSO PARTICIPATED IN TULARE COUNTY TOWN HALL IN REPRESENTATION OF MERCER COUNTY AND THE 99.
I ALSO REPRESENTED YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN WASHINGTON DC ON THE ONE VOICE TRIP.
MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY COMMENTS ON THIS.
I FEEL LIKE HAVING OUR BOARD COMMENTS AT THE BEGINNING DOESN'T NECESSARILY ALLOW US TO REPLY TO OUR CONSTITUENCY WHENEVER THEY MAKE COMMENTS ON DIFFERENT THINGS, AND I LIKE TO COMPLEMENT SOME OF OUR STAFF AS WE GO.
USUALLY WE CAN COLLECT THAT AT THE END.
THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON THIS. BUT THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WELL, JUST LIKE THE THING THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ALL AROUND THE COUNTY AND THE COMMITTEE HAD PLANNED FOR THANKING ME ON THE RENOVATIONS OF THE WAY THE COMMUNITY PARK CAME UP.
BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT WASN'T ME, IT WAS OUR STAFF.
THEY CAME OUT AND SPENT THEIR TIME ASKING FOR RENOVATIONS TO THEIR PARK, AND CONTRIBUTING THEIR TIME AND COMMITMENT TO GIVING US INPUT ON WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE THERE.
OF COURSE, I THINK OUR STAFF ARE APPLYING THAT GRANT AND DOING A WONDERFUL JOB AND NOT JUST THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE GROUNDBREAKING AND THEN THE OPENING.
I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS IN A MEETING.
IT TOOK, I THINK EVERYBODY TOGETHER, TO BRING ONE WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PARKS.
SO WE GOT MANY PARKS THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BE RENOVATED IN MERCER COUNTY.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THOSE PEOPLE THEY CALLED IN.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR CONSTANTLY CALL ME ABOUT, HAPPY NOW WITH THE PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE WHICH IS TRYING TO EDUCATE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY ON ITS PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING INSTITUTE THAT EDUCATES THE PARENTS THROUGH A 15-WEEK PROCESS, AND EDUCATE THEM THROUGH, WE ARE AS GOVERNMENT HERE AND THE BOARD SUPERVISORS, EVERY COMMITTEE, THE CITY AND BOARDS, AND JUST ABOUT LIFE IN GENERAL.
I THINK IT EDUCATES THE PARENTS TO BE BETTER EDUCATED SO THEY CAN BE BETTER PARENTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES THESE DAYS.
ALSO IN REGARDS TO BOARD REPORT, I THINK I ALSO LIKE TO HAVE THE REPORTS AT THE ENDS WHERE WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE,
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LIKE JEREMY DANIEL SAID, SUPERVISOR, WE CAN TAKE THE INPUT FROM OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS OR UNIPOLAR COMMENTS, AND WE'RE ABLE TO RESPOND IN OUR OWN WAY TO THE COMMENT THAT WE GET.I ALSO LIKE TO REPORT THAT I, ALONG WITH SUPERVISOR JOSEPH, WENT TO A CONFERENCE IN ALASKA, BUT I DON'T HAVE MY NOTES WITH ME.
I'LL HAVE THE NOTES FOR NEXT MEETING.
>> THANK YOU. I WILL ECHO WHAT BOTH OF THEM SAID, BUT I WANTED TO JUST SHARE A QUICK IN REGARDS TO THE BOARD COMMENTS AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DOING TRYING TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT AND TRYING TO PUT IT UPFRONT AND EVERYTHING.
I GET THAT AND I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL.
I JUST THINK AS THE MEETING GOES ON, SOME THINGS COME UP THAT WE THINK ABOUT ALONG THE WAY AND ALLOWS US AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS SOMETHING ELSE.
BUT AS SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA SAID, WE ATTENDED THE NACO WESTERN STATES AND TO REGIONAL CONFERENCE THIS PAST WEEK, WHICH WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.
I ATTENDED A LOT OF THE RURAL BROADBAND AND HOW IT AFFECTS US, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO TELEHEALTH AND EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
ONE OF THE COOLEST THINGS ABOUT IT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE WERE IN ONE VOICE, WHEN WE MET WITH THE WHITE HOUSE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT HOW THE CITY OF GUSTINE WAS REALLY LACKING BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS DAIRIES AND AGRICULTURE SHIFTS MORE TO TECHNOLOGY, IT'S REALLY GOING TO START AFFECTING SOME OF THOSE COMMUNITIES.
WE REALLY IMPRESS UPON THEM THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT RURAL BROADBAND AND RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND REALLY INVEST IN THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
THIS WAS TWO WEEKS AGO IN WASHINGTON DC, FAST-FORWARD TWO WEEKS AGO AT THIS CONFERENCE IN ALASKA, COMPLETELY APART FROM EACH OTHER.
THE SAME GUY WHO WAS IN THE WHITE HOUSE MEETING, SOMEBODY ASKED HIM A QUESTION.
HE ACTUALLY BROUGHT UP GUSTINE AND MERCED COUNTY AND THE FACT THAT THEY'RE VERY MUCH AWARE OF OUR RURAL BROADBAND ISSUES.
I WENT UP AND TALK TO HIM AFTERWARDS AND HE SAID, YOU GUYS MADE AN IMPACT.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS STUFF BECAUSE THEY KNOW NOW THEY HAVE A BETTER GRASP OF IT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY COOL.
THE OTHER THING I HAD A LITTLE VOTING REGISTRATION ISSUE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND.
JUST CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS UP-TO-DATE AND EVERYTHING IS ALL GOOD.
SOMETIMES THINGS CAN GET A LITTLE CHANGED BUT MAKES SURE EVERYTHING IS ALL UP-TO-DATE AND EVERYTHING IS GOOD TO GO. THANKS.
>> I GUESS MR. CHAIR I JUST HAD A FEW ITEMS THIS MORNING.
FIRST, I DID WANT TO REPORT THAT AS EXPECTED, GOVERNOR [INAUDIBLE] DID RELEASE HIS 2022-23, MAY REVISION TO THE BUDGET ON MAY 13TH, 2022.
THIS INCLUDED HISTORIC BUDGET SURPLUS OF 97.5 BILLION.
ADDITION, THE ADMINISTRATION'S PROPOSED TOTAL GENERAL FUND BUDGET HAS ECLIPSED 300 BILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY SIGNIFICANT.
WHILE THE GOVERNOR DID TELL THAT THESE EXTRAORDINARY FIGURES, HE ALSO DID STRONGLY CAUTIONED THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT WILL RESULT IN REVENUE FORECASTS BEING EQUALLY UNCERTAIN.
AS A RESULT, THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED 37.1 BILLION IN BUDGETARY RESERVES AND PLANS TO PREPAY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN STATE DEBTS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL DEPOSITS TO THE STATES RAINY DAY FUND.
YOUR STAFF CONTINUES TO REVIEW THE LOCAL IMPLICATIONS OF THE MAY REVISE TO LOCAL PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ALONG WITH OTHER KEY PIECES OF LEGISLATION BEING CONSIDERED BUT I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF SUMMARY THIS MORNING.
THEN SECONDLY, I DID WANT TO JUST EXTEND MY APPRECIATION TO THE A COMMISSIONER, OUR LOCAL LIBRARIAN, AND OUR DIRECTOR OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES.
I DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THEIR OFFICES IN THE LAST WEEK, HAD A REALLY GOOD VISIT WITH ALL THREE DEPARTMENTS AS PART OF MY JUST GETTING STILL ACCLIMATED TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ALSO THEIR STAFF, A LOT OF GOOD DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION AND JUST AN OPPORTUNITY
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TO MEET AND GREET WITH SOME OF OUR STAFF.>> CAN YOU JUST BE NICE TO THE A COMMISSIONER?
>> I'M SORRY. [LAUGHTER] BUT AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY APPRECIATION. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. MR. HANSON NOTHING?
>> I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT LAST WEEK THAT I ATTENDED THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY POLICY CONFERENCE AND HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION WERE PROBABLY THE TWO MOST HIGHLIGHTED TOPICS ON THE AGENDA.
THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER TOLD US THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GENERATIONS, GEN XERS AND BABY BOOMERS AND I DIDN'T GET TO TIE IN TO THE CONFERENCE, BUT ANYWAY IT WAS INTERESTING, I GUESS.
ONE THING THAT I DO WANT TO REPORT IS THAT LEE ANN EAGER, WHO IS THE CHAIRWOMAN OF THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, MADE COMMENT THAT SHE SUPPORTED TAKING HIGHWAY 99 FROM FOUR LANES TO SIX LANES THE WHOLE WAY.
REALLY THERE'S A COUPLE OF PROJECTS IN MERCED COUNTY.
I KNOW MOST PEOPLE THINK THAT WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE FREEWAY HERE IN MERCED SAID RIGHT NOW IS WIDENING.
IT IS NOT IT IS JUST REDOING THE TWO EXISTING LANES.
ANYWAYS, IT WAS GOOD TO HEAR THE HEAD PERSON MAKE A COMMITMENT AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, I GUESS THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO THEN LAST WEEK THE SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL AND I WERE INVITED OR ACTUALLY, WE'RE ALL INVITED BUT ATTENDED A RECEPTION OF THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION THAT WAS HELD AT FRESNO STATE ALUMNI HOUSE.
THERE AGAIN SHE PLEDGE TO HER DESIRE TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED.
WE'RE REALLY THANKFUL FOR THAT.
NOW OUR DISTRICT CALTRANS AND HER OFFICE ARE WORKING ON A PLAN OF HOW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN ALONG WITH OUR ASSEMBLY MAN, ADAM GRAY AND HIS OFFICE.
JUNE IS ALL DADS MATTER MONTH AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE AND A LITTLE BIT [BACKGROUND] IF IT GETS PASSED [LAUGHTER] THERE YOU GO.
BUT ANYWAY, SO I JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LAMAR AND HIS TEAM FOR ALWAYS DOING WELL, TO KEEP DADS TRAINED AND UNDERSTAND THEIR ROLES.
IF THEIR PARENTS DIDN'T TEACH THEM, AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMEBODY THAT CAN COME ALONGSIDE THEM AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE GOOD DADS AND NOT ONLY TO BE GOOD DADS, BUT HOW IS THAT DONE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
THANK YOU, LAMAR. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR PRESENTATION IN A BIT.
THIS AFTERNOON I'M GOING TO BE WALKING IN DELHI WITH THE WATER DISTRICT MANAGER.
WE WORKED WITH SELF-HELP ENTERPRISES AND THE WATER DISTRICT OR I WORKED WITH SELF-HELP ENTERPRISES AND THE WATER DISTRICT TO PUT THEM TOGETHER.
THERE'S TWO LITTLE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT AREN'T HOOKED UP TO THE WATER SYSTEM.
MANY OF THEM ARE SO SMALL THAT IF THEIR WELL GOES OUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DRILL ANOTHER WELL.
IF ANY OF YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON CORNER STREET IN DELHI OR IN THE FLOWER [INAUDIBLE] AREA, ENCOURAGE THEM TO HOOK UP.
IT'S FREE NOW, IT COULD COST UP TO $25,000 IF THEY DON'T HOOK UP BY DECEMBER.
THEN ANOTHER, THIS IS JUST AN INTERESTING POINT.
THERE'S TWO DONKEYS THAT ARE BOTH CRIPPLED THAT ARE STUCK ON AN ISLAND IN LAKE MCCLURE.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT MERCED COUNTY BUT MID WHO IS HERE RUNS THAT.
MERCED IRRIGATION DISTRICT, A GENTLEMAN NAMED KENNY SHEPARD WHO MOST OF YOU KNOW, HE GREW UP HERE AND KENNY IS IN THE RACING INDUSTRY TIES IN WITH NASCAR AND HAS A PRODUCTION COMPANY IN ATWATER THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT, HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO GET A PLAN TOGETHER TO GET THESE DONKEYS OFF THAT ISLAND.
THE WATER IS RAISING IT ABOUT A FOOT AND I WOULD SAY WITHIN 10 DAYS THEY WOULD BE UNDERWATER AND THEY ARE SO CRIPPLED, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY COULD SWIM.
ANYWAY, A FEW YEARS AGO THERE WAS A DONKEY IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT AND IT TOOK A YEAR-AND-A-HALF FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO GET HER OFF OF THE ISLAND.
FISH AND WILDLIFE WAS THE MAIN LEAD.
THESE FOLKS GOT TOGETHER AND IN THREE WEEKS, THE DONKEYS WERE LOADED LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING THEY'RE BEING FERRIED ACROSS THE LAKE TO SAFETY.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO KENNY FOR DOING THAT AND WITH THAT WE WILL END BOARD REPORTS.
>> NEXT IS CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS 1 THROUGH 29.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
PLEASE NOTE A 4/5 VOTE IS REQUIRED ON ITEMS 4, 5, 23 AND 25.>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM NUMBER 10 INTO SEPARATE CONSIDERATION.
I KNOW WE'RE ALL WEARING THESE FOR BEHAVIOR HEALTH.
IF I CAN MAKE A SUGGESTION TO MR. HENDERSON AND MAYBE WE'LL
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GO BOW TIES IN REPRESENTATION OF ALL DADS MATTER NEXT MONTH.I CHALLENGE MY COLLEAGUES WITH THAT.
BUT IF I COULD ASK FOR NUMBER 10 TO BE CONSIDERED SEPARATELY.
>> OKAY. DID YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE COMMENT ON IT SEPARATELY OR DID YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON IT SEPARATELY?
>> I FIGURED WE COULD GIVE HIM MORE TIME BY HAVING IT.
>> MY FELLOW BLUE DEVIL OUT THERE.
>> WE WILL DO ITEMS 1 THROUGH 29 WITH EXCEL.
>> WE COULD HAVE HIM DO HIS PRESENTATION NOW AND THEN VOTE AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
>> WE CAN DO THAT. I CAN GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE HIM WHEN THEY'RE BRINGING OUT A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT.
>> YEAH, DUE TIME. I APPRECIATE.
>> I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION ON ALL THE ITEMS WITHOUT NUMBER 10 BEING TAKEN SEPARATELY?
>> LET ME PULL UP THE LINKS HERE.
>> THAT WAY I'LL KEEP IT A LITTLE MORE CLEANER.
WANT TO MAKE SURE LAMAR HAS ALL THE TIME HE NEEDS.
>> AT THIS TIME WELL, I'VE GOT A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND?
>> SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.
>> ARE THERE ANY DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE COMMENT ON THEIR ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. JOIN US.
>> WE'RE ABLE TO PUT IT. THERE YOU GO.
>> THERE YOU GO. WELL, THEN I CALL.
IT WASN'T SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO, WILL BE SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.
WE'RE GOOD. I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE.
THE MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE A PRESENTATION BY LAMAR HENDERSON ON ALL DADS MATTER.
[10. Adopt a Proclamation declaring the month of June 2022 as "All Dads Matter Month" inMerced County]
>> GOOD MORNING, AND THANK YOU FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO REPRESENT THE MERCED COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES AGENCIES FATHERHOOD PROGRAM, ALL DADS MATTER.
ALL DADS MATTER OFFERS ENCOURAGEMENT, SUPPORT, AND EDUCATION TO THE FATHERS AND FAMILIES OF OUR COMMUNITY OF HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE A HEALTHY AND INVOLVED FATHER FROM BIRTH.
WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT BY OFFERING SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. I THINK WE CAN GO BACK A LITTLE BIT.
SEVERAL DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT OFFER SUPPORT TO FATHERS, SO WE HAVE A WORKSHOP CALLED BOOT CAMP FOR NEW DADS, WHICH WE HAVE A BOOT CAMP FOR NEW DAD VETERAN, JOSH PEDROSO HERE WITH US THAT SUPPORTS FATHERS AND PREPARES THEM TO BE FATHERS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
WE HAVE AN AMAZING ALL DADS MATTER RESOURCE CENTER, WHICH IS LOCATED AT 3376 NORTH HIGHWAY 59, SUITE D, IN PARTNERSHIP IN THE SAME BUILDING WITH VETERANS SERVICES, WHERE DADS CAN COME IN AND GET SUPPORT, BE IT NAVIGATING DIFFERENT SYSTEMS OR JUST HAVING SOMEONE TO LISTEN TO OR JUST WORKING THROUGH SOME PROBLEMS OR SOME QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
WE ALSO OFFER MEN SUPPORT GROUPS, IN SPANISH ON MONDAY NIGHTS AND THEN ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS IN MERCED, AND ON WEDNESDAYS IN LOS BANOS, AND THOSE GROUPS ARE FACILITATED BY AN ALL DADS MATTER STAFF ALONG WITH A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER.
SO IT'S A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY AND A SAFE SPACE WHERE MEN AND FATHERS CAN REALLY GET THAT SUPPORT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE TRAUMAS THAT MAY BE CAUSING BARRIERS TO THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEMSELVES, TO THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR PARTNERS, AND ESPECIALLY TO THEIR RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING WORK COMES OUT OF THOSE VERY CANDID CONVERSATIONS.
I'LL ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A VERY EXCITING PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH MCOE HEAD START.
ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WE WERE APPROACHED BY HEAD START BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO ENGAGE MORE FATHERS BEING INVOLVED IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AT AN EARLY AGE, AND SO THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE THING THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON WAS HEALTH AND NUTRITION.
WE CAME UP WITH A VERY CREATIVE IDEA OF DOING WORKSHOPS THAT HEAD START SITES FOR FATHERS AND CHILDREN WHERE THEY MAKE HEALTHY RECIPES AND USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENHANCE THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
WE DO THINGS LIKE HOLD UP A TORTILLA AND ASK THE KIDS, WHAT SHAPE IS THE TORTILLA AND THEY ALL SAY A CIRCLE, AND OF COURSE THEY REWARD THEMSELVES BY KISSING THEIR BRAIN AND IT GOES LIKE THIS [NOISE] I KNOW,
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BUT YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW MANY DADS LOVE DOING THAT.THEN OF COURSE, MAN PLAYS WITH FOOD, IS THE TITLE OF THAT WORKSHOP, AND THEN WE DO ONE CALL MEN AND KIDS, MOVING AND LEARNING, AND IT'S JUST A FUN INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY WITH MUSIC AND INSTRUMENTS, OR KIDS AND DADS DANCE AROUND AND ENJOY THEMSELVES, THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THEY'VE WORKED OUT FOR 30 MINUTES.
THEN OF COURSE, SILLY SLIMY SCIENCE, WHERE WE OFFER SCIENCE OR INTRODUCE SCIENCE CONCEPTS AND THEY DO SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS.
THEY TALK ABOUT DENSITY AND VOLUME, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF, INSTEAD OF ASKING FOR WATER ASK FOR H_2O AND THE KIDS AND THE DADS ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.
IT'S JUST A GREAT, SAFE WAY TO ENGAGE AND INVITE FATHERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION AND I HAVE A VIDEO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
>> HI, MY NAME IS SUKHVIR JOHAL.
I'M A FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICE PROVIDER WITH MERCED COUNTY HEAD START.
>> COULD YOU TURN THE VOLUME UP A LITTLE BIT.
>> MAYBE DROP THE LIGHTS JUST A SMIDGEN.
>> I THINK THE PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL DADS MATTER HAS BEEN REALLY FRUITFUL FOR YOUNG MEN AND CHILDREN AS FAR AS NURTURING, EDUCATING, ROLE MODELING, CREATING LASTING MEMORIES.
MY FAVORITE EVENT IS WHERE THE PRESENTER ENGAGES THE DADS AND GETS THEM INVOLVED WITH THEIR CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY.
THE KIDS REALIZING, HEY, THIS IS MY DAD, GRANDFATHER, UNCLE, MY MOM'S SIGNIFICANT OTHER, AND HERE I LOOK UP TO AND THEY'RE GETTING UP AND BEING SILLY WITH US.
THEY'RE DANCING, THEY'RE MOVING. IT'S OKAY.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS STRUCTURE, IS NOT ALWAYS DISCIPLINE, IT'S NOT ALWAYS DO YOUR HOMEWORK.
IT'S LIKE HEY, THERE, KIDS AT HEART TOO.
>> VERY GOOD. THAT WAS A SUKHVIR WHO WAS A FAMILY SERVICE PROVIDER WITH CASTLE HEAD START, AND HE DOES AN AMAZING JOB.
WHAT'S REALLY ENCOURAGING IS THE DADS THAT SHOW UP.
WE'VE HAD WORKSHOPS IN AUGUSTINE, IN DELHI, AND THOSE AREAS WHERE WE CAN GET AN EXCESS OF 50 FOLKS SHOW UP TO DO THESE WORKSHOPS.
THE KIDS ARE SO EXCITED TO HAVE THEIR DAD TAKE TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY TO COME SPEND TIME WITH THEM AND REALLY SEE THEM IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
INSTEAD OF BEING THAT STOIC DAD THAT'S GOT TO HOLD UP THAT POSITION ALL THE TIME, YOU BEING SILLY, YOU'RE LAUGHING, YOU'RE HAVING A GOOD TIME, YOU'RE KISSING YOUR BRAIN, AND IT ENHANCES THAT RELATIONSHIP AND CREATES AN APPROACHABILITY FOR THAT DAD THAT'S ALSO MODELED WHEN THEY GET HOME.
ON JUNE 11TH THIS YEAR, 2022, FROM 5:00-8:00 WE PARTNERED WITH THE KIWANIS KIDDIELAND, THE MCOE HEAD START, AND WITH THE MERCED CITY PARKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES TO OFFER THE CELEBRATION OF FATHERHOOD EVENT.
IT'S JUST A FUN DAY AT THE PARK, A FREE COMMUNITY EVENT FOR FOLKS TO COME OUT WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
THERE WILL BE SOME SNACKS AND SOME PRIZES.
THERE WILL BE SOME MUSIC, THERE WILL BE FREE KIDDIELAND RIDES IN THE APPLEGATE PARK ZOO, WE'LL HAVE FREE ENTRANCE TO THAT.
THE MCOE HEAD START HEADS OUR PARTNER WITH US AND ARE DELIVERING A BALLOON ARTIST.
HE'LL BE OUT THERE DOING BALLOON ARTS. WE WILL HAVE BUBBLES.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN DAY TO CELEBRATE AND COURAGE AND JUST REALLY ENHANCE FATHERHOOD IN OUR COMMUNITY.
MERCED COUNTY IS VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND PROFOUND FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS NATIONALLY.
THAT'S NOT MY OPINION, THAT IS BASED ON THE REPORTS OF WHEN THE FED SENT FOUR EVALUATORS OUT TO MERCED COUNTY ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO.
THEY SPENT THREE DAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY MEETING WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, MEETING WITH SOME OF OUR PARENTS, MEETING WITH SOME OF THE DADS AND PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF THE THE ACTIVITIES, AND WHEN THEY LEFT, THEIR FINAL WORD TO US WAS WE'D BEEN ALL OVER THE COUNTRY LOOKING AT FATHERHOOD PROGRAM BUT WE'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS.
WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE, AND EVERYWHERE I GO AND EVERY TIME WE SPEAK OF THIS EFFORT, A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNTIES WANT TO DUPLICATE OUR EFFORTS.
ALAMEDA COUNTY, LA, RIVERSIDE, ORANGE, I GET A LOT OF DIFFERENT CALLS.
I GOT A CALL ON FRIDAY AND HAD A ZOOM MEETING WITH THE GENTLEMAN FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK WHO'S DOING SOME FATHERHOOD EFFORTS ON A GLOBAL LEVEL AND AFTER HEARING ABOUT OUR PROGRAM, HIS RESPONSE WAS, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS RESOURCE MAPPING FOR THREE YEARS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING TO HEAR THE WHOLE TIME.
WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE AND DYNAMIC EFFORT AND NONE OF THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE IF IT WASN'T FOR ONE, OUR COMMUNITY TRUST US AND THEY PARTICIPATE.
OUR GREATEST MARKETING TO ALL THE DADS WHO'VE ATTENDED.
I LOVE WHEN WE GET A DAD THAT COMES IN AND HE SAYS, WELL, MY BUDDY CAME HERE AND HE TOLD ME TO COME.
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THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE TRUST THAT WE BUILT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.ALSO, OUR LEADERSHIP, OUR DIRECTOR, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTORS, OUR PROGRAM MANAGERS AND OF COURSE, OUR SUPPORT FROM OUR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ARE CRITICAL, AND THAT'S THAT COMPONENT THAT OTHER COUNTIES ARE GOING TO HAVE A HARD TIME DUPLICATING.
THAT LEVEL OF SUPPORT ON ALL DIFFERENT LEVELS, SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'RE COMING UP ON NEARLY 20 YEARS OF OFFERING SERVICES IN THIS WAY TO FATHERS.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT FATHERHOOD AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO US, AND I WAS THINKING FROM AN AGRICULTURAL AREA BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE WE COME FROM IN MERCED COUNTY, AND I WAS THINKING TO GROW A HEALTHY SEED INTO A HEALTHY CROP YOU NEED FERTILE SOIL, YOU NEED SUNSHINE, AND OF COURSE, YOU GOT TO HAVE WATER.
IF YOU MISS ANY ONE OF THOSE THREE, THEN YOU WON'T HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CROP.
WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE OUR FATHERS AND OUR MEN AS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO GROWING A HEALTHY CROP UP, AMAZING CHILDREN OUT OF OUR COUNTY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I'M NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, SO IF YOU DON'T KNOW, JUST GRIN AT ME AND I'LL SAY, SORRY.
THE NUMBER OF INCARCERATION WITH KIDS THAT GREW UP WITH A DAD IN THE HOME WHO PARTICIPATES AND A KID WHO DOESN'T HAVE A DAD.
>> I DON'T KNOW THE LATEST DATA OFF ON THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I REMEMBER LIKE IN 2010, THE NATIONAL RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE POSTED DATA IN REGARDS TO THAT AND IT SHOWED LIKE 80 PERCENT OF INCARCERATED FOLKS CAME FROM HOMES WITHOUT FATHERS.
LIKE 70 PERCENT OF TEEN SUICIDES CAME FROM HOMES WITHOUT FATHERS.
TEEN PREGNANCY, VERY HIGH RATE CAME FROM HOMES WITHOUT FATHERS, AND WHAT'S AMAZING TO ME, AND I'M ALWAYS INTRIGUED BY THE FACT THAT WE SPENT LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS STUDYING THE IMPACT OF FATHERLESSNESS, BUT DO WE SPEND ANY MONEY STUDYING THE IMPACT OF FATHER INVOLVEMENT? THAT'S THE MESSAGE.
THAT'S THE MESSAGE TO ENCOURAGE AND INVITE FATHERS INTO THIS AMAZING MEDICINE OF AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR CHILDREN.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. THEN THE OTHER QUESTION IS ONE OF THE WORKSHOPS YOU DO YOU TALKED ABOUT DISCUSSING TRAUMA, AND SO DO YOU USE THE ACES, THE ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, A PART OF THAT?
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH DAVE LUKRICH, AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS HE WAS STARTING HIS EFFORTS IF WE WERE STARTING OUR EFFORTS, SO WE PARALLELED EACH OTHER THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND HAVE AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP.
THEY COME IN, THEY DO PRESENTATIONS TO OUR DADS AND OUR SUPPORT GROUPS, AND WHAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT ALLOWS IS IT ALLOWS THAT FATHER TO THINK, YOU KNOW WHAT, IT'S NOT WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME, IT'S WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.
HOW CAN I BUILD IN SOME COPING MECHANISMS AND SOME TOOLS SO THAT I DON'T INHERIT THIS LEGACY OF TRAUMA ONTO MY CHILDREN.
THEY'LL HAVE THEIR OWN, THEY DON'T NEED TO CARRY MINE TOO.
ABSOLUTELY, WE USE ACES AND ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE TRAUMA-INFORMED TRAINED.
>> THEN JUST ONE COMMENT AS I LOOK AT THE COLOR OF YOUR BEARD, IT SADDEN ME TO KNOW THAT SOME YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO RETIRE BECAUSE YOU JUST DO AWESOME WORK AND WE'RE FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU HERE IN MERCED COUNTY SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAVE AND I HAVE TO SHOUT OUT TO MY TEAM, SAM WRANGLE, EVARADO SALGUN, ADRIAN ESPINOZA, STEVE BOWERS, AND OUR OFFICE ASSISTANT, JOANNE RAMIREZ.
I'M REFLECTING THE PASSION THAT THEY PUT INTO THE WORK AS WELL.
IT TAKES A TEAM AND AS I SAID, OUR LEADERSHIP IS COMPLETELY SUPPORTIVE WHEN WE CAN ALWAYS GO TO THEM AND THEY'LL FIND A WAY, AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> YEAH. OKAY. SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL.
YOUR PASSION BLEEDS THROUGH IN WHAT YOU SAY.
I DO LIKE TO SAY THAT WHENEVER I DRAG LAMAR TO CONFERENCES, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS THE HIT OF THE CONFERENCE EVERY COUNTY WANTS TO IMPLEMENT.
BUT WE'RE THE ONES WHO HAVE LAMAR AND MUCH APPRECIATED.
LAMAR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN THIS.
YOU AND I HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME AND YOU REPRESENT EXACTLY WHAT YOU TEACH AND THAT'S THE BLESSING THAT WE HAVE HERE IN MERCED COUNTY.
LET'S NOT BE REMISS, CESAR, IS HERE TAKING PICTURES AND WE STOLE HIM TO THE THIRD FLOOR HERE IN THE BUILDING.
BUT HE WAS ALWAYS AT THE CONFERENCES AND SPEAKING WITH YOU AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DID TOO, CESAR.
IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU OVER HERE.
>> YEAH, LAMAR, THANK YOU. IN FACT,
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I THINK I SENT HIM A TEXT GOING, THIS ISN'T ALL THAT MATTERS, LAMAR MATTERS.THIS IS HIS PROGRAM. [LAUGHTER]
>> THANKS, LAMAR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME. SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.
>> THANK YOU. [NOISE] EXCUSE ME.
>> OKAY. I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING LAMAR'S DAUGHTER IN MY CLASS SOME TIME AGO AND GETTING TO KNOW LAMAR THROUGH MY TIME ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN JUST WITH HIS DAUGHTER IN MY CLASS AND THEN THROUGH MY TIME AS A SUPERVISOR AND THEN SPEAKING AT THE PROGRAM, YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR A BETTER PERSON TO LEAD BY EXAMPLE IN THIS REGARD.
THE LOVE THAT HE HAS FOR HIS CHILDREN, WE'RE ALL FATHERS UP HERE AND I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB THAT WE HAVE AND WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY.
KNOWING THAT YOU ARE OUT THERE CONTINUING TO BEAT THE DRUM AND CONTINUING TO TELL PEOPLE THE IMPORTANCE OF IT AND GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED, I THINK IS INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
I, FOR ONE, APPRECIATE ALL OF WHAT YOU DO FOR MERCED COUNTY AND WHAT YOU DO TO MAKE SURE THAT FATHERS ARE AWARE OF WHY THEY'RE IMPORTANT IN THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES.
BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I THINK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
I THINK ABOUT MY CHILDREN ALL THE TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT NUMBER 1, THEY HAVE, SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL TOLD ME ONE TIME AND HE SAID, WHEN YOUR KIDS FIND THEIR PASSION, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO LET THEM TAKE AND RUN WITH AND GROW WITH.
IT MAY NOT BE YOUR PASSION, BUT IF IT'S THEIRS, LET THEM DO IT.
I THINK ABOUT THAT AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, YEAH, SO IT'S FATHERS TALKING TO FATHERS AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT YOU INSTILL THAT IN A LOT OF DADS HERE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT.
>> THEN I WANT TO MENTION AS WELL THAT WE HAVE DIRECTOR BROWN IN THE HOUSE.
THANK YOU FOR MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM STAYS PARKING ON ALL CYLINDERS.
>> COME TO THINK ABOUT, LAMAR, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE SOCIETY, IT'D BE YOUR PROGRAM.
>> IF 80 PERCENT, IF WE COULD JUST GET EVERY DAD TO PARTICIPATE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, SOCIETY WOULD BE A LOT BETTER OFF, SO THANK YOU.
>> NEXT IS BOARD ACTION PUBLIC WORKS ITEMS 30 AND 31.
[PUBLIC WORKS]
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. PLEASE RECORD THE VOTE.
>> ITEM 32 IS FROM THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
[AG COMMISSIONER]
>> CAN I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE HIGH COMMISSIONER?
>> I GUESS WE PROBABLY OUGHT TO KNOW HOW MANY NUTRIAS WE CAUGHT LAST YEAR.
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL.
WE'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SEEING NONE, CALL FOR THE VOTE.
>> NEXT IS BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES,
[BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES]
ITEMS 33 THROUGH 36.>> OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.
THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. ALL RIGHT, I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.
>> NO WORRIES. PLEASE RECORD THE VOTE.
>> NEXT IS HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY ITEMS 37 AND 38.
[HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY]
>> I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO. THANK YOU.
I'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. PLEASE RECORD THE VOTE.
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MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.>> ITEM 39 IS FROM THE SHERIFF.
[SHERIFF]
>> OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL, A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.
I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. LET'S VOTE.
[LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT, PLEASE RECORD THE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, SHERIFF.
>> STAY TO THE END. [LAUGHTER]
>> THERE'S NO BOARD REPORTS AT THE END, SO YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO. [LAUGHTER].
> NEXT IS BOARD APPOINTMENTS ITEMS 40 AND 41.
[BOARD APPOINTMENTS]
>> OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR ESPINOZA.
I'LL OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
PLEASE RECORD THE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
>> I WILL CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.