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THIS MORNING WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION MEETING AND STAFF WAS GIVEN DIRECTION ACTUALLY WILL BE GIVEN GOING BACK TO CLOSED SESSION AFTER THE MEETING.AND THEN I WILL LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
CAN WE PLEASE STAND? GOOD MORNING.
I THOUGHT I'D DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO DO THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS.
IT'S WHAT PRIESTS AND MONKS DO EVERY MORNING AND NIGHT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S WORKING. WELL, THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE INTRODUCTION ANYWAY.
TWO. THREE. NO, IT'S NOT WORKING.
CAN YOU CHECK? WE'RE RECORDING, SO OTHERWISE WE WON'T.
I MADE IT LAST NIGHT. IT'S NOT BAD YEAH.
OF COURSE, TO SAY THAT IT'S WORKING.
THERE WE GO. YOU HEAR IT? OKAY.
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT.
HEAR US, OH LORD, FOR THE GLORY OF YOUR NAME.
HELP US TO SERVE ONE ANOTHER OUT OF REVERENCE FOR CHRIST.
MAKE US SINCERE IN OUR LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.
YOU INSTRUCTED US TO LABOR AND TO EXERCISE DOMINION OVER THE EARTH.
MAY OUR WORK HONOR YOU AND SANCTIFY OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
OUR FATHER WHO ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.
THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.
AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
AMEN. INCREASE IN US, LORD, THE FAITH YOU HAVE GIVEN US, AND BRING TO A HARVEST WORTHY OF HEAVEN THE PRAISE WE OFFER YOU AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS NEW DAY.
WE ASK THIS THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES AND REIGNS WITH YOU IN THE UNITY OF THE DIVINE AND HOLY SPIRIT, GOD, FOREVER AND EVER. LET US PRAISE CHRIST, WHO GIVES POWER AND STRENGTH TO HIS PEOPLE.
AND LET US ENTREAT HIM WITH SINCERE HEARTS.
HEAR US, OH LORD, AND WE SHALL PRAISE YOU FOREVER.
YOU CALLED YOUR FAITHFUL ONES TO YOUR TRUTH, MERCIFULLY GRANT THEM FAITH AND PERSEVERANCE.
YOU PROVIDED BREAD FOR THE HUNGRY.
HELP US TO LEARN TO SHARE OUR RESOURCES WITH THE NEEDY.
GRANT BLESSED LIFE AND RESURRECTION TO OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP, AND MAY THOSE WHO HAVE BELIEVED IN YOU SHARE IN YOUR GLORY. LORD, MAY THIS MORNING PRAYER COME BEFORE YOU, AND LET THE FAITH ON OUR LIPS PROFESS THE WHAT WE WHAT WE PRAY IN OUR HEARTS.
I NOTICE YOU'RE ALL WEARING YOUR SHAMROCKS TODAY, SO WE'LL CLOSE WITH A PRAYER FROM SAINT PATRICK.
GOD OUR FATHER, YOU SENT SAINT PATRICK TO PREACH YOUR GLORY TO YOUR PEOPLE OF IRELAND.
BY THE HELP OF HIS PRAYERS AND INTERCESSION MAY ALL CHRISTIANS PROCLAIM YOUR LOVE TO ALL.
GRANT THIS THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, WHO LIVES FOREVER AND EVER.
THANK YOU SIR. OKAY, PLEASE JOIN ME.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
THANK YOU AGAIN, MONSIGNOR HARVEY.
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NON-AGENDA PUBLIC COMMENT.[PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK]
IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON 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 30 MINUTES TOTAL.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN.
THIS IS FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS ONLY.
YES. GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN AND BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WHAT IS A SUBVENTIC DEPARTMENT? THE DEFINITION OF SUBVENT IS TO SUPPORT OR ASSIST BY THE PAYMENT OF A SUBVENTION.
A CIVIL DEPARTMENT EITHER PARTIALLY OR TOTALLY SUBVENTS THEIR COST.
A TOTALLY SUBVENTIC DEPARTMENT IS NOT A DRAIN ON ANY OF THE COUNTY'S LIMITED GENERAL FUND DOLLARS, BECAUSE REVENUE COLLECTED WITHIN SAID DEPARTMENTS, SUBVENTS OR PAYS FOR ALL THE APPROPRIATIONS EXPENDED IN THE APPROVED BUDGET.
THAT'S WHY I AM DAZED AND CONFUSED THAT EVEN THOUGH I'VE PROVEN YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT MY TREASURY DIVISION IS 100% SUBVENTIC, WHY I MUST BEG AND SNIVEL FOR ADEQUATE SUPPORT TO FULFILL MY AUTHORITY AS THE ELECTED TREASURER, THE TREASURER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SAFE KEEPING OF THE $2 BILLION INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO AND THE ANNUAL REVENUE COLLECTIONS OF ALMOST $3 BILLION.
WHY ARE MY STAFF REQUESTS NOT CONSIDERED AS IMPORTANT AS OTHER DEPARTMENT REQUESTS WITH LITTLE OR NO SUBVENTION? I AM ALSO DAZED AND CONFUSED.
I MUST BEG AND SNIVEL FOR ADEQUATE STAFF TO SUPPORT MY ELECTED TAX COLLECTOR AUTHORITY, WHEN AS A FACT, MY TAX DIVISION HAS GIVEN THE CEO'S OFFICE FROM 2008 TO 2023, OVER $9,997,147 IN COLLECTED DEPARTMENT REVENUE SURPLUSES.
NONE OF THE MENTIONED $9.9 MILLION SURPLUS INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL $1 MILLION THE TAX OFFICE COLLECTED LAST YEAR, WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR SHERIFF ON AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL ASSET SEIZURE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE ALL AWARE OF.
TOMORROW I WILL SUBMIT MY PROPOSED BUDGET.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT MY PERSONAL REQUEST ARE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AFTER BEING IGNORED FOR YEARS.
THREE PROJECTS WERE INITIALLY PRESENTED OVER A DECADE AGO.
LAYING OFF WORKERS IS NOT THE SOLUTION.
REVENUE PROJECTS ARE THE SOLUTION.
LET'S NOT WAIT ANOTHER TEN YEARS TO FINALLY IMPLEMENT SMART REVENUE PROJECTS.
GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN ESPINOZA AND THE BOARD.
CHRIS SANTOS HERE REPRESENTING THE OFFICE OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN DUARTE.
THE CONGRESSMAN WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
THE HOUSE RECENTLY PASSED THE CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2024, WHICH INCLUDES $26.34 MILLION AND FUNDING, AT THE CONGRESSMAN'S REQUEST, TO MEET CRITICAL CONSTITUENT NEEDS FROM BUILDING VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPORTING LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS TO SHELTERING VALLEY WOMEN FROM DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
CONGRESSMAN JOHN DUARTE ISSUED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT ON ITS PASSAGE.
I'M PLEASED TO JOIN A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS TO PASS LEGISLATION TO FUND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN FISCAL YEAR 2024 THAT NOT ONLY CUTS WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT SPENDING BY $9 BILLION WHILE PRESERVING CRITICAL PROGRAMS, BUT ALSO INCLUDES MORE THAN $26 MILLION IN FUNDING AT MY REQUEST TO SUPPORT CRITICAL LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE, LAW ENFORCEMENT, ROADS AND WATER PROJECTS IN OUR DISTRICT.
CONGRESSMAN DUARTE ALSO RECENTLY LED A BIPARTISAN LETTER TO COMMISSIONER ROBERT CALIFF OF THE US FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ENCOURAGING THE FDA TO RECONSIDER EXPEDIENTLY THE ADDITION OF VALLEY FEVER TO THE CURRENT LIST OF TROPICAL DISEASES THAT QUALIFY FOR A PRIORITY REVIEW VOUCHER.
THE DISEASE IS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY.
NATIONALLY, HOWEVER, VALLEY FEVER IS CONSIDERED A RARE DISEASE.
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FEVER. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE FDA SHOULD QUALIFY VALLEY FEVER AS PART OF THE TROPICAL DISEASE PRV PROGRAM DUE TO IT BEING AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE FOR WHICH THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT MARKET IN DEVELOPED NATIONS, AND ITS DISPROPORTIONATE EFFECT ON POOR AND MARGINALIZED POPULATIONS.ACCORDING TO DATA COLLECTED BY THE CDC AND OTHER PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS.
IN LIGHT OF THE CURRENT STANDARD OF CARE, THERE IS A CRITICAL NEED FOR IMPROVED PRODUCTS.
ACCORDINGLY, THE CONGRESSMAN IS REQUESTING THAT THE FDA REVIEW ANY AND ALL NEW INFORMATION RELATED TO VALLEY FEVER AND MAKE A NEW DETERMINATION ON ADDING THIS DISEASE TO THE PRV PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTION, SO WE CAN STAMP OUT THIS THREAT TO THE HEALTH OF VALLEY FAMILIES.
ALSO, IT JUST CAME FROM A MEETING WITH THE LOS BANOS VETERANS.
WE JUST GOT APPROVAL FOR A TOWN HALL FOR THE WEST SIDE OF MERCED COUNTY.
AT VETERANS MEMORIAL HALL, 615 E STREET E AS IN ECHO LOS BANOS CALIFORNIA ZIP CODE 93635.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY IN LOS BANOS IN THE WEST SIDE.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. THIS MORNING, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS SHARE SOME STATISTICS THAT I THANK THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS FOR POSTING OR TO SENDING ALONG. MERCED COUNTY HAS A POPULATION OF 290,000 PLUS.
THIS INCLUDES CHILDREN AND ADULTS.
YOU KNOW, IN THAT PARTICULAR FIGURE, THEY FIGURED AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S INFORMATION ON THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS WEBSITE BUT ELIGIBLE TO VOTE OR TO REGISTER.
EXCUSE ME. ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER TO VOTE IS 172,000.
ALMOST 173,000 REGISTERED TO VOTE IS 128,287.
AS OF MARCH 5TH AT THE END OF THE DAY, THERE WAS A COUNT OF 18,887 PEOPLE WHO HAD VOTED ON THAT DAY.
THREE DAYS LATER, ON MARCH 8TH, THERE WERE 22,632 PEOPLE WHO HAD VOTED.
AND THIS IS A RESULT OF MORE BALLOTS BEING COUNTED.
RIGHT? SO IT HIKED UP THE PERCENTAGE TO APPROXIMATELY 17.64%.
AND THESE ARE MY CALCULATIONS ON THIS.
ACTUALLY THE LEAGUE OF EXCUSE ME, THE REGISTRAR OF VOTERS MANY YEARS AGO HAD A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME LEON MARTINEZ THAT WAS PART OF AN OUTREACH EFFORT TO GET TO THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE DROPPING OUT OF THEIR DEMOCRATIC RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO REALLY BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH THEM WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAVE A GOOD DAY.
HEY GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY ON THE DAIS.
MY NAME IS JESSE ORNELAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF MERCED.
BUT I'M NOT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IN THAT CAPACITY.
I'M ACTUALLY HERE AS AN ALLY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND A CHAMPION FOR THE YOUTH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
I WORK WITH YOUTH LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMING FOR THE COUNTY OF MERCED.
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REALLY ASK FOR ONE THING.AND THEN JUST KIND OF LET YOU KNOW OF THE JOURNEY THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON.
THE ASK THAT THEY HAVE, THEY'RE ASKING THAT THE COUNTY OF MERCED PUT TOGETHER A PUBLIC SAFETY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH SUBPOENA POWERS. REASON BEING, THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FROM THE COUNTY.
AND THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE DECISIONS THAT THE ELECTED SHERIFF, VERN WARNKE, IS MAKING AND HOW IT'S DEPRIVING RESOURCES TO YOUNG PEOPLE, AND ALSO HOW IT'S DEPRIVING RESOURCES TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S MONEY THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT WE FEEL IS THAT THEY'RE GETTING IRRESPONSIBLY.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE $800,000 FOR A HELICOPTER.
THAT DOESN'T WORK WHEN THE COUNTY DOESN'T EVEN CURRENTLY HAVE A PILOT ON PAYROLL.
THE YOUNG PEOPLE FEEL THAT IT'S IRRESPONSIBLE.
THEY'RE ALSO ASKING FOR OVERSIGHT ON THE DECISION MAKING THAT THE SHERIFF IS MAKING.
THEY FEEL THAT SOME OF THE DECISIONS ARE MAKING ARE IRRESPONSIBLE.
AND THAT AND IN SHORT, THAT THEY WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK INTO IT.
THEY DON'T. THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT THE SHERIFF IS THE PROBLEM.
THEY'RE NOT SAYING THAT THE COUNTY IS THE PROBLEM.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM, AND THEY'RE HOPING THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT THEM IN FORMING THIS COMMITTEE SO WE CAN GET DOWN TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM SO WE CAN MAKE GOOD FINANCIAL DECISIONS FOR THE COUNTY.
OKAY. THE JOURNEY THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO EMBARK ON, THEY'RE ON A JOURNEY OF RESEARCH.
RIGHT. AND THEY HAVE TWO CAMPAIGNS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
ONE OF THEM IS THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE COUNTY AND ALL THE AGENCIES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE LIVES OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO IMPLEMENT YOUTH PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES FOR WHENEVER THERE IS A YOUTH PROGRAM BEING DEVELOPED, A YOUTH SPACE BEING DEVELOPED, OR ANYTHING THAT'S IN BETWEEN THAT. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, I'M ALWAYS OPEN TO WHOLE DIALOG.
THE SECOND JOURNEY THAT THEY'RE ON IS THEY'RE ASKING THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR'S OFFICE.
I'LL GIVE YOU TEN MORE SECONDS TO FINISH.
THAT'S BHRS, PROBATION DEPARTMENT OR WHEREVER.
GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS SHERILYN RAWLS.
I HAVE BEEN HERE TWICE BEFORE, AND I HAVE SPOKEN OF INSTANCES THAT HAS HAPPENED LAST YEAR THAT SHOWED THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
I'M SPEAKING TODAY OF ANOTHER INSTANCE BEFORE LAST YEAR, JUST IN CASE THE SHERIFF WANTS TO SAY, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY, HE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING.
IN 2019 IN THE COUNTY, SOME OF MY ANIMALS WERE LET LOOSE AND THEY WERE DISCOVERED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
WE ROUNDED THEM UP, WE GOT THEM BACK, AND ONE OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES GRABBED THE KID NEXT DOOR BY THE SHIRT AND THREATENED HIM.
IF YOU DO THIS AGAIN, WE ARE GOING TO PUNISH YOU.
I DIDN'T KNOW THE KID NEXT DOOR HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT AT THAT TIME, BUT HE DID.
I WAS SUED FOR ANIMALS AT LARGE.
I WAS IN CRIMINAL COURT FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
I WAS IN CRIMINAL COURT WITH THE OTHER CRIMINALS IN MERCED COUNTY, AND IT OSCILLATED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN AN INFRACTION, WHICH THE COURT INSISTED AND A MISDEMEANOR.
THE COUNTY WAS TRYING TO MAKE ME PAY THE LARGEST SENTENCE THAT THEY COULD THROW AT ME.
EVEN THOUGH THE SUBPOENA SAYS DO IT, THEY DID NOT DO IT.
IT WAS RESOLVED BY THE JUDGE TEARING HIS HAIR OUT.
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YOU HAVE TO GIVE HER THE RECORDS.IT WASN'T LIKE I WAS ASKING FOR RECORDS OF SOME OTHER EVENT.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE HER THE RECORDS.
MY LLAMAS WERE SEIZED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THE COUNTY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO WIN THE CASE.
I HAVE ASKED FOR THOSE LLAMAS BACK FIVE TIMES.
NOW I'M SAYING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS NOT DOING THE JOB THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SHOULD DO.
SO THEY GIVE THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT MORE MONEY.
THE LIBRARY HAS TOO MUCH MONEY.
NO. IF YOU COULD FINISH YOUR COMMENT.
I'M THROUGH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, [INAUDIBLE] WITH THE HMONG CENTER. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNTY SUPERVISOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND CONTRIBUTION TO HMONG COMMUNITY.
IN FACT, NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO CELEBRATE 50 YEARS HMONG IN AMERICA.
IN MERCED COUNTY WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT LEAST 300 HMONG VETERAN WHO ARE LESS THAN 1% OF OUR COMMUNITY STILL ALIVE TODAY, TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE OUR HOMES IN MERCED FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE AND WANTED TO THANK ALL THE HARD WORK, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU TO CELEBRATE OUR HMONG VETERANS NEXT YEAR, 50 YEARS AND HMONG DAY, MAY 14TH.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU AND ESPECIALLY THE AUDIENCE TOO.
WE LOVE TO WORK WITH EVERYONE.
MORNING. YOU ALL. I HAVE A FEW ISSUES TO TALK ABOUT.
ONE IS THE PARK ON THE CORNER OF DRAKE AND LOBO.
THE FENCE LINE HAS BECOME A ADVERTISEMENT WALL FOR THE GANG GRAFFITI.
NUMEROUS TIMES, REQUESTING THE BOARD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND NOTHING. NO ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
WE'VE MADE A FEW NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS BY THE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MADE.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR KIDS TO SEE EVERY DAY? GANGS. GRAFFITI.
SECOND ISSUE IS THE 16 ACRES OF LAND THAT SITS BEHIND OUR RESIDENCE.
GOT THEIR TWO YEARS OF EXTENSION, WHICH IS TWO YEARS OF MISERY AND HEADACHE FOR US.
OUR CROPS ARE BEING DESTROYED, RODENT POPULATION IS RISING, WEEDS ARE GETTING TALLER, FRUIT OF OUR LABOR IS BEING DESTROYED DAILY.
AND WHAT IS FURR AND ELM AVENUE LLC DOING? NOTHING. I SPOKE TO SOMEONE TWO MONTHS AGO THAT WAS UP THERE THAT TOLD ME THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE OWNERS, AND I ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD PLOW OR DISK THE EDGE OF THAT 16 ACRES.
THE REPLY WAS IT WAS GOING TO COST HIM MONEY.
FLOODING THE RUNAWAYS SO THE GOPHERS DON'T COME FREE.
MONEY IS COMING OUT OF OUR POCKET.
SO WHY CAN'T HE DO US A FAVOR BY GOING AROUND THE 16 ACRES AND PLOWING IT, WHICH IS SOON GOING TO BECOME A FIRE HAZARD? THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY.
THANK YOU. HOPE YOU ALL CAN SAVE MY CROPS.
THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? I SEE NO ONE COMING FORWARD, SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED FOR NON-AGENDA ITEMS. WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 16.
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CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 16.PLEASE NOTE A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE IS REQUIRED ON ITEM TWO.
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OKAY, AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 16.ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SIX.
I SAID 16, RIGHT. SO ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA AND A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.
BOARD ACTION ITEMS, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE BOARD.
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ACTION ITEMS, BEGINNING WITH PUBLIC WORKS ITEM SEVEN THROUGH TEN.AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH TEN.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH TEN IS NOW CLOSED.
SO COMMENTS BY SUPERVISORS OR A MOTION.
OKAY. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. SUPERVISOR PEDROZO.
GO AHEAD. ITEMS 11 AND 12, OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR HEALTH ITEMS 11, 12.
NO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS 11 AND 12.
SO WE'LL CALL FOR A COMMENT BY THE SUPERVISORS OR A MOTION.
SUPERVISOR PEDROZO IS A MOTION SECOND BY SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL.
NEXT WE HAVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY SERVICES.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR HRS ITEM 13.
SO IN HIS HONOR, SHE'S CONTINUING THIS.
SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON HANDING OUT FOR FREE NARCAN, WHICH IS THE ANTIDOTE FOR OVERDOSES IN THIS COUNTY.
SHE IS PURCHASING SOME ITEMS. SHE GETS SOME OF THESE NARCAN THROUGH THE STATE.
SHE REQUESTS THEM, GIVES THEM OUT.
SHE MENTIONED THAT JUST THIS LAST WEEKEND, SOMEONE AND THEY JUST HAPPENED TO BE AT THEIR SHOP ON MAIN STREET, KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR, SAYING, I NEED SOME OF THAT NARCAN. I NEED SOME OF THAT NARCAN.
SO SHE HANDED IT TO THE PERSON.
LATER, THAT PERSON RETURNED TO SAY, WE SAVED THAT PERSON.
IN THE TIME THAT SHE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, SHE HAS SAVED MAYBE 22 PEOPLE, 22 LIVES.
I KNOW THAT THAT'S A SAVING A LIFE.
YOU KNOW, UNLESS IT'S SOMEONE RELATED TO YOU MIGHT BE IMPORTANT.
I THINK WE NEED SOME EDUCATION.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME MONIES THAT WERE RECEIVED BY THIS COUNTY.
THERE'S SOME MONIES, I DON'T KNOW THE AMOUNT, BUT I KNOW THAT I HAD READ SOME TIME BACK THAT THERE HAD BEEN A LAWSUIT AND THERE WERE SOME MONIES THAT WERE GIVEN TO COUNTIES, AND THAT THOSE MONIES ARE AVAILABLE AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO FIND OUT.
I DON'T THINK THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT OR MAYBE JUST RECOVERY SERVICES, YOU KNOW, NEEDS THIS.
YOU NEED PEOPLE WITH LIVING EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE SOME OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE, THEY CAN TEACH OTHERS PEOPLE THAT HAVE DEGREES HOW TO DO THINGS BETTER.
I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER GIVING THE ROBERT ROJAS FOUNDATION SOME SUPPORT.
SHE'S GOT A LOT OF WILL AND A LOT OF PASSION, AND SHE DESERVES OUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY, I HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE NOW CLOSED, SO WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT I MEAN SUPERVISORS COMMENTS OR MOTION.
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SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PEDROZO CALL FOR A VOTE.
RECORD THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
NEXT, WE HAVE A HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY.
AT THIS TIME, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR HSA ITEM NUMBER 14.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEM 14 IS NOW CLOSED, SO WE'LL CALL FOR MOTIONS FOR COMMENTS BY SUPERVISORS.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.
PLEASE RECORD OR GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA. RECORD THE VOTE.
NEXT WE HAVE COMMUNITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CD ITEM NUMBER 15.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO WE'LL CLOSE OUR COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEM 15.
AND WE'LL TAKE COMMENTS OR MOTIONS BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.
AT THIS TIME I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 16.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR ITEM NUMBER 16 IS NOW CLOSED.
COMMENTS BY SUPERVISORS AND MOTIONS.
MOTION SUPERVISOR PAREIRA SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.
RECORD THE VOTE. MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO.
THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
PLEASE NOTE A 4/5 VOTE IS REQUIRED.
OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 17.
SO THE PERIOD FOR BOARD ITEM NUMBER 17 IS NOW CLOSED.
I PUT THIS ON HERE AS A USE OF SOME OF THE SPECIAL DISTRICT PROJECT FUNDS.
THIS ITEM IS FOR THE JUNIOR OLYMPICS.
AND HERE IN MERCED COUNTY, THIS IS THE 78TH ANNUAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS, AND IT BENEFITS 42 SCHOOLS IN MERCED COUNTY PARTICIPATE IN THIS FROM THE AGES OF SIX TO 12 OR 13.
GOLDEN VALLEY WAS NO LONGER ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE.
AND SO IT WILL BE OUR EQUIPMENT AT MERCED COLLEGE, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE MERCED COLLEGE FOR THIS, YOU KNOW, AND JUST DOING A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH ON JUNIOR OLYMPICS I, FOR ONE, DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN JUNIOR OLYMPICS, BUT I SEE THE VALUE IN IT.
IT'S VALUES OF EXCELLENCE, FRIENDSHIP AND RESPECT.
EXPLORING OTHER CULTURES, DEVELOPING THE SKILLS TO BECOME TRUE AMBASSADORS OF THEIR SPORT.
AND THEN ALSO IT'S A WAY FOR KIDS TO GET OUTSIDE AND GET MOVING.
SO I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND IT'S A GOOD USE OF OUR FUNDS.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT ON THIS.
ALL RIGHT. ANY MOTIONS? MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PAREIRA.
SORRY, JOSH. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I WAIT. RECORD THE VOTE, PLEASE.
NEXT WE HAVE BOARD APPOINTMENTS ITEMS 18 THROUGH 21.
THIS WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEMS 18 THROUGH 21.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR BOARD APPOINTMENTS ITEM 18 THROUGH 21 IS NOW CLOSED.
THERE'S A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.
CALL FOR THE VOTE. SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL.
BOARD REPORTS. AT THIS TIME, I WILL HAVE BOARD REPORTS.
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THIS DISCUSSION.SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS REALLY QUICKLY.
LAST FRIDAY, MYSELF AND CHAIR ESPINOZA, ALONG WITH OUR COUNTY CEO STAFF AND OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS, MET WITH ASSEMBLYMEMBER ESMERALDA SORIA OUT IN PLANADA BEFORE THEY OPENED UP THE APPLICATION FOR THE RECOVERY CENTER.
AND I WENT OUT AGAIN YESTERDAY TO SEE THE JUST TO KIND OF OBSERVE AND SEE HOW THE ROLLOUT WAS AND HOW EVERYTHING WAS GOING, AND I HAVE TO REALLY COMMEND THE STAFF AND OUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID OUT THERE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY THEY THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING THROUGH.
SPECIAL KUDOS TO MICHELLE ROWE, WHO I MEAN, SHE WAS ON TOP OF EVERYTHING.
AND THAT'S NOT JUST MICHELLE, BUT THAT'S EVERYBODY WHO WAS THERE.
AND I THINK THEY REALLY SET UP A GOOD PROGRAM.
SO I REALLY I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT.
AND WE CAME UP WITH A VERY GOOD PLAN.
I HOPE WE NEVER HAVE TO COME UP WITH A PLAN LIKE THAT AGAIN.
BUT KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THERE TO DO IT, I THINK IS COMMENDABLE.
AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO ADJOURN FOR DAVE SERRANO, WHO IS A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LE GRAND.
HE WAS A FARMER AN ADVOCATE FOR SMALL BUSINESS AS WELL AS EDUCATION.
AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER ONE IS MICHELLE BUTTICCI.
MRS. BUTTICCI WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE SWEETEST LADIES YOU'LL EVER MEET.
HER HUSBAND RETIRED FROM GOLDEN VALLEY AS A CAMPUS LIAISON AND NOW WORKS AT THE OLM SCHOOL.
AND EVERYBODY LOVES MISTER MARIO AND HIS WIFE, EVEN THOUGH SHE COULDN'T REALLY MOVE AROUND TOO MUCH, THEY WOULD GO EVERYWHERE TOGETHER, AND SHE WOULD WAIT IN THE CAR WHILE ALL THE KIDS WERE GETTING PICKED UP.
THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS READ AN IRISH BLESSING.
BEING THAT I AM A MCDANIEL, I AM IRISH.
MAY YOU HAVE ALL THE HAPPINESS AND LUCK THAT LIFE CAN HOLD.
AT THE END OF ALL YOUR RAINBOWS MAY THERE BE A POT OF GOLD.
MAY THE ROOF OVER YOUR HEAD ALWAYS BE STRONG.
AND MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD.
WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN HONOR OF OUR ONE TIME SENATOR WHO TERMED OUT DICK MONTEITH.
HE WAS A VERY GOOD FRIEND A MENTOR, AND I THINK HE TOUCHED A LOT OF US HERE.
I KNOW MARK HENDRICKSON USED TO WORK FOR HIM.
SO IN HIS HONOR, I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN.
THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. A COUPLE THINGS TO WILL REMIND YOU.
MY TOWN HALL WILL BE AT THE GERMINO BUILDING ON APRIL THE 3RD, STARTING AT 6 P.M..
I WANTED THERE'S A HIRING EVENT GOING ON.
IT'S SPONSORED BY MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
A FEW BANKS HAVE JUMPED ON BOARD TO HELP WITH THE SPONSORSHIP.
THAT WILL BE ON APRIL 11TH, 2024.
TO 1 P.M. AT THE LOS BANOS FAIRGROUNDS.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT'S LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT TO PLEASE JOIN US OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, AS IT'S, YOU KNOW, I GUESS MISERY LOVES COMPANY.
AND WHEN YOU GET TO SIT AROUND THE ROOM WITH, THAT DAY, THERE WAS PROBABLY ABOUT 40 OTHER COUNTY SUPERVISORS THAT REPRESENT 40 DIFFERENT COUNTIES WHAT YOU REALIZE IS WE'RE ALL FACING A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES.
SO AND THEN THE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO SAY IS, IS JUST TO ADD ON TO WHAT SUPERVISOR PEDROZO SAID IS, I KNOW THAT I GOT REPORTED OUT THIS MORNING THAT WE HAD 163 RESIDENTS YESTERDAY THAT WERE OUT ON OUR FIRST DAY IN PLANADA.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO KEEP GETTING UPDATES ON THAT.
IT SEEMS. I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY ALL THE TIME, BUT I DO THINK THAT OUR TEAM PUT A GOOD PLAN TOGETHER IN RELATIVELY SHORT ORDER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT IN TERMS OF HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS.
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WE PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER RELATIVELY QUICKLY TO TRY TO HELP AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.AND THEN LASTLY, WHAT I HAVE, MR. CHAIR, IS I JUST WANT TO THANK MEL LEVEY AND IN HIS LEADERSHIP.
HAVING GONE THROUGH AN ELECTION LAST TUESDAY YOU KNOW, IT'S NEVER FAST ENOUGH, I GET IT.
IT'S JUST OUR SYSTEM WITH EVERYBODY GETTING MAILED A BALLOT.
THEY'RE DOING THEY'RE DOING THE GOOD WORK OF GETTING THE BALLOTS COUNTED.
AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY THAT, WANTS TO GO SEE, THERE IS A PUBLIC VIEWING AREAS AT THE ELECTIONS WAREHOUSE TO GO AND SEE HOW THE PROCESS WORKS. I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE TOURS OF IT AND AND IT'S QUITE AN AMAZING PROCESS.
AND I ALWAYS SAY I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT HAPPENS OUT IN THE PUBLIC WITH BALLOTS, BUT ONCE THOSE BALLOTS GET TO MERCED COUNTY, I'M STILL HIGHLY CONFIDENT THAT OUR ELECTIONS ARE BEING DONE WITH THE UTMOST CARE AND WITH THE UTMOST TRANSPARENCY AND VALUES AND MORALS IN THE WAY THAT WE'RE DOING IT.
AND SO, MEL, I APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I KNOW THAT I WASN'T UP FOR REELECTION IN THIS CYCLE, BUT I HAVE COLLEAGUES THAT ARE AND I KNOW MEL HAS BEEN VERY FORTHCOMING WITH DISINFORMATION AND TRYING TO MANAGE EXPECTATIONS ON WHEN THE NEXT VOTE COUNT IS GOING TO COME OUT.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU SEE SOME OF THESE DELAYS, BECAUSE YOU SPEND HOURS AND HOURS DOING SIGNATURE VERIFICATION, AND YOU CAN END UP WITH JUST A LITTLE STACK OF BALLOTS THAT THOSE MONSTERS THAT TABULATE, THEY CAN SPIT THOSE THINGS OUT REALLY QUICKLY.
SO THEY'RE UTILIZING THE TIME TO GET THROUGH AS MANY OF THE SIGNATURE VERIFICATIONS AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT WHEN THEY DO A NEW RELEASE OF BALLOTS THAT WERE COUNTED, IT'S ACTUALLY A MEANINGFUL NUMBER. IT'S NOT IN THE HUNDREDS, IT'S IN THE THOUSANDS.
SO BEAR WITH US AND IT IS COMING FORTH.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR ELECTION, YOU KNOW, OUR FULL TIME ELECTION STAFF.
THEY'RE IT'S KIND OF LIKE THEIR SUPER BOWL THAT LASTS FOR MORE THAN ONE DAY, AND THEY'RE GETTING THROUGH THAT AND THEN JUST WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT. AND I'LL HAVE SOME BETTER NUMBERS AS WE GET THROUGH THE ELECTION.
I'M GOING TO LET MEL AND HIS TEAM GET ALL THE VOTING COUNTED, BUT SOMETHING I WANT TO SHARE A FRUSTRATION, YOU KNOW, WITH SOME OF THE RULES THAT THE STATE PUTS ON US WITH THESE BY POPULATION, WE HAVE TO HAVE 311 DAY VOTE CENTERS.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY CENTERS THAT ARE OPENED UP 11 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION.
AND I'M ALL ABOUT LETTING FOLKS HAVE ACCESS, AS MUCH ACCESS AS THEY NEED.
BUT THE COST, THE FIRST WEEKEND THAT WE WERE OPEN, WE HAD THREE VOTE CENTERS, ONE IN LOS BANOS AND TWO OVER HERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE COUNTY AND FOR THE WHOLE COUNTY. AND JUST IMAGINE THE COST, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT FULLY STAFFED, ALL THE EQUIPMENT THAT'S THERE.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, THAT'S BORNE BY THE TAXPAYERS.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S, I DON'T THINK IT'S VERY EFFICIENT, AND I DO I KNOW THAT MEL IS ENGAGING HIS STATE WIDE ASSOCIATION, WHO'S ALSO ENGAGING THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN CALIFORNIA TO SAY, OKAY, THEY KIND OF CAME UP WITH THIS GRAND IDEA.
AND NOW THAT IT COMES TO BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO IMPLEMENT IT, IT'S NOT WORKING.
I'M OKAY WITH THE FOUR DAY VOTE CENTERS.
I THINK THOSE ARE HELPFUL FOR FOLKS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU WORK OUT OF TOWN AND WHATNOT.
YOU CAN COME IN ON THE WEEKENDS, THE WEEKEND BEFORE AND VOTE.
BUT THOSE TEN DAY, 11 DAY VOTE CENTERS ARE JUST NOT PRACTICAL.
AND SOMETHING THAT I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE THAT WE FIND WAYS TO CLEAN THAT UP.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU.
SUPERVISOR PAREIRA. THANK YOU.
WELL, I AM ONE OF SUPERVISOR SILVEIRA COLLEAGUES THAT IS UP FOR REELECTION, AND IT REALLY GIVES ME A LOT OF COMFORT THE THINGS THAT HE SAID ABOUT OUR ELECTION STAFF AND THE QUALITY OF THE WORK THEY DO IS IT'S VERY SETTLING FOR ME TO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION HERE.
I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT TO MY COLLEAGUES.
I SERVE ON THE MERCED COUNTY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BOARD ADVISORY BOARD, AS YOU KNOW.
AND JUST WE'LL JUST KIND OF THE LAST THREE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD I JUST KIND OF NOTICE A SHIFT, AND IT SEEMS LIKE SOME REALLY GOOD IMPROVEMENTS ARE BEING MADE IN OUR BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
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THE BALLICO AMERICAN LEGION AND THE WINTON VFW COMBINED, AND ARE DOING A CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGE FEED ON THE 17TH IN BALLICO AT THE HALL.AND AS I SAID BEFORE, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE YOUR OWN TOWN HALL FOR YOUR OWN DISTRICT, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME TO OURS AND GET YOUR CONCERNS HEARD OR YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. AND THEN FINALLY I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
ELECTION SEASON IS TOUGH AND SPENT A LOT OF NIGHTS OUT AND EVENTS, AND ANYWAYS, IT JUST FEELS GOOD TO HAVE THEIR SUPPORT AND AND PUTTING UP WITH MY GRUMPINESS WHEN I GOT HOME. THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR PEDROZO, HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.
COUNTY COUNCIL. ANY COMMENTS? NO. ALL RIGHT.
ROLL CALL. YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST A FEW COMMENTS THIS MORNING ECHOING SOME OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A TEAM THERE REALLY PROUD OF THAT EFFORT.
AND I KNOW THAT WORK IS STILL CONTINUING.
RIGHT. AND MOST RECENTLY THESE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
AND THEN, AS MENTIONED EARLIER THE PLANADA FLOOD RELIEF PROGRAM DID OPEN ITS APPLICATION PERIOD YESTERDAY MARCH 11TH EXTENDS THROUGH APRIL 20TH MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9 TO 7 P.M.
AND THEN ON SATURDAY, 9 TO 1 P.M.
THERE AT THE PLANADA COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO CERTAINLY OUR TEAM, OUR FULL TEAM IS THERE ENGAGED.
AND THEN ALSO SOME OF OUR PARTNERS THAT HAVE REALLY BEEN HELPFUL IN MAKING SURE THAT THIS PROGRAM IS DEVELOPED AND ADMINISTERED IN THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, SUPERVISOR MONTEITH, I THINK THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR MCDANIEL, FOR RECOGNIZING THE SUPERVISOR.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK UNDER HIM.
WAS SADDENED BY THE NEWS OF HIS PASSING.
SENDING MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS TO HIS FAMILY.
I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THE SAME COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, AS SUPERVISOR PEDROZO STATED HE WAS OUT THERE SUPPORTING THE PLANADA RESIDENTS WITH THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS THAT'S GOING THROUGH FOR THE $20 MILLION.
I ALSO WANT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OUR STAFF FOR DOING A GREAT JOB.
I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN DOING YOU KNOW, A LOT OF EXTENSIVE TRAINING.
THERE'S A LOT OF STAFF MEMBERS.
WE HAVE MORE THAN 16 STATIONS OUT THERE ABOUT WITH EMPLOYEES TAKING ALL THE APPLICATIONS.
I MEAN, IN THE PLANADA COMMUNITY GIVING THEM AN APPLICATION AND JUST INFORMATION REGARDING THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS FROM AGAIN FROM MARCH 20 OR MARCH 11TH THROUGH APRIL 20TH, IT WILL BE TAKING APPLICATIONS.
SO ANY QUESTIONS REACH OUT TO ME AND OUR STAFF.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE YOU KNOW, MANY EMPLOYEES THAT ARE BILINGUAL.
SO THAT WAY THERE WON'T BE AN ISSUE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF APPLICATIONS, DAY BY DAY AND AGAIN THE HOURS ARE NINE IN THE MORNING TO 7:00 AT NIGHT, MONDAY TO FRIDAY AND SATURDAYS 9 TO 1.
SO THAT'S A VERY LONG TIME FOR RESIDENTS TO COME IN.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE MANY RESIDENTS THAT BECAUSE OF THE FLOODS, THEY HAD TO MOVE OUT OF TOWN.
SO THEY'VE BEEN YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN REACHED OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW.
AND SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THAT COMMUNITY CASINO ANYWHERE, LIKE IT WAS STATED IN THAT MEETING ON FRIDAY SOME RESIDENTS MOVED AS FAR AWAY AS CHICO OR, YOU KNOW, CHOWCHILLA OR MANY COMMUNITIES AROUND INCLUDING MERCED.
SO BUT I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S THERE'S INFORMATION OUT THERE.
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SO REACH OUT TO ME IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT MY TOWN HALL IT WILL BE APRIL 17TH, IN THE CITY OF LIVINGSTON.
SO FOR PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.
SO THEY WERE ABLE TO ARRANGE THAT DATE.
SO THAT WAY MORE RESIDENTS ARE YOU KNOW, CAN REACH IN AND ASK QUESTIONS IF THEY LIKE OR COME IN.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT ON MARCH 20TH IN THE LIBRARY AT SANTANELLA WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FIRST MUNICIPAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THAT COMMITTEE.
IT'S BEEN ASKING FOR MANY YEARS TO HAVE A YOU KNOW, A LITTLE COMMITTEE TO WHERE THEY CAN COME IN, JUST LIKE PLANADA AND LE GRAND AND AROUND THE COUNTY SO THEY CAN COME IN AND HAVE THEIR LITTLE COUNCIL AND GIVE THEIR INPUT TO ISSUES AROUND THE COMPANY.
AT THE LIBRARY NEXT TO THE FIRE STATION IN SANTANELLA.
ALSO REGARDING SANTANELLA MADE SEVERAL REQUESTS TO MARK, I KNOW FROM FIRES HERE.
IF WE CAN HAVE THAT PROPERTY ON COMET STREET BE CLEANED UP.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS AN ISSUE REGARDING THE GRASSES WITH ALL THESE RAINS.
IT'S PRETTY TALL, AND IT'LL BE DRY.
AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS A HAZARD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF IT GETS A FIRE, ALL THOSE MOBILE HOMES ON THE LEFT SIDE YOU KNOW, ON THE RIGHT SIDE THERE, WE KNOW CAN WE CAN HAVE WE DON'T HAVE TRAGEDIES THERE TOO.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY SEND A LETTER TO THEM, TO THAT PROPERTY OWNER AND GET IT CLEANED UP BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY TREES AND COUPLE BUILDINGS THERE THAT THEY'RE BOARDED UP. BUT THERE'S DEAD TREES THERE, TOO, SO THEY NEED TO CLEAN THOSE UP TO PREVENT MORE FIRES.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A DESIGN BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM TO FOR THAT, FOR THAT PARK IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE'LL HAVE WE'LL DISCUSS THAT IN THE MEETINGS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE'LL BE APPOINTING I THINK THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD MEETING FOR TWO APPOINTMENTS TO MY COMMITTEE ON THE CHAIRS ON BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COMMITTEE AND THE COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE TWO APPOINTMENTS THAT THEY WEREN'T COMING TO THE MEETING.
AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE APPOINTING.
SO HOPEFULLY THE BOARD WILL SUPPORT MY TWO APPOINTMENTS IN OUR NEXT MEETING.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL YEAH, WE'LL BE RETURNING TO CLOSED SESSION.
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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.