* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] OKAY. [I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER] UM, EVERYBODY'S FINALLY HERE. WE'RE GONNA CALL THE MEETING ORDER AT, UH, 10 0 7. EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE. READY? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL PRESENT. COMMISSIONER PEDROSO, PRESENT AND CHAIR EO HERE. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM FOR TODAY'S BUSINESS AND MORE COMMISSIONERS MAY BE ON THEIR WAY. ALRIGHT. UM, NEXT ITEM IS THE CONSENT [IV. CONSENT CALENDAR] CALENDAR AND THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER, UM, 18TH MEETING. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. OKAY. GOT A MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PEDROZA TO, UH, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE SEPTEMBER 18TH MEETING. ANY DISCUSSION ON HIM? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. UM, UH, THIS IS THE PUBLIC'S OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT HAVE, UH, JURISDICTION OF THE, UH, COMMISSION IS IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE CARE TO SAY ANYTHING, SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS THE, UM, ANNEXATION. UM, BOB, CAN WE HOLD ON JUST ONE SECOND. MAAH CAN'T HEAR ONLINE. OH, OKAY. MALA, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW? OKAY. COULD BARELY HEAR HER, BUT YEAH. OKAY. WELCOME, MALA. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, WE ALREADY DID JUST THE PRO. WE, WE HAVE DONE THE PRELIMINARIES. UH, THERE WAS NO, UH, CITIZEN COMMUNICATION. NOW WE'RE ON PUBLIC HEARINGS [VI.A. Annexation No. 2025-1 to the Franklin County Water District (LAFCO File No. 0706) The proposal involves the annexation of 34.4 acres into the Franklin County Water District. The annexation area consists of 118 existing residential parcels located on the following streets: Tupelo Drive, Balsam Way, Poplar Drive, Lawn Court, Village Drive, the north side of Parker Drive, portions of Dan Ward Road east of Franklin Road, and portions of Franklin Road located north of Parker Drive. 86 of the parcels are already connected to the District's wastewater services and 32 parcels could be eligible for wastewater service in the future. The actions requested are to make an environmental determination that the annexation is exempt from environmental review under Section 15031 of the CEQA Guidelines, and approve, deny or modify the annexation.] AND IT'S ANNEXATION NUMBER, UH, 2 0 2 5 DASH ONE FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. UH, AN ANNEXATION TO THAT DISTRICT. UH, UH, BILL, YOU CAN HAVE THE FLOOR FOR THE PRESENTATION. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH, I HAVE A POWERPOINT FOR THIS ONE. WE, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO ANNEXATIONS TO THE SAME WATER DISTRICT, THE FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. AND, UH, IT'S AS TYPICAL WITH LAFCO. THEIR NAMES FOR DISTRICTS DON'T ALWAYS REFLECT WHAT THEY DO, AND SO THIS WATER DISTRICT ACTUALLY DOES SEWER. THEY DON'T DO WATER. SO, UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S FORMED AS A, UH, COUNTY WATER DISTRICT UNDER THE, UH, GOVERNMENT CODE. SO THIS APPLICATION IS TO ANNEX, UH, 43.4 ACRES INTO THE DISTRICT. IT INVOLVES COMPLETELY DEVELOPED AREAS, UH, WITH 118 EXISTING LOTS, UH, PUBLIC STREETS. AND THERE'S A COUNTY DRAINAGE BASIN FOR, UH, ONE OF THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT'S INCLUDED IN IT. THE PURPOSE OF THIS ANNEXATION IS TO ANNEX LAND THAT WAS ALREADY BEING SERVED BY THE DISTRICT. UH, IT'S, IT WOULD GET TO THE MAPS. I I WAS JUST GOING RIGHT TO THE MAP SO YOU CAN GET THE VISUAL HERE. YEAH. SO, UM, THE AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN RED ON THIS OVERHEAD IS THIS SPHERE OF INFLUENCE OF THE DISTRICT, AND THEN BLUE. AND THEN THE AREA BEING ANNEXED IS JUST NORTH OF A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH THAT WAS ANNEXED, UH, BEFORE IT WAS BUILT. UH, BUT THE SUBDIVISION THAT'S IN, ON THE WEST SIDE OF FRANKLIN ROAD IN THIS AREA, FRANKLIN HEIGHTS, WAS SERVED BY THE DISTRICT FOR SEWER WITHOUT ANNEXATION, AND IT WAS, WAS BASICALLY WHAT WE CALL AN OUT OF BOUNDARY SERVICE EXTENSION. AND IT WAS APPROVED AT A TIME WHEN LAFCO DID NOT HAVE TO APPROVE THOSE, SO THE DISTRICT COULD EXTEND SERVICES ON ITS OWN WITHOUT COMING TO LAFCO. AND SO THAT'S WHAT THEY DID. IT WAS A DISCONNECTED AREA, NOT, NOT CONTIGUOUS WITH THE CURRENT DISTRICT. SO AT THE TIME, UH, THE DISTRICT BELIEVED THEY COULDN'T ANNEX IT TO THE DISTRICT, AND I'M NOT SURE, I HAVE NO RECORD SINCE LAFCO DIDN'T PROCESS ANYTHING. I DON'T KNOW IF FLACO AGREED OR NOT. MAY MAY HAVE AGREED AT THE TIME. UM, 1979 IS WHEN THE SUBDIVISION WAS RECORDED. SO, UM, ANYWAY, THIS IS CORRECTING AN OLD, UM, ERROR BY NOT ANNEXING THAT AREA. AND THEN THE AREA TO THE, TO THE EAST, AND I'LL, I'LL PUT ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE IS, UM, EAST OF FRANKLIN ROAD. THERE WAS A COUPLE, YEAH, IT'S BASICALLY EAST OF FRANKLIN ROAD. THERE'S ANOTHER SUBDIVISION. GREEN LAWNS IS [00:05:01] DIRECTLY ACROSS FRANKLIN ROAD ON THE EAST SIDE, AND THEN SOME LOTS ON THE NORTH ON DAN WARD ROAD THAT MOST OF 'EM ARE ON SEPTIC, AND THERE ARE SMALL LOTS. UM, THEY'RE ON THE PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM IS THE CALLAM WATER DISTRICT. UM, SO THAT ALLOWED THEM TO DO SEPTIC AND, UM, WITH PUBLIC WATER BACK IN THE OLD DAYS, NOW YOU, YOU NEED TO LEASE AN ACRE OR, OR MORE. UM, SO OVER TIME, SOME OF THESE SEPTIC SYSTEMS FAIL, AND THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN CONNECTING THEM WITH OUT OF BOUNDARY APPROVAL ONE BY ONE. SO THIS ANNEXATION WILL ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO HOOK UP ANYONE IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY'RE READY. UM, BUT THE DISTRICT DOES HAVE TO INSTALL SOME TRUNK LINES TO, UM, SERVE THE, UH, GREEN LAWNS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THIS IS A BLOW UP OF THE LOT PATTERN. UM, AGAIN, THE SUBDIVISION WEST OF FRANKLIN ROAD IS, FRANKLIN HEIGHTS IS ALL CONNECTED ALREADY, AND SO IT'S THE EAST SIDE THAT'LL, THERE'LL BE NEW CONNECTIONS OVER TIME. SO, UH, THE PRESENTATION IN YOUR, AND IN YOUR EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT IS THE ANALYSIS, UM, FOR, UM, REORGANIZATION PROPOSALS UNDER 5, 6, 6, 6, 6 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE. AND, UM, THIS PRESENTATION WILL JUST GO THROUGH THOSE, UH, VERY QUICKLY. UM, OH, YES. AND I ALSO WANNA MENTION, BECAUSE THIS AREA'S INHABITED, UM, IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A PROTEST HEARING. UH, SO WE'VE SENT NOTICE TO EVERY LANDOWNER AND REGISTERED VOTER WITH THE NOTICE THAT THAT IS ALLOWED. UM, THAT IF YOU, IF WE DO NOT RECEIVE ANY OBJECTIONS BY THE END OF TODAY'S HEARING, AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY IN WRITING EITHER AT THIS POINT, UH, WE CAN WAIVE THE PROTEST HEARING AND GO RIGHT TO RECORDING LIKE A NORMAL PROJECT. SO, UM, WE'D HAVE TO HEAR SOME OBJECTION, WHICH, UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH, UH, POTENTIAL IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THAT AT THIS POINT. SO ANYWAY, UM, IF YEAH, IF WE CAN DO THAT, OR IF WE CAN WAIVE THAT, THEN THE, THE PROCESS WILL JUST GO TO THE STANDARD AND WE'LL, WE'LL RECORD THE ANNEXATION AFTER 30 DAYS AND, AND MOVE ON. SO, UM, THE FIRST ONE IS A DEFINITENESS AND CERTAINTY OF THE BOUNDARIES AND CONFORMANCE WITH LINES OF ASSESSMENT AND OWNERSHIP, AVOIDANCE OF CREATION OF ISLANDS OR PENINSULAS, AS WELL AS ALTERNATIVES. SO THE, THE MAIN ISSUE GOING BACK TO THE MAP IS THE, THIS IS A PENINSULA, UM, FOR DISTRICT LAND IN THIS, FOR THIS AREA STICKING OUT, BUT IT'S CONTIGUOUS TO, UM, LET ME GO TO THIS MAP. THE, ON THIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE THE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH IS ALREADY IN THE DISTRICT. THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ON FRANKLIN ROAD JUST SOUTH OF THAT SUBDIVISION. AND THEN THERE'S AN OLDER SUBDIVISION SOUTH OF THAT THAT'S IN THE DISTRICT. SO THERE'S KIND OF A HOPSCOTCH PATTERN OF DISTRICT IN THIS AREA, BUT EVEN THOUGH IT'S KIND OF A PENINSULA, IT'S CONTIGUOUS TO EXISTING DISTRICT TERRITORY AND EXISTING DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH. SO IT'S, UM, AND IT'S, IT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED SO WE'RE NOT EXTENDING INTO AG LAND OR, OR SOME FAR OFF SPOT THAT IT'S GONNA BE HARD FOR THE DISTRICT TO SERVE. 'CAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY SERVING IT. EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. YEAH, THE, UH, THE, THE RED, THE RED, THE RED WITH A STAR. THAT'S THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION. YEAH, THAT'S THE AREA THAT'S, THAT'S INVOLVED, YEAH. OKAY. AND THAT, AND IT'S SHAPED IN, IN A, IN A BLOW UP. THAT'S THE SHAPE OF IT, YES. IN THE RED, THE RED BOUNDARY. THAT'S FINE. OKAY. YEP. SO, UM, CONFORMITY WITH THE COUNTY GENERAL PLAN AND SERVICE DISTRICT SPHERE, UM, AND OF COURSE IT'S IN THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, AS I SHOWED ON THAT LAST MAP, THE BLUE BOUNDARY. AND THE PROPERTY IS ALL, UH, DESIGNATED, VERY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND ZONED R ONE BY THE COUNTY. AND IT'S, AGAIN, IT'S ALREADY ALL DEVELOPED. SO THE ZONING IS KIND OF INSIGNIFICANT BECAUSE, UH, EVERYTHING'S ALREADY BUILT. UM, AND IT'S ALL WITHIN THE, THE COMMUNITY PLANS BOUNDARY BY THE COUNTY AND THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, AS I MENTIONED. UM, THE NEED FOR SERVICE, UH, DISTRICT SERVICES, THE COST AND ADEQUACY OF SERVICE, INCLUDING WATER SUPPLY AND FUTURE NEEDS, AND, UH, EFFECTS OF THE ANNEXATION ON SERVICE LEVELS OF THE DISTRICT OUT OF THE 118 PARCELS, 86 ARE ALREADY CONNECTED. SO THERE'S ONLY 32 ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS THAT COULD OCCUR, UM, THAT THE DISTRICT WOULD NEED, UM, SERVICE FOR. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA HOOK UP PEOPLE ON A PARCEL BY PARCEL BASIS, EITHER WHEN THEY HAVE A SEPTIC PROBLEM OR IF THEY COME AND REQUEST IT. SO, UM, THE, THE ADDITIONAL, THE TRUNK LINES ARE THERE FOR THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, BUT IN ALONG VILLAGE DRIVE AND LONG COURT, UH, THAT'S WHERE THEY'LL HAVE TO INSTALL NEW, UH, SEWER TRUNK LINES TO, TO BE ABLE TO HOOK UP MORE HOMES. AND THOSE ARE IN THE GREEN LAWN SUBDIVISION ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, FRANKLIN ROAD. UM, THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC INTEGRITY OF AGRICULTURAL AND OPEN SPACE LANDS IS THE NEXT FACTOR. AND THE [00:10:01] ENTIRE AREA IS ALL DEVELOPED, AS I'VE MENTIONED. SO THERE'S NO CONVERSION OF OPEN SPACE OR AG, AND THERE'S NO IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING AG. IT'S ALL EXISTING CONDITIONS OUT HERE OF DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, PROMOTING THE BALANCE FOR HOUSING OF PERSONS AND FAMILIES OF ALL INCOME LEVELS AND RELATIONSHIP TO ANY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY. UM, AGAIN, IN THIS CASE, WE'RE NOT ADDING HOUSING OR BUILDING NEW HOUSING. IT'S ALL FOR EXISTING DEVELOPMENT. AND THE FRANKLIN BEACH COMMUNITY IS, IS RECOGNIZED AS LOW INCOME. SO THIS, THIS IS REALLY A BENEFIT, IF, IF ANYTHING, TO HAVE BETTER, UM, YOU KNOW, SANITATION WITH, WITH PUBLIC SEWER INSTEAD OF SEPTIC. UM, UM, THEN COMMENTS FROM AFFECTED PUBLIC AGENCIES. UM, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE COMMENTS FROM ANYONE FROM ALL OUR REFERRALS, EXCEPT FOR SOME COUNTY DEPARTMENTS LIKE THE SURVEYOR FOR CORRECTIONS TO THE MAP, WHICH HAD BEEN MADE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ASSESSOR'S INFORMATION AND THINGS. BUT THE, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE ANNEXATION CONFORMED WITH THE LINES OF ASSESSMENT, UM, NO ISSUES FOR PUBLIC WORKS. UM, AND THEN WE DID NOTIFY CAL A WHO'S AL ALREADY PROVIDING WATER TO THE CUSTOMERS OUT THERE. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A COMPANY, SO THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO LAFCO, BUT, UM, THEY, THEY PARTNER WITH THE, WITH THE COUNTY ON DEVELOPMENT IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, BY PROVIDING WATER. SO IT'S PRETTY ST PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UH, ANNEXATION. SO WE HAVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS, WHICH WOULD BE THAT THE, UM, COMMISSION FINDS THE ANNEXATION OF THE 43.4 ACRES WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER CQA UNDER, UH, SECTION 1 5, 3 0 1 EXISTING FACILITIES, UM, FROM THE C GUIDELINES. UM, AND PART OF THIS IS THE, THE, ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS ALREADY THERE. THERE'S SOME MINOR TRUNK LINES IN A COUPLE ROADS THAT WOULD GET ENCROACHMENT PERMITS FROM COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS. UH, SO THERE'S MAY BE SOME CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S ALL URBAN. IT'S ALL DEVELOPED AREA. SO, UH, TO GET THAT ENCROACHMENT PERMIT, IF, IF THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS HAS SOME ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THEY HAVE TO DO, THEY'LL, THEY'LL DO IT SPECIFIC TO WHAT, WHAT IS GONNA OCCUR THERE. BUT IT'S GONNA BE IN EXISTING PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, UM, UNDER THE ROAD. SO IT'S, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT NATIVE LANDS OR AGRICULTURAL LANDS. AND WITH THAT, THEN I HAVE JUST THE ACTIONS FOR, UM, THE COMMISSION TO MAKE WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN YOU'RE READY, AFTER YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. BUT THANK YOU. I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT, UM, 10 20. UM, ANYONE IN THE, UH, AUDIENCE CARE TO COME AND MAKE COMMENTS OR PROTESTS REGARDING THIS, UH, PROPOSED ACTION. PLEASE COME FORWARD. STATE YOUR NAME AND, UH, WHO YOU REPRESENT AND SO FORTH. UH, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS, WAIT A MINUTE. I GOTTA TURN ON THIS, UH, PULL MIC. IT'S ON ALREADY THOUGH. PODIUM, MIC IS ON. FIFTH. IT'S ON. SO THIS, UH, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JESSICA. IT, UM, I'M LEGAL COUNSEL FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. UM, NOTHING MUCH TO SAY. JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION TO THE COMMISSION FOR TAKING UP THIS, UM, QUESTION AND TO THE EO FOR HELPING US OUT WITH THE APPLICATIONS. UM, THE, UH, THIS AS, UM, MR. NICHOLSON VERY, UH, UH, APTLY DESCRIBED THIS WILL JUST HELP CLEAN UP SOME ADMINISTRATIVE, HISTORICAL, UM, ERRORS AND PUT THE DISTRICT IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE GREEN LAWNS IF AND WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED. UM, SO YEAH, THANKS VERY MUCH. AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY, YOU DON'T, UM, YOU DON'T, EXCUSE ME. YOU DON'T SEE ANY, ANY, UM, OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, IN, IN THE FUTURE THAT, THAT DO NOT WANNA HOOK UP TO THE SEWER SYSTEM. UH, DOES THE, UH, UH, DISTRICT DIRECTORS HAVE ANY, ANY PLANS OR ANYTHING TO KIND OF FORCE THEM INTO THAT? SO EVERYONE WILL BE IN IT? OR IS IT GONNA BE ON A COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY BASIS? AND AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, IT'S GONNA BE ON A COMPLETELY VOLUNTARY BASIS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PLAN RIGHT NOW. MAYBE DOUG CAN CONFIRM, BUT MM-HMM . I, I DON'T, I'M NOT AWARE OF A PLAN. OKAY. FORCE CONNECTION AT THIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? CARE TO SPEAK? SEE NONE. I'M GOING TO END THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 22 AND RETURN IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR ACTION OR DISCUSSION. COLLEAGUES, WHAT DO YOU PREFER? NO, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA. I THINK THIS IS VERY GOOD FOR THIS AREA. UH, AND I LIKE THE VOLUNTARY, UM, AGREEMENTS, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN AS THEY WANT TO, BECAUSE KNOWING THIS AREA [00:15:01] IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A HARD, HARD THING FOR THEM TO DO. I THINK MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE COULD LOOK AT GRANTS OR OPPORTUNITIES WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THAT HAPPENS TO, TO BE ABLE TO HELP THESE FOLKS GO INTO IT. 'CAUSE I THINK WE GET MORE PEOPLE ON THE SYSTEM. THE CAPACITY'S THERE, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE, IT MAKES IT EASIER AND CHEAPER FOR EVERYBODY ELSE GOING FORWARD. OKAY. THE, UH, ANYTHING ELSE MR. ROZO, YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO, I HAVE NONE EITHER. SO, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE, UM, TAKE ACTION ON THIS. VERY GOOD. SO DO WE WANT TO TAKE EACH OF THESE SEPARATE, OR ARE WE WANTING TO, CAN WE BRING THESE ALL IN A MOTION? THIS, FOR THIS, FOR THIS. WE WILL, EVERYTHING, WE'LL BRING ALL THESE, ALL THESE FINDINGS TOGETHER. OKAY. AND, AND ADOPT A MOTION TO ANNEX THE, THE, INTO THE DISTRICT. AND THEN WE'LL DO THE, THE STEPHANIE SCHOOL AFTER, AFTER THAT. OKAY. MM-HMM . SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOTION FOR THE FINDINGS. YEAH. OKAY. AND THE FIRST MOTION WOULD BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL, WHICH I PUT UP THERE. SO, OH, THERE IT IS. MOTION FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FIRST. SO THAT'S THE ONE EMBOLDEN, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. THE COMMISSION FINDS THAT THE ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 43.4 ACRES WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER CA, PURSUANT TO THE CA GUIDELINES SECTION 1, 5 3, 0 1, EXISTING FACILITIES. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PEDROSO, THAT WE FIND THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, UH, REVIEW HAS BEEN DONE WHERE, UH, WITHIN THE EXISTING, UH, CRITERIA AND, AND EXEMPT FROM CQA. UH, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. NEXT. THERE WE GO. UH, WE'LL MAKE A, AN ENTERTAIN MOTION THAT WE MAKE THE NINE DETERMINATIONS, UH, ASSIGN IT, UH, UH, SHORT FORM DESIGNATION ANNEXATION 2025 DASH ONE TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. ADOPT THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 7 0 6, APPROVING THE ANNEXATION AND AUTHORIZE LAFCO STAFF TO COMPLETE THE PROCEEDINGS WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE HEARING OR ELECTION, ASSUMING NO WRITTEN OPPOSITION IS RECEIVED AT THE HEARING. I SO MOVE. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL. SECOND. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER PEDROSO THAT WE ADOPT THE, UH, THE ACTIONS. JUST READ ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD, SINCE WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS, UH, OR ANY WRITTEN OPPOSITION, AND I'VE RECEIVED NO EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS IN OPPOSITION, UM, THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO SKIP THE PROTEST HEARING AND MOVE THIS ALONG MUCH, MUCH, MUCH MONTHS QUICKER. SO, AT, AT THE END OF THIS MEETING, THEIR TIME, THE PROTEST WAS, WILL BE OVER THEN, CORRECT? AT THE END OF THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WAS STOPPED BEFORE. THIS WAS ALREADY A COUPLE MINUTES AGO. THIS VOTE? YEAH. A COUPLE MINUTES AGO. SO, UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOOD AND EVERYONE WAS NOTIFIED. ALRIGHT. SO, UM, OKAY. EVERYBODY'S THOUGHT THERE'S NOBODY OPPOSED TO THIS, WHICH IS GREAT. ALRIGHT, WE'RE FINE THEN. OKAY. SO THE NE THE NEXT, UH, ITEM ON [VI.B. Joe Stefani School Annexation to the Franklin County Water District (LAFCO File No. 0705) and Waiver of the Application Processing Fees in Accordance with Government Code Section 56383(d) The proposal involves the annexation of the Joe Stefani Elementary School located on a 15.17 acre parcel at 2768 North Ranchero Lane into the Franklin County Water District. The District previously granted an out-of-boundary service extension to provide a wastewater connection to replace a failing septic system at the school, and annexation into the District was a condition of approval. The Commission is also requested to waive the annexation processing fees in the amount of $2,700 due to the fact that the processing of this application occurred as a result of a staff error in the processing of a similar annexation application in 2022 (identified as LAFO File No. 0692). The actions requested are to make an environmental determination that the annexation is exempt from environmental review under Section 15031 of the CEQA Guidelines, to approve, deny or modify the annexation, and to approve the waiver of application processing fees in the amount of $2,700 in accordance with Government Code Section 56383(d).] THE AGENDA THEN IS THE ANNEXATION OF THE JOE STEPHANIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO THE FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. WE'LL HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON THAT. ALRIGHT. YEAH. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A REDO. UM, THIS IS THE ANNEXATION OF THE, UH, JOE STEPHANIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, WHICH WAS, UH, PROCESSED, UM, BACK IN 2022 BY THE COMMISSION, UM, AND BY STAFF. AND IT WAS A TIME WE WERE HAVING A TRANSITION IN STAFF WHEN I HAD SOME SUPPORT FOR STAFF. UM, AND THEY WERE GETTING SHIFTED TO OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES. SO THIS FILE WAS IN PROCESS AND, UM, IN MOVING SPACES, UH, AND MY LACK OF OVERSIGHT TO TRACK IT MYSELF, UM, IT JUST DISAPPEARED. UH, THE FILE DISAPPEARED, NOT THE COMPUTER RECORDS, BUT THE PAPER FILE. SO WE NEVER RECORDED IT. AND UNDER THE, UH, CORTEZ KNOX HERBERG ACT, AFTER THE COMMISSION'S APPROVAL, YOU HAVE 12 MONTHS TO RECORD THE ANNEXATION. AND WE DID NOT RECORD IT WITHIN 12 MONTHS. SO WE, WE, UH, ARE REPROCESSING IT. UH, THE SCHOOL HAS BEEN CONNECTED TO THE SEWER SYSTEM SINCE 2019 OUT OF, WITH AN OUT OF BOUNDARY EXTENSION FOR UNDER EMERGENCY CONDITIONS WITH THEIR SEPTIC FAILING. SO THIS IS REALLY A CLEANUP ACTION, AND WE'RE GOING TO, SINCE IT'S A, IT'S A RE-APPROVAL, YOU HAVE, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE FINDINGS AND ALL THAT. UM, BUT IT IS CLEANING UP THE ACTION. AN UNUSUAL, UM, PART OF THIS IS, I'LL JUST PUT AN OVERHEAD HERE, IS, [00:20:01] UM, THIS EXPLAINING WHAT I JUST SAID. THE LAST PART OF IT IS BECAUSE THE APP, THE, THE DISTRICT ALREADY PAID FOR THE APPLICATION PREVIOUSLY, AND, AND IT WAS AT NO FAULT OF THEIRS THAT IT DIDN'T GET RECORDED. UM, AND IT WOULD'VE NORMALLY BEEN RECORDED. I JUST POINT THIS OUT FOR ANY SUBDIVISION, ANY, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, ANY, ANYTIME A CITY OR A DISTRICT IS ANNEXING SOMETHING FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER WOULD BE REMINDING US. UM, AND THE DISTRICT TOO IMMEDIATELY, LIKE, HEY, OKAY, GET THIS THING RECORDED ALREADY, UM, AS WE HAD WITH LIKE THE VIRGINIA SMITH TRUST PROPERTY. UH, BUT THIS ONE, IT WAS ALREADY BEING SERVED. SO THERE, THIS WAS A FORMALITY JUST TO PUT IT IN THE DISTRICT. SO NO ONE WAS REALLY, UM, ALERTING US EITHER TO IT. SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY IT KIND OF JUST FELL BY THE WAYSIDE. SO, UH, THAT ANY, ANY EVENT, WE, WE, UH, DID NOT AS STAFF, WE DID NOT REQUIRE THEM TO SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION FEE TO, TO CORRECT OUR MISTAKE AS STAFF. AND SO THERE'S FINDINGS FOR THE COMMISSION TO MAKE, UM, TO SUPPORT THE, JUST JUSTIFICATION OF WAIVING THE PROCESSING FEES. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT ON YOUR ACTION WHEN IT, WHEN IT, UM, WE GET TO THAT PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST WHERE THE SCHOOL'S LOCATED IN, IN RED. UM, WE DID, WHEN WE ANNEXED THE SCHOOL, IT HAD TO BE PUT IN THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE. SO WE DID, THE COMMISSION DID APPROVE THAT, AND IT ALSO EXPANDED THE SPHERE TO INCLUDE THE YELLOW. THERE'S FOUR ONE ACRE LOTS TO THE NORTH, WHICH ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DOWNWARD ROAD. AND THIS AREA IS JUST TO THE EAST. UM, THERE OF THAT ANNEXATION THAT WE JUST, YOU JUST APPROVED, UM, WITH, IN BETWEEN THAT AREA IS, IS ONE ACRE, LOTS ON SEPTIC. AND, UM, WELL, SOME OF 'EM MAY BE ON, ON THE CALLAM WATER, BUT THEY'RE ALL IN SEPTIC. AND SO THEY'RE NOT IN THE, IN THE SPHERE OF THE DISTRICT RIGHT NOW EITHER. BUT THIS, BOTH THESE PROPERTIES WERE PUT IN THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, UH, PREVIOUSLY, AND THAT DIDN'T REQUIRE RECORDING. SO THERE WAS NO, UM, THERE, THERE WAS NO NEED TO REDO THE SPHERE. SO WE'RE STRICTLY JUST DEALING WITH THE ANNEXATION OF THE SCHOOL PROPERTY ITSELF. UM, AND THIS JUST SHOWS THE BOUNDARY OF THE SCHOOL WITHIN THIS RURAL RESIDENTIAL CENTER OF THE COUNTY BECAUSE OF THE ONE ACRE LOTS. IT'S, THAT'S BEEN THE DESIGNATION BY THE COUNTY OF IT, BUT AGAIN, THE SCHOOL'S ALREADY BUILT AND OCCUPIED. AND THEN WE HAVE THESE FACTORS AGAIN UNDER 5, 6, 6, 6, 6 OF THE CORTEZ KNOX HERBERG ACT. I JUST KIND OF BLAST THROUGH 'EM HERE. UM, CONFIRMING THE BOUNDARIES. WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE SAME BOUNDARY APPROVED BEFORE THE, THE COUNTY OF SURVEYOR IS ALREADY, UH, ACCEPTED IT. AND IT'S JUST THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT THE SCHOOL PROPERTY RUN BY THE METTE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND IT CONFORMS TO THE LINES OF ASSESSMENT AND OWNERSHIP. UM, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING OF THE PROPERTY. AND IT'S WITHIN THE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, AS I JUST MENTIONED. UM, IT'S RES RURAL RESIDENTIAL, UM, DESIGNATION IN THE COUNTY'S GENERAL PLAN. AND IT'S OF COURSE IN THIS SOI, UM, THE NEED FOR DISTRICT SERVICES. AGAIN, THERE'S NO NEW SERVICES REQUIRED THAT THE SEWER EXPANSION WAS ALREADY PROVIDED WAY BACK IN 2019. SO THIS IS JUST PUTTING THE, THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARY, UM, WHICH WITH IS APPROPRIATE TO HAVE ANYTHING THEY SERVED WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT. AND IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. UM, THE ORIGINAL HOOKUP WAS DONE VERY QUICKLY WITHOUT, UH, GOING THROUGH THE ANNEXATION PROCESS. UM, THEN WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES ABOUT THE INTEGRITY AND MAINTENANCE OF PHYSICAL, UM, VALUES OF AG LAND AND OPEN SPACE. AND THIS IS ALL URBAN AND BUILT UP LAND WITH THE SCHOOL AND RECREATION FIELDS. SO THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO, UM, IMPACTS. THE SURROUNDING AREAS ARE ALL, UM, DEVELOPED TO THE NORTHEAST AND WEST TO THE SOUTH AS A NEW COUNTY PARK THAT'S UNDER THE BEGINNING DEVELOPMENT. SO THAT, AND THAT'S GONNA COME IN A FUTURE APPLICATION. SO WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER, AN ATION OF THE DISTRICT. UM, THE DISTRICT WILL BE SERVING THE RESTROOM, UH, THERE SO THAT THEY, THEY DON'T NEED TO ANNEX THE PARK, BUT THE REST OF US THEY DO. AND THEN PROMOTING A BALANCE OF HOUSING, UM, FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS. IT'S A SCHOOL, SO IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY, ANY HOUSING, BUT IT DOES, THE SCHOOL OF COURSE, BENEFITS ALL THE STUDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE, IN THE HOUSES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO IT'S, IT'S A DEFINITELY A COMMUNITY AMENITY AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANY OTHER PUBLIC AGENCIES. IT'S ALREADY BEEN, UM, UM, IT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR YEARS. UM, SO WE HAVE THE FI THE ENVIRONMENTAL FINDING AGAIN, THAT IT'S AN EXISTING FACILITIES AND THE ANNEXATION OF THE 15.17 ACRES IS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, FINDINGS FOR APPROVAL, UM, AFTER YOU, UM, CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'LL BRING THOSE SLIDES BACK UP UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AT 10 32. DOES ANYONE, UH, UH, IN THE AUDIENCE CARE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION REGARDING, UH, THE, THE [00:25:01] ANNEXATION TO THE STEFAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MORNING AGAIN, JESSICA JOHNSON, AGAIN, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT. UM, JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS, AGAIN, APPRECIATION, UM, FOR PUTTING A BUTTON ON THIS ANNEXATION. UM, A TO THE, UM, EO HELPING US FIGURE OUT WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND, UM, OFFERING A, A WAIVER OF, UM, FEES. AND WE WOULD, UM, UM, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE, UM, THE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION OF WAIVING THOSE, UH, APPLICATION FEES AGAIN. AND THAT'S IT. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE SEEING HERE, SEEING OR HEARING? NO ONE? I'LL CLOSE THE HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING AT 10 33. UM, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. UM, THE RECORDING FEES, HAVE THEY BEEN PAID? NO. IT'S THE COMMISSION GONNA COME OUT OF THE COMMISSION BUDGET TO PAY FOR THIS SINCE IT WAS, UH, SINCE IT WAS THE COMMISSION'S, UH, UM, MISTAKE THAT IT DID NOT GET RECORDED OR, OR HOW'S THAT GONNA BE? YEAH. BE BECAUSE THE RECORDING FEES ARE PAID TO THE COUNTY, THE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE FOR THEIR SERVICE, THIS NEVER GOT RECORDED. SO THE FEES HAD NEVER BEEN PAID. SO THE DISTRICT WOULD'VE BEEN RESPONSIBLE TO PAY THOSE IF WE HAD RECORDED IT BEFORE, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ONE OF THE STEPS IS GET A CHECK FOR THEM, MADE OUT THREE QUARTER. SO THEY STILL HAVE TO DO THAT AND IT'S, THEY WOULD'VE HAD TO PAY THAT ANYWAY, SO, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE TO, WE, WE HAVEN'T RECOMMENDED THAT LAFCO. OKAY. UM, HAVE A, YEAH, PAY THAT QUICK QUESTION FOR THE DISTRICT. YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PAYING THE RECORDING FEES. OKAY. THANK YOU . ALRIGHT. NO, GOOD, GOOD QUESTION THOUGH. ALL RIGHT. NAH, I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. YES. UH, IN RE IN REGARDS TO THE PARK TO THE SOUTH, THE 18.6 ACRE PARK THERE, THE FRANKLIN BEACHWOOD PARK, I, I'M JUST WONDERING WHY, I MEAN, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE AUTHORIZATION TO DO IT AND THE BATHROOM'S GONNA OPEN UP IN JANUARY. I WONDER HOW COME THE COUNTY DIDN'T SUBMIT AT THAT TIME TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE DISTRICT? IT, OR IS THAT JUST GOVERNMENT AT ITS FINEST? UM, CAN'T SPEAK TO THE COUNTY'S RATIONALE THERE. UM, WE ARE WORKING ON THE APPLICATION. UM, IT'S CURRENTLY VERY, VERY CLOSE TO SUBMISSION. RIGHT. UM, TO ANNEX THAT IN. UM, NOT SURE THE HISTORY OF THAT ON THE COUNTY SIDE. OKAY. JUST A, JUST A QUESTION. I THINK IT WAS FROM MY SIDE AS WELL, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT PARK FOR 10 YEARS. SO DOES LAFCO HAVE TO LAFCO HAVE TO APPROVE COUNTY, COUNTY PROPERTIES? WELL, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN THE DISTRICT. WELL, I MEAN, LFA WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE AN, A ACTION TO PUT IT IN THE DISTRICT, THEN THE COUNTY JUST CAN'T SAY THAT THAT'S OUR PARK. AND, AND IT'S IN THE DISTRICT. THEY, THEY CAN'T AUTOMATICALLY DO THAT. NO, I DON'T THINK SO. I, YEAH, NO, THE, THE COUNTY IS MUCH LIKE A CITY, UM, THE SERVICES BEING PROVIDED BY A PRIVATE DISTRICT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A COUNTY DEPARTMENT LIKE PUBLIC WORKS YEAH. WILL MAINTAIN THE PARK AND MANAGE THE PARK AND RUN THE SPRINKLERS, YOU KNOW, NON-POTABLE WATER. I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT WAS SOMETHING THE PLANNING COMMISSION DEALT WITH. SEE, INSTEAD OF, YEAH, NO, THE, THE, THE CONNECTION TO THE, THE DISTRICT SEWER IS RESPONS LEADER OF THE DISTRICT, AND THEY CAN APPROVE IT OR DENY IT. THE ONLY ALTERNATIVE TO ANNEXATION WOULD BE THAT, THAT LAFCO APPROVE AN OUT OF BOUNDARY SERVICE. BUT THE, THE TWO EXAMPLE, OR THE TWO, UM, JUSTIFICATION FOR THAT ONE IS AN EXISTING THROUGHOUT THE HEALTH, HEALTH AND SAFETY, WHICH WOULD BE THAT THE, UM, LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S ALREADY A, A PARK THERE WITH A SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT'S FAILING, WHICH HAD HAPPENED TO THE SCHOOL. THEIR SEPTIC SYSTEM FAILED. SO THEN THEY HAD TO CONNECT TO THE DISTRICT SEWER TO, TO HAVE A SAFE, UH, SCHOOL FACILITY. UM, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO APPROVE IT UNDER EMERGENCY BASIS, SO IT COULD HAPPEN QUICKLY. AND THEN THE ANNEXATION FOLLOWED AFTER. SO THIS ONE, THE, THE, THERE'S NO REAL JUSTIFICATION TO HOOK UP THE, THE PARK'S RESTROOMS WITHOUT ANNEXING TO THE DISTRICT. IT'S, AND THERE'S NO REAL BENEFIT TO ANNEX TO THE DISTRICT BECAUSE THE PARK IS NOT ON THE PROPERTY TAX ROLL. SO THE DISTRICT, THEY'LL JUST GET THEIR, THEY'LL GET THEIR FEES FOR THEIR WATER ANYWAY, BUT THEY WON'T GET ANY TAX REVENUE. BUT IT'S, YOU ALWAYS WANNA PUT THOSE FACILITIES WITHIN THE, THE ENTITY'S BOUNDARY, UM, AND NOT DO AN OUTER BOUNDARY. SO, AND IT'LL JUST, IT'LL JUST COMPLETE HELP COMPLETE A HOLE IN THE DISTRICT, IN, IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, OF. UM, AND SOME, THOSE WHITAKER LOST TO THE WEST MAY, MAY NEED SEWER . SO MAYBE WE'LL ANNEX THAT. AND THE RESTROOM FACILITIES WEREN'T PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN. OH. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE SOME MONEY AT THE END OF LAST BUDGET TO BE ABLE TO BUILD THESE RESTROOM FACILITIES. I SEE. SO THEN IT, IT CAME IN AT THE END OF LAST JULY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MOVE SOME MONEY. OKAY. WELL THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT DIDN'T, WASN'T PROPOSED BEFORE. ALRIGHT. OKAY. YEAH. BUT THAT'S WITH AMERICAN CAL WATER. YEAH. ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS? NOPE. A CHARLIE LYNN TAIN A MOTION. I GUESS WE'LL DO TWO MOTIONS LIKE WE [00:30:01] DID ON THE PREVIOUS ONE. I, I THINK WE COULD ALMOST INCORPORATE IT, BUT I DON'T, UH, USUALLY SE QA HAS TO BE SEPARATE. YEAH. SO WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL DO IT SEPARATE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION THAT WE, UH, UM, THE COMMISSION FINDS THE ANNEXATION OF, UH, THE, THE SCHOOL, UH, ST. JOSEPH NY SCHOOL, ANNEXATION EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL U, UH, REVIEW UNDER CA AND, UH, UNDER SECTION 15 3 0 1 AS EXISTING FACILITIES, AND THAT WE APPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS. I MOVED, I'LL SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PADRO, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE ANNEXATION, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. THE NE THE NEXT ACTION IS, UM, YOU WANNA BRING IT UP? UH, YEAH, THERE, IT'S OKAY THAT WE MAKE THE 12 DETERMINATIONS ON PAGE FOUR AND FIVE, ASSIGN THE ANNEXATION, THE FOLLOWING SHORT FORM DESIGNATION, JOE STEPHANIE SCHOOL ANNEXATION TO FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER DISTRICT, ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 7 0 5, APPROVING THE ANNEXATION AND AUTHORIZE LKO STAFF TO COMPLETE THE PROCEEDINGS WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE HEARING OR ELECTION. SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PEDROSO, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, UH, THAT WE, UH, APPROVE THE ANNEXATION ACTIONS AS READ ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIED. OKAY. I THINK THAT TAKES CARE OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING BUSINESS FOR THE DATE. UH, THE NEXT, UH, YEAH, I'M SORRY. ANOTHER SLIDE. WHAT'S THAT? BILL? THE FEE WAIVER, WELL, FEE, THIS IS, I I DIDN'T PUSH ONE MORE SLIDE OVER, SO I'M SORRY. WE'LL INCLUDE, INCLUDE THAT, THAT THE FEE WAIVERS INCLUDED, INCLUDED IN THE MOTION, EXCEPT THAT THE RECORDING FEES, THE DISTRICT PAY, AND I APPROVE A SECOND. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING, . OKAY. THAT'S, THANK YOU, UH, EVERYBODY FOR, UH, YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THIS. UH, THE NEXT, UH, [VII. EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND COMMISSIONER COMMENTS] IS NUMBER SEVEN, EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND COMMISSIONER COMMENTS. AND IT'S ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF, UH, LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION'S ANNUAL CONFERENCE BILL. YES. YEAH. COMMISSIONER PEDROSO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE ALONG WITH MYSELF AS, UH, MERCED REPRESENTATIVES. UM, AND IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS HELD IN SAN DIEGO AT THE WYNDHAM HOTEL, RIGHT BY THE RIGHT ON THE BAY, THE HARBOR. UM, AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A GOOD CONFERENCE OVERALL, UM, VERY WELL ATTENDED. I THINK ONE OF THE, THE MAIN, UM, ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH CAL AFCO FOR A LONG TIME IS THIS INFIGHTING AND SPLITTING AND, AND MANY COUNTIES DROPPING OUT. THANK YOU. UM, OF, OF MEMBERSHIP WITH CAL AFCO. AND THEN THE, THE ORGANIZATION TRYING TO REBUILD AND REINVENT ITSELF INTO A NEW, UM, A REBIRTH, BASICALLY TO BRING BACK SOME OF THE COLLEGIAL ATTITUDE AND, UM, BETTER REPRESENTATION. SO THEY, UM, AFTER HOPE A BUNCH OF WORK, THEY, ONE OF THE ACTIONS AT THE CONFERENCE, THEN THE ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING WAS TO PROVE A CHANGE TO THE BYLAWS. AND THE BYLAWS HAD BEEN, UM, VETTED THROUGH WORKSHOPS AND REGIONAL MEETINGS. AND WE HAD OUR STAFF WORKSHOP AND, UM, WRITTEN QUESTIONNAIRES AND ALL, IT WAS LIKE OVER 10 MONTH EFFORT TO, TO COME UP WITH A NEW STRATEGY. AND WHEN THEY HAD THE BOARD MEETING, THE VOTE IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE HEARD THIS, THEY, THEY DO IT COUNTY BY COUNTY, YOU KNOW, EACH LAFCO 58, AND OF COURSE ONLY THE ONES IN ATTENDANCE, BUT SAY AT LEAST 40 OF 'EM WERE THERE. AND EVERY VOTE WAS YAY TO SUPPORT IT. THERE WAS NO, NO VOTE AT ALL. UM, THE, THE LCO WHO HAD DROPPED OUT WERE NOT ABLE TO VOTE 'CAUSE THEY WEREN'T PART OF CAL. SO THERE MAY HAVE BEEN SOME NA VOTES THERE, BUT I, I, I THINK THE OVERALL CONSENSUS AND SENSE WAS THAT MOST OF THEM, IF NOT ALL, WILL COME BACK. MAYBE NOT ALL OF 'EM WILL, BUT MOST OF 'EM WILL. AND, AND REJOIN. THEY WANTED TO, THEY WANTED TO SEE THAT THE, THAT THE COMMISSION ITSELF WOULD, UM, PUT, PUT THEIR, PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH IS, SO TO SPEAK, AND, AND ACTUALLY, UM, COME UP WITH THESE NEW GUIDELINES. SO SOME OF THE MAIN MEASURES OF IT, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A HANDOUT THAT CAME IN TWO DAYS AGO, UM, AND I COULDN'T PUT IT ON THE AGENDA, BUT WHAT ONE OF THE STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS THE, THE CALF BOARD IS SO LARGE WITH 20 BOARD MEMBERS. UM, AND AS, AS AS COUNTY FOLKS ON [00:35:01] OUR COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, HOW COUNTY ISSUES ARE STATEWIDE, UM, BIG, BIG URBAN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VERSUS BIG URBAN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND YOU GOT RURAL AG COUNTIES AND MOUNTAIN COUNTIES, AND WHO'S, WHO'S GETTING REPRESENT REPRESENTATION, WHO'S BEING HEARD. SO CA AFRICA HAS THAT SAME, THAT SAME PROBLEM. AND THAT WAS PART OF THE, A LOT OF THE, THE LEFT THAT DROPPED OUT WHERE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THEY'RE BIG URBAN AREAS THAT THEY, THEY DESERVE A BIGGER VOICE IN THEIR OPINION, . SO, UM, ANYWAY, THE, THE RESTRUCTURING THEN IS LEADING TO ONLY HAVING, GONNA HAVE 16 BOARD MEMBERS INSTEAD OF 20. AND TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR REGIONS AND WE'RE IN THE CENTRAL REGION. AND EVERY REGION GETS FOUR MEMBERS, UM, BY, UM, THE CATEGORY OF YOUR SEAT. SO YOU HAVE THE PUBLIC MEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE COUNTY MEMBERS, YOU HAVE THE CITY MEMBERS, AND THEN ON LAFCO, THEY HAVE SPECIAL DISTRICTS. THEY HAVE SPECIAL DISTRICT MEMBERS. SO EACH LAFCO REGION HAS A REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES. SO WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON, OR, OR WHAT THE STEP, THE PROCESS IS GOING TO IS TO SWITCH IT TO A AT LARGE VOTE OF WITHIN YOUR REGION OF, UM, ANY QUALIFIED CANDIDATE RUNS FOR THAT REGION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU'RE A SUPERVISOR OR, UH, A PUBLIC MEMBER OR SPECIAL DISTRICT, YOU, YOU JUST RUN AND EACH, EACH REGION, THEY'RE GONNA SPLIT IT INTO, UM, EIGHT REGIONS. SO YOU'LL END UP HAVING 16 BOARD MEMBERS. THEN INSTEAD OF 20 AND THE 16, THEN THERE'D BE, THERE'D BE TWO, UM, YEAH, TWO REPS FROM EACH REGION. SO, UM, THE, UH, ACTUALLY I SHOULD TAKE THAT, CLARIFY THAT ACTUALLY, NO, THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, TWO FROM EACH REGION EXCEPT FOR TWO VERY RURAL AREAS CALLED NOR, ONE'S CALLED NORTH COAST AND ONE'S CALLED CASCADE SIERRA. SO THEY'RE BOTH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO SMALL AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE DISTINCT KIND OF ENVIRONMENTS. SO, UM, THEY, THEY WOULD ONLY GET ONE. BUT LET ME PASS THIS OUT. SO YOU YOU HAVE IT, YOU MEAN, SO WE, WE, WE COULD ELIMINATE SPECIAL DISTRICTS FROM BEING ON THERE, BECAUSE WHEN I WAS ON CAL LCO, THE MOST IRRITATING PART WAS THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS . THEY, THEY REALLY THOUGHT THEY WERE IMPORTANT. OH, . THEY WOULD HOLD UP BUSINESS FROM GETTING DONE ALL THOSE FIRE, ALL THOSE FIRE DISTRICTS FROM, BUT IT'S INTERESTING HOW ALL THE ELECTEDS AT CSAC OR RCRC MM-HMM . SEEMED TO BE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND GET STUFF DONE AND AGREE ON THINGS. BUT CAL AFCO, IT WAS JUST A FIGHT ALL THE TIME AND WITH THE SPECIAL DISTRICTS, BUT YEAH. YEAH. SO THEY'LL, THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO BE ELECTED, BUT IT'LL BE BY THE LAKOS WITHIN THAT REGION. AND THERE'S A MAP ON THE, UH, LAST PAGE OF HOW THESE REGIONS, THERE'S A MAP ON THE SECOND TO LAST PAGE, AND THEN THE LAST PAGE ACTUALLY HAS THE POPULATION OF THE, UM, AREAS AFFECTED. UM, SO, UH, THIS, THIS IDEA WOULD BE THAT YOU, YOU WOULD ELECT THE BEST CANDIDATES AND THE NEW CATEGORY OF CANDIDATES, THERE'S A NEW CATEGORY, WHICH IS, UM, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS LIKE MYSELF. SO, UM, THEY CREATED A INTERIM POSITION OF, OF A REGIONAL OFFICER THAT COULD, COULD VOTE ON CA AFRICA. AND THERE'S FOUR REGIONS NOW. SO IN THE FUTURE THERE'D BE, THERE'D BE EIGHT REGIONS. NINE, I'M SORRY, NINE REGIONS. THAT'S HOW, YEAH, THAT'S HOW WE STILL GET TO EIGHT OR 16. IT'S BECAUSE TWO OF THE REGIONS ONLY HAVE ONE, ONE DELEGATE EACH, OR ONE, ONE VOTE EACH ONE VOTE EACH. YEAH. SO, UM, UH, SO EXECUTIVE OFFICERS COULD RUN, UM, SUPERVISORS COULD RUN, THE PUBLIC MEMBERS COULD RUN. AND THEN AS, AS YOU ALL BEEN TO CONFERENCES, UH, YOU HAVE YOUR VOTES IN YOUR REGIONAL CAUCUS OF, YOU KNOW, WHO YOU WANNA VOTE FOR. SO THE, THE WINNING WINNING CANDIDATE WOULD, THAT WOULD BE, THAT'LL BE, UH, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE, IN THE TOOL THAT, UH, YES. RIGHT. THAT, THAT THE REGION CAN HAVE. YEAH. SO YEAH, SO LIKE IF I, IF I REALLY WANTED TO TRY TO RUN AND, AND WORK, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR AREA ISN'T REALLY AFFECTED MUCH. THEY WANT OUR INPUT AND UNFORTUNATELY THEY WANT OUR INPUT BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING. SO THERE'S REALLY NOT A WAY TO AGENDIZE THIS, UM, UNLESS WE, UNLESS THE COMMISSION WANTED TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING, UM, WHICH YOU COULD CALL. UM, BUT OUR, OUR REGION BEING THE CENTRAL, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE GO, WE BASICALLY HAVE THE SAME AREA THAT'S IN LIGHT BLUE ON THIS MAP. IT GOES UP TO SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, BUT IT INCLUDED SACRAMENTO AND INCLUDED, UM, EL DORADO. WE WENT ALL THE WAY UP THERE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE GETTING CUT BACK A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'RE BASICALLY THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY. YEAH. AND THEY'RE SEPARATING. SHOULD BE, THAT'S WHERE WE SHOULD BE. YEAH. [00:40:01] WE, YEAH. SO WE, THERE'S REALLY NO CHANGE, NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FOR US. SO I DON'T, I DON'T SEE MUCH, THERE'S NOTHING REALLY EXCITING FOR US IN THIS. UM, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GETS SPLIT UP THOUGH THE COASTAL SOUTH COAST AREA, SEPARATE FROM THE INLAND RIVERSIDE, IMPERIAL, AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. UM, AND THEN THE, UM, COASTAL, THEY'RE BREAKING IT UP TO MORE, UM, FRAGMENTS INSTEAD OF ONE BIG COASTAL REGION, UM, SOUTH OF SAN FRANCISCO, OR ACTUALLY INCLUDED THE, THE ORANGE COUNTIES TO THE NORTH, MARIN AND SONOMA. UM, THEY'RE ALL SEPARATED NOW. SO, UM, YEAH, SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S, THIS APPROACH WAS SUPPORTED. NOW THE MAP IS, IS A NEW PROPOSAL. UM, AND AGAIN, I, I WOULD, I JUST DON'T SEE FROM OUR POSITION THAT THERE'S MUCH CHANGE, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT CALLING A SPECIAL MEETING TO PROVIDE INPUT, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T COMMENT YOU DID OUR, UM, REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATION CHANGE NOW WITH THIS YEAR'S, UH, UH, CONFERENCES? WE STILL HAVE THE WHO, WHO REPRESENTS OUR REGION? YEAH, WE HAVE, UM, WE STILL HAVE, BECAUSE THIS HASN'T, THIS HASN'T BEEN IMPLEMENTED YET. YEAH. WE STILL HAVE THE SAME REGION. OH, OKAY. SO WE HAVE, UM, JOSE AND ENRIQUEZ YEAH. IS ON THERE FROM SACRAMENTO AND, UM, GAY JONES YEAH. IS STILL ON THERE. YEAH, SHE'S STILL ON THERE TOO. AND SHE'S STILL RUNNING THE SHOW. AND SHE WAS A REAL CHAMPION FOR GETTING, GETTING THINGS PULLED TOGETHER, UM, WHEN, AND USED, YOU KNOW, GOOD OLD PAMELA MILLER. YEAH. THEY BROUGHT HER BACK AS A CONSULTANT AND SHE'S STILL IN A CONSULTANT ROLE. UM, BUT IT, IT REALLY, UH, IT REALLY WORKED WELL ABOUT CHIAT. DOES HE COME BACK AND PUT ANY INPUT IN THING OR NOT? HE, HE PASSED AWAY. OH, HE DID? YEAH. OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT HE PASSED AWAY. YEAH, HE PASSED AWAY SEVERAL YEARS AGO NOW. THREE. OH REALLY? YEAH. YEAH. OH, I HADN'T, HADN'T KNOWN THAT ABOUT WHAT? 20 20 21. OH REALLY? SOMETHING LIKE, YEAH. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF WE EVER BROUGHT IT UP HERE, BUT IT'S, YEAH, IT WAS, WENT AROUND THE CALCO DISCUSSION STUFF. BUT YEAH, HE WAS, HE WAS A, HE WAS ONE OF THE CHAMPIONS TO, TO MAKE, HE WAS, HE WAS CALCO WITH ALL THAT TO MAKE IT PROFESSIONAL AND MAKE IT A REALLY GOOD, UH, AN INFLUENTIAL ORGANIZATION IN LOBBYING AND LEGISLATION TOO. MM-HMM . SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER WE DID, YEAH. STARTED, NOW IT'S CALLED THE BILL KAYT, UM, INSTITUTE. INSTITUTE. OH, REALLY? YEAH. AT THE INSTITUTE. YEAH. SO HE WAS, YEAH, REALLY GOOD ABOUT GOOD GOVERNANCE AND, AND REPRESENTATION. YEAH. SO, UM, MERC COUNTY. ALRIGHT. YEAH. SO, UM, THAT, ANY, ANY MORE ON THAT? SO, UM, YEAH, THE, THE CONFERENCE, UM, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT SESSIONS THAT I WROTE. I WROTE NOTES ABOUT 'EM. THEY, A LOT OF IT WAS NOT, UM, I WAS SO RELEVANT FOR US. UH, THERE WAS ONE ON DUCKS AND URBAN AIR, UM, YOU KNOW, DISADVANTAGE ON CORPORATE COMMUNITIES, BUT IT WAS MORE SLANTED TOWARDS, IN FACT, TWO OF THE FOUR SPEAKERS WERE FROM LOS ANGELES COUNTY, AND THEY WERE DEALING WITH AREAS NEAR WATTS AND, UM, UNINCORPORATED AREAS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED THAT HAVE LEGACY ISSUES FOREVER AND EVER. UM, AND SO, SO MOST OF THE EXAMPLES DIDN'T, UM, APPLY TO US THERE. DID THEIR BREAKOUT SESSION. DID THEIR BREAKOUT SESSION TOPICS, WERE THEY, WERE THEY MORE RELEVANT NOW THIS YEAR? SOME OF THEM WERE, YEAH. AFCO TO AFCO ACTIONS AND NOT NECESSARILY POLITICAL RIGHT. OR LEFT ID IS THAT SOME OF THE YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY WELL BALANCED. AND ACTUALLY THE, THE MOST ENTERTAINING SESSION WAS, UM, THEY, THEY CALLED IT A FIRESIDE CHAT AND IT WAS, UM, THE, THE TITLE OF IT WAS, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT? SO IT WAS LIKE REALLY MORE FOR NEW COMMISSIONERS, BUT IT WAS VERY ENTERTAINING FOR, FOR EVERYONE. AND, UH, OUT ON THE PANEL WAS OUR, OUR OWN COUNCIL, MA SUBRAMANIAN. SHE WAS ONE OF THE COUNCIL. SO IT WAS VERY COOL. THEY HAD A, A FAKE FIRE PIT AND THEY, AND THEY HAD, UM, LE LATE, OH, COMMISSIONER SRA. OH, WELCOME. COMMISSIONER SRA. THANK YOU. RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING RAN A LITTLE LONG. OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE HUNG UP ON A ROAD BEHIND SOME TRUCKS OR SOMETHING. NO. OKAY. OKAY. NICE TO, YEAH. SO WE HELLO COMMISSIONER SRA. KEEP OUR COMMENTS TO OURSELF NOW, HUH? YEAH, SO WE'RE JUST DOING A SUMMARY OF THE, UH, CAL CONFERENCE DOWN IN SAN DIEGO. SO, YEAH, THIS PANEL WAS, THEY HAD A REALLY NICE SETTING, LIKE A FIRESIDE CHAT WITH ALL THE PANELISTS SITTING IN CAMP, CAMPING CHAIRS WITH A LITTLE FIRE, LITTLE LANTERNS BESIDE THEM. AND, UH, UM, JUST CHATTING ABOUT FROM, FROM PERSPECTIVE OF COMMISSIONERS, UM, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND LEGAL COUNSEL ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE, UM, VOTING AND IN AND INPUT ON, ON PROJECTS. AND, UH, IT WAS REALLY ENTERTAINING AND A LOT DIVERGENT VIEWS, UM, SOMEWHAT ON THEIR, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, MA IS ON HERE, SO SHE, SHE COULD CHIME IN, [00:45:01] UH, WHEN YOU WOULD YOU, IF SHE WANTS TO OR IF YOU WANNA LET HER, UM, COMMENT. BUT MY, ONE OF MY TAKEAWAYS WAS, AND IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT AFTER ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING, LKO IS DOING A LOT OF WORK ON THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER'S REPORT AND TRYING TO GET THE FACTS RIGHT AND ALL THE FINDINGS AND THEN, UM, COME TO A MEETING AND A COMMISSIONER OPEN THEIR PACKET RIGHT DURING THE MEETING. LIKE THEY NEVER LOOKED AT ANYTHING. UM, SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE DEBATES ABOUT SUPERVISORS WHO, UM, ARE SO BUSY AND THEY HAVE A BOARD MEETINGS WITH BIG PACKETS AND THEN LCO AND MOST OF THE TIME YOU HAVE A-M-C-A-G, UM, YOU KNOW, COG MEETING IN THE AFTERNOON. SO HOW DO YOU HAVE TIME TO REVIEW ALL THE REPORTS? SO AS A STAFF PERSON, I WOULD WANT YOU TO READ EVERY PAGE AND HAVE QUESTIONS OR HAVE GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF IT, BUT FOR, FOR MANY IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE. UM, SO WHAT I KIND OF GLEANED FROM ALL THAT IS JUST HAVING THE TRUST OF THE COMMISSION THAT I'M GONNA TRY TO GET THE BEST RECORD AND, AND EOS IN GENERAL, BUT THE BEST RECORD, DEFENSIBLE RECORD TOGETHER. YOU HAVE COUNSEL TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU NEED IT. AND THEN THE COMMISSIONER, YOU CAN, YOU CAN DIG INTO IT AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE TIME FOR, AND YOU KNOW, MAYBE A PUBLIC MEMBER HAS MORE TIME OR INTEREST, UM, BUT IN THE END THAT YOU RELY ON THE STAFF TO, TO DO THE GOOD WORK AND THAT IT'S ALL BACKING UP WHAT THE, WHAT THE VOTE AND WHAT THE PRESENTATION IS. AND OF COURSE, PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, BUT NOT, NOT GETTING PERSONALLY, UM, HURT THAT, OH, THEY DIDN'T READ EVERYTHING AND THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THIS DIFFICULT CONUNDRUM WE HAD TO RESOLVE AND WE FIGURED IT OUT, UM, THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE APPRECIATED THAT MORE. SO IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF A EGO THING, BUT IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THE DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE, HEY, WE'RE OVERWHELMED WITH READING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T READ ALL THIS . NO. SO, UM, SO, BUT YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF MAL HAD ANY, ANY MAL YOU HAVE, ANYTHING YOU WANNA COMMENT ABOUT THE CONFERENCE? I JUST PARTICIPATED IN THAT PANEL. I WAS THERE ONLY FOR THAT PART OF THE CONFERENCE, BUT I THOUGHT THAT OH, OKAY. STILL DID A NICE JOB SUMMARIZING THE, THE SESSION AND JUST HAVING COMMISSIONERS WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS COME TO THEIR, THEIR PROFESSIONAL STAFF AND LEGAL COUNSEL IN ADVANCE IS ALWAYS, IS ALWAYS GREAT. GOOD. VERY GOOD. AND, AND OF COURSE, BB AND K HOSTED ONE OF THEIR FABULOUS CONFERENCE DINNERS FOR THEIR, THE PEOPLE THAT USE THEM AS COUNCIL. WHERE, WHERE DO THEY GO THIS YEAR? UM, I DON'T, MOLLY DO YOU REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT? IT WAS FABULOUS. UM, I DON'T, BUT I CAN SEND IT TO YOU. IT WAS, THAT'S, THAT'S A REAL, THAT'S OKAY. IT WASN'T THAT PLACE OUT THERE ON THE ISLAND THAT WE WENT TO LEFT. NO, THAT WAS, THAT WAS, THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. THAT PLACE. YEAH. THIS IS IN AN OLD HISTORIC BRICK BUILDING DOWNTOWN, UM, WITH, I GUESS THERE'S SOME CHAMPION GOURMET CHEF WITH THIS COURSE AFTER COURSE OF EVERYTHING, INCLUDING DESSERTS. SORRY, I MISSED IT. MULTIPLE. YEAH, SO IT WAS REALLY ENJOYABLE. DO YOU LIKE TO THOUGH, OR NOT? THANK YOU. MO IS IT GOOD? BUT I LIKE THE CONFERENCE. YOU MISSED THE DINNER. YEAH. OH, THE CONFERENCE WAS GOOD. THAT'S THE BEST PART OF IT THOUGH. THE DINNER. . THANK YOU TO B, B AND K FOR THAT. ALRIGHT. ANY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE, ON THE, ON THE CONFERENCE? NO. OKAY. YEAH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, ANY ANY COMMENTS YOU NEED TO MAKE, WOULD LIKE TO MAKE? UH, I JUST HOPE EVERYBODY HAS A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT YEAR. SO HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING ON. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE BUSY NEXT YEAR, SO THAT'S GOOD. THANKS. COMMISSIONER ROZO, ANYTHING? YEAH. UM, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT. I DID GO TO THAT CONFERENCE. I THOUGHT, UM, BEING THAT WAS MY FIR THIS IS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH LAFCO. I LEARNED A LOT JUST SITTING, HAVING LUNCH WITH BILL. I LEARNED A LOT, UM, WHICH WAS REALLY, UM, INTERESTING. UM, BUT I ENJOYED THE CONFERENCE. UH, I REALLY APPRECIATED THE DIFFERENT BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND JUST KIND OF LISTENING, UM, ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR ROLE IS AND STUFF. SO IT'S, UM, IT'S INTERESTING. IT'S, AND THEN I TOO WANNA WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPY HOLIDAY AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. SO ADD ANYTHING. UM, YEAH, SORRY FOR THE TARDINESS. UM, MY, UH, RETIREMENT BOARD MEETING JUST RAN A LITTLE BIT LONG TODAY AND, BUT I THINK SUPERVISOR OR, UH, COMMISSIONER PEDROSO FOR BEING HERE TO REPLACE ME. AND MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. I LIKEWISE FOR ME, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY AND, UH, HAVE A GOOD NEW YEAR. BE TRY TO STAY HEALTHY AND, AND, AND DO THE BEST YOU CAN. BILL ANY COMMENT FROM YOU, JUST HA HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GLAD YOU'RE BACK IN THE DRIVER'S SEAT, BOB. YEAH, THANK YOU. HEY, IF ANYBODY DIDN'T KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH THIS. I HAD, I HAD TRIPLE BYPASS SURGERY ON NOVEMBER THE FOURTH AND, UH, IT'S BEEN FIVE WEEKS AND I'M GETTING BETTER EVERY DAY AND I, I FEEL PRETTY GOOD. I MEAN, I'VE STILL GOT SOME DISCOMFORT, CERTAIN THINGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I GOT A DOCTOR APPOINTMENT TO FOLLOW UP ON MONDAY, AND HOPEFULLY HE GIVES ME PERMISSION THAT I CAN, UH, YOU KNOW, DRIVE THAT I CAN HAVE A LITTLE DRINK OF WINE THAT I COULD DO WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, YOU FIVE YEARS YOUNGER, LITTLE, A LITTLE BIT OF OTHER STUFF, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS. I, I LOST LIKE 15 POUNDS. OH, GREAT. I COULD, I PUT THIS COAT, I COULDN'T BUTTON THIS COAT, BUT [00:50:01] NOW I CAN BUTTON IT, YOU KNOW, AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO, , MOLLY, ANY, ANY, ANY COMMENT, UH, OR ANYTHING? NO. NICE, NICE TO HAVE YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IT'D BE NICE TO SEE YOU, UH, ONE OF THESE MEETINGS TOO, YOU KNOW, SO. OKAY. UH, NO OTHER BUSINESS. I'M GONNA ADJOURN THE MEETING AT, UH, 10 57. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.