Apr 28, 2026 Board of Supervisors Special Meeting

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TO CALL THE MEETING OF THE APRIL 28TH, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE. KEN. MARISA, PLEASE LEAD US TODAY. 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. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. LET'S GO TO ROLL CALL, PLEASE. SUPERVISOR BARAJAS HERE. SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS HERE. SUPERVISOR FRERICHS, SUPERVISOR VIXI SANDY. PRESENT SUPERVISOR ALLEN HERE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE THEN TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. OKAY. MOVED BY SUPERVISOR FRERICHS, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? SAY AYE. AYE. PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL NOW GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT. INCLUDES ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AND CLOSED SESSION PORTIONS OF THE AGENDA, AS WELL AS ALL OTHER MATTERS WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE BOARD THAT ARE NOT ON TODAY'S AGENDA. THE CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE YOUR TIME ALLOTMENT AND NOTICE TO PUBLIC COMMENTERS ONCE THE TIME IS UP. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, CHAIR, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS. FOR THOSE MAKING COMMENTS, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENT. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS LULU ZHANG. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LULU.

I HAVE BEEN A YOLO COUNTY RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I'M FOLLOWING THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER, JESSE SALINAS, REELECTION STATEMENT TO HOLD THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE. SO ON APRIL 7TH, 2026 AT 10:41 A.M. JESSE SALINAS CALLED ME, CALLED MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER TO TELL ME THAT HE HAS DECIDED TO PERMANENTLY BAN ME FROM EVER WORKING AS A POLL WORKER IN THE IN THE COUNTY OF YOLO. I ASKED HIM WHAT IS HIS BASIS FOR HIS DECISION. HE SAID, BASED ON REPORTS, I ASKED HIM WHAT IS IN THE REPORTS. HE SAID, I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU. HE REPEATED THIS MULTIPLE TIMES AND THEN IN THE END HE SAID, SOMETIMES IN LIFE YOU NEED TO LEARN TO LET GO. LATER YOU. LATER ON IN LIFE, YOU WILL KNOW THAT THIS IS BEST FOR EVERYONE ELSE. TODAY I AM HERE TO ASK FOR A TRANSPARENT AND LEGALLY VALID REASON FROM JESSE SALINAS, WHY I AM PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM EVER WORKING AS A POLL WORKER IN MY OWN COUNTY OF RESIDENCE. I. I SUSPECT THIS IS BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HAPPENED FOUR YEARS AGO. ONE EMAIL I SENT TO THE YOLO COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE. I VOICED MY DISSATISFACTION THAT I WAS ASSIGNED TO A POLL WORKING LOCATION THAT WAS SO FAR AWAY FROM MY HOME. I NEVER RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE. I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO. I LET IT GO. I'M SHOCKED THAT JESSE SALINAS, THE CHIEF ELECTION OFFICER, HAS HELD A GRUDGE AGAINST ME FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. I HAVE ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT SHOWS MY ATTEMPTS TO CONTACT THE YOLO COUNTY ELECTIONS OFFICE THROUGH EMAILS, TELEPHONE CALLS, AND IN-PERSON VISITS. THANK YOU, MISS SHAWN. YOUR TIME IS UP. HOW CAN I SUBMIT THE EVIDENCE? THANK YOU.

NEXT, PLEASE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAUREN AYERS. I'M LAUREN AYERS. I LIVE IN GLENDA. THERE ARE TWO WAYS TO PREVENT A MEASLES EPIDEMIC. BEFORE THE MEASLES VACCINE ARRIVED IN 1963, PARENTS KNEW THAT CATCHING IT IN CHILDHOOD WAS QUITE SAFE. BABY BOOMERS LIKE ME GOT OUR LIFELONG MEASLES IMMUNITY THAT WAY. THE OTHER WAY TO PREVENT MEASLES IS TO VACCINATE OUR KIDS, WHICH HAS BEEN REQUIRED FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE FOR OVER 50 YEARS. HOWEVER, UNLIKE THE IMMUNITY CONFERRED BY A CHILDHOOD BOUT OF MEASLES, THE IMMUNITY FROM SHOTS FADES AWAY OVER TIME. SO VACCINATED PEOPLE NEED BOOSTERS EVERY TEN YEARS OR SO TO MAINTAIN PROTECTION.

ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH THE MEASLES SHOT IS THAT IN RECENT YEARS, MANY PARENTS HAVE BECOME MORE SKEPTICAL OF VACCINE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS. WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT A

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AMERICAN WATER REMAINS COMMITTED TO ENSURING THE SAFETY AND RESILIENCE OF OUR WATER SYSTEMS. WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU TODAY, AND ARE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOUR TEAM TO REVIEW IN MORE DETAIL. JUST A FYI, WE COVERED DUNNIGAN, WHICH IS UNINCORPORATED YOLO COUNTY, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR OUR WATER SYSTEM THERE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE BECAUSE OF HOW OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN WORKS, WE DO HAVE TO. WE CAN'T PROVIDE A COPY OF IT, BUT WE CAN SURE AS HECK DISCUSS IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS. CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE THERE ANY INTRODUCTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO OUR HONORARY RESOLUTIONS. TODAY.

WE'LL BEGIN WITH SUPERVISOR BARAJAS, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING A RESOLUTION DECLARING APRIL 30TH AS DIA DE LA NINOS, CELEBRATING YOUNG AMERICANS. CHAIR, I'M SORRY. WERE YOU GOING TO DO CONSENT? OH. SO SORRY. BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S DO CONSENT. I'M READY TO GET THIS THING ROLLING. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT PEOPLE WISH TO PULL FROM CONSENT? I HAVE ONE I JUST WANTED TO PULL 20 FOR A QUICK COMMENT. PERHAPS I'LL DO THAT AND THEN WE CAN DO THE VOTE ON THE FULL ONE. ITEM 20 IS TO APPROVE AND SIGN A GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR OVER $400,000 FOR CHILDHOOD LEAD POISONING PREVENTION PROGRAM.

AND THIS USED TO BE THE VERY PROGRAM THAT I RAN WHEN I USED TO WORK AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. AND PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW, I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR A PUBLIC HEALTH ANNOUNCEMENT. THE IMPORTANCE OF LEAD POISONING PREVENTION. WHEN I VERY FIRST STARTED THE PROGRAM, THERE WAS A CERTAIN LEVEL THAT WE DIDN'T FOLLOW UP.

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CHAIR. WELCOME, EVERYBODY, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING. I'M HERE TO DECLARE APRIL 30TH, 2026 AS DIA DE LOS NINOS DAY HERE IN YOLO COUNTY, CELEBRATING OUR YOUNG AMERICANS.

IF WE CAN, PLEASE HAVE A FEW INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THE CROWD WITH US TODAY. SANDRA RODRIGUEZ, COME TO THE PODIUM. ANGELICA DUARTE AND DIANA LOPEZ, OUR YOLO LIBRARY DEPARTMENT HEAD. ALL RIGHT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE RECEIVING THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY THAT THE BOARD JUST PASSED. QUICK, A COUPLE OF FACTS. I'M GOING TO THEN TURN IT OVER TO YOU. THREE SO YOU CAN KIND OF TALK ABOUT DIA DE LOS NINOS AND AWESOME EVENT THAT YOU GUYS JUST HOSTED, RIGHT THIS PAST FRIDAY IN COLLABORATION WITH A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OF COURSE, LOS NINOS, THE CHILDREN OF YOLO COUNTY. SO HERE IN WOODLAND, IT STARTED ABOUT 22 YEARS AGO, I BELIEVE, SANDRA, YOU WERE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE, THAT ORIGINAL COMMITTEE 22 YEARS AGO. RIGHT? JUST A KID WITH THEM. YOU'RE YOU'RE JUST A KID WITH THEM. SHE SAID NO, BUT DEFINITELY IT'S DIA DE LOS NINOS. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT JUST ONLY NATIONALLY THAT'S CELEBRATED, BUT ACROSS THE WORLD CELEBRATE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES THAT WE CELEBRATE TO EDUCATE OUR YOUNG YOUTH. RIGHT. AND IT'S IT'S THROUGH THE FORM OF LITERACY. IT'S THROUGH THE FORM OF TECHNOLOGY, JUST PARENTING. IT'S JUST BRINGING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RAISE YOUNG YOUTH AND WE INVEST IN ALL OF THEIR NEEDS BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR FUTURE.

RIGHT? AND SO WE HERE IN YOLO COUNTY, ALONG WITH SOME OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, PARTICIPATED IN THAT VENTURE, BRINGING OVER HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE TO A PARK WHERE WE HAD DIFFERENT AMENITIES AND DIFFERENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR OUR YOUTH AND FOR OUR PARENTS. SO THAT'S WHY WE HONORED DIA DE LOS NINOS HERE IN YOLO COUNTY. AND WE HAVE SANDRA RODRIGUEZ, WHO'S GOING TO TOUCH UP A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR BARAJAS, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. IT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD ON BEHALF OF THE DIA DE LOS NINOS COMMITTEE, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OUR SPONSORS AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR A CONTINUOUS SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS YEARS FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENT THAT IS CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS. THIS YEAR, AS SUPERVISOR BARAJAS MENTIONED, IT'S OUR 22ND YEAR CELEBRATING KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROMOTING LITERACY. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE JUST HAD OUR EVENT THIS PAST LAST FRIDAY, VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH OVER 300 KIDS RECEIVING FREE BOOKS FROM ALL AGES, FROM NURSERY ALL THE WAY TO HIGH SCHOOL. THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PICK THE BOOK THAT THEY WANT. AND ALONG WITH THAT, THE PARENTS GET TO GET RESOURCES FROM OUR OUR ORGANIZATIONS. OVER 22 DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS SHOWED UP THIS YEAR. AND SO WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM FROM THE ENTIRE DIA DE LOS NINOS COMMITTEE. WE HAVE TWO OF OUR MEMBERS HERE FROM THE ONES THAT COULD NOT BE HERE. JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR CELEBRATING THE KIDS WITH US. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. WELL, DO YOU GUYS WANT TO COME? VERY GOOD. IF WE COULD HAVE A THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COME TO THE FRONT, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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ALL RIGHT. SO CHAIR, IF YOU HAVE A LET ME HAVE PERMISSION TO DO ANOTHER RESOLUTION. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION HONORING MAY 7TH, 2026 AS THE BIG DAY OF GIVING HERE IN YOLO COUNTY. AND WE HAVE TWO ORGANIZATIONS HERE. AND IF THEY CAN COME UP, EMPOWER YOLO. THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, SONIA JIMENEZ, IF SHE'S HERE. THANK YOU, SONIA, FOR COMING HERE TODAY. WE ALSO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION, THRIVING PINK, AND WE HAVE FOUNDER AND BOARD MEMBER MARY LOU. YES. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TOO AS WELL. AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW, THERE'S A HUGE EVENT GOING ON RIGHT NOW FOR THE BIG DAY GIVING. AND ALTHOUGH IT'S HAPPENING IN WINTERS, YOU GUYS ARE HERE TO RECEIVE THE PROCLAMATION AND REALLY TALK ABOUT TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE COMMUNITY AS TO WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GIVE AND WORK WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE DO HAVE THE SACRAMENTO REGION COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND YOLO COUNTY ALSO FOUNDATION THROUGHOUT THE BIG DAY OF GIVING THROUGHOUT THE REGION, IT'S RAISED OVER $117 MILLION OVER THE LOCAL NON-PROFITS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE. THIS YEAR, WE HAVE OVER 800 NONPROFITS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE BIG DAY OF GIVING, WITH MORE THAN 120 NONPROFITS BASED IN YOLO COUNTY SERVING ITS RESIDENTS. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HONOR YOUR WORK, YOUR STAFF'S WORK AS WELL, AND THOSE CONTRIBUTORS WHO PRIVATELY DONATE TO YOUR ORGANIZATIONS. BECAUSE REALLY, THAT'S THE FIELD. THAT'S THE ENGINE THAT PROVIDES YOUR ORGANIZATION AND ALSO THE COUNTY RESIDENTS, THE MUCH NEEDED SERVICES AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES THAT COUNTY GOVERNMENT CANNOT PROVIDE. IT'S YOUR WORK AND YOUR GUYS'S OUTREACH THAT REALLY HELPS THE COMMUNITY. AND SO THAT WAY THAT THAT'S THE REASON WHY SOMETIMES GOVERNMENT OBVIOUSLY LOVES TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE, LIKE THE BOTH OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS EMPOWER YOLO AND THRIVE. AND SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF YOU GUYS COULD SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. GRACIAS. YEAH. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. THANK YOU TO HAVE ME RIGHT HERE FROM EMPOWER. YOLO BEING THE AGENCY FOR OVER 20 YEARS SERVING THIS AGENCY. SO I'M VERY HONORED TO BE HERE REPRESENTING THEM. THIS DONATION WILL HELP OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION PROGRAM. AND WE HAVE 45,000 MATCHES. PEOPLE CAN DONATE AND EMPOWER YOLO.ORG, AND THAT WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, PROGRAMS AND THE SAFE HOUSES IN YOLO COUNTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SONIA.

AND WE HAVE NEXT WE HAVE MARY. YES, YES. SO VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF THRIVING PINK, A LOCAL NONPROFIT. WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? SERVING OUR BREAST CANCER COMMUNITY. AND I'M JUST SO HONORED TO BE PART OF IT. TEN YEARS AGO, WE STARTED WITH A VERY SMALL TEAM. WE WERE VOLUNTEER DRIVEN. WE GIVE FROM THE HEART, IMPACTING AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE CELEBRATE OUR PINK GALA HERE WITH SUPERVISOR FRERICHS AND CHAIR ALLEN AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN WITH US FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. WE CARE DEEPLY ABOUT YOLO COUNTY AND SERVING OTHERS AND PARTNERING WITH OTHER NONPROFITS AS WELL. SO WE WANT TO BE VERY HUMBLE AND THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, MANY OF OUR CHAIRS AND OUR BOARDS AND OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, OUR THRIVERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE BEEN THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE FREE SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE, INCLUDING GRANTS, MENTORING FOR NEWLY DIAGNOSED WOMEN, AND FROM ONE THRIVER, I WANT TO READ. THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS, NOT JUST SUPPORTING ME, BUT OUR MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, SISTERS, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS, THOUSANDS OF WOMEN AND THEIR FAMILIES. SO WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE. SEND OUR BEST REGARDS TO ALL THE STAFF AND ALL OF THE LEADERSHIP. AND ALSO, IF EVERYBODY WE CAN ALL CHIP IN SOME WAY OR ANOTHER, WHETHER WE VOLUNTEER OR CONTRIBUTE. THAT'S THE BIG DAY OF GIVING. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL

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I HAVE CONDITION.

THANK YOU. IN THE BACK. I KNOW RIGHT. YEAH. FIRST LET ME GRAB ALL MY. SORRY.

YOURS. NO, NO YOU'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, IF I COULD GET MELINA ORTEGA'S MANAGEMENT SERVICES OFFICER FOR FIRST FIVE YOLO AND SHELBY MCGRIFF BORDEN, YOLO COUNTY CHILDHOOD HOME VISITING PROGRAM DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS DOLLY AND HELLER. SHE'S A HOME VISITOR FOR THE WELCOME BABY ROAD TO RESILIENCE. COME ON UP. WE GOT A BIG GROUP. YOU GOT A GROUP? IT'S GOOD, I LOVE IT. IT'S AWESOME. WELL, THIS WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PROCLAIM HOME VISITING WEEK IN YOLO COUNTY. AND WE DO SO MUCH WORK IN THE HOME VISITING SPACE. SO HOME VISITING WEEK IN YOLO COUNTY. YOU KNOW, IT'S SO IMPORTANT. THE CHILD FIRST YEARS OF CHILDREN'S LIVES ARE WHEN DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS FASTEST, AND THE KIDS DO BETTER WHEN THEY HAVE STABLE, SUPPORTIVE RELATIONSHIPS AT HOME, MANY PARENTS BEGIN THEIR PARENTING JOURNEY. JOURNEY? EXCUSE ME WITHOUT ALL THE RESOURCES OR INFORMATION THEY NEED. AND OFTENTIMES HOME VISITING PROGRAMS REALLY HELP FILL THIS GAP. YOLO COUNTY, BUT AS WELL AS FIRST FIVE YOLO AMONG MANY LOCAL PARTNERS, HAVE BUILT A COORDINATED SYSTEM OF EARLY CHILDHOOD SUPPORTS. THIS INCLUDES HOME VISITING PROGRAMS LIKE WELCOME BABY, ROAD TO RESILIENCE, THE CALIFORNIA HOME VISITING PROGRAM, PARENT CHILD PLUS FAMILY SPIRIT, EARLY HEAD START, ATTACHMENT, BIOBEHAVIORAL CATCH UP, ABC AND OTHER COMMUNITY MODELS. THESE PROGRAMS OFFER PRACTICAL PARENTING SUPPORT, DEVELOPMENTAL GUIDANCE, AND CONNECTIONS TO HEALTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES. THEY ALSO HELP FAMILIES UNDERSTAND THEIR CHILDREN'S NEEDS, STRENGTHEN PARENT CHILD RELATIONSHIPS, REDUCE THE RISK OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT, AND CONNECT FAMILIES TO EARLY SCREENINGS AND NEEDED SERVICES. HOME VISITORS, OUR COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS AND EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS DO THIS WORK IN A WAY THAT RESPECTS EACH FAMILY'S CULTURE AND LIVED EXPERIENCE. WE ALSO KNOW THAT WHEN EARLY CHALLENGES GO UNADDRESSED, THEY CAN AFFECT HEALTH, EDUCATION, ECONOMIC STABILITY LATER ON. SO EARLY SUPPORT AND PREVENTION MAKE A MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE, AND STRONG SYSTEMS OF CARE HELP FAMILIES STAY CONNECTED TO WHAT THEY NEED. INVESTING IN YOUNG CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES IS ESSENTIAL TO A STRONG AND HEALTHY YOLO COUNTY, SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE SUCH A STRONG TEAM HERE WITH US THIS MORNING, AND I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MELINA FIRST. SHELBY FIRST. OKAY. HI, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU.

CHAIR ALLEN AND SUPERVISORS, I'M SHELBY MCGRIFF. I AM THE I ACT AS THE DIRECTOR HERE FOR YOLO COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH. IN THAT ROLE, I MANAGE A TEAM OF HOME VISITORS MYSELF, AND I OVERSEE ONE OF OUR LARGE CONTRACTS WITH YCA FOR OUR CALIFORNIA HOME VISITING PROGRAM. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. WE ARE BLESSED IN THIS COUNTY THAT WE WIDELY RECEIVE SUPPORT FOR OUR HOME VISITING, BUT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR HOME VISITORS BEHIND ME. YOU'VE HEARD JUST HOW BAD THINGS ARE FOR THE COMMUNITY. THESE HOME VISITORS ARE IN THE HOMES WITH THESE FAMILIES AND OFTEN ARE RECEIVING THAT SECONDARY TRAUMA FROM THE FAMILIES, AND THEY DO IT WILLINGLY. THEY'RE WELCOMED IN AS ALMOST EXTENDED FAMILY MEMBERS, AND IT TAKES A VERY SPECIAL PERSON TO DO THE WORK THAT OUR HOME VISITORS DO. SO THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING THEM.

THANK YOU FOR THE CONTINUED SUPPORT. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR RECOGNIZING NATIONAL HOME VISITING WEEK. ON BEHALF OF FIRST FIVE YOLO AND THE ENTIRE HOME VISITING COLLABORATIVE I, WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE HOME VISITORS, SUPERVISORS, AND ALL OF THE TEAMS WHOSE DEDICATION TO FAMILY CENTERED CARE AND REALITY. SORRY. WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE TO THE HOME VISITORS, SUPERVISORS, AND TEAMS WHOSE DEDICATION MAKES FAMILY CENTERED CARE A REALITY FOR YOLO CHILDREN. THEIR ADVOCACY, PARTNERSHIP AND TRUST BUILDING WITH FAMILIES

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I DON'T KNOW IF YOU.

HAVE MY FIRST HEARING. I'M GOOD. NO. COME ON, GET IN THERE. GET IN THERE. NURSE, PLEASE. AND I THINK. THANK YOU. I'M NOT A HOME VISITOR. HOME VISITORS.

COME TO BE HERE TILL JULY 11TH. YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS NEXT PROCLAMATION IS RECOGNIZING APRIL. AND I KNOW WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF APRIL, BUT WE'VE BEEN RECOGNIZING IT ALL MONTH. BUT RECOGNIZING APRIL IS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH IN YOLO COUNTY. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SONIA JIMENEZ FROM ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EMPOWER YOLO JOIN US AGAIN, ACTUALLY, IS LAURA HERE? I DIDN'T SEE LAURA VALDEZ FROM THE DA'S OFFICE. WELL, DA'S OFFICE IS HERE, I THINK. YEAH. COME ON UP. YEAH. SO, WOW. YOU KNOW, SEXUAL VIOLENCE IS A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUE. AND IT'S ALSO PREVENTABLE WHEN COMMUNITIES COME TOGETHER WITH COURAGE, COMPASSION AND COMMITMENT. AND YOLO COUNTY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT PREVENTION MEANS MORE THAN RESPONDING AFTER HARM OCCURS.

IT REQUIRES PROACTIVE, COMMUNITY DRIVEN STRATEGIES THAT ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE. FAMILIES, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND TRUSTED PEER LEADERS, ESPECIALLY OUR PROMOTORAS, PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE RESPECT, SAFETY AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS CAN THRIVE. ORGANIZATIONS LIKE EMPOWER, YOLO, AND COMMUNICARE ALL CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY IN SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND ADVANCING PREVENTION AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM HELP, UPLIFT, HELP UPLIFT CULTURAL STRENGTHS TO BUILD BRIDGES TO SAFETY AND HEALING. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT STRENGTHENING THE ECONOMIC SECURITY OF GIRLS AND WOMEN INCREASES INDEPENDENCE, EXPANDS

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AGAIN, AN HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS AND REPRESENTATION AND EMPOWER YOLO. AND I'M VERY HONORED TO HAVE ONE OF OUR PROMOTERS THAT IS GOING TO SPEAK FOR EMPOWER YOLO. GOOD MORNING, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. MY NAME IS DAGOBERTO SANUDO, AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING THE PROMOTERS OF THE RAPE PREVENTION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM OF EMPOWER YOLO. THANK YOU FOR GIVING, GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL AS A SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. AS A PROMOTER OF AS A PROMOTER OF RAPE PROBATION, I'M A VOLUNTEER AS WELL AS OUR TEAM OF PROMOTERS THAT WORK WITH PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, SHARING INFORMATION, LISTENING, AND HELPING TO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH SUPPORT AND RESOURCES.

SOMETHING I SEE EVERY DAY IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TALK OPENLY ABOUT THIS TOPIC. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IT, WE HELP BREAK THE SILENCE, AND WE ALSO HELP SURVIVORS KNOW THAT THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE. PREVENTION BEGINS WITH SIMPLE STEPS, SUCH AS LEARNING ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE, TEACHING RESPECT, TALKING ABOUT CONSENT, AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS BY MODELING MODELING THEM. IT ALSO MEANS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE SURVIVORS FEEL SAFE WHEN ASKING FOR HELP AND KNOW WHERE TO GO. THIS IS AN EFFORT WHICH WE CAN ALL PARTICIPATE IN. PREVENTION IS EVERYONE'S JOB. WHEN WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER, WE HOLD THIS CONVERSATION. WE HELP MAKE YOLO COUNTY A SAFER PLACE FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR STANDING IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY IN THE WORK OF PREVENTION AND EDUCATION ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU GUYS.

AND TO END THE BOARD, JOIN US AND WE'LL DO A PHOTO. COME ON.

YOU CAN JUST YOU CAN JUST TAKE ME OUT HERE. APRIL IS A BIG MONTH FOR THINGS I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF PRESENTING THE FINAL RESOLUTION FOR TODAY, RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2026 AS NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH. I WILL HAVE WITH ME CHRISTIAN MORALES FROM SIERRA DONOR SERVICES. HOPEFULLY. OKAY, COME ON DOWN, PAULA EMIG FROM THE KIDNEY TRANSPLANT IS A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT. GREAT. AND I MIGHT NOT HAVE SAID YOUR NAME CORRECTLY, BUT COME ON OVER. AND SYLVIA DONOSO, A TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT ALSO. WELL, THE REAL THE REAL LIVING PROOF RIGHT HERE, DEAR. DON'T BE SHY. COME ON OVER. SO I'M GOING TO READ A COUPLE OF THE WHEREASES. THIS IS SUCH IMPORTANT INFORMATION. WHEREAS NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH IS

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AND IF YOU HAVEN'T UPDATED YOUR LICENSE TO ALLOW THAT, NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT. SO PLEASE, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL AS DONATE LIFE MONTH. MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN MORALES, A SENIOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS COORDINATOR WITH SIERRA DONOR SERVICES. WE ARE CELEBRATING THIS YEAR 40 YEARS OF SAVING AND IMPROVING LIVES SINCE 1985. AND I WANT TO READ A LITTLE THING ABOUT DONATE LIFE MONTH. SO EVERY MONTH DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA SELECTS A THEME FOR DONATE LIFE MONTH. THAT'S IN APRIL. AND THIS YEAR'S THEME IS LEAVE A LEGACY. THE THEME INCORPORATES TREES AS SYMBOLS OF LIFE AND CONNECTION. AND JUST AS TREES GROW AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER IN A FOREST, DONATION CONNECTS PEOPLES, DONORS, RECIPIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. AND LIKE A TREE THAT STANDS FOR GENERATIONS, A DONOR'S GIFT LEAVES A LASTING LEGACY OF HOPE AND LIFE. HERE IN YOLO COUNTY, ABOUT 59% OF PEOPLE ARE REGISTERED DONORS, SO THERE'S A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT THERE. AS YOU MENTIONED, 19,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA ARE WAITING FOR A TRANSPLANT, AND 49% OF THOSE ARE LATINO. YOLO COUNTY ENCOMPASSES A LOT OF THAT COMMUNITY. WE'RE THE ONES THAT NEED IT THE MOST, BUT THE ONES THAT HELPED THE LEAST. SO PLEASE CONSIDER VISITING DONOR VIDA.COM OR.ORG TO BECOME A REGISTERED DONOR, YOU CAN VISIT SIERRA DONOR.ORG AS WELL TO REGISTER. AND THEN OF COURSE, AT THE DMV, YOU CAN GET YOUR PINK DOT ONE DONOR CAN SAVE UP TO EIGHT LIVES THROUGH ORGAN DONATION AND ENHANCE THE LIVES OF 75 OTHERS THROUGH TISSUE DONATION. AND STANDING BEFORE ME ARE TWO STRONG WOMEN, TWO TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS. AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING? I WILL, OKAY, OKAY. I AM A KIDNEY RECIPIENT AND IT IS TRULY A NOT JUST LIFE SAVING, BUT A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE. AND SUPERVISORS, YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE WE, THE AUDIENCE HERE, WE'VE HEARD TODAY OF PEOPLE VERY NEEDY CAUSES AND WITH BIG DAY OF GIVING COMING, I'M SURE YOUR MAILBOXES LIKE MINE, ARE JUST FULL OF PEOPLE ASKING FOR THINGS. WELL, THIS IS A REALLY QUICK AND EASY THING TO DO. GET THE DOT IT. IT DOESN'T COST ANYTHING. IT TAKES ONLY A COUPLE OF MINUTES. TALK WITH YOUR FAMILY. MAKE SURE YOUR WISHES ARE KNOWN BECAUSE AS CHRISTIAN MENTIONED, ONE VIABLE DONOR CAN SAVE UP TO EIGHT LIVES AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF UP TO 75 OTHERS. THERE'S SO MANY WAYS THAT YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, CORNEAS AND TISSUE LIGAMENTS, JUST THERE'S ALL KINDS SKIN.

THE OLDEST DONOR THAT I'VE HEARD OF WHO WAS ABLE TO DONATE TISSUE WAS 98. SO DON'T BELIEVE IT. IF SOMEBODY SAYS THEY'RE TOO OLD, YOU'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO DO GOOD. THANK YOU. HI. I'M HERE TO THANK FOR THIS ORGANIZATION, AND I APPRECIATE IT FOR HAVING THIS DONATE LIFE BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS DONATE LIFE, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE MY TWO CHILDREN, A SON WHO WHO IS NOW WORKING FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS HERE IN WOODLAND, AND MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS ALSO WORKING AT THE PUBLIC EDUCATION HERE IN WOODLAND WITHOUT WITHOUT THIS ORGANIZATION, WITHOUT THIS TRANSPLANT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT THIS IS REALLY A TRUE. A

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I LOVE THAT PART OF THE MEETING HAS TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANT WORK IN THE COMMUNITY. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA WILL FIRST BE HEARING ITEM 24 TO RECEIVE AN UPDATE ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY STAFF REGARDING THE MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL OF NEW EGG WELL PERMITS IN THE YOLO SUB GROUNDWATER AGENCY. YES. FOCUS AREAS. SO GOOD MORNING APRIL. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. APRIL MENEGHETTI, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HERE AT YOLO COUNTY. AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR AG PERMIT MORATORIUM AND THE ASSOCIATED WORKING GROUP. I WANTED TO START OFF TODAY WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE MORATORIUM. AS A REMINDER, IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, THE BOARD ADOPTED URGENCY ORDINANCE 1576, WHICH IMPOSED A TEMPORARY 45 DAY MORATORIUM ON THE APPROVAL AND ISSUANCE OF NEW WELL PERMITS FOR AG WELLS WITHIN THE SGA DEFINED FOCUS AREAS OF OUR YOLO SUB BASIN. ON OCTOBER 7TH, THE BOARD ADOPTED URGENCY ORDINANCE 1577, WHICH EXTENDED THAT MORATORIUM BY AN ADDITIONAL TEN MONTHS AND 15 DAYS THROUGH AUGUST 25TH OF THIS YEAR. AND THEN ON NOVEMBER 4TH, THE BOARD ADOPTED ANOTHER URGENCY ORDINANCE, WHICH INCLUDED AN EXEMPTION TO THE MORATORIUM FOR REPLACEMENT WELLS. AND THIS IS ON TOP OF THE OTHER EXEMPTIONS THAT EXIST, SUCH AS OUR HARDSHIP EXEMPTION.

SO ALSO ON AUGUST 26TH OF LAST YEAR, THE BOARD DIRECTED STAFF TO FORM AN AG WELL WORKING GROUP. THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKING GROUP WAS TO TO REVIEW POSSIBLE CHANGES TO OUR WELL ORDINANCE REGARDING WELL PERMITTING WITHIN THE FOCUS AREAS, AND TO ADVISE STAFF ON POSSIBLE CHANGES. STAFF WOULD THEN TAKE THIS INTO ACCOUNT AS WE DEVELOP OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. THE WORKING GROUP MEMBERS INCLUDED BOTH LARGE AND SMALL SMALL SCALE YOLO COUNTY FARMERS, BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE OF THE FOCUS AREAS WELL DRILLERS, ACADEMIA AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. THE GROUP MET ONCE A MONTH SINCE NOVEMBER, AND THE MEETINGS WERE IN PERSON, WITH A ZOOM OPTION TO ALLOW FOR MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION. THERE WAS AN AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 30 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE FOR EACH OF THE MEETINGS, AND THE MEETINGS WERE RECORDED, AND THOSE RECORDINGS WERE PROVIDED TO THE GROUP. FOR THOSE WHO COULD NOT ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS, TOPICS INCLUDED A PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ON THE WELL PERMITTING PROCESS, A PRESENTATION FROM THE SGA ON THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT, OR SIGMA, AND ALSO ON OUR YOLO SUB BASIN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN, OR GSP. DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD ON THE MAIN TOPICS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN PREVIOUS PREVIOUS BOARD MEETINGS. METERS, ADDITIONAL HYDROGEOLOGICAL REVIEW AND CROP CONVERSIONS. WE ALSO HAD AN OUTSIDE ATTORNEY SPECIALIZING IN CALIFORNIA WATER LAW GIVE A PRESENTATION COVERING VARIOUS TYPES OF WATER RIGHTS, INCLUDING UNDERGROUND WATER RIGHTS, OVERLYING RIGHTS, APPROPRIATIVE RIGHTS, AND PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS. AND AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, WE DID AN ONLINE SURVEY TO ENSURE THAT

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MANAGEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH LIKELY LONG TERM BASIN MANAGEMENT NEEDS. WHEN DISCUSSING METERS WITH THE GROUP, AN ONGOING CONCERN WAS RAISED AS TO WHO WOULD AND SHOULD COLLECT OR MAINTAIN THE DATA FROM THE METERS AND RESPONSES PRETTY MUCH LINED UP WITH TWO MAIN POSITIONS. ONE WAS THAT THE ISGA SHOULD LEAD IN. MANY RESPONDENTS SAID THE YOGA IS THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY UNDER SIGMA TO PRESCRIBE METERING STANDARDS, MAINTAIN DATA, MANAGE REPORTING AND THE OTHER POSITION WAS THAT THE OWNER SHOULD COLLECT AND MAINTAIN DATA UPON REQUEST. I SHOULD ADD THAT THERE WERE A FEW RESPONDENTS THAT RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT METERING DATA, THAT IT COULD LEAD TO NEW FEES OR RESTRICTIONS, AND A FEW LACKED CITED LACK OF TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND MANAGING DATA. THE NEXT TOPIC WE ASKED ABOUT WAS THE ADDITIONAL HYDROGEOLOGICAL REVIEWS, AND AS A REMINDER, THE COUNTY ONLY REQUIRES AN ADDITIONAL HYDROGEOLOGICAL REVIEW WHEN WE HAVE A LARGE CAPACITY WELL BEING PROPOSED, AND THIS IS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE MINIMIZING IMPACTS TO NEARBY WELLS, THE YHA MAY ALSO REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL HYDROGEOLOGICAL REVIEW, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE COUNTY'S REQUIREMENT. SO WE ASKED THE GROUP WHETHER THE COUNTY SHOULD ESTABLISH A LIST OF QUALIFIED HYDROGEOLOGISTS THROUGH THE RFQ PROCESS, AND RESPONDENTS BROADLY SUPPORTED CREATING A VETTED LIST OF QUALIFIED HYDROGEOLOGISTS TO ENSURE TECHNICAL QUALITY AND CONSISTENCY. A MINORITY DID EXPRESS CONCERN ABOUT LIMITING LANDOWNERS CHOICES OR CREATING BOTTLENECKS. WE ALSO ASKED IF THE COUNTY DID DEVELOP SUCH A LIST. SHOULD THIS BE A RECOMMENDED OR REQUIRED LIST? MOST RESPONDENTS PREFERRED A RECOMMENDED LIST, WHICH, IN EMPHASIZING FLEXIBILITY AND AVOIDANCE OF DELAYS, THOSE WHO SUPPORTED A REQUIRED LIST CITED FAIRNESS, STANDARDIZATION AND THE NEED TO AVOID APPLICANTS. SELECTED CONSULTANTS WHO MAY INCENTIVIZE OR PRODUCE FAVORABLE FINDINGS. THE GROUP WAS NEXT ASKED WHETHER THE COUNTY SHOULD ACTIVELY PURSUE A GENERAL PLAN OR ZONING CODE UPDATE TO REGULATE CROP CONVERSIONS, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, A RESOUNDING MAJORITY OPPOSED REGULATING CROP CONVERSIONS DIRECTLY. MANY ARGUED THAT THE ISSUE IS NOT THE CROP CHOICE, BUT WATER, GROUNDWATER USE, AND THAT SIGMA ALREADY PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATING EXTRACTIONS. OTHERS ALSO EXPRESSED LEGAL CONCERN ABOUT LAND USE RESTRICTIONS TIED TO CROP TYPE. ALTERNATIVELY, WE ASKED THE GROUP IF WE IF WE DIDN'T IMPOSE. IF WE DIDN'T GO DOWN THAT ROAD, SHOULD WE JUST CONTINUE MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION OF GROUNDWATER REGULATIONS AND THEN PLAN TO EVALUATE DURING OUR NEXT GENERAL PLAN ZONING CODE UPDATE? AND THE MAJORITY FAVORED THAT. SO AND THEN THE NEXT. YES OR NO QUESTION WE ASKED WAS ON THE WELL, MORATORIUM. SHOULD THE COUNTY CONSIDER EXTENDING THE CURRENT MORATORIUM ON NEW AG WELLS WITHIN THE EXISTING FOCUS AREAS? AND WE WILL SAY WE WERE A LITTLE SURPRISED ON THE SURVEY RESULTS BECAUSE WE STAFF FELT THE FEELING IN THE ROOM WAS THAT THE MAJORITY WOULD HAVE PICKED NO FOR THIS QUESTION, BUT YOU CAN SEE IN THE SURVEY RESULTS THAT WE HAVE A SLIGHT MAJORITY SUPPORTED CONSIDERING AN EXTENSION AND THE COMMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE RESPONSES TIED THIS TO THE SGA FINALIZING MEASURABLE

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WHAT WAS THE JUSTIFICATION BEHIND THAT? IS THAT A LEGAL JUSTIFICATION OR IS THAT JUST AN OPINION? WELL, THAT WAS THE COMMENTS FROM THE SURVEY. BUT I WILL SAY THAT AND AND I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR KRISTIN, BUT BUT THE AUTHORITY FOR REGULATING THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S BEING PULLED OUT DOES FALL UNDER THE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. AND, AND SO THE USGA DOES HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE METERS IF NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. CAN THE COUNTY DO THAT LEGALLY? BECAUSE WHY WOULD WE FRAME IT THEN THE QUESTION, WHOEVER DID THE QUESTIONS SHOULD THE COUNTY REQUIRE. IF YOU'RE STATING THAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS WITHIN Y, S, G A, BUT NOT THE COUNTY, THEN WHY WOULD WE EVEN FRAME IT THAT WAY? WE COULD MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO OUR ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE METERS TO BE INSTALLED. AND THE REASON THIS QUESTION WAS ASKED IS BECAUSE OF CONCERNS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT METERING WOULD HELP THE USGA AND COLLECTION DATA DATA COLLECTION. SO THIS WAS A TOPIC THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE WORKING GROUP. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IF WE ADDED TO OUR ORDINANCE, WE COULD REQUIRE THAT WHEN A WELL IS CONSTRUCTED, THEY ALREADY HAVE A METER IN PLACE. AND THAT WOULD HOPEFULLY MEAN THAT THEY'RE READY FOR THAT, THAT TIME AND PLACE. IF THE WISH MOVES FORWARD WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS. EXPAND ON THAT VERY BRIEFLY. THANK YOU. APRIL. SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE KEY DISTINCTIONS HERE, I THINK, IN TERMS OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND JURISDICTION, IS THAT THE COUNTY HAS THE JURISDICTION OVER THE ISSUANCE OF THE ACTUAL WELL, THE PERMIT TO CONSTRUCT THE WELL IN THE FIRST PLACE. AND SO AS PART OF THAT, IF A METER WERE TO BE REQUIRED IN ANY WAY AS PART OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, THAT'S WHERE THE TOUCH POINT WOULD BE WITH THE COUNTY AND THEN THE UTILIZATION OF THE DATA THEN WOULD LIKELY SHIFT OVER TO Y, S,

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AND SO WE'RE KIND OF GETTING A LITTLE BIT. I LEFT MY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL SAY I'LL GIVE A PREVIEW. WE. RIGHT NOW WE ARE.

RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE THAT WE DIRECT THE. WE ASK THE BOARD TO DIRECT STAFF TO WORK ON THE CREATION OF THIS LIST. AND WE COME BACK AFTER WE FINISH THIS PROCESS AND BACK TO THE BOARD IN ORDER FOR THE BOARD THEN TO MAKE A DECISION WHETHER IT'S REQUIRED OR RECOMMENDED, BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF A RESPONSE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THIS. SO BEFORE WE MAKE THAT DECISION, I THINK WE SHOULD SEE WHAT THE RESPONSE IS AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH AN INFORMED RECOMMENDATION. SURE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. OKAY. VICKI. SANDY, PLEASE. JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT FIRST. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION THUS FAR AND FOR THE FOR THE EXTENSIVE SURVEY THAT YOU DID AND SOME OF THE HARD QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED BY, BY STAFF OF THE COMMUNITY. AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE DOING KIND OF THE FULL ARRAY OF RESPONSES HERE AND PART OF WHAT'S EMERGING. AND I THINK SUPERVISOR BARAJAS QUESTIONS GOT TO IT, IS THAT THERE ARE DISTINCT ROLES THAT THE COUNTY PLAYS AND THAT THE YOGA PLAYS. I THINK WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO CLARIFY AND JUST MAKE VERY CLEAR TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE AG COMMUNITY, TO THE WELL DRILLING COMMUNITY, TO EVERYONE WHO HOLDS AN INTEREST HERE. YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE ROLES ARE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COORDINATING THEM SO WE DON'T HAVE BIG GAPS. AND, AND THIS MOVES INTO, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOVING INTO A MUCH MORE SYSTEMATIC KIND OF APPROACH WHERE THINGS MOVE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE YOGA BASED ON WHAT OUR LEGISLATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. SO THANK YOU. AND THE MORE CLARITY ABOUT THAT THAT EMERGES, I THINK THE BETTER FOR ALL OF US. THANKS. YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS? PART OF THE PRESENTATION? WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK AND SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END.

SO YES. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KRISTEN. AND SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE A AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD ON THE YOGA. WELCOME, KRISTEN. YES. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN AND SUPERVISORS, THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE. AS WE DISCUSSED LAST OCTOBER, WE WERE INTERESTED IN HAVING A MORE ROBUST, THOROUGH UPDATE FROM THE YOGA. SO THIS MORNING, THE BRIEF AGENDA I HAVE IS TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE WATER YEAR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY DWR EVERY APRIL 1ST TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON WATER YEAR 2026, SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES AND OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED GROUNDWATER RECHARGE LEGISLATION AND UPDATE ON THE HUNGRY HOLLOW AREA. AN UPDATE ON THE SIGMA FEE STUDY, AND THEN AN OVERVIEW OF THE EXPECTED STEPS TO DEVELOP A DEMAND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OR ALLOCATION SYSTEM. AND I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF CONTENT, SO I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO BE BRIEF. SO THE WATER YEAR IN WATER YEAR 2025 ANNUAL REPORT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE. FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IN MORE DETAIL. THIS IS SHOWING A

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AND THE PURPLE SOLID LINE IS WHAT'S CALLED THE CUMULATIVE DEPARTURE FROM THE MEAN. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE PURPLE LINE HAD A STEEP INCREASE IN THE EARLY 1990S, WHERE WE HAD, FOR WET WATER YEARS BACK TO BACK. AND SINCE THAT PERIOD, THE ANNUAL PRECIPITATION HAS NOT SEEN SUCH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. THIS IS THEN ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE GROUNDWATER HYDROGRAPH SHOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WHERE AVERAGE GROUNDWATER LEVELS INCREASED BY ABOUT 30FT IN THE EARLY 90S AND THEN DON'T INCREASE AS STEEPLY AFTER THAT. WE HAVEN'T BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO EXPERIENCE BACK TO BACK WATER YEARS SINCE THEN. THE TABLE ON THE SLIDE PROVIDES THE SAC VALLEY WATER YEAR TYPE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE PREVIOUS SIX WATER YEARS, AND INCLUDES WATER YEAR PRECIPITATION OBSERVED IN THE YOLO SUB BASIN, WITH THE AVERAGE ANNUAL GROUNDWATER LEVEL CHANGES. AGAIN, THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT GROUNDWATER LEVELS IS TO USE SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES WHEN AVAILABLE AND TO INCREASE WINTER WATER RECHARGE ACTIVITIES. THE ANNUAL REPORT ALSO INCLUDES WATER QUALITY MONITORING DATA FOR SEVERAL CONSTITUENTS OF CONCERN. FOR BREVITY, I'M JUST SHOWING THE MAP THAT AND GRAPHS THAT ILLUSTRATE NITRATE LEVEL TRENDS. SINCE 2015, THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH DEGRADATION WITH RESPECT TO NITRATE. THE ISGA ALSO COORDINATES CLOSELY WITH FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE IRRIGATED LANDS PROGRAM. THE CV SALTS PROGRAM THAT ARE FOCUSED ON MANAGING NITRATE FROM FARMING ACTIVITIES. THE ISGA ALSO MONITORS LAND SUBSIDENCE ACTIVITIES, WHICH IS FREQUENTLY UPDATED WITH INSAR SATELLITE DATA, AND THIS MAP SHOWS THAT OVER THE PAST WATER YEAR, THERE WAS NOT MUCH LAND SUBSIDENCE THAT OCCURRED IN THE SUBBASIN.

I'M GOING TO NOW BRIEFLY SCAN TO THE NEXT ONE. THIS MAP ILLUSTRATES THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE FOR LAND SUBSIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD, EXCUSE ME, THE RED DOT THERE IS SHOWING ABOUT GREATER THAN ONE INCH OF LAND SUBSIDENCE BELOW THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD IN ONE LOCATION. LAND SUBSIDENCE IMPACTS WERE NOTICEABLE DURING THE 2022 DROUGHT PERIOD, AND ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT'S BEING PICKED UP IN THIS FIVE YEAR TREND. AND THIS AGAIN ILLUSTRATES THE IMPORTANCE OF SURFACE WATER AVAILABILITY. THE LAST THING THAT'S MONITORED IS INTERCONNECTED SURFACE WATERS.

AND SO THE ANNUAL REPORT ALSO PROVIDES AN UPDATE ON MONITORING FOR GROUNDWATER SURFACE WATER INTERACTION. SHALLOW MONITORING WELLS NEAR THE SACRAMENTO RIVER. PUTAH CREEK AND CACHE CREEK ARE USED TO OBSERVE GROUNDWATER LEVEL CHANGES AND POTENTIAL DEPLETION OF INTERCONNECTED SURFACE WATERS. THIS MAP SHOWS THAT NO MONITORING WELLS ARE EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM THRESHOLD, AND THAT THERE IS NO SIGNIFICANT DEPLETION OF INTERCONNECTED SURFACE WATERS. LASTLY, THIS IS THE MODELED GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION. SO THIS HYDROGRAPH ILLUSTRATES WATER YEAR TYPES SIMILAR TO THE COLORS IN LEGEND THAT WAS PROVIDED BEFORE. AND IT SHOWS THE YOLO SUBBASIN GROUNDWATER MODEL'S REPRESENTATION OF HOW GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION HAS CHANGED OVER TIME WITH RESPECT TO WATER YEAR TYPE AND CLIMATE CYCLES. THE SUSTAINABLE YIELD OF THE SUBBASIN IS 346,000 ACRE FEET, AND DURING DRY YEARS, GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION CAN EXCEED THE SUSTAINABLE YIELD. SINCE SURFACE WATER AVAILABILITY DEPENDS ON SEVERITY OR DURATION OF DROUGHTS. ONCE SURFACE WATER

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AVAILABILITY FOR THE 2026 WATER YEAR IS HERE ON THIS SLIDE. AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, WE CURRENTLY HAVE FULL SUPPLY AVAILABLE VIA THE CACHE CREEK WATERSHED, SHOWN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE MAP, THE CENTRAL VALLEY FLOOD PROTECTION, EXCUSE ME, CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT. SACRAMENTO RIVER SETTLEMENT CONTRACTORS ALLOCATION IS 100. NOT IN THAT BIG OF A HURRY. KRISTEN, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. TAKE YOUR TIME THERE. OKAY. AND THE NORTH DELTA WATER CONTRACT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS AMAZING. YEAH, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE A RAPPER, THOUGH. NOW YOU GOT TO GET RIGHT INTO THAT MICROPHONE. OH, MAN. AND THEN THE NORTH DELTA WATER CONTRACT HAS A RIGHT RIGHT INTO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY, SO THIS IS A GOOD THING FOR IN-LIEU GROUNDWATER RECHARGE SINCE WE HAVE FULL SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES THIS YEAR. THE NEXT UPDATE IS GOING TO BE ON THE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE LEGISLATION. I IMAGINE ALL OF YOU HAVE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION BY MAJORITY LEADER AGUILAR CURRY, AB 2026 WILL PROVIDE THE SAC VALLEY WITH THE NECESSARY TOOLS TO SCALE UP WINTER WATER DIVERSIONS FOR GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, TO MITIGATE OR AVOID SUBSIDENCE TO PROTECT RIVERS. CREEKS STREAM FLOWS DURING DRY YEARS TO PROTECT DOMESTIC WELLS AND TO ULTIMATELY PRESERVE LAND VALUES. AND SO CURRENTLY, THE POLICIES WITHIN CALIFORNIA ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO MAKE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE SIMPLE.

AND SO THIS PROPOSED LEGISLATION SHOULD HOPEFULLY ASSIST WITH THAT. AND IT'S ALSO ALIGNED WITH SENATE BILL 72, WHICH CALLS FOR 9 MILLION ACRE FEET OF ADDITIONAL WATER STORAGE BY 2045. AND SO THE STATE IS TRYING TO LEAN INTO GROUNDWATER AS THE NATURAL STORAGE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S AVAILABLE. THE ISGA AND OTHER WATER AGENCIES IN YOLO COUNTY ARE IN SUPPORT OF AB 2026, AND IT WAS RECENTLY REFERRED TO ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. AND KEY ELEMENTS INCLUDE DELTA CONDITIONS, FLOOD FLOWS, WATER AVAILABILITY FOR PERMITTING, BENEFICIAL USES, SEQUA STREAMLINING WITH TRIBAL CONSULTATION INCLUDED AND THEN FEES. NOW I'LL MOVE ON TO THE HUNGRY HOLLOW AREA UPDATE, IF THAT'S OKAY. AS MENTIONED, WE'VE NOTED A DATA GAP IN THE DUNNIGAN HILLS MANAGEMENT AREA, AND HUNGRY HOLLOW IS A PORTION OF THAT MANAGEMENT AREA. AND SINCE THE 2022 GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, WE HAVE ADDED 11 MONITORING WELLS IN THIS AREA INTO OUR MONITORING NETWORK, SHOWN BY THE THE RED AND BLUE STARS ON THE MAP. THE RED STARS ARE REAL TIME CONTINUOUS MONITORING WELLS, AND THE BLUE STARS ARE BIANNUAL MONITORING WELLS WHERE THEIR MEASUREMENTS ARE TAKEN EVERY SPRING AND FALL. THESE 11 WELLS ARE ON OUR DATA MAP THAT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, AT THE LINK POSTED AT THE BOTTOM, AND THEY CAN BE VIEWED BY THE PUBLIC. THIS IS JUST A BRIEF SNAPSHOT THAT I TOOK THE OTHER DAY OF THE HYDROGRAPH THAT SHOWS SIX WELLS AND ONE MULTI

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PROJECT TWO IS THE THE YELLOW TRIANGLE, THAT'S OAK CREEK TRICKLE FLOW RECHARGE PROJECT.

AND WE ACTUALLY JUST COMPLETED A PILOT OF THAT RECHARGING, I WANT TO SAY ABOUT 90 ACRE FEET IN JANUARY. PROJECT THREE IS THE PURPLE PARCELS CONJUNCTIVE USE, WHERE WE ARE WORKING TO EXTEND SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES TO THESE PROPERTIES SO THAT THEY CAN REDUCE THEIR RELIANCE ON GROUNDWATER. PROJECT FOUR IS THE DARKER BLUE PARCEL AND THE LIGHTER BLUE PARCEL LAND MANAGEMENT. WE'RE WORKING WITH LANDOWNERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SORT OF LAND PRACTICES THEY CAN DO TO CONSERVE OR ENHANCE RECHARGE ON THEIR FIELDS. AND THEN PROJECT SIX IS A NEW ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING WITH THE GROUP ABOUT. IT'S THE YELLOW PARCELS FOR THE WESTERN HILLS, EROSION AND FLOOD MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE MANAGEMENT. AND THIS IS A VERY.

THE HILLS WASH OFF PRETTY QUICKLY WITH STORM EVENTS AND THEN CAUSES SOME SIGNIFICANT EROSION DEPOSITION INTO THE COUNTY ROADS THERE AND FLOODING PROBLEMS. AND SO WE'RE PARTNERING WITH LANDOWNERS TO SEE IF WE CAN TRY TO HOLD AND CAPTURE MORE WATER UP THERE IN THE HILLS. THE HUNGRY HOLLOW DRAFT WHITE PAPER SHOULD BE AVAILABLE BY JUNE OF THIS YEAR.

IT WILL INCLUDE A HYDROGEOLOGIC CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR THE HUNGRY HOLLOW, AND IT WILL LIST PROJECTS AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS. AND WE ARE PLANNING TO ALSO ESTIMATE THE COSTS AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THESE PROJECTS, SUCH AS PROPOSITION FOUR OR THE CDF, A SWEEP PROGRAM, AND WE PLAN TO INCORPORATE AN ANTICIPATED SCHEDULE FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HUNGRY HOLLOW AREA? GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, SO QUICKLY I WILL COVER THE UGA SIGMA PHI STUDY, THE YOLO SUBBASIN GROUNDWATER AGENCY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN FUNDED BY MEMBER AGENCIES, AND WE HAVE BEEN MEANING TO COMPLETE A FEE STUDY TO BETTER CONNECT THE FUNDING MECHANISM TO THE BENEFICIAL USERS, THE GROUNDWATER USERS. AND SO WE'VE INITIATED AN EFFORT WHERE WE DEVELOPED A FEE STUDY AND HAVE A FIVE YEAR PLAN AND BUDGET IN PLACE TO RAMP UP OUR EFFORTS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH SIGMA AND TO BE BETTER ENGAGED AND COORDINATED WITH THE COUNTY, AND PROACTIVE IN SORT OF PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE. SO THE FEE STUDY INCLUDES SIX FOUNDATIONAL ACTIONS TO COVER THIS KIND OF WIDE RANGE OF TASKS. THERE'S A LOT OF TECHNICAL UPDATES THAT'S GOING TO GO INTO IT AS WELL. THE HYDROGEOLOGIC CHARACTERIZATION AND YOLO SUBBASIN MODEL IS ABOUT $440,000 A YEAR. OUTREACH AND COORDINATION IS ABOUT $126,000 A YEAR. TECHNICAL

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AGAIN, IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME. THAT'S THE ONE I BELIEVE WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH CENTER FOR LAND BASED LEARNING AND RCT, AND WE'RE TRYING TO THINK THROUGH WHAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT PROJECT. AND THEN THE WESTERN HILLS EROSION AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT. WE'RE JUST INITIATING THAT. I COULD SEE THAT BEING LIKE MAYBE 3 TO 5 YEARS OUT, AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TRIGGER QUITE A BIT OF PERMITTING THAT THEN WOULD BE MORE LONG TERM. HI. THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S VERY KIND OF A BROAD SIX PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON. AND IN YOLO COUNTY HERE IN THIS AREA, OUT OF THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, WHICH ONE DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE HONES IN ON THE HUNGRY HOLLOW AREA AND PROBABLY HELP ITS WATER TABLE? I THINK THE ONE THAT WE WILL SEE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT FROM WOULD BE THE EXTENSION OF SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES, THE YOLO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT HAS SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES. FULL SURFACE WATER SUPPLY ALLOCATION, TYPICALLY IN SEVEN OUT OF TEN YEARS. AND SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE PURPLE PARCELS TO BE OFF OF GROUNDWATER FOR 7 TO 10 YEARS, THAT IS ESSENTIALLY BANKING THAT GROUNDWATER THAT'S NOT BEING USED. AND SO I THINK THAT WOULD HAVE THE LARGEST IMPACT. OKAY. AND HOW COULD THIS BOARD SUPPORT MOVING THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD AND BEING SUCCESSFUL? THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I AM WE WELCOME THE COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WORKING GROUP. IF IF INTERESTED. I THINK THAT OVER THE LONG TERM, WHAT WE'RE HOPING IS THAT THE HUNGRY HOLLOW AREA IS SEEN AS A MODEL THAT CAN BE REPLICATED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. AND SO I THINK ANY COLLABORATION OR COORDINATION THAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE YMCA IN THE COUNTY ON SUPPORTING WHERE THESE ARE ALSO DONE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY WOULD BE AMAZING. THANK YOU. YES. FOR THE AUDIENCE, THAT ANNOYING BOOP THERE. IT'S A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. WE UPDATED OUR SOFTWARE, SO THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT FIXED. IT HAS NO MEANING TO MY KNOWLEDGE. NEXT QUESTIONS FOR SGA? YES, PLEASE. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU. JUST A BRIEF ONE. SO I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE YOUR COMMENT AROUND THE OAK CREEK WATER RECHARGING, YOU WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO OBSERVE IT. THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH THAT'S HAPPENING OR THERE ARE EFFORTS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHERE THERE'S SEVERE COMPACTION NOW OCCURRING, WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROUNDWATER RECHARGE ARE SLIPPING AWAY DAY BY DAY AS THE COMPACTION OCCURS, YOU'RE NO LONGER ABLE TO RECHARGE THE GROUNDWATER. AND SO I'M JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU'VE OBSERVED, ARE THOSE JUST NATURAL PERCOLATION EFFORTS OR I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH INJECTION. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING USED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IS THIS JUST NATURALLY OCCURRING THROUGH LIKE PERCOLATION BASED ON THE

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I LOVE IT, AND I FIGURED THAT WAS THE CASE. AND I KNOW SOIL, DEPENDING ON THE SOIL, DEPENDS ON HOW EASY OR DIFFICULT IT MAY BE. AND THE REASON I BRING IT UP IS BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE A REAL CHAMPION IN THE ASSEMBLY, AND HER LEGISLATION IS PUSHING ON THIS VERY SAME THING. AND AT THE SAME TIME, MYSELF AND THE CHAIR SIT ON THE DELTA COUNTIES COALITION, WHICH HAS BEEN PROMOTING STATEWIDE ALTERNATIVES TO RATHER RATHER THAN JUST SORT OF REPLUMBING CALIFORNIA'S WATERSHEDS WITHOUT ADDING ANY DROPS, ANY SINGLE DROP OF WATER, THAT THIS IS THE PATH FOR US, FOR OUR SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS. AND SO I JUST I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT. SO YOUR QUESTION IS PERFECT AND UNDERSTANDING THESE IN FURTHER DETAIL, BECAUSE MAYBE WHILE OUR ATTORNEYS AND OUR, YOU KNOW, STAFF TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT LEGALLY THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO, THERE'S A WHOLE HOST OF EFFORTS. AND THIS IS A GOOD, A GOOD, REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF, I WOULD SAY LOWER COST DEPENDING ON THE SOIL CONFIGURATION OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO PRESERVE OUR SUSTAINABLE EFFORTS. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR VIXIE. SANDY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY.

THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR FRERICHS. YEAH, A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. SO, KRISTEN, I THINK ONE OF THE COMMENTS YOU MADE IS AROUND. SO WATER THAT IS EXTRACTED VERSUS WATER THAT IS CONSUMED. I THINK ONE WAS AROUND SORT OF ACTUALLY. WHAT WERE THE TWO DIFFERENCES THERE? YES. SO METERS, METERS FOR EXTRACTION AND THEN TO MEASURE WHAT'S EXTRACTED. AND THEN ET SATELLITE DATA WILL TELL YOU WHAT'S CONSUMED BY THE CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION. OKAY. AND IS IT ONLY BY ON AG LAND.

BASICALLY THAT WAS MY QUESTION IS AROUND ISSUES OF EXTRACTION VERSUS CONSUMED. RIGHT. BECAUSE I THINK OF CONSUMED AND I THINK OF, YOU KNOW, TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THE CITIES CONSUMING WATER IN A VARIETY OF WAYS, NOT JUST EXTRACTING IT. RIGHT. SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. YEAH. YES. THE ET DATA THAT WE USE IS ESSENTIALLY FOR CROPPED ACRES. GOT IT. OKAY.

YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL. A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU. AROUND. WELL, I THINK AND SO SUPER APPRECIATE THIS OVERVIEW, RIGHT. I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A STATEMENT ON ONE OF THE SLIDES PREVIOUSLY IN YOUR PRESENTATION AROUND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SUB BASIN IS CURRENTLY SUSTAINABLE WITH NO HISTORY OF OVERDRAFT. THE POINT THAT THEN YOU THEN MADE THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY ON THE SLIDE IS THAT, BUT THERE ARE AREAS OF CONCERN. AND WE KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. I THINK THE THE KEY SEEMS TO BE THAT WE AND I THINK IT'S EXACTLY EXEMPLIFIED BY THE PRESENTATION TODAY, IS THAT WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE ON ALL OF THESE MEASURES, RIGHT? SO THAT WE DON'T END UP IN A CRISIS SITUATION LIKE MANY OTHER COUNTIES IN OTHER PARTS OF CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY FURTHER SOUTH IN THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY, OBVIOUSLY, AS IT RELATES TO SUBSIDENCE AND, YOU KNOW, A WHOLE RANGE OF OTHER ITEMS FALLOWING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WHILE WE, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S NOT A HISTORY OF OVERDRAFT, THAT THERE'S ALSO AREAS THAT AREAS OF CONCERN ARE REAL AND EXIST. I THINK THAT AND THEN THE WHOLE POINT, I THINK, IS THAT THERE ARE JUST NUMEROUS TOOLS IN THE TOOLKIT. SO HOW THEY SEE DEMAND MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION, AS WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AROUND EASE OF GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, SOME OF THESE VERY SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE SORT OF UNDERTAKING CURRENTLY. I THINK MY QUESTION THEN IS AROUND THE YOU'RE TOWARDS THE END OF YOUR PRESENTATION, THE DEMAND MANAGEMENT EXAMPLE, RIGHT, THAT YOU'VE SORT OF TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ANTICIPATED COST AND SCHEDULE 16 TO 24 MONTHS, HALF

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THAT'S DUE TO DWR JANUARY 31ST OF NEXT YEAR. THAT'S KIND OF OUR FIRST PRIORITY HERE. AND THEN WE HAVE TO WORK ON A FIVE YEAR AMENDMENT FOR 2032, WHICH WILL BE A PRETTY HEAVY LIFT. AS PART OF THAT AMENDMENT, I COULD SEE A GROUNDWATER ALLOCATION STRUCTURE IN PLACE. AND PART OF THAT UPDATE TO THE STATE. APPRECIATE THAT. AND THEN THEN THE LAST ITEM WAS JUST AROUND.

IF YOU COULD GO, SOMEBODY CAN GO TO SLIDE 13, WHICH IS I KNOW THAT SECTION OF YOUR PRESENTATION. IT'S ONE WITH ALL THE HYDROGRAPHS SORT OF. SO IT'S THE. YEAH, I FAILED TO PUT NUMBERS ON HERE. IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD. THERE YOU GO. YEP. YES. SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE. YES. BUT THE HYDROGRAPH ON THE RIGHT IS THE ONE THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT GOES IT GOES BACK TO THE COMMENTS I WAS MAKING EARLIER.

AND IT'S SOMETHING I'VE SEEN YOU PRESENT IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A RECHARGE OVER TIME AS THERE AS WE HAVE WET YEARS. THAT'S CLEAR ON THIS CHART, BUT THE TREND LINE IS STILL DOWN OVER THE OVER THE LONG TERM. RIGHT. I MEAN, AND THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE HEARD YOU SAY PREVIOUSLY, BUT I ALSO. AND SO JUST POINT OF ALL OF THAT IS JUST TO SAY THAT THESE. THAT'S THE RATIONALE FOR ME. MUCH OF THE RATIONALE IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WORK, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S UPS AND DOWNS, OBVIOUSLY OVER MULTIYEAR BASIS, THE TREND LINE AROUND THE. THE GROUNDWATER LEVELS HAS CONSISTENTLY IS STILL DOWNWARD TREND ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE BASIN. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? I MEAN, IT'S SLIGHT, BUT IT'S THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'VE USED OVER TIME. SO FOR THE FOR THE PERIOD OF RECORD THAT'S SHOWN HERE, ESSENTIALLY 1975 TO 2025, FALL OF 2025. YES.

AFTER THE EARLY 90S, SUCCESSIVE YEARS. AND WE HAD THAT REALLY NICE UPTICK. RIGHT. THERE HAS BEEN A DOWNWARD TREND. YES. THE THING THAT I WOULD CAVEAT IS JUST THAT, AGAIN, THE CUMULATIVE DEPARTURE FROM THE MEAN IS, IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S

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SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. NO, I APPRECIATE THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, JUST TWO QUESTIONS FOR ME, JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION IS THE FEE IMPLEMENTATION THE PROCESS FOR THAT LIKE A 218 OR IS IT A 50% PLUS ONE OF A VOTE? JUST CURIOUS. IT'S PROPOSITION 26, WHICH IS A REGULATORY FEE, WHICH DOES NOT GO AS A BALLOT TO LANDOWNERS AND IS SOMETHING THAT AS A REGULATORY AGENCY, IT NEEDS TO BE PUBLICLY NOTICED. WE HAD TO HAVE WORKSHOPS, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF, BUT IT'S JUST A VOTE OF THE BOARD. OH, OKAY. SO THERE'S NOT LIKE A PROTEST VOTE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING. AND THEN MY QUESTIONS ARE A LITTLE MORE. AND NOT TO STEAL THE THUNDER OF OF APRIL, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING YOUR OPINION ON WHO SHOULD REQUIRE METERS. WOULD IT BE? I JUST WANT YOUR OPINION.

AND IF YOU'RE IF YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU CAN GIVE AN OPINION BECAUSE I. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BECAUSE WE. WHEN THEY PUT IN OR REPLACE A. WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOGICAL TIME. WELL, THERE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU PUT THAT IN. THERE ARE MANY WELLS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE.

AND I WOULD THINK IN ORDER TO HAVE A FULL PICTURE, YOU'D NEED EVERYBODY TO HAVE A METER ON.

SO JUST YOUR OPINION ON THE IT WOULD IT BE HELPFUL FOR THE COUNTY TO REQUIRE THAT WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING THEM IN OR REPLACING THEM. YEAH. AND IF IT'S OKAY, I'D LIKE TO PUT A HAT ON. AS YOLO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, IN WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT FOR 11 YEARS NOW, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH MANY, MANY FARMERS, OF COURSE, AND FARMERS HAVE METERS ON THEIR WELLS, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY USE AS PART OF, YOU KNOW, KNOWING HOW TO EFFICIENTLY RUN THEIR SYSTEM. THEY'RE NOT WANTING TO WASTE WATER BECAUSE PUMPING GROUNDWATER IS ACTUALLY VERY EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY WITH RECENT RATE INCREASES. AND SO MY QUESTION IS MORE SO WHAT WHO IS COLLECTING THE DATA? HOW IS THE DATA COLLECTED? AND THEN HOW CAN THAT HELP US IN SOLVING PROBLEMS. I THINK REQUIRING METERS IS A GREAT FIRST STEP, BUT I THINK THAT IT CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH IF THE DATA IS NOT BEING COLLECTED AND PUT TO USE. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, THAT WAS THE SECOND HALF OF MY QUESTION. SO GOOD JOB. THE SECOND HALF IS BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE FROM ONE OF YOUR VERY LAST SLIDES, YOU NEED A HALF 1 MILLION TO 1 MILLION TO. BUT THERE WAS A WHOLE LIST. COULD YOU OR ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO WITH THIS FEE IMPLEMENTATION? DOES THAT INCLUDE THEN HAVING THE ABILITY TO UTILIZE DATA THAT COMES IN TO ANALYZE IT? WE'RE NOT I DON'T THINK THAT. I DON'T THINK THAT WE SHOULD. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE. THERE'S A PROPOSAL TO HAVE US COLLECT THE DATA, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S IN YOUR BAILIWICK. SO YES, ALL GSA'S HAVE THE AUTHORITY, RIGHT, TO REQUIRE METERS AND TO COLLECT METER DATA. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE TRIED TO OBSERVE OTHER GSA'S THAT MAY BE FURTHER AHEAD THAN WE ARE AND HOW THEY ARE STRUCTURING THEIR ALLOCATION SYSTEMS. AND WHAT IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO DO IT AT THIS TIME? I WOULD SAY THE BOARD HAS HAD VERY CASUAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT. SEEMS LABOR INTENSIVE AND MAY NOT BE AS BENEFICIAL AS JUST USING THE SATELLITE DATA THAT CAN BE EASILY COLLECTED. I THINK, AS THE IS A, YOU KNOW, TRIES TO HAVE A GROUNDWATER DATA ACCOUNTING PLATFORM WILL GET INTO ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS, BUT THERE WOULD BE INCENTIVE FOR A FARMER OR A LANDOWNER TO PROVIDE THEIR METER DATA TO QA, QC, THE ET DATA, AND SAY, THAT'S ACTUALLY WRONG. AND HERE'S MY METER DATA TO BACK THAT UP. AND SO THAT MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY OR A WAY FOR THAT DATA TO COME FORWARD AND TO HELP TO BETTER GROUND TRUTH IT.

BUT I THINK PRELIMINARILY WE SEE A LOT OF BENEFIT IN THE ET DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE AND AT LEAST HELPING US TO ESTIMATE GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT KIND OF SKIRTED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT. APRIL, LET'S HAVE OUR HEAR ABOUT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE. CERTAINLY I'M GOING TO FAST FORWARD HERE A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO JUST CIRCLE BACK TO REMIND THE BOARD AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT THE PURPOSE OF OUR PRESENTATION TODAY WAS TO PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH AN UPDATE TO THE WORK, THE WORK THE WORKING GROUP'S BEEN DOING, AND TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE ADVICE OF THE WORKING GROUP. SO THAT'S WHERE THESE THESE ARE COMING FROM.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS IT'S THE BOARD'S PREROGATIVE TO TO DIRECT THE STAFF, HOWEVER, HOWEVER YOU WANT. BUT BASED ON THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE WORKING GROUP ON THESE TOPICS,

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AND WITH THAT, THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE BOARD. OKAY.

THANK YOU. YES, SUPERVISOR BARAJAS, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. IN REGARDS TO WELL, METERS, IS THAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION GOING TO TOUCH UP ON DATA COLLECTION? YES. SO WE WOULD COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED ORDINANCE. AND IN THAT ORDINANCE OR AS WE'VE DISCUSSED, THE COUNTY DOESN'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE, THE RESOURCES, NOR THE ABILITY TO COLLECT DATA. AND NOR DO WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S IN THE COUNTY'S PURVIEW TO DO SO. SO LIKELY WHAT AN AMENDMENT TO THE ORDINANCE WOULD LOOK LIKE WOULD THERE WOULD BE LANGUAGE THAT THE THE WELL OWNER IS REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN THAT DATA AND PROVIDE THAT TO THE ISGA OR THE COUNTY, IF REQUESTED, IN THE FUTURE. THAT WAS MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHO CAN REQUEST THAT DATA? IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE LEANING TOWARDS THE COUNTY AND THE YMCA. YEAH. SO OBVIOUSLY YOGA FOR PURPOSES OF, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THAT PATH OF ALLOCATION COUNTY, I WOULD CAVEAT THAT WE HAVE THAT IN THERE BECAUSE THAT JUST GOES BACK TO THE, WELL, FINALS THAT WE DO THAT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT PUMP VERIFICATION REPORT WHICH IS THERE TO ASSURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PUMPING IS WHAT WE PERMITTED THEM TO TO DO SO. BUT TO BE HONEST, I DON'T FORESEE US DOING THAT OUTSIDE OF THAT REALM. OKAY. AND WHAT TYPICALLY HAPPENS IF A LANDOWNER RESELLS THEIR PROPERTY, SELLS THEIR PROPERTY TO A NEW LANDOWNER, NEW LANDOWNER, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE AWARE? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BECOME AWARE THAT THEY HAVE TO COLLECT THE DATA AND AND FORFEIT OR PROVIDE THAT DATA IF REQUESTED? IS THAT PART OF THE DEED WHEN IT GETS SWITCHED ADMINISTRATIVELY? HOW IS THAT PERSON GOING TO FIND OUT? I'M LOOKING AT COUNCIL. WE CAN WE CAN DISCUSS AT THE STAFF LEVEL WHETHER THERE'S A NEED TO GO BEYOND JUST AN ORDINANCE, BUT WE WOULD PRESUME LANDOWNERS AWARE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF LOCAL ORDINANCES, SIMILAR TO ZONING AND OTHER REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN THEIR PROPERTY. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S NOT MISSED OR SKIPPED OR THEY THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN FIND OUT LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO PROVIDE THIS DATA TO THESE TWO AGENCIES. AND I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF PROVIDING DATA TO GOVERNMENT. AND BECAUSE SOME LANDOWNERS. OH, YEAH. RIGHT. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE UPFRONT BEFORE THEY MAKE THAT PURCHASE, THEY'RE WELL AWARE THAT THAT'S DISCLOSED. I YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT, SUPERVISOR BARAJAS. I WOULD I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE,

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CHAIR. WE HAVE TWO CARDS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THE FIRST SPEAKER WOULD BE ANNIE MAIN.

AND AS A REMINDER, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ANNIE MAIN. I'M A FARMER FROM HUNGRY HOLLOW. I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE YOLO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND STAFF FOR THE WILLINGNESS TO BRING TOGETHER THE LANDOWNERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTY, TO WORK TOGETHER TO FORGE A DIFFERENT WATER FUTURE.

THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED TIME, AND I FEEL THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE HARD DECISIONS OF HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY BEFORE WE REACH A CRITICAL POINT OF WATER DEFICIENCIES. CONCERNING THE FLOW METERS AND AGRICULTURAL WELLS, I BELIEVE METERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED FOR NEW WELL PERMITS, AND ALL OTHER WELLS IN FOCUS AREA COULD VOLUNTEER TO DO THIS. METERING. THIS WILL BE THE START OF A METERING PROCESS, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY BE REQUIRED FOR WATER EXTRACTION FOR ALLOCATIONS. AS YOU'VE HEARD, LAND USE ORDINANCE AND GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. IN MY OPINION, THE CONVERSATION OF LAND USE WAS NOT SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. THE DECISION WAS VERY LIMITED AND INCOMPLETE AT THE WORKING GROUP MEETINGS. THE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF NON-IRRIGATED LAND TO IRRIGATED LAND WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE CAPACITY OF THE WATERSHED COULD LEAD TO GROUNDWATER DECLINE IN THE FOCUS AREAS. LAND USE IS A TOOL THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED AND FURTHER LOOKED INTO. THE MORATORIUM CAN BE SHOULD BE EXTENDED AND THE WIKI IS WORKING HARD TO DEFEND THE SUB-BASIN DEFINE THE SUB-BASIN, THE FOCUS AREA, WATER BUDGETS AND SUSTAINABLE YIELDS. THEY'RE SCHEDULED FOR GATHERING FOUNDATIONAL DATA REQUIRING. FOR HAVING COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE TO SUPPORT ALLOCATIONS AND AMEND THE GSB IS APPROXIMATELY 5 TO 10 YEARS OUT. WE CLEARLY NEED TOOLS THAT CAN MANAGE GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION IN THE FOCUS AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN A DROUGHT. SOONER THAN FIVE YEARS, EXTENSION WILL GIVE MORE TIME TO COLLECT DATA AND TO ASSESS OPTIONS TO ADDRESS THE GAP AND THE TIME NEEDED TO COMPLETING THIS WORK. WE ARE NOT PROTECTING GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY BY CONTINUING TO ALLOW UNMITIGATED, STRAINED GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION, WHILE GATHERING DATA TO SUBSTANTIATE EVIDENCE IN A REGION WHERE MANY FARMERS AND DOMESTIC USERS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING THEIR WELLS IN JEOPARDY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RICARDO AMON. I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT. SOMETIMES. HELLO. BUENOS DIAS. FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND THE YOGA. I THINK THAT THEIR WORK HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON THEM BECAUSE FOR TEN YEARS OR LONGER, BEFORE THE THE GSA WAS CREATED, THE COUNTY HAD JUST BASICALLY ALLOWED NEW LANDOWNERS TO COME INTO THE HUNGRY HOLLOW AREA FREELY, JUST

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REALLY? BECAUSE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, FOUR WELLS WERE APPROVED TO THE COBRAM COMPANY THAT AFTER WE HAVE LOOKED AT HOW THOSE WELLS WERE APPROVED, IS SHOWN THAT THEY NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN APPROVED OR EVEN RECOMMENDED TO YOU FOR APPROVAL FOR MULTIPLE SCIENTIFIC TECHNICAL ISSUES. SEE, I JUST RAN OUT OF TIME. IT'S HARD TO SPEAK WITH YOU FOR TWO MINUTES, AND THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO THE CURRENT PROJECT AND CONJUNCTIVE USE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO. MAY I JUST TAKE A. I'M SORRY, BUT BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK TO YOUR NEXT MEETING. COME BACK AND SEND US AN EMAIL ALSO. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND CATCH UP ON CONJUNCTIVE USE. MAYBE I GET TO TALK TO KRISTEN ABOUT HOW THE COBRAM PROJECT WAS GIVEN CONJUNCTIVE USE BASED ON ONE ON TEN YEARS INSTEAD OF SEVEN AND THREE. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO THEN GO TO OUR. SORRY SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL GO TO DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT WE HAVE BEFORE US FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, PEOPLE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? YES, MISS. VICKI SANDY, I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE AGAIN HOW THOROUGH THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN AND HOW THE EFFORT TO ENGAGE ALL OF THE VOICES AND PERSPECTIVES ON THIS HAS, HAS BEEN A FOCUSED EFFORT, AND I THINK THAT'S NECESSARY IN THIS MOMENT. I THINK THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MODEST WITH RESPECT TO ASKING THE STAFF TO COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TO CONSIDER WHAT FUTURE ACTION MAY BE NECESSARY. AND WITHIN THAT PROCESS, THERE WILL BE CONTINUED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO TO ENGAGE AND TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK. SO ALL THAT TO SAY, I'M PREPARED TO MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. AND AND THANK YOU. I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE A MOTION. I'M HAPPY TO SECOND IT AND HAVE A COUPLE.

OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR. SEE SANDY SECONDED BY FRERICHS. GO AHEAD PLEASE.

YEAH. JUST YEAH. I MEAN SO APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT TODAY I THINK ON THE. WELL YES, DEFINITELY. I THINK THAT MAKES SENSE. I MEAN THIS HAPPENS IN THE URBAN AREAS. LIKE I MEAN IT IS A NATURAL STANDARD PRACTICE. I THINK IT SHOULD BE STANDARD PRACTICE IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF KIND OF UNIVERSAL STANDARD PRACTICE AROUND METERING WELLS. SO METERS ON WELLS. I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THE HYDROGEL HYDROGEOLOGICAL REVIEW, I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO JUST SEE SO DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF US MAKING A QUALIFIED LIST OF COURSE, BUT I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE DOING, WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING. ARE THERE TEMPLATES LIKE THIS IS TRUE FOR ALL OF IT ACTUALLY. I MEAN, OF COURSE, I MEAN, I KNOW WE DO THAT A LOT, BUT THE WHOLE POINT IS TO NOT REINVENT THE WHEEL. I WANT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ISSUES OF THE RECOMMENDED USE OR REQUIRED USE, RIGHT? LIKE AGAIN, OPTIONS OF WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING, ESPECIALLY AND HOW THAT WORKS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS. AND I ASSUME THAT'S THE CASE IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS. I THINK THE ONE COMMENT I WOULD HAVE ON THE THE HYDROGEOLOGICAL REVIEW ITEM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY I COULD SEE US GOING EITHER WAY IN TERMS OF A REQUIRED USAGE LIST VERSUS OR JUST SIMPLY RECOMMENDED. I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AROUND IF, IF IT'S A RECOMMENDED PROCESS AND THEN SOMEONE GOES OUT AND GETS THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, CONSULTANT TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO PAY A CONSULTANT TO

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BUT AT THIS POINT, I FEEL LIKE THE APPRECIATE THE CONTINUED CHECK INS. WE'VE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE ASKED FOR IN THESE UPDATES, AND I THINK HAVING THE MORATORIUM TO REMAIN A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE CURRENT PERIOD MAKES SENSE TO ME. I DON'T SEE IT. AND WE AGAIN, IF WE SEE A SORT OF MAJOR CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AROUND, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR UPTICK IN EMERGENCY WELL, APPLICATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, REPLACEMENT EMERGENCY, WELL, REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS AND SUCH THAT THAT MAY BE A REASON TO SORT OF, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND ADJUST THE, THE LENGTH OF IT. BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE TO THROUGH ITS NATURAL COMPLETION MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SO THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS. THANKS SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. YES, MR. BARAJAS. YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR ALLEN, IN REGARDS TO WELL, JUST LIKE WE DISCUSSED, STAFF DID. AND ALSO KRISTEN, IT'S THE DATA COLLECTION. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT. AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THE DATA COLLECTION, THERE'S GOING TO BE PROS AND CONS. THERE'S GOING TO BE ONCE IT'S FORMED, IT'S THE RECOMMENDATION COMING TO THE BOARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE PROBABLY DIFFERENT PARTIES HAVING DIFFERENT POSITIONS. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO EVENTUALLY MAYBE MODIFYING THOSE POSITIONS DEPENDING ON THE RECOMMENDATION COMING FORTH. FOR EXAMPLE, WHO CAN REQUEST IT? IS WOULD IT BE MANDATORY OR NOT? BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH KRISTEN SAYS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY LANDOWNERS ALREADY COMPLYING, SHOULD WE THEN PUT MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY INTO THAT ORDINANCE? AND THEN WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IF IF IT'S BROKEN THE METERS AND OR THEY'RE NOT PARTICIPATING INDIVIDUALS, LANDOWNERS ARE NOT PARTICIPATING, OR THERE'S SEVERAL THAT ARE NOT. AND OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO GET, WELL METERS, GET DATA, BE ABLE TO USE THAT DATA EFFECTIVELY. SO I THINK THAT SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSIONS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO, TO HAVE WITH THE COMMUNITY BEYOND STAFF. I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THEIR SUPERVISORS AND HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE HYDROLOGICAL REVIEW. I THINK VETTING PROPERLY OR HAVING THE QUALIFIED CRITERIA TO VET PROPERLY. SO THERE'S FAIR IMPARTIALITY IN THIS PROCESS REGARDING THOSE VENDORS. RIGHT.

SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY ON HOW STAFF DECIDES WHAT CRITERIA THEY'RE GOING TO USE, BECAUSE THEN THEN IT'S, IT'S GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE COMPANIES OR THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO RFQ RESPONSE AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS OR NOT. AND IF THEY DO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PROCESS, ANOTHER QUESTION IS SHOULD THEY ROTATE? SHOULD WE ROTATE THAT LIST EVERY THREE YEARS OR TWO YEARS? BECAUSE IF WE KEEP ON HAVING THE SAME GROUP, SAME VENDORS, IT'S LIKE HAVING THE SAME AUDITOR FOR THE COUNTY. WE GOT TO ROTATE. SO ALL OF THAT, I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE CROP CONVERSIONS. I AGREE

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AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT TO BE DOING. BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE IS A A WATER LOAD DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NON IRRIGATED AND IRRIGATED. AND PERHAPS THAT'S THAT AGAIN, IS THE ISGA AREA AND NOT OURS. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT DOING IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF GENERAL PLAN THINGS. SO THAT IS FINE WITH ME. YEAH. THOSE WERE MY COMMENTS. YES. YES PLEASE.

THANK YOU. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THIS IS GREAT. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION THOUGH, BECAUSE I ON THE POINT OF WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE SOME PERMISSION FOR THE COUNTY, IF EVER NEEDED, TO REQUEST THE DATA, THAT THAT MIGHT BE DROPPED INTO THIS ORDINANCE SO THAT SO THAT THAT COULD STILL HAPPEN. AND I JUST WANTED TO I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THAT WE'RE JUST OUR DIRECTION TODAY IS DON'T INCLUDE IT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT CAN'T EVER BE INCLUDED TO INCLUDE IT. WELL, TO INCLUDE IT AS A, I THOUGHT IT WAS TO INCLUDE IT AS A KIND OF PERMISSIVE, BUT NOT AN EXPECTED OR REGULAR OR, YOU KNOW, A PART OF THE ONGOING PROCESS, JUST A AS NECESSARY. I DON'T REMEMBER PRECISELY. APRIL, WHAT PARTICULAR DATA POINT YOU WERE MENTIONING, BUT THAT THERE MIGHT BE AT SOME POINT, SOME DATA THAT WE NEED FOR A PURPOSE. AND IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THE ORDINANCE, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IF IT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT TO CHECK HOW MUCH WATER COMES OUT OF IT, JUST. YEAH, I MEAN, I WAS TOUCHING UPON, YOU KNOW, AT FINAL, YOU KNOW, VERIFYING WHAT THE PUMP CAPACITY REPORT SAID HAVING A METER WOULD ALLOW US TO, TO, TO DO THAT POTENTIALLY. I COULD SEE US GOING EITHER WAY.

I'M STAFF IS OPEN TO WHATEVER THE BOARD DIRECTION IS. YOU KNOW, WE NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. SO HAVING THAT DOOR OPEN CAN BE ADVANTAGEOUS. YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A POINT WHERE MIRACULOUSLY THE COUNTY WINS THE LOTTERY AND WE HAVE LOTS OF MONEY AND WE CAN HAVE STAFF THAT THAT DO THIS WORK, BUT I LEAVE THAT THAT TO THE TO THE BOARD TO DECIDE. MY SENSE IS HAVING THE DOOR NOT OPEN BUT AVAILABLE TO OPEN IF NEED BE, IS IS A GOOD PLANNING FOR THE FOR UNCERTAINTIES THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE. BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT. THAT IS A IS THE BODY THAT NEEDS TO BE RECEIVING AND REVIEWING ANALYZING THE DATA FOR JUST SUCH A REPORT AS WE RECEIVE TODAY. AND THAT'S THEIR ONGOING WORK, NOT OUR ONGOING WORK. BUT SO IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH JUST HAVING CLARIFICATION. YEAH. OKAY. MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ANY

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THANKS FOR REMINDING ME. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT A MOMENT AGO, AND THEN I GOT DISTRACTED AS THE ROOM WAS CLEARING. SO AS A BOARD WILL REMEMBER, I'VE GIVEN A SIMILAR STATEMENT IN THE PAST IN BUDGET MATTERS, WHERE A SUPERVISOR MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST BECAUSE A SPECIFIC CONTRACT IS BEING CONSIDERED. IF THAT CONTRACT OR EXPENDITURE IS PART OF THE OVERALL CONSIDERATION OF A BUDGET, THE FPPC HAS CONCLUDED THAT THE SUPERVISOR, AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION SO LONG AS THEY REFRAIN FROM PARTICIPATING IN ANY ACTION OR DISCUSSION SPECIFIC TO THAT CONTRACT. SO IF A CONTRACT OR PS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, THE SUPERVISOR HAS A CONFLICT ON THAT SPECIFIC MATTER. THERE WOULD NEED TO RECUSE AT THAT POINT, BUT OTHERWISE THEY CAN PARTICIPATE ENTIRELY IN THE BUDGET ITEM, INCLUDING ANY ACTION ON THE ITEM. HOPEFULLY THAT'S CLEAR. IF NOT, LET ME KNOW. OKAY. AND THEN JUST BEFORE YOU BEGIN, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE OUR STAFF IN THE ROOM WHO ARE HERE TO OBSERVE AND PERHAPS GIVE SOME INPUT AS NEEDED. AND JUST REALLY, THESE ARE VERY DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING. AND I HAVE BEEN DREADING THIS DAY AS A BOARD AD HOC COMMITTEE ON BUDGETS. WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS, AND THEY'RE JUST HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ONLY REAL NEEDED SERVICES, BUT THEY'RE ALSO REAL PEOPLE. SO I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU TOM. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M TOM HAYNES, THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

THIS ITEM TODAY IS AN UPDATE ON THE 2020 627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. AS THE BOARD IS AWARE, WE HAVE BEEN BEFORE YOU ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DISCUSSING THE BUDGET PROCESS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL OF MONTHS, GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO JANUARY OF THIS YEAR. SINCE THAT TIME, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND PERFORMED ON THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. BUT TODAY'S UPDATE IS REALLY A CRITICAL PIECE OF THE OVERALL PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT THE 2627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU ON JUNE 9TH AT THE BUDGET HEARING IS IN LINE WITH THE BOARD'S EXPECTATIONS AND DIRECTION. THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING POTENTIAL GENERAL FUND, AS WELL AS A NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE 2627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET.

THE OVERALL PURPOSE IS TO HIGHLIGHT THE REDUCTION OPTIONS, ADDRESS, BOARD QUESTIONS AND ANY REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION, AND ULTIMATELY RECEIVE BOARD DIRECTION. GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION THAT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY, WE HAVE STRUCTURED THIS BUDGET UPDATE TO BE IN TWO PARTS IF NEEDED. THE FOCUS FOR TODAY IS ON PRESENTING THE INFORMATION, GETTING YOUR INITIAL QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS ANY REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IF NEEDED. WE ARE PREPARED TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK ON MAY 5TH TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION AND ULTIMATELY TO RECEIVE BOARD DIRECTION. OF COURSE, IF WE GET THROUGH ALL OF THAT TODAY AND THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO COME BACK ON MAY 5TH, THEN THAT'S CERTAINLY FINE AS WELL. ONE VERY IMPORTANT POINT THAT I REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSCORE FOR OUR, OUR DEPARTMENTS AND OUR ORGANIZATIONS, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC, IS THAT NO DECISIONS ARE BEING MADE TODAY. IF WE COME BACK NEXT WEEK ON MAY 5TH, NO DECISIONS WILL BE MADE ON THAT DAY EITHER. ULTIMATELY, THE EARLIEST THAT THE BOARD WILL MAKE FINAL DECISIONS WILL BE AT THE JUNE 9TH RECOMMENDED BUDGET HEARING. IN TERMS OF OUR REQUESTED ACTIONS, THE FIRST IS FOR THE BOARD TO RECEIVE THE UPDATE ON THE 2627 BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SECOND, PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE BUDGET REDUCTION OPTIONS, AS WELL AS ANY BOARD DIRECTED AUGMENTATIONS THAT MAY NOT ALREADY BE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET SCENARIO, AND THEN FINALLY, PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON POTENTIAL PATHWAYS TO BALANCING THE 2627 RECOMMENDED BUDGET. I DID WANT TO UNDERSCORE ONE KEY POINT WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY A MYRIAD OF BUDGET REDUCTION

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ESSENTIALLY, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE? THAT DIRECTION IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT IN TIME. BEFORE WE GET FURTHER INTO THE PRESENTATION, I DID WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO REVISIT THE COUNTY'S FISCAL SITUATION. THIS IS A SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE SEEN SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, BUT I THINK THAT IT BEARS REITERATING.

YOLO COUNTY CONTINUES TO FACE A STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT. A STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT IS DEFINED BY A SITUATION WHERE OUR ONGOING EXPENDITURES CONSISTENTLY EXCEED AND ARE OUTPACING OUR ONGOING REVENUES, SOLVING THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WILL REQUIRE STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS. THIS IS NOT A SITUATION THAT WE CAN RESOLVE BY USING ONE TIME OR TEMPORARY MEASURES TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. ULTIMATELY, SOME COMBINATION OF INCREASED REVENUES OR REDUCED EXPENDITURES IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED. AND FINALLY, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SOLVE THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN ONE YEAR. THIS IS THE RESULT OF LONG TERM TRENDS THAT HAVE COMPOUNDED OVER TIME, AND AS A RESULT, IT WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL YEARS TO CORRECT THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. AS THE BOARD WILL RECALL, ON JANUARY 27TH, YOU APPROVED A PLAN OF ACTION TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT. THERE'S THREE PRIMARY ELEMENTS OF THAT PLAN.

THE FIRST BEING YOU DIRECTED STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THREE YEARS OF BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO ADDRESS THE COUNTY'S STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, WHICH INCLUDES AN INITIAL REDUCTION TARGET OF $15 MILLION FOR THE 2627 FISCAL YEAR. SECONDLY, THE INITIAL REDUCTION TARGETS WILL BE MADE. THE SLIDE HAS AN ERROR IN VERBIAGE WITHOUT THE ASSUMPTION OF NEW REVENUES, BUT SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE BOARD DIRECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING STRATEGIES AND TIMELINES FOR REVENUE ENHANCEMENT OPTIONS. AND THEN FINALLY, SHOULD NEW REVENUES MATERIALIZE AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ADJUST OUR REDUCTION TARGETS IN THE OUTER YEARS TO HOPEFULLY BACK OFF OF THE REDUCTION TARGETS THAT WE WOULD OTHERWISE NEED TO MAKE SUBSEQUENT TO THE JANUARY 27TH MEETING. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE BOARD FORMED THE REVENUE GENERATION AD HOC SUBCOMMITTEE TO CONTINUE LOOKING INTO NEW REVENUE OPTIONS. THAT COMMITTEE HAS MET ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. IN FACT, IT MEETS AGAIN, I BELIEVE, TOMORROW, AND I BELIEVE THE PLAN IS STILL FOR THAT SUBCOMMITTEE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE FULL BOARD IN MAY.

THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES A BUDGETARY SCENARIO WE PRESENTED AT THE JANUARY 27TH MEETING THAT ESSENTIALLY REFLECTS THE BOARD'S DIRECTION ON THE PLAN TO ADDRESS THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. THIS PARTICULAR HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO ASSUMES THAT THE COUNTY IS ABLE TO IMPLEMENT $10 MILLION IN NEW REVENUES OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS. AND YOU WILL NOTE THAT EVEN WITH THAT ASSUMPTION, IT STILL REFLECTS $15 MILLION IN REDUCTIONS OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS. THIS SCENARIO ALSO ASSUMES A SUBSTANTIAL USE OF ONE TIME REVENUES, INCLUDING RESERVE FUNDS, PARTICULARLY IN THE 2627 FISCAL YEAR, IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. AND AS WE WILL SEE IN COMING SLIDES, THE CURRENT 2627 BUDGET SCENARIO IS ACTUALLY TRACKING VERY CLOSELY TO THIS HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIO THAT WE PRESENTED BACK IN JANUARY. I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REMIND BOTH THE BOARD AND THE PUBLIC THAT AT THE MARCH 24TH BUDGET UPDATE, WE DID PRESENT A NEW ELEMENT TO THE COUNTY'S BUDGET EQUATION RELATED TO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY, SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE COUNTY'S GENERAL FUND STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. HHS IS FACING A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN A NUMBER OF ITS NON-GENERAL FUND FUNDING SOURCES. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CURRENT SERVICE LEVELS, THE GENERAL FUND WOULD NEED TO BACKFILL THESE FUNDING SOURCES TO THE TUNE OF APPROXIMATELY $11.7 MILLION. AS DISCUSSED ON MARCH 24TH. RECOGNIZING THE COUNTY'S FISCAL SITUATION, HHS ALSO SUBMITTED $9 MILLION IN PROPOSED NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS TO OFFSET THE IMPACT OF THIS FUNDING NEED. HOWEVER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD NOT INITIALLY FACTORED INTO OUR FIVE YEAR FORECAST OF THE GENERAL FUND. AND SO ESSENTIALLY, THIS REPRESENTED A NEW FISCAL CHALLENGE THAT WILL NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS BUDGET CYCLE. SO THIS SLIDE REFLECTS THE CURRENT GENERAL FUND BASED BUDGET DEFICIT AS IT EXISTS TODAY. WE WANTED TO SHOW THIS SLIDE RIGHT UP FRONT IN ORDER TO SET THE STAGE FOR THE REST OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST, OUR GENERAL PURPOSE REVENUES.

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AND I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE THE EFFORT THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE PUT IN TO THIS TO THIS EFFORT, THIS THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ASSIGNMENT.

BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD HAS REALLY MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO TO MEET THEIR REDUCTION TARGET. AND I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND ISSUE MY APPRECIATION TO THE DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR COLLABORATION AND PARTICIPATION IN THIS VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS.

IN TOTAL, DEPARTMENTS SUBMITTED APPROXIMATELY $20.9 MILLION IN REDUCTION OPTIONS. SO WE DID EXCEED THAT $15 MILLION TARGET AS INTENDED. HOWEVER, AS WE ANALYZED THE REDUCTION OPTIONS, IT BECAME CLEAR THAT A NUMBER OF THEM SORT OF NEEDED TO BE SET ASIDE FOR FURTHER ANALYSIS.

A FURTHER REVIEW, AND THAT EQUATES TO APPROXIMATELY $7.1 MILLION. AND THESE ARE REDUCTION OPTIONS THAT STAFF BELIEVE ARE EITHER NOT IMMEDIATELY VIABLE OR POTENTIALLY WOULD RESULT IN OFFSETTING COST INCREASES ELSEWHERE. SO WE WOULDN'T REALLY ACHIEVE THE SAVINGS THAT WERE INTENDED OR SOME OPTIONS THAT REALLY REQUIRE BROADER POLICY DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD. ATTACHMENT A TO THE STAFF REPORT PRESENTS A LISTING OF THESE OPTIONS THAT STAFF BELIEVE REQUIRE FURTHER ANALYSIS, AND SO ARE SORT OF BEING SET IN THE PARKING LOT FOR NOW, IF YOU WILL. AS A RESULT, THAT LEFT US WITH APPROXIMATELY 13.7 MILLION IN REDUCTION OPTIONS, AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, THAT ARE CURRENTLY DEEMED TO BE TECHNICALLY AND LEGALLY VIABLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION IN 2020 627, ATTACHMENT B PROVIDES A LISTING OF THOSE OPTIONS THAT STAFF ARE CURRENTLY RECOMMENDING FOR BOARD'S CONSIDERATION. AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. THIS TABLE PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THAT 13.7 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REDUCTION OPTIONS THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED FOR CONSIDERATION. AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TABLE, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE OPTIONS ARE RELATED TO WORKFORCE REDUCTION OF BOTH VACANT AND FILLED POSITIONS. IT'S HEAVILY WEIGHTED ON REDUCTION OF VACANT POSITIONS. AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 65% OF THE OVERALL REDUCTIONS THAT ARE THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR CONSIDERATION. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE ALSO A NUMBER OF REDUCTION OPTIONS RELATED TO CONTRACTS, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, EXTRA HELP AND A VARIETY OF OTHER OPTIONS. THE NEXT FEW SLIDES LIST OUT THE

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EACH REDUCTION OPTION INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION AS WELL AS AN EXPLANATION OF THE POTENTIAL SERVICE OR OPERATIONAL IMPACT OF THAT REDUCTION OPTION. AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, IN ADDITION TO THE GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS, OUR HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY HAS SUBMITTED $9 MILLION IN PROPOSED NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS IN ORDER TO OFFSET THE IMPACT OF THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT THE AGENCY HAS IN SEVERAL OF ITS FUNDING STREAMS, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE JUST SHOWED ON THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, THIS TABLE PROVIDES A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THOSE REDUCTIONS, AND AS WITH THE GENERAL FUND SIDE, THERE IS A HEAVY FOCUS HERE ON WORKFORCE REDUCTION OF BOTH VACANT AND FILLED POSITION POSITIONS, ALONG WITH A VARIETY OF CONTRACT REDUCTIONS, REDUCTIONS IN OVERTIME, REDUCTIONS IN EXTRA HELP, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER OPTIONS. AGAIN, THIS SLIDE REFLECTS THE WORKFORCE REDUCTION IN VACANT POSITIONS BY BOTH CLASSIFICATION AS WELL AS BY BRANCH. IN TOTAL, THERE ARE 32 VACANT POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROPOSED FOR REDUCTION. AND 26 FILLED POSITIONS THAT ARE PROPOSED FOR REDUCTION. ATTACHMENTS E AND F TO THE STAFF REPORT. PROVIDE DETAIL ON THE NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS AGAIN INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF THE REDUCTION OPTION AS WELL AS ANTICIPATED SERVICE IMPACTS. IN TOTAL BETWEEN BOTH THE GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS AND THE A NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS. 118.5 FULL TIME EQUIVALENT POSITIONS, BOTH FILLED AND VACANT, HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR REDUCTIONS. THIS REPRESENTS ABOUT A 6.6% REDUCTION IN TOTAL BUDGETED POSITIONS OUT OF THE 1792 POSITIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY BUDGETED AND FUNDED IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET. THIS SLIDE PROVIDES A VERY HIGH LEVEL THEMATIC OVERVIEW OF THE ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF BOTH THE GENERAL FUND AND THE HHS. A NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS WE ARE ANTICIPATING DELAYS IN SERVICE PROVISION, LONGER WAIT TIMES FOR CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS, CLOSURE OF SATELLITE OFFICES, REDUCTION IN FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS, DELAYS IN REPORTING, GRANT WORK, LEGAL ADVISORY SERVICES, AND INCREASED IN CASELOADS AND OVERTIME. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED OVER THE PRIOR SLIDES, ATTACHMENTS D, E, AND F INCLUDE THE REDUCTION OPTIONS AS SUBMITTED BY DEPARTMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES MORE GRANULAR INFORMATION ON THE ANTICIPATED IMPACTS OF EACH REDUCTION OPTION. A FEW KEY POINTS THAT I DID WANT TO MAKE IS THAT WHILE THESE REDUCTION OPTIONS ARE CERTAINLY PAINFUL AND DO HAVE REAL IMPACTS, THEY DO NOT INCLUDE THE WHOLESALE ELIMINATION OF OF ANY PROGRAMS, SERVICES, OR MANDATES. IN ADDITION, NO REDUCTIONS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED THAT WOULD IMPACT BUILDING CODE OR CODE ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. SO WITH ALL OF THAT INFORMATION PROVIDED, I WANTED TO REVISIT THE BUDGET BALANCING SCENARIO WE LOOKED AT A FEW MOMENTS AGO. AGAIN, THE KEY TAKEAWAY IN THIS SCENARIO IS THAT EVEN IF WE IMPLEMENTED ALL OF THE REDUCTION OPTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE FOR CONSIDERATION, WE WOULD STILL HAVE A GAP OF ABOUT $1 MILLION TO SOLVE. IN ORDER TO CLOSE THIS GAP, WE WILL NEED TO IDENTIFY EITHER ADDITIONAL REDUCTIONS OR ADDITIONAL ONE TIME FUNDING SOURCES. AND OF COURSE, BY EXTENSION, IF ANY REDUCTION OPTIONS ARE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE OR ANY AUGMENTATIONS ADDED TO THE EQUATION, THAT BUDGET GAP WILL INCREASE. FINALLY, WE WANTED TO LAY OUT A FEW POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER. AS I MENTIONED, WHILE WE DID NOT ACHIEVE THE $15 MILLION IN

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I YOU USUALLY GO FIRST. ARE YOU RECUSING YOURSELF FOR SOMETHING OR IS IT OKAY IF I LOOK THIS WAY FIRST? OH, NO, NO, I WAS TALKING TO THE ANGEL. OKAY, LET'S GO THIS WAY. ANYBODY OVER HERE? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY, SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO OBSERVING.

THANK YOU. TOM. YEAH. THANK YOU, TOM, FOR THE WORK. AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF THAT HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO CONTINUE TO COME UP WITH VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS AROUND KIND OF HOW TO MANAGE THEIR BUDGETS AND, AND COME INTO THE LEGAL COMPLIANCE THAT WE'RE ALL OBLIGATED TO, CERTAINLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE PROCEEDING. I KNOW THIS BOARD TOOK THE STEP EARLIER THIS YEAR TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE SO THAT WE COULD MAYBE LET OFF THE GAS PEDAL. I CRINGED, EVEN SAY THAT AT THE MOMENT IN THE FUTURE, SO THAT WE AREN'T IN THIS SORT OF PERPETUAL WHEN IS THE NEXT SHOE FALLING? WHEN IS THE NEXT SHOE FALLING? WHICH I THINK THERE'S NO PERFECT WAY TO DO THIS, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE, WE PROVIDED DIRECTION TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE. AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I'M JUST CURIOUS IN TERMS OF HOW WE ARE STRUCTURING, STRUCTURING SOME OF OUR CUTS, HAVE WE. AND I KNOW IN ONE OF THE COMMENTS, I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BY COUNTY STAFF AND ALL THE ATTACHMENTS. THE QUESTION, WHICH WAS ONE THAT I HAVE, IS, ARE WE CONSIDERING OR IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE IF WE NEED TO GO CUT EVEN DEEPER TO LOOK AT RATHER THAN POSITIONS, WHICH I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB OF OUTLINING THE PROSPECTS OF FURLOUGHS? I KNOW IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE. IT'S NOT A ZERO SUM GAME, AND IT'S NOT A ONE FOR ONE IN TERMS OF HOW YOU ACHIEVE THE SAME LEVEL OF BUDGET SAVINGS AND A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WAY. BUT IN TERMS OF SORT OF EVERYBODY GETS, YOU KNOW, A SLIGHT HAIRCUT IN TERMS OF HOW YOU MANAGE THE FURLOUGH SYSTEM. I KNOW IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THEY OFTEN WILL USE THAT AS A WAY TO START THE CONVERSATION BEFORE THEY HAVE TO CUT, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE BONE WHEN IT COMES TO THE STRUCTURAL COMPONENT OF THE BUDGET, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, OR IS THAT MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE CEO IN TERMS OF WHAT THE NEXT ITERATION OF OUR DEEPER CUTS MAY LOOK LIKE IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAVE TO GO THERE? YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. I'LL START OUT AND THEN AND THEN TURN TO MIKE IF HE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD. AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A QUESTION THAT OTHERS MAY HAVE. YOU KNOW, EVEN THROUGHOUT OUR OUR, OUR COUNTY AND OUR WORKFORCE IS WHY, WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT AT FURLOUGHS, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT IN TIME?

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WE'RE FACING A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WHERE FUNDAMENTALLY, OUR EXPENDITURES ARE GROWING FASTER THAN OUR REVENUES. AND IF WE DON'T MAKE MORE STRUCTURAL, PERMANENT ADJUSTMENTS, THAT SITUATION IS GOING TO CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE. AND SO THAT BEING THE CASE, I'M NOT REALLY SURE THAT FURLOUGHS IS THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION THAT WE'RE FACING. DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S COMPLETELY OFF THE TABLE. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE REASONS TO STILL CONSIDER CONSIDER IT AT A POINT IN TIME. BUT GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE'RE FACING, I THINK IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC. THE SECOND CHALLENGE WITH IT, AND I WON'T GET TOO MUCH INTO THIS, BUT HAS TO DO WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN OUR OUR MOU, WITH OUR BARGAINING UNITS, WHERE ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, AND I'M PAINTING WITH A VERY BROAD BRUSH HERE, IF, IF WE WANT TO FURLOUGH ANY BARGAINING UNIT, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER FURLOUGHING ALL OF THE BARGAINING UNITS. AND THAT CAN BE PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS. AND SO THAT THAT'S ANOTHER CHALLENGE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO SORT OF OVERCOME. IF WE USE THAT AS A PARTICULAR TOOL. I'LL PAUSE THERE AND TURN IT OVER TO MIKE IF HE HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT. YEAH, I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH WHAT TOM JUST DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF JUST PAST EXPERIENCE AND HAVING IMPLEMENTED FURLOUGHS IN THE PAST, WHEN THE TIME HAS BEEN APPROPRIATE TO DO IT BECAUSE OF A SHORT TERM ECONOMIC LULL, AND THERE'S AN EXPECTATION OF THE ECONOMY RECOVERING AS OPPOSED TO AN ORGANIZATION DRIVEN STRUCTURAL DEFICIT, WHICH IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ANIMAL TO SOLVE FOR. RIGHT. AND SO I AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH WHAT TOM HAS SAID. HE IS CORRECT AS WELL IN TERMS OF MCAS AND BARGAINING LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE THAT DOES HAVE A IF YOU FURLOUGH ONE GROUP, YOU FURLOUGH OTHERS, YOU MUST FURLOUGH OTHERS, AND THAT CAN PRESENT SOME EXTREME OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES, I'LL SAY, AND POTENTIAL FOR MUCH HIGHER COSTS, UNINTENDED HIGHER COSTS IN TERMS OF OVERTIME AND SO FORTH ON THE BACK END. SO YEAH, THAT CONTEXT IS HELPFUL. THANK YOU. YES, BRYCE, ARE WE IN QUESTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU, TOM, FOR YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND CEO'S OFFICE AS WELL, WORKING WITH THE BUDGET AD HOC COMMITTEE AND OTHERS. RIGHT. DEPARTMENT HEADS TO GET THIS IN FRONT OF US. SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE WE CAPTURED ABOUT 3.6 OR $3.8 MILLION IDENTIFIED, AT LEAST TO THIS POINT, 3.6, $3.8 MILLION REDUCTION. CORRECT. I'M SORRY.

CAN YOU I'M SORRY. WE'VE CAPTURED 13.6, 13.8, WHICH IS SUBSTANTIAL. I DON'T THINK THIS COUNTY HAS IDENTIFIED AND MOVED IN THAT DIRECTION SINCE MAYBE 2000 AND 809 AROUND THERE, MAYBE. TEN, 2010. SO I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH TACKLING THAT ISSUE AND WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, ELECTED BODIES, ELECTED HEADS AS WELL. SO IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION, I KNOW IN FRONT OF US, YOU, YOU KIND OF SAID, HEY, MAYBE THERE SHOULD BE THINGS THAT MAYBE COME OFF THE LIST YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW FROM THE BOARD OR MAYBE GIVE DIRECTION, PERHAPS IF WE WANT TO MEET THAT $50 MILLION DEFICIT THRESHOLD CUT THIS YEAR, DIRECT STAFF TO KEEP ON LOOKING. AND SO THERE WAS KIND OF A A VARIOUS OPTION, I GUESS, VARIOUS INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED FROM US TO PROVIDE DIRECTION TO REALLY CLEAN UP AND HONE IN ON A FINAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD COME TO THE BOARD IN THE NEXT MONTH, MONTH AND A HALF. SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD YOU WANT US TO START? YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW I'M PUTTING THE ONUS BACK ON YOU, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT, CFO IS WOULD YOU LIKE FOR US TO MAYBE GIVE YOU OUR THOUGHTS IN REGARDS TO MAYBE TAKING CERTAIN THINGS OFF THE LIST, OR MAYBE GIVING DIRECTION FIRST TO LOOK WHETHER WE DECIDED OR NOT TO ASK YOU GUYS TO GO BACK TO LOOK TO REDUCE $1.2 MILLION. OR EVEN ADD SOME

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AND I'LL SAY IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL ALSO LOOK TO MY BOARD COLLEAGUES TO, TO SUPPORT IT OR NOT, IS THAT WE NEED AN OAKDALE RESPONSE NEEDS, RIGHT? SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKING SOME CHANGES TO AND ADDING SUPPLEMENTAL SUPPORT FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT OR LOOKING AT MAYBE THE GRAND JURY'S REPORT ON THEIR FIRE MARSHAL STAFF AND ALSO LOOKING AT MAYBE BUILDING INSPECTORS, INSPECTORS AND TECHNOLOGY. AND I THINK IT'S IT'S INCUMBENT ON US TO BE ABLE TO PUT A PLACEHOLDER UP TO NO MORE THAN $350,000 AND NO LOWER THAN $250,000. AND I GOT THAT BASED ON THE CONVERSATION I HAD WITH STAFF. I WANT TO TOUCH UP ON THAT LATER, BUT BEFORE I GO EVEN FURTHER, I WOULD GO BACK TO YOU. WHERE DO YOU WANT US TO START? AND WE'LL START THERE. YEAH. THANK YOU. I THINK ACTUALLY, THE WAY THAT YOU LAID IT OUT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. WHERE I WOULD SUGGEST THE BOARD START IS WITH THE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE TABLE. LET'S LOOK AT THOSE. AND IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO COME OFF, WE PROBABLY NEED TO KNOW THAT RIGHT UP FRONT. RIGHT. SIMILARLY, IF THERE ARE OTHER FUNDING AUGMENTATIONS, SUCH AS THE ONE YOU MENTIONED, THAT THE BOARD FEELS NEED TO BE INSERTED INTO THE BUDGET, WE PROBABLY NEED TO KNOW THAT RIGHT UP FRONT. I WOULD SUGGEST FOCUSING THERE. THEN WE'LL KIND OF GET A SENSE AT OKAY, BASED ON THOSE CHANGES. WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE BOTTOM LINE? AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT'S THE BROADER DIRECTION. DO WE NEED TO GO BACK AND FIND MORE REDUCTIONS? ARE WE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT SCENARIO AS AS IT CURRENTLY STANDS AND SO FORTH? BUT I THINK WE NEED TO GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF IT BEFORE WE START LOOKING AT KIND OF THE BIGGER PICTURE. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.

YEAH, I WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT TOO. AND JUST TO ADD TO TOM'S RESPONSE IS JUST AS A REMINDER, WE WE RECOGNIZE AND KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION COMING TO YOU. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT OPEN UP ALL THESE ATTACHMENTS, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN THERE. AND YOU'RE JUST MY, YOU KNOW, BIG SHOUT OUT AND APPLAUSE TO OUR, OUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD TEAM FOR REALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKING A VERY DEEP LOOK AT WHAT COULD BE REDUCED IN, IN THE BUDGET. IT'S NOT THESE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE ARE NOT WITHOUT PAIN POINTS. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM DO HAVE PAIN POINTS. AND THOSE ARE VERY REAL. THAT AFFECTS US AS AN ORGANIZATION THAT AFFECT THINGS THAT TOM OUTLINED, OF COURSE, IN THE PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF SERVICE LEVEL DELIVERY. SO WITH THAT IN MIND AND SORT OF THE MAGNITUDE OF OF THESE DECISIONS THAT WILL ULTIMATELY BE BEFORE YOU AS A BOARD IN JUNE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO ARE PROVIDING THE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, RUNWAY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AND GET THE INFORMATION. WE HAVE OUR, OUR TEAM HERE TODAY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ON YOUR MIND EITHER NOW OR NEXT WEEK ON THE FIFTH. SO WE DID BUILD IN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE BOARD TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM, SORT OF TAKE IT IN, BE ABLE TO REALLY DIG INTO THE DOCUMENTS AND SO FORTH THAT YOU'VE ONLY HAD FOR A FEW DAYS. I MEAN, JUST, YOU KNOW, THE THE AD HOC GETS A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW, BUT NOT MUCH. AND COMPARED TO WHEN THE PACKET COMES OUT AND THERE'S A LOT THERE TO DIGEST.

SO I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU AS A, AS A BODY TO TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET INTO TODAY VERSUS ON THE FIFTH AND USE THAT TIME TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THAT. BUT WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE AND WHAT WE REALLY THE INPUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR FROM THE BOARD TODAY OR, AND ON THE FIFTH POTENTIALLY IS, I THINK, PRECISELY AS TOM DESCRIBED. SO, YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO, TOM, YOU MADE MENTION MAYBE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO YOU MAYBE WHAT TO TAKE OFF THE CUT LIST, I THINK WOULD WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. I THINK ALSO THAT'S A GOOD START BECAUSE WE DID HAVE CONVERSATION AROUND THAT TOPIC ON THE BUDGET AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT I SERVE ON, ALONG WITH CHAIR ALLEN, AND I WANT TO SURFACE IT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, IF THAT'S MEANINGFUL IN TERMS OF TAKING OFF THE LIST, IF WE GO IN THAT DIRECTION, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ON THAT. I THINK WE DID LOOK AT AND I'M LOOKING AT HERE, MAYBE WE CAN PUT UP, JULIE, THIS LIST THAT WE HAVE. IT'S REALLY DETAILED LIST OF FISCAL YEAR. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT IT'S FISCAL YEAR 2020 627, DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS, VIABLE OPTIONS.

THAT'S THAT'S ATTACHMENT B, ATTACHMENT B YEAH. AND WE DID DISCUSS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE FIRST PAGE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, IS IT DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. AND THERE'S

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AND SOME OF THEM I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SOME OF THEM MEAN THERE ARE SOME THINGS LISTED ON ONE THAT ARE LISTED ON ANOTHER, AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY EXACTLY MATCH. SO I'M KIND OF HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AROUND THAT AS AN EXAMPLE. AND THEN JUST RIGHT HERE, JUST SO THAT WE CAN ANSWER, WE CAN HAVE ONE QUESTION ANSWERED. AND HOW ABOUT FOR YOU? IS IT OKAY NOT TO GET TO 15? YEAH, YEAH, I'M OKAY WITH NOT TO GET TO 15.

WE'RE OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO REDUCE TACKLE THE BUDGET DEFICIT, STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN

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SO IF WE LOOK DOWN TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, NO, NO. ON THE FIRST PAGE RIGHT THERE. YEAH. PAGE ONE, BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. YEAH. YEP.

THERE IT IS. IT'S A VISION TEST FOR PEOPLE IN THE ROOM. WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE OUR OWN COMPUTERS HERE. RIGHT. AND IF YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON THE RIGHT THERE. YEAH. KEEP ON GOING. YEAH, YEAH.

IT'S UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES WHERE IT SAYS ELIMINATE BOARD APPROVED FEE WAIVERS FOR NONPROFIT TEMPORARY FOOD FACILITIES. FULL DISCLOSURE, WE DID DISCUSS THAT DURING OUR BUDGET AD HOC. WE DID SUPPORT THAT. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT COMES TO THE BOARD FOR FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION, IT'S $15,000. IT GOES A LONG WAYS. THE GOODWILL THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR NONPROFITS THAT ARE ASKING FOR TEMPORARY FOOD FACILITY WAIVERS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AND STAFF AT THE COMMITTEE BELIEVE THAT THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THAT LIST. THE THE SECOND AREA WAS GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDER GENERAL SERVICES. RIGHT THERE. IF WE CAN ZOOM IN AND SECURITY SERVICES $324,000. SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FULLY TO TAKE THAT OFF THAT CUT. BUT WE DID HAVE DISCUSSIONS AROUND THAT. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? REDUCTION IN SECURITY SERVICES. IT'S A REDUCTION IN SECURITY SERVICES IN THIS BUILDING, THE ADMIN BUILDING. SO WE WE WOULD BASICALLY HAVE NO SECURITY. BUT AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE CEO, I BELIEVE THE CEO IS IN DISCUSSIONS WITH PERHAPS A CONTRACTOR AND SEE IF WE CAN HAVE MORE OF A REDUCTION IN THAT CONTRACT. SO WE STILL CAN GET SERVICE AND STILL HAVE SECURITY IN THIS. COULD YOU ADD ON A LITTLE BIT TO THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT THIS THIS SLIDE IN PARTICULAR IS REFERRING TO IS OUR CONTRACT SECURITY SERVICES HERE AT 625 COURT. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CONTRACT SECURITY SERVICES AT VARIOUS COUNTY FACILITIES ALL AROUND THE COUNTY, INCLUDING AT HHS FACILITIES IN WEST SACRAMENTO AND DAVIS AND VARIOUS FACILITIES. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE FUNDED ARE FUNDED NOT BY GENERAL FUND, BUT BY HHS, A OR LIBRARY FUNDS AND SO FORTH. OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT COVER THOSE CONTRACTS, THE SOURCE OF THE FUNDING FOR THE CONTRACT PROVISION FOR THIS FACILITY IS GENERAL FUND. AND SO WITH RESPECT TO THAT, THE WAY THAT WE THAT WE COUCHED IT HERE WAS TO LOOK AT REDUCTION IN SECURITY SERVICES AND TO BASICALLY TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AT THIS FACILITY AND TO SEE IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR POTENTIAL REDUCTION IN COST WHILE KEEPING THE ACTUAL OUR ACTUAL SECURITY NEEDS IN ACCOUNT. AND SO I THINK SO, IN OTHER WORDS, NOT LOOKING TO ELIMINATE THE SERVICES, IF WE CAN AVOID THAT, BUT TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME COST SAVINGS THAT WE COULD ACHIEVE WITH THAT VENDOR OR ANOTHER VENDOR IF NEED BE. AND I'LL LOOK TO TOM TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THAT. BUT I WILL SAY IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS STILL IN EXPLORATION AND DISCUSSION, BOTH WITH GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND LOOKING AT THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE, SEEING WHERE THERE MAY BE OPPORTUNITIES OR IF THERE'S CONSTRAINTS TO OUR ABILITY TO REOPEN CONTRACTS AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD EXPECT WE WOULD HAVE MORE TO REPORT BACK ON AFTER SOME

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BUT BUT BY JUNE FOR SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE THIRD AND THE THIRD ITEM WAS LIBRARY UNDER LIBRARY. THERE WAS A LIBRARY ARCHIVES, I THINK IT WAS $49,294. IF YOU CAN ZOOM IN RIGHT THERE. WE'RE LOOKING AT WE REACHED CONSENSUS ON THAT. TAKE THAT OFF. SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT CUT. WE DID HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME TO THE PODIUM JUSTIFY THE POSITION.

THEY ALSO EMAILED THE GREAT NEED AND SERVICES THAT WE HAVE LIBRARY ARCHIVES. AND SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT MAYBE TAKING THAT OFF THE LIST. AND SO THOSE ARE THE THREE. I KNOW WE HAD OTHER DISCUSSIONS IN DIFFERENT AREAS. WE DID NOT REACH CONSENSUS ON SOME OF THOSE AREAS. I WON'T GO INTO THOSE AREAS AT THIS POINT IN TIME, BUT THOSE THREE, JUST TO PULL OUT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REACHED CONSENSUS ON. I THINK US TWO AND STAFF, THE CEOS AND THE REST OF THE REMAINING AD HOC MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE. SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT THERE. SO I DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT TOO MUDDLED, CONFUSING. AND THEN I'LL ADD SOME MORE STUFF LATER.

THANK YOU. SO WE'LL LEAVE THOSE ON THE TABLE FOR THE MOMENT. YES. SUPERVISOR FRERICHS YEAH.

JUST TO I APPRECIATE THAT THAT THAT THE DISCUSSION OF THOSE ITEMS. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, JUST AS IT RELATES TO THIS IS, I BELIEVE ATTACHMENT B I'M ALSO HAVE IN FRONT OF ME ATTACHMENT D AND I'M SO AND YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPOSED. SO I'M JUST NOW I'M LOOKING AT THE LIBRARY SECTION RIGHT. BECAUSE HE JUST. SUPERVISOR BARAJAS JUST MENTIONED THE THE LIBRARY ARCHIVES, YOU KNOW, 0.5 FTE POSITION, RIGHT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS. PROPOSALS HERE WITH A VARIETY OF NET SAVINGS IS AGAIN ATTACHMENT D AND, YOU KNOW, STAFF RESTRUCTURING, RECLASSIFICATION, REDUCTION OF YOLO COUNTY ARCHIVE STAFF. SCENARIO ONE. SCENARIO TWO.

SCENARIO THREE MANY SCENARIOS. SO I'M JUST I'M A BIT AT A LOSS AS TO WHICH ONE SHOULD I BE FOCUSED ON? WHAT IS THE WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF HYPOTHETICAL. AND THEN THE SAME ACTUALLY GOES TO THE SECURITY ITEM OR THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT EARLIER, THIS SORT OF. SO IN THE ATTACHMENT D, WHICH I'M ALSO LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT HERE IN ATTACHMENT B, THERE IS A DOLLAR AMOUNT UP THERE AND PROPOSED SAVINGS FROM THE SECURITY REDUCTION IN SECURITY CONTRACT IN THE ATTACHMENT D. THE ONLY PLACE I FOUND IT SO FAR IS UNDER GENERAL SERVICES. AND THAT'S $150,000. AND THAT DOES NOT EQUAL THE AMOUNT THAT'S IN HERE. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. YEAH ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S NOT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I THINK IT'S AFTERNOON NOW. OH A MINUTE SHORT. SO GOOD. GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS. LAURA LIDDICOAT CHIEF BUDGET OFFICIAL. THOSE ARE TWO DISCREPANCIES.

AND THOSE CHANGES CAME UP IN THE ACTUAL DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS WHERE THESE REDUCTIONS WERE DISCUSSED. THE REASON THAT THAT VARIANCE STILL EXISTS IS STAFF CHOSE NOT TO MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS WHATSOEVER TO WHAT DEPARTMENT SUBMITTED TO KEEP THAT INFORMATION AS COMING DIRECTLY FROM THE DEPARTMENTS FOR YOUR REVIEW, SO THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO REVIEW THAT RAW DATA DIRECTLY FROM DEPARTMENTS. WE DID NOT WANT TO EDITORIALIZE CHANGE ANY STATEMENTS FROM DIRECTORS OR DEPARTMENT LEADERSHIP. SO WHAT CAME OUT OF EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THOSE DEPARTMENTAL MEETINGS WHERE THERE WERE ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, AND IN SOME IN SOME CASES, SPECIFICALLY LIBRARIES TO THE ACTUAL APPROACH THAT WAS THAT ENDED UP BEING INCLUDED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY. SO LIBRARIES HAD A COMBINATION OF POSITIONS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO MEET THEIR THEIR 15% GENERAL FUND REDUCTION. BUT IN THAT CONVERSATION WITH DIANA, WE CAME TO CONSENSUS THAT WE WERE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN JUST THE PROPOSED REDUCTION OR THE REDUCTION FOR CONSIDERATION AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT MEETING THAT REDUCTION TARGET. IN THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE. INSTANCE. THANK YOU. AND THEN ON THE ON THE SECURITY SORT OF THE SECURITY CONTRACT, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION WITH REGARDS TO HOW MUCH GENERAL EXCUSE ME, THE GENERAL FUND ACTUALLY PAID. SO WE CLARIFIED THAT IN THE MEETING AS WELL. AND SO THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT YOU ACTUALLY SEE LISTED ON THE SHEET ON THE MONITOR RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. ATTACHMENT B IS THE THAT IS THE CURRENT GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. I AM LOOKING THIS

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AND IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BOARD TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND TO SEE WHERE IT WHERE IT LEADS. OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, TIME, TIME WOULD TELL, BUT THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS CAN BE RATHER LARGE, BOTH IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU KNOW, THE IMPACTS IN TERMS OF THOSE THAT ARE IN CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS AND AFFECTED BY THOSE SERVICES. BUT THE LONG TERM IMPLICATIONS FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT STANDPOINT CAN BE VERY PROFOUND. AND SO I THINK THAT WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR FROM THE BOARD IS WHERE THERE'S AREAS LIKE THIS WHERE THERE'S AN INTEREST AND THERE'S BROAD CONSENSUS THAT OR AT LEAST MAJORITY THAT SAY, YES, WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO ENGAGE IN THAT. THAT'S ALL WE WOULD NEED TO HEAR AT THIS AT THIS TIME. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD GO BACK WORK WITH IN A CASE LIKE THIS WITH DIRECTOR MORALES TO DEVELOP A TIMELINE AND A STRATEGY FOR WHEN AND HOW TO BEST BRING THAT BACK TO THE BOARD. AND I CERTAINLY WELCOME IF SHE HAD ANYTHING SHE WANTED TO ADD TO THAT, I ENCOURAGE HER TO COME UP AND ADD ANYTHING IF YOU WANT, BUT I'LL INVITE DIRECTOR MORALES UP TO ADD TO THAT. YEAH, I DEFINITELY WELCOME THE CONVERSATION. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT INTERNALLY, YOU KNOW, MARISSA GREEN AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING, BUT THERE'S TWO ISSUES, RIGHT? THERE'S THE CURRENT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT WE'RE FACING DUE TO ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE COSTS, RIGHT? AND YES, THE POLICY IN THE PAST HAS REALLY IMPACTED THE CASELOAD. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THREE TO MAYBE FOUR YEARS TO REALLY SHIFT OUR MODEL AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING AROUND UNIFYING FAMILIES SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS COST AS WELL. AND IT'S, AND IT'S GOOD FOR THE FAMILIES. IT'S NOT JUST THE

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OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO BUT FOR TODAY, MY NOT JUST CHILD WELFARE, I DON'T WANT TO PICK ON THEM, BUT THERE ARE OTHER UNITS THAT HAVE QUITE HIGH UTILIZATION OF OVERTIME. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A WAY TO DO SOME MATH TO SEE IF WE CAN, IF IT WOULD BE LESS EXPENSIVE TO HAVE AN FTE THAN TO BE PAYING PEOPLE FOR OVERTIME, IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO THAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS FOR OUR BUDGET PURPOSES THIS YEAR? BECAUSE IT WAS BECAUSE LESS OVERTIME WAS THROWN OUT AS SOMETHING THAT I GUESS I WOULD. I WOULD ASK INITIALLY, IS THERE A SPECIFIC DEPARTMENT OR SET OF DEPARTMENTS THAT YOU'RE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN, OR ARE YOU JUST LOOKING AT OVERTIME IN GENERAL ACROSS THE BOARD? AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I THINK WHAT WE MAY FIND IS THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCES DIFFER DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, THERE MAY BE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT JUST ARE NOT HISTORICALLY USING ALL OF THEIR OVERTIME BUDGET. SO THAT'S THE SOLUTION IS JUST TO ESSENTIALLY RIGHTSIZE THE BUDGET. THERE MAY BE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SAYING THAT WE SHOULD REDUCE OVERTIME AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A SERVICE IMPACT.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THINGS DONE AS QUICKLY, RIGHT. OR AS EXPEDIENTLY. AND THEN THERE MAY BE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, AS YOU'RE POINTING OUT, WITH SPECIFIC PROGRAMS LIKE CHILD WELFARE, WHERE THERE'S MAYBE A UNIQUE POLICY QUESTION THAT SURROUNDS IT AS WELL. SO IF IF YOU'RE ABLE TO REFINE IT, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. OTHERWISE, WE'LL GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE OVERTIME IS BEING REQUESTED AND TRY TO ANALYZE THE NATURE OF IT. YEAH. WELL, I DON'T KNOW. OVERTIME USE ACROSS ALL COUNTY DEPARTMENTS. SADLY, I DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL KNOWLEDGE, BUT PERHAPS YOU GUYS DO. BUT I DO THINK THAT IF WE CAN ANALYZE IT, THE ONES THAT STOOD OUT TO ME JUST IN GENERAL IS CHILD WELFARE. AND THEN THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE SEEMED TO BE THE HIGHEST UTILIZERS FROM THE DATA THAT I RECEIVED. BUT I THINK IF THERE COULD BE AN ANALYSIS TO SEE, DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE TO, YOU KNOW, NOT TAKE AWAY ONE OF THE THEY'RE SUGGESTING. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO BE PAYING OVERTIME AND THEN THAT COSTS MORE. THAT DOES NOT MAKE FISCAL SENSE TO ME. I WANT I UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE OVERTIME.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S A CAPACITY ISSUE. SOMETIMES IT'S A HIRING ISSUE. BUT I DON'T WANT US USING OVERTIME AS A METHOD WHEN WE SHOULD BE HIRING SOMEBODY. AND THEN IT WOULD COST LESS. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SEE. IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO AN ANALYSIS AROUND THAT, IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH, I THINK TOM AND I CAN TALK SOME MORE DETAIL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT DEPTH OF ANALYSIS WE CAN DO, HOW QUICKLY. I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE THE KEY QUESTION, PROVIDING A SNAPSHOT, AN OVERVIEW, SORT OF A MOMENT IN TIME LOOK AND MAYBE EVEN SOME HISTORY OF WHAT OF THE HISTORICAL TRENDS BEEN IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OR DIVISIONS OR PROGRAMS. AND OVER TIME, THAT CAN HAPPEN FAIRLY QUICKLY. THE ELEMENT OF ANALYZING WHAT IS THE RIGHT LEVEL OF OVERTIME. THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT GETS VERY MORE, MUCH MORE NUANCED, AS TOM IS DESCRIBING, AND MORE OF A DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT, PROGRAM BY PROGRAM ANALYSIS, DOING THAT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS THAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.

THERE CAN BE WHAT I WOULD REFER TO AS HEALTHY LEVELS OF OVERTIME IN AN ORGANIZATION.

AND. HOWEVER, YOU HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF NOT GETTING OVERTIME PUSHED TO THE POINT WHERE IT BECOMES UNSUSTAINABLE OR YOU HAVE STAFF BURNOUT. THOSE ARE KEY CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL. AND TO YOUR POINT, TYPICALLY OVERTIME COSTS ARE ARE GENERALLY LOWER THAN ADDING NEW STAFF, BUT ONLY UP TO A CERTAIN POINT, RIGHT. AS YOU'RE DESCRIBING, THERE IS THAT COST BENEFIT, THAT TIPPING POINT THAT YOU REACH WITH ANY GIVEN PROGRAM OR SERVICE. AND THOSE WILL VARY. SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THAT MORE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ON A PROGRAM BY PROGRAM BASIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A FAIR BIT MORE TIME. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE FOR THE FALL OR, YOU KNOW, DURING THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR TO HELP US PREPARE BETTER FOR THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. AND FURTHER CONVERSATION, I THINK WOULD WOULD CERTAINLY BE IN ORDER. BUT I THINK THE QUESTION IN TERMS OF WHERE IS THAT TIPPING POINT? WHERE IS THAT RIGHT BALANCE POINT IS AN ABSOLUTELY APPROPRIATE ONE FOR THE BOARD TO, TO CONSIDER. OKAY. AND AND I AM FINE WITH THE LONGER TERM. AGAIN, WE THIS IS A MULTIYEAR PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE. SO IF IT CAN'T BE DONE NOW, BUT IT'S A

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AND IT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES. AND SO I, I KNOW YOU DID NOT TAKE THOSE LIGHTLY THAT. BUT SOME OF THE YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE A COUPLE SATELLITE OFFICES BEING CLOSED AND A COUPLE, A FEW OF FEWER PEOPLE TO BE DOING THE WORK, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE LONGER WAIT TIMES. AND THEN I WORRY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I WORRY, I WORRY ABOUT THOSE THINGS, BUT UNDERSTOOD THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT IN IDEAL TIMES. SO IF I THE THERE'S JUST TWO ONES THAT I JUST WANT A MORE CAREFUL LOOK AT. IF WE'RE JUST LIKE LOOKING AT. AND BY NO MEANS ARE THESE FAVORITE CHILDREN THINGS. THIS IS JUST. I WANT TO ANSWER BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I WAS TERRIBLE TO READ THROUGH TO SEE ALL OF THESE POSITIONS THAT WERE POSSIBLY GOING AWAY. ONE IS THE CONTRACT WITH THE CRISIS NURSERY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE A SEPARATE NONPROFIT AND IS A CONTRACT. AND SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER TO SAY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE MONEY IN IN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NONPROFIT CAN RAISE SOME MORE MONEY AROUND THAT. THAT'S A VERY IT'S $100,000, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, $100,000 AWAY FROM OUR GOAL. BUT WHAT THEY DO, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CHILD CARE SPACE AT A PRETTY LOW COST. I WOULD LIKE US TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO HAVE THAT MAYBE FOR THIS THIS YEAR.

REMEMBER, FOR THE FOR OTHER NONPROFITS, WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A RUNWAY.

THAT IS ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I, YOU KNOW, GO OVER THERE AND VISIT AND I SEE THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE MAKING ON THESE WITH THESE FAMILIES. AND WE DON'T WE GIVE VERY LITTLE TO THEM $100,000. SO THAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR ME TO SEE. OF COURSE, THEN YOU CAN TELL ME, WHAT'S THE $100,000 WE'RE GOING TO FIND SOMEPLACE ELSE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT THAT IS A PRIORITY CONCERN FOR ME. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS IN RELATION TO SHIP TO THE CONSERVATORSHIP OFFICER WE WORKED SO HARD TO DO. THIS IS WHEN MY PREVIOUS LIFE TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT ARE THE NEEDS FOR CONSERVATORSHIP, WHAT ARE THE CASE LOADS? AND WE THE NOT ME, BUT A PREVIOUS BOARD GAVE THREE POSITIONS, I BELIEVE. AND NOW TO LOSE ONE OF THEM, IT TAKES AN ENTIRE YEAR FOR A CONSERVATOR TO BE TRAINED AND THEN JUST TO LOSE THEM. WHEN THERE ARE UNFUNDED MANDATES COMING FROM THE STATE, THAT IS GOING TO BE CONTINUED TO INCREASE THEIR WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. THAT IS ONE THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT. I DO KNOW THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT IS RETIRING AFTER WORKING AND PUTTING OFF HER RETIREMENT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SALARY SAVINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN THERE TO MAKE IT NOT QUITE AS BIG AN IMPACT, BUT THAT IS ONE THAT IF WE CAN LOOK AT, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT. YEAH, THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

SO IT'S WHAT IS IT, 200,100 AND 170. IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THERE FOR THE CONSERVATOR POSITION. I DIDN'T WRITE THAT NUMBER DOWN, I JUST UNDERSTOOD. BUT I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING.

IS APPROXIMATELY 150,000 SOMEWHERE. YEAH. ISH. YEAH. BUT THAT IS A NON-GENERAL FUND ONE THAT WE'RE CORRECT. YES. SORRY. DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER? OKAY. THERE'S AN ANSWER IN THE BACK.

GOOD AFTERNOON. BOARD. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IT WAS NOT PART OF THE 15% GENERAL FUND REDUCTION EXERCISE, SO IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT LIST. IT'S BEEN CATEGORIZED AS NON-GENERAL FUND. HOWEVER, IT IS PAID 100% BY THE GENERAL FUND. RIGHT NOW. WAIT, I'M SORRY, I WAS CONFUSED JUST FOR A MOMENT. SO IT'S SO IT IS FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IT WASN'T PART OF THE 15%, BUT IT'S PART OF YOUR RIGHT RIGHT SIZING. CORRECT. AND THAT'S BECAUSE, AS HAS BEEN STATED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A $11.7 MILLION DEFICIT THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE COVERED BY THE GENERAL FUND IF REDUCTIONS WERE NOT PRESENTED TO YOU. I UNDERSTAND IT'S A BACKFILL. YES. OKAY. SO THAT'S JUST I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE AS A PRIORITY FOR ME. IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO BALANCE. YES. YEAH, A COUPLE COUPLE QUICK THINGS. ONE, I

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I MEAN, LOTS OF ELIMINATION CLEARLY, TOO. BUT SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S AS OPPOSED TO IT'S LIKE, WELL, THIS ONE STAYS, BUT THIS ONE GOES, I MEAN, I THINK YOU CAN MAKE A CASE FOR ANY OF THE THOSE AND THE NEEDS ESPECIALLY, I MEAN, MAKING SURE PEOPLE HAVE FOOD, I MEAN, IS A PRETTY IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY FOR I THINK THIS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OR HAS BEEN SO I MEAN, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO POTENTIALLY FAIR TO JUST SUGGEST THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T ALL STAY WHOLE, BUT THEY THERE'S SOME LEVEL OF CUT THAT COMES TO THEM. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE BECAUSE AND I THINK IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE, THE MH A. I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL THREE OF THEM. I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN, IF YOU WOULD PAUSE JUST ONE MOMENT, DO YOU WANT TO RECUSE YOURSELF JUST FOR THE MOMENT? BECAUSE IT'S THE VITAL PART. YEAH, YEAH. TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL CONVERSATION BY THE BOARD AROUND ANY OF THE CONTRACT ITEMS THAT ARE THERE, THEN YEAH, PER PHIL'S COMMENT EARLIER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU. WAS OUT OF THE ROOM WHEN THAT JUST GETTING A GLASS OF WATER WHEN I WHEN THAT WHEN PHIL MADE THAT COMMENT AT THE VERY BEGINNING, I GUESS THE COMMENT WOULD BE, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ACCORDING TO THE ATTACHMENT, IT'S ACTUALLY ADMINISTERED BY YOLO COUNTY CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE. SO I DIDN'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONFLICT IS, BUT OKAY. CONTRACT.

OKAY. SO AGAIN, THE POINT WAS JUST GOING TO BE THAT, YOU KNOW, MUCH LIKE MH A, THE, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN MH A AND BHA WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY NONPROFITS WHO ARE PARTNERS COME IN AND SAY, GIVE US RUNWAY TIME, RIGHT? I MEAN, NOT JUST A ONE WHACK AT ALL IN THE FIRST YEAR, MAYBE THAT OVER BY YEAR TWO DOES END UP BEING THE CASE. BUT I THINK THE ABILITY FOR US TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR TRUSTED NONPROFIT COMMUNITY PARTNERS ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT BE AN OPTION FOR THEM. OF COURSE, NO ONE WANTS TO SEE ANY CUTS AT ALL. BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST SAYING, WELL, IT'S $100,000, YOU KNOW, ASK THAT ONE OR, OR IT'S ONLY $100,000. WE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY KEEP IT. I THINK WE SHOULD BASICALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION OF, YOU KNOW, THAT BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE POSITION WE'RE IN OF HAVING TO MAKE CUTS AND A LOT OF INCLUDING ELIMINATION OF ACTUAL COUNTY POSITIONS THAT WE CARE ABOUT, THAT I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE POTENTIAL OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT JUST IF THERE'S AN ABILITY TO NOT JUST ZERO THEM OUT THIS YEAR, BUT MAYBE IT'S A TWO STEP PROCESS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO RAISE THAT. I APPRECIATED YOU RAISING THE CRISIS NURSERY CONTRACT. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT. BUT PERHAPS IT IS ALSO NOT. WE JUST CONTINUE TO BE FULLY FUNDED. MAYBE IT'S REDUCED A BIT, BUT IT'S GIVEN SORT OF THAT RUNWAY ROOM. BUT ALSO, I MEAN, I'LL JUST TELL YOU IN MY HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, LIKE PEOPLE HAVING FOOD OR CHILDCARE, CHILDREN KIND OF, YOU KNOW, IMPACTS AROUND CRISIS. NURSERY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TAX ASSISTANCE AS AN EXAMPLE. SO ALTHOUGH I THINK THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM, BUT I GET THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A REDUCTION TO OUR VALUABLE NONPROFIT PARTNERS. SO I THINK THAT AGAIN, HAVING SORT OF RAISING IT, FIRST OF ALL, AND THEN SECONDLY, HAVING STAFF HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE THE NONPROFIT PARTNERS ABOUT WHAT IS A POSSIBILITY IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY TWO STEP PROCESS OR I'LL JUST SAY TWO YEAR PROCESS, MAYBE SOME CUT THIS YEAR AND THEN POSSIBLY ELIMINATION IN THE SECOND YEAR. BUT IT JUST WANTING TO JUST RAISE THAT FOR CONSIDERATION. I, I LIKE THAT APPROACH. AND I JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THAT THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CUT WITH THAT ELEMENT, IT SAYS ELIMINATE. SO THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IT, BUT IT'S THAT'S THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. SO THEN A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS. I THINK ONE, I MEAN, I KNOW WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WAS ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT SORT OF REVENUE GENERATION SIDE OF THINGS. I JUST WANT TO REALLY SPECIFICALLY CHECK IN ON THE HHS ITEM, WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY AROUND THE BILLING MANAGER. WE OBVIOUSLY HAD THAT AS A FUNDING ITEM IN TERMS OF PREVIOUS DECISION AROUND FUNDING A POSITION, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME AND ENERGY AND MONEY TO GET THAT GOING. OBVIOUSLY, FIRST HIRE THAT INDIVIDUAL POTENTIALLY, BUT THEN ALSO GET THAT GOING. BUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS AROUND POTENTIAL REVENUE GENERATION IN THAT SPACE, RIGHT? I MEAN, SO JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. I WOULD ASK DIRECTOR MORALES TO COME UP TO ADDRESS THAT. YEAH.

SO JUST IN TERMS OF SEQUENCING HERE ON THE RECUSAL OF VICE CHAIR BARAJAS, IF THERE'S CLARITY OF DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD ON THE PARTICULAR TOPIC OF THE CONTRACTS, YEAH, MAYBE WE BRING SOME CLOSURE TO THAT FOR THE MOMENT SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW HIM TO COME BACK. YEAH, THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SO I MEAN, I'VE SAID MY COMMENT ABOUT JUST, I THINK, AGAIN, HAVING, YOU KNOW, HAVING STAFF BE ENGAGED WITH THE NONPROFIT PARTNERS AROUND THE POTENTIAL

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SO MY PREFERENCE, AND I THINK BY DESIGN STAFF IS SCHEDULED MAY 5TH SO THAT WE CAN GET ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE QUESTIONS, SINCE THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION HERE FOR US TO DIGEST ON THE VOLUNTARY INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. WHILE I UNDERSTAND AND I APPRECIATE KIND OF THE CRISIS NURSERY COMPARED TO TAXES, WHILE SEEMINGLY THERE IS NO COMPARISON, THERE IS THIS PROGRAM, IN MY EXPERIENCE, WATCHING IT VERY UP FRONT, CLOSE IS THAT WITH A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY, YOU CAN HELP VERY, VERY LOW INCOME FAMILIES DRAW DOWN A TAX RETURN THAT THEN PUTS FOOD ON THE TABLE AND ALLOWS. SO I DON'T WANT TO I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT. SO I THINK DID I DID SAY THAT I DID YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I SAID MY PERSONAL HIERARCHY OF NEEDS, BUT I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT I MEAN, AND I, THAT'S WHY I PROPOSED HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ALL THE NONPROFIT PARTNERS AROUND A POTENTIAL REDUCTION FOR ALL THE CONTRACTS, BUT NOT ELIMINATION THIS YEAR. 100%. TOTALLY. I CLARIFIED THAT. YEAH.

SO I THINK, I THINK A LITTLE BIT CAN GO A LONG WAY. SO I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND MAYBE WITH STAFF'S HELP BY THE FIFTH, HOW MUCH WHAT'S A REASONABLE CUT THAT COULD STILL SUPPORT THE PROGRAM IN THE WAY THAT IT OFFERS THAT THAT RESIDUAL INCOME FOR FAMILIES THAT OTHERWISE DOESN'T HAPPEN. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MAGIC NUMBER IS, BUT I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE. I JUST AT THE END OF THE DAY, I JUST WANT THAT DEEPER ANALYSIS. YEAH. AND I THINK IF THERE'S BOARD, YOU KNOW, CONSENSUS, AT LEAST IN CONCEPT AROUND STAFF, SORT OF AUTHORIZING STAFF TO ENGAGE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THESE GROUPS, THESE ORGANIZATIONS, TO REALLY HAVE THAT MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION.

WE HAVE MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THEM WHEN WHEN THE REPORT AND THE INFORMATION WAS, WAS FIRST RELEASED, SO THAT THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST AN AWARENESS CREATED THAT THIS WAS A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION AND WOULD BE VERY LIKELY TALKED ABOUT BY THE BOARD. BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION AROUND WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS? YOU KNOW WHAT, IF ANY? I MEAN, JUST TO UNDERSTAND FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, I'M SURE THAT THERE'S ALSO THERE MAY BE SOME PUBLIC TESTIMONY HERE TODAY DURING PUBLIC COMMENT WHEN WE GET TO THAT COMPONENT THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THAT AS WELL. BUT STAFF WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, GO BACK, ENGAGE, HAVE MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEADERSHIP FROM THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK AS MUCH AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BY THE FIFTH, CERTAINLY. BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY SOME OF IT MAY FLOW OVER BEYOND THE FIFTH. BUT WE COULD WE WOULD ENDEAVOR TO DO THAT BY THE FIFTH. OKAY, SO I HEAR THREE. YES. HAVE THAT CONVERSATION SO OR NOT. OKAY. SO THEN IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND BRINGING ANGEL BACK. OKAY, OKAY.

CARRY ON. LUCAS, DID YOU HAVE. WELL, I THINK THE LAST COMMENT, THE LAST COMMENT WAS JUST TOM WAS JUST GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR MORALES AROUND THE HRSA REIMBURSEMENT BILLING MANAGER ITEM. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THE QUESTION WAS THE CURRENT POSITION THAT THE BOARD JUST RECENTLY APPROVED, WHICH WHICH WAS OUR BILLING COORDINATOR UNDER OUR EFFORTS.

SO TO GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY WORKING TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE. AS I HAD MENTIONED IN MY PREVIOUS PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS, THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS IS GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS. HOWEVER, WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO START BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR WHAT WE CALL SEMA, WHICH IS THE BILLING COMPONENT FOR SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH MEANS WE NEED TO IDENTIFY THE PROPER REPORTING MECHANISMS, THE PROPER FUNCTIONS THAT WE CAN BILL FOR, AND THEN PUT THAT PROCESS IN PLACE TO GO BETWEEN OUR DOCUMENTATION AND THEN REPORTING IT TO THE STATE. THAT PROCESS IS ALSO ABOUT A 2 TO 3 YEAR PROCESS, BECAUSE IT'S A IT ACCOUNTS FOR PREVIOUS THE PREVIOUS YEAR. SO WE'RE HAVING TO PUT ALL THAT IN PLACE. ON THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SIDE, WE ACTUALLY JUST HAD OUR SECOND MEETING WITH A CONSULTANT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH, BOSTON CONSULTANT TO HELP US LOOK AT ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES AROUND OUR BILLING. SO THE COORDINATOR WILL BE COMING ALONG AND JUMPING VERY QUICKLY, THE BILLING COORDINATOR ON ALL OF THESE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING, THE DEPARTMENT OUGHT TO SHARE WITH YOU. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING RIGHT NOW IS VERY LITTLE DOLLARS. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE, LIKE IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR, YOU KNOW, $5 MILLION. WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT WITH THE CURRENT SEMA PILOT, THAT WE'RE DOING THAT WITH FFP AND SOME OF THE INTERNAL WORK THAT'S HAPPENING THERE. WE'RE LOOKING ABOUT MAYBE A HALF $1 MILLION

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THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS US TAKING A FAIRLY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH, FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH WITH RESPECT TO THE REVENUE AND FEE GENERATION SIDE OF THINGS, THERE ARE REVENUES AND FEES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN SOME OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS AS PART OF THE BUDGET BALANCING, IT'S NOT 100% REDUCTIONS. THERE ARE A FEW LINE ITEMS IN HERE FOR FEE INCREASES AND GREATER COST RECOVERY AND SO FORTH. WE ONLY INCLUDED THOSE THAT WE HAD A HIGH, A HIGHER CONFIDENCE LEVEL OR COMFORT LEVEL WITH, AS OPPOSED TO ONES THAT MAY BE A BIT MORE SPECULATIVE OR QUESTIONABLE OR REQUIRE A LOT MORE LEAD TIME TO, TO WORK UP TO. SO THE REVENUE SIDE OF THIS, I THINK AS, AS THAT CATCHES UP A BIT AND ALSO THE WORK OF THE REVENUE AD HOC AND SO FORTH, AS IT SORT OF GETS INTO FULL SWING AND CATCHING UP TO, I THINK WE'LL SEE MORE AND MORE OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND TWO YEARS ON THE REVENUE GENERATION SIDE OF THIS COMING TO COMING TO LIGHT AS WELL. SO JUST AS A GENERAL PRINCIPLE, I THOUGHT I'D NOTE THAT. AND TOM, IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD. OKAY, OKAY. SO SHEILA VICE CHAIR. SO I'M TAKING OVER AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO WHAT I DID HERE, JUST KIND OF PUTTING A LITTLE RESET BUTTON FROM THE BOARD. I DID NOT HEAR NO OBJECTION REGARDING THE THREE ITEMS TO TAKE OFF THE CUT LIST. AND ALSO WE DID HEAR SHEILA ASKING TWO POLICY QUESTIONS. MAYBE WORK WITH THE CEO'S OFFICE STAFF, COME BACK TO THE BOARD. I'M ASSUMING AFTER THIS FISCAL YEAR.

DON'T KNOW WHEN. REGARDING FOSTER CARE AND OVERTIME. AND THE CHAIR ALSO WAS LOOKING AT TO TAKE OFF THE CUT LIST TWO POSITIONS, THE CRISIS NURSERY AND THE CONSERVATOR. AND THEN YOU GUYS HAD A DISCUSSION REGARDING SOME NONPROFITS REDUCTIONS AND ALL OF THAT. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS THE GAVEL OVER TO THE CHAIR. HI. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU JUST SAID, BUT ARE WE. OH, OKAY. GREAT. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS HERE? THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER WE HAVE. IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PUT OUT THERE THAT. I CAN SEE, I'M JUST REVIEWING ATTACHMENT. I THINK IT'S F THE IMPACT OF SOME OF THE. AND IN CHILD WELFARE SERVICES. NO WORDS OTHER THAN DEEP CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF SOME OF THESE CUTS. AGREED. YES. EVENTUALLY, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CIRCLE BACK AROUND BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE BOARD, AT LEAST THREE YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO, HAD A GREAT EMPHASIS ON SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS TO LOOK AT SO THEY CAN REMAIN FUNCTIONAL AND VERY ACTIVE AT HIGH LEVEL. AND ONE OF THEM WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCES. HHS, DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, ESPECIALLY NOW, AND DEPARTMENT OF HR. AND SO I DON'T WANT TO DIVE INTO THAT CONVERSATION YET. BUT FOR ME, FUNDAMENTALLY LOOKING INTERNALLY AT OUR ORGANIZATION, OUR PRIORITY AS DEPARTMENTS AND REALLY LOOKING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF STAFFING, I JUST WANT TO KNOW FROM THIS BOARD IS, IS, IS THAT WE'RE WE'RE COMMITTED TO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM AT LEAST EITHER TODAY OR MAY 5TH, OUR NEXT BOARD MEETING, WHETHER THOSE FROM THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS, WHETHER THE LIST IN FRONT OF THEM IS SOMETHING AMENABLE OR IS THAT GOING TO REALLY HURT THEIR DEPARTMENT, THEIR ABILITY TO FUNCTION AT A HIGHER LEVEL? SO I JUST KIND OF WOULD STEP BACK FROM THERE. AND I KNOW I SAW A HAND OVER HERE SOMEWHERE. I JUST, I THINK THIS, THIS IS A ROCK AND A HARD, VERY, VERY HARD PLACE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GET $35 MILLION OUT OF THIS OVERALL OPERATION AND MAINTAIN PROGRAM QUALITY AT A HIGH LEVEL. I THINK THAT'S A ALMOST THOSE ARE IRRECONCILABLE GOALS, I.

BUT I MAY BE JUST DEPRESSED AT THE MOMENT FROM LOOKING AND READING. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD BE A DEPARTMENT HEAD AND NOT SAY, YEAH, BUT DO YOU WANT MY RIGHT HAND OR MY LEFT HAND WHILE WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS? BECAUSE I DON'T GET TO KEEP BOTH. AND SO I YEAH, THAT'S NOT A RESPONSE. IT'S JUST. YEAH. GO AHEAD. NO, I RECALL THE CONVERSATION AS WELL. AND I AGREE. I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT STAFF LOOKS FOR WHEN WE KIND OF IDENTIFY WHAT THE KEY POLICY PRIORITY AREAS ARE. WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THAT IS THAT THIS IS A REFLECTION, THIS THIS IS STAFF'S REFLECTION OF WHAT WE ARTICULATED AS THE POLICY

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THEN WE WERE LOOKING TO ADD SOME OAKDALE RESPONSE SERVICES IN THOSE AREAS. IF THERE'S FURTHER CUTS IN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, WOULD THAT HINDER THEIR ABILITY TO OPERATE EFFECTIVELY? I JUST WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM. OR MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE A SIDEBAR CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT. I DON'T KNOW, DEPARTMENT HR HAD ISSUES PRIOR TO OUR DEPARTMENT HAD COME IN HERE. IT WAS PRETTY BIG ISSUES THAT WERE IN THE MERIT OF, OF, OF AREAS AS, AS, AS AN ORGANIZATION, HR IS USUALLY IS SEEN AS AN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH FUNCTIONING HR. THEY DO INVESTIGATIONS, THEY DO PERSONNEL ISSUES. THEY RECRUIT, THEY RETAIN, THEY DO PAYROLL. IT'S A LOT. SO IMPACTING THEM ON THOSE TWO POSITIONS, WOULD IT WOULD WE GO WOULD THAT REVERT US FIVE YEARS BACK, 2000, YOU KNOW, 2021 OR EVEN FURTHER BACK IF WE TAKE THOSE POSITIONS? I WANT TO KNOW BECAUSE WE HAD REAL ISSUES IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS. YOU KNOW, I CAN GO DOWN TO HHS, SAME THING. RIGHT? AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HHS, AND WE DID. THE BOARD LOOKED AT PROVIDING, I THINK, 1.6 OR $1.8 MILLION OF GENERAL FUND TO BACKFILL SOME OF THE SERVICES NEEDED, BECAUSE THE HR ONE. SO WE ARE LISTENING TO HHS A AND AND SO THAT CHECKS THAT BOX. SO THAT'S WHERE I WANT TO KIND OF DIVE IN. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S APPROPRIATE TODAY OR MAYBE AT A FUTURE FUTURE BOARD MEETING REGARDING REGARDING THE BUDGET. THANKS. MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE CEO TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE. WE YOU WERE GIVEN THE TERRIBLE TASK FIVE FINE, 15%. AND THEN HHS, YOU HAD TO FIND ADDITIONAL BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING DEFICIT THERE. SO. AND THEN YOU HAD THE.

I HOPE THAT THE BUDGET PRINCIPLES WERE LOOKED AT FOR WHERE TO LOOK AND WHERE NOT WHERE TO LOOK. MIKE, COULD YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? HOW BECAUSE YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THEM, YOU I MEAN, THAT'S JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS, MAYBE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, EXPECT EACH, YOU KNOW, COME UP HERE AND GIVE US YOUR BEST CASE ABOUT SAVING YOUR CHILDREN. I MEAN, REALLY, THAT'S WHAT IT. RIGHT, RIGHT.

SO I MEAN, WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTION GIVEN TO DEPARTMENTS SHORTLY AFTER THE DISCUSSION WITH THE BOARD IN JANUARY TO ESTABLISH THE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE STRUCTURAL RIGHTSIZING PATHWAY THAT WE'RE WE'RE ON, THERE WERE SPECIFIC BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD, GIVING THEM DIRECTION TO DEVELOP THE 15% GENERAL GENERAL FUND SPECIFIC REDUCTION EXERCISE WITH PARTICULAR FORMS TO BE FILLED OUT, THE. ASKING FOR SPECIFIC

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AND THERE COULD BE REAL LIABILITIES NOT FOR JUST FOR THE COUNTY, BUT FOR INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYEES. THEY GET AUDITED BY PERS AND SO FORTH. SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE OF ONE THAT WAS FLAGGED AND PULLED OUT AS PART OF THAT REVIEW PROCESS. THE OTHER COMPONENT TO THE REVIEW PROCESS WAS INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT AND DEPARTMENT HEAD. AND TYPICALLY WITH THEIR BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THEIR KEY BUDGET REPS IN THE MEETING, FACE TO FACE MEETINGS.

SOMETIMES THERE WAS A ZOOM COMPONENT, BUT ALMOST ALL OF THEM FACE TO FACE, YOU KNOW, TO WALK THROUGH LINE BY LINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE REDUCTION POSSIBILITIES LOOK LIKE. AND IT'S NOT AGAIN, NOT TO SAY THAT THE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE ULTIMATELY PUT FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION ARE WITHOUT PAIN OR WITHOUT SOME SOME REAL, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACTS COULD BE. BUT ARE THEY PLAUSIBLE, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY ARE THEY LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE? YES. I WILL SAY THAT THE OTHER PIECE OF IT WITH RESPECT TO THE THE BUDGET PRINCIPLES THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED, ONE THAT I WILL NOTE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, VERY TOP OF MIND. YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY FOR ME AS AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR IS THE BUDGET PRINCIPLE. IT'S THE IT'S IN YOUR ATTACHMENTS, BUT IT'S ONE REGARDING SUPPORT SYSTEMS. AND THIS AGAIN, SPEAKS TO THE HR EXAMPLE FOR. BUT ALSO OTHERS. SO I WANT TO BE MINDFUL THAT THIS COULD TOUCH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS. AND THAT SUPPORT SYSTEM PRINCIPLE IS RECOGNITION AND MAINTENANCE OF APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF ADMINISTRATION AND SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT COUNTY PROGRAMS AND SERVICES CAN BE EFFECTIVELY CARRIED OUT IS CRITICAL FUNCTIONS SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, OVERSIGHT, HUMAN RESOURCES, FINANCIAL SERVICES, I.T. LEGAL COUNSEL FACILITIES, FLEET ADMIN SUPPORT, FOR EXAMPLE, MUST REMAIN VIABLE AND AT LEVELS THAT ENSURE COMMUNITY FACING SERVICES MEET DESIRED TARGETS. AND SO THAT'S A PRINCIPLE. I KNOW THIS BOARD HAD SOME REAL DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN YOU ADOPTED THESE BUDGET REDUCTION PRINCIPLES. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ANY ANY OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, PHIL, YOU KNOW, WITH HR, TOM, WITH DFS ARE THE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE. WILL THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, REAL IMPACTS TO THEIR OPERATIONS AND THE DEPARTMENTS? I THINK UNIVERSALLY THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE YES, ABSOLUTELY. BUT ALSO WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT DOING BUSINESS AS WE HAVE AND AS AS AS USUAL, IS ALSO NOT A REAL VIABLE OPTION EITHER. IT'S SORT OF LIKE, WHICH IS,

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OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED. I THINK FOR THE MOMENT, I WOULD LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. SO WE ARE SURE TO HEAR FROM ANY PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO US. JULIE, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, CHAIR, I HAVE FOUR PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

AND ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM JUDY WOLFRUM, REBECCA KNIGHT, TOBIT, LIZ COLEMAN, JIM HAYNIE, RAMON URBANO, MICHAEL CAMPOS, DONNA SEAVER, CECILIA SU, SAMANTHA GARCIA, MICHELLE. TRUJILLO, ISABEL MINDER, CATHERINE BOWEN, AND DOUGLAS PORT, WHICH HAVE BEEN FORWARDED TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AS PART OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE AND WILL BE PLACED INTO THE RECORD. THE FIRST FOR THOSE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM LAPSLEY.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JIM LAPSLEY. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF YOLO COUNTY SINCE 1972. I'M AN AGRICULTURAL HISTORIAN. I'VE DONE RESEARCH AT THE ARCHIVES FOR A DECADE.

I'M SECRETARY FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE YOLO COUNTY ARCHIVES, A VOLUNTARY OR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION. I'M HERE TO ADDRESS THE CUT, THE PROPOSED CUT OF THE LIBRARY ASSISTANT TO TO 50% TIME. I THINK IT IS MISGUIDED FOR THREE REASONS OR INTERRELATED REASONS, WHICH I'D LIKE TO MAKE. FIRST, I THINK YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE ARCHIVES IS A GROWING ORGANIZATION AND NOT STATIC. IT GETS DONATIONS, IT RECEIVES NEW DOCUMENTS. THEY HAVE TO BE REVIEWED, THEY HAVE TO BE CATALOGED. AND THE ACQUISITION OF THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION RECORDS RECENTLY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE. SECOND, FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, THE ARCHIVES HAS MOVED TOWARDS DIGITIZATION AND PUTTING THINGS ON THE INTERNET. THAT'S THE IDEA. ALTHOUGH ITS INITIAL COST, IT SAVES MONEY DOWN THE ROAD. IT SAVES MONEY FOR THE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE ARCHIVES. THEY CAN ACCESS RECORDS FROM THE COMPUTERS, BUT IT SAVES STAFF TIME. THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO AND GET THE SAME PIECES OF MATERIAL OFF THE SHELF, BRING IT IN, INTERACT, TAKE IT BACK WHEN IT'S DONE. AND SO THIS IS A LONG TERM IDEA. THE THIRD IS THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE PHYSICAL WORK OF DIGITIZATION AND OF CATALOGING IS DONE BY VOLUNTEERS. THERE ARE 10 TO 12 VOLUNTEERS AT A NUMBER OF AREAS. SOMETIMES SOME INTERNS, THEY'RE OVERSEEN BY THE STAFF, BUT THIS GIVES A MULTIPLIER EFFECT THAT IS GOING TO BE DRAMATICALLY REDUCED WITH A 50% CUT IN TIME. SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THE AS AN ARCHIVE USER, REDUCING THE LIBRARY ASSISTANT TWO POSITION IS AN EXAMPLE OF BEING PENNY WISE AND DOLLAR FOOLISH. IT HAS A GREAT DEAL OF SUPPORT. AND SO THAT'S THOSE CONCLUDE MY REMARKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ISABEL J M MINDER. I DON'T SEE ANYONE

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OKAY. NEXT. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE BARB GRAHAM. THE SUPERVISORS HAVE RECEIVED A NUMBER OF LETTERS IN SUPPORT OF OUR LIBRARY ASSISTANT FOR YOLO COUNTY. RACHEL, THE ASSISTANT'S JOB IS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR BEING LOWERED FROM 100% TO 50%. AS A COUNTY STRUGGLES WITH A DEFICIT. THE. THE LIBRARY ASSISTANT IS A WONDERFUL REPRESENTATIVE FOR YOLO COUNTY AND THE ARCHIVES AND YOLO COUNTY. THE COUNTY IS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE HER. FOR A EMPLOYEE. THE. THE. I'M SORRY I'M SO NERVOUS. THE. AWESOME. YEAH. YOU OKAY? THE COUNTY HAS RECEIVED A NUMBER OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PERSON FROM A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING ME AND A UC DAVIS PROFESSOR. SO THE RANGE IS WIDE. THE PERSON, THE PEOPLE THAT APPRECIATE HER KNOWLEDGE. OVER THE PAST 20 YEARS, I HAVE VISITED THE YOLO COUNTY ARCHIVES FOR NUMEROUS HISTORY RELATED PROJECTS. FOREMOST, MY MOST RECENT PROJECT, THE ASSISTANT, HAS BEEN. WHEN THE ASSISTANT HAS BEEN WORKING FOR. THE ARCHIVES INVOLVED INVOLVE LEADING STRUGGLES FOR HISTORY AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH FOR A BOOK I HOPE TO PUBLISH. HER FAMILIARITY WITH THE COLLECTION, HOUSED WITH THE YOLO COUNTY ARCHIVES, IS NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE. FOR THE BOOK PROJECT. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET MY HOPES UP, THINKING THERE MIGHT NOT BE A LOT TO FIND, BUT SHE PROVED ME WRONG. SHE WAS ABLE TO SHOW ME CORRESPONDENCE, BURIAL RECORDS, MAPS, AND MORE. IN ADDITION TO HELPING PATRONS, SEE RECENTLY WROTE AN ARTICLE FOR THE ARCHIVES NEWSLETTER. IF YOU HAVEN'T YET READ THE ARTICLE, I SUGGEST YOU TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. IT IS A MASTERFUL TITLE. IT IS MASTERFUL. THE TITLE LIBRARY ASSISTANT DOES NOT DO JUSTICE TO HER. I IMPLORE YOU TO RECONSIDER CUTTING HER POSITION TO 50%. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS KAREN BAKER AND GENEVIEVE PAYETTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'M KAREN BAKER, AND THIS IS GENEVIEVE FROM THE YOLO FOOD BANK. AND I JUST WANT TO BEGIN BY SAYING, I'M SO SORRY YOU HAVE THIS TASK AND THE STAFF AND THE TEAM THAT YOU WORK WITH, MIKE AND, AND MONICA AND EVERYONE WE'VE WORKED WITH, TYCHO, HAVE BEEN SO THOUGHTFUL ABOUT HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS. I KNOW AT THE FOOD BANK, WE'RE DEALING WITH A SITUATION OF WE HAVE A $6 MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET, AND 2 MILLION OF THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE SUDDENLY HAVE TO FEED THE SAME 30,000 FAMILIES A MONTH WITH ONE THIRD LESS FUNDS. AND THE $85,000 IN THIS LINE ITEM ARE THE DOLLARS THAT WE USE TO PUT TOGETHER OUR 60 PUBLIC DISTRIBUTIONS, AND THAT PAYS FOR THE SUPPLIES, GLOVES FOR OUR 3000 VOLUNTEERS THAT GET THE FOOD OUT, THAT HELP MOVE 9 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY EACH YEAR. AND, AND THAT SUPPLY MONEY IS NOT FOUND ANYWHERE ELSE. I HAVE NO OTHER GRANT THAT I GET FOR THIS PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION. SO I JUST I JUST WANT YOU TO RECOGNIZE, AS I THINK SUPERVISOR FRERICHS PUT. WELL AND OTHERS CHIMED IN, IT IS IT IS REALLY VITALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WHILE WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE CUTS, I KNOW I COULD CUT 45 OUT OF THAT 85. I'LL USE A VOLUNTEER TO BE THE LEAD ON THAT INSTEAD OF A PAID STAFF, BUT I NEED I NEED RUBBER GLOVES AND I NEED, YOU KNOW, PLASTIC BAGS AND I NEED SHRINK WRAP TO GET THE PRODUCT OUT INTO THE FIELD. AND SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE JUST NOT NEGOTIABLE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE. AND, AND AS THE COUNTY THAT IS IN FACT, THE MOST FOOD INSECURE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA OUT OF 58 COUNTIES, OUR HOPE IS JUST SIMPLY THIS, THAT YOU WOULD DECIDE TO PROVIDE $40,000 TO THAT END. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

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THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO THE OAKDALE RESPONSE ISSUE THAT YOU BRING FORWARD. I THINK THAT WE, AS A RESPONSIBLE COUNTY, WILL DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT PEGGING AN AMOUNT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE ARE WE HAVE EVALUATIONS AND REPORTS THAT ARE NOT YET COMPLETE. SO I WOULD BE OKAY WITH PLACEHOLDER, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SPEND MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE ON SOMETHING THAT'S NOT NEEDED. SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE ACTUAL REPORT WHEN WE CAN HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE. SO PLACEHOLDER IS FINE WITH ME, BUT NOT SET IN STONE YET. AND WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE EVEN IN JUNE, ONCE WE DO OUR JUNE BUDGET, THAT'S NOT THE FINAL BUDGET. WE DO HAVE SEPTEMBER ALSO. AND WE CERTAINLY WILL HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY THEN TO BE ABLE TO HONE THAT IN FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT'S JUST THAT'S TWO OF US. IS THERE AT LEAST THREE OF US WHO ARE OKAY WITH A PLACEHOLDER? MAYBE NOT AN AMOUNT, BUT A PLACEHOLDER THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT. HAVE STAFF GIVE US A NUMBER NEXT WEEK. I THINK WE WOULD WANT TO PLUG IN AN AMOUNT, AND PROBABLY ON THE SIDE OF BEING A BIT MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN NOT FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE, AND THEREFORE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ON THE SIDE OF A LITTLE MORE THAN LESS. I THINK WE HEARD A RANGE EARLIER OF 250 TO 350.

YOU KNOW, I, SO I, I WOULD PROBABLY ON THE SIDE OF 350 OF THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR NOW WITH THE FULL UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S A PLACEHOLDER, RIGHT. AND THAT AMOUNT COULD CHANGE ONE

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SO THIS IS TOUCHED ON VERY BRIEFLY IN THE PRESENTATION. BUT THERE'S $1 MILLION PLUGGED IN FOR BASICALLY DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR JUST AS THE BOARD DID IN THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THERE WAS ABOUT $1 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR THE PROSECUTION, BASICALLY FOR THE DA'S OFFICE AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, WORK IN THE INVESTIGATION SIDE OF THINGS. BUT COMMENSURATELY, THERE'S $1 MILLION THAT'S PLUGGED IN HERE FOR DEFENSE COUNSEL FOR DEFENSE OF PLAINTIFFS WHO REQUIRE APPOINTED COUNSEL BY THE COURTS. SO AND THAT, OF COURSE, RESPONSIBILITY FALLS TO THE COUNTY. AND SO THOSE THAT FUNDING IS PLUGGED IN HERE AS WELL, IT'S ALREADY BUILT INTO WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE NUMBERS AND ASSUMPTIONS. AND SO THAT JUST BY WAY OF ELABORATING ON THAT, THAT'S FOR THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY WILL NEED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE DEFENSE COUNSEL, TO ASSIGN PLAINTIFF OR DEFENDANT, EXCUSE ME. AND THEN ALSO FOR THE DEFENSE COUNSEL, THE THE THAT'S THE RIGHT NAME FOR IT. FILL THE CONFLICT PANEL. THANK YOU. YEAH. THE CONFLICT PANEL, WHICH IS BASICALLY A CONTRACTED SERVICE THAT WE HAVE WITH A POOL OF ATTORNEYS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES AS WELL, WHEN WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE FULL CAPACITY IN-HOUSE TO DO IT. SO THIS WOULD BE A BLEND OF BOTH WITH THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE LIKELY HAVING ONE DEFENDANT AND THE CONFLICT PANEL HAVING ANOTHER DEFENDANT, ALL GENERAL FUND COST CORRECT WITHOUT A FUNDING SOURCE.

CORRECT. YOU WERE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. I MEAN, IF WE'RE TRYING TO PUT A PUT A BOW ON IT AT SOME POINT, AND I WAS GOING TO ASK MIKE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE WHAT ALL HE HEARD, I DIDN'T SAY A PRETTY BOW. I JUST SAID A BOW. ARE YOU READY? BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO ASK MIKE WHAT HE HEARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD. THAT I WAS GOING TO ADD TO WHAT MIKE. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND ADD TO WHAT MIKE MIGHT HEAR. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING SUFFICIENT DIRECTION TO STAFF BECAUSE AS WE TAKE THINGS OFF OF ATTACHMENT B, I SUSPECT WE NEED TO START POINTING TO ITEMS ON ATTACHMENT A WOULD THAT DOES THAT TRACK WITH WHAT YOU'RE OR NOT YET? I WOULD SAY IF THERE'S SOMETHING ON ATTACHMENT A THAT THAT IS OF INTEREST TO THE BOARD, CERTAINLY YOU CAN RAISE THAT AND WE CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THAT OR DELIBERATION. BUT YOU DON'T NEED THAT TONIGHT OR TODAY THIS AFTERNOON. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. SO AS I LOOK AT THE LIST OF KIND OF RECONCILING WHAT I THINK I'VE HEARD THUS FAR IN TERMS OF TAKING OFF THE LIST, THE BIGGEST TICKET ITEMS ARE THE SECURITY SERVICES, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE I THINK I HEARD AT THE VERY TAIL END OF THAT DISCUSSION, BECAUSE THAT'S THE $350,000 ONE IS NOT NECESSARILY TAKE IT OFF, BUT MAYBE ASK STAFF TO GO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY RENEGOTIATING SO THAT THAT COULD FLUCTUATE. OKAY, SO THAT'S FINE. AND THEN THE NEXT BIGGEST ONE IS THE CONSERVATORSHIP. SO I WANT TO ADDRESS IT ONLY BECAUSE TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ALREADY INDICATED THEIR SUPPORT FOR KEEPING IT ON THE LIST. I WOULD RESPECTFULLY, SLIGHTLY DISAGREE, IN PART BECAUSE I THINK TO YOUR POINT, MR. CEO, STAFF HAVE ALREADY DONE THE ANALYSIS AROUND THE THE THE DAMAGE THAT WILL BE DONE AS A RESULT OF POSITIONS THAT WERE THAT ARE BEING KIND OF GIVEN UP, IF YOU WILL. AND I SAY THAT IN PART BECAUSE I WAS, I WAS I WAS IMMERSED IN THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND WHEN WE ADDED THOSE POSITIONS. AND I REMEMBER VERY CLEARLY STAFF WHO WERE HERE SAID WE COULD DO WITH LESS AT THAT TIME, IN PART BECAUSE WHAT THEY WERE IDENTIFYING AS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE WAS A BACKLOG IN CLOSING OUT FILES. AND WHAT STAFF ARTICULATED AT THAT TIME WAS THAT IF THEY COULD GET SOME TEMPORARY POSITIONS, OFTENTIMES TEMPORARY OR FOREVER, BUT THEY SAID THEY COULD ADDRESS THE BACKLOG AND GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF, AND THEY COULD THEREFORE PROCEED IN PERPETUITY WITH LESS POSITIONS. SO AS I SEE THIS POSITION BEING GIVEN UP, I JUST I GUESS MY REQUEST TO MY COLLEAGUES WOULD BE, CAN WE GET A DEEPER ANALYSIS OF WHAT THE THE REAL IMPACT, BECAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO CUT POSITIONS IN CONSERVATORSHIP OF THE PUBLIC GUARDIAN, BUT I REMEMBER IT BECAUSE I WAS PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE TABLE AS SOME CONTEXT FOR WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO HAVE STAFF LOOK AT WHEN THEY COME BACK, IF IN FACT, THIS IS THE POSITION THEY'RE GIVING UP.

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THANKS. YES. MARY. SO MY OTHER THING I CAN USE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. FINDING MY WORDS, BUT NOT MAYBE SUFFICIENT WORDS AROUND ELIMINATING SOCIAL WORKER PRACTITIONERS AND FOLKS WHO ARE WORKING IN THE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES AREA. AND AS I'M LOOKING AT ATTACHMENT ATTACHMENTS, I THINK THEY ARE THIS IS E AND F, I BELIEVE THE NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS IN HHS. A AND THEN THE IMPACTS OF THOSE NON GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE WE ARE THAT THAT LIST INCLUDES THE ELIMINATION OF 12 UNFILLED STAFF POSITIONS IN CHILD WELFARE SERVICES AND AN ELIMINATION OF TEN FILLED POSITIONS. AND I'M WONDERING HOW MANY POSITIONS ARE LEFT AND WHAT WORK WILL WE NOT BE DOING. THE IMPACT STATEMENTS IN ATTACHMENT F LOOK PRETTY SIGNIFICANT IN TERMS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BEING REUNITED, GETTING SERVICES THAT THEY NEED THAT ARE NOT COMING IN ON A PREDICTABLE SCHEDULE. I WOULD IMAGINE THEY, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE NEED IS THERE, THE NEED IS THERE. I. I DON'T KNOW, I'D RATHER SELL A BUILDING AND KEEP THESE POSITIONS IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERMINE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WHO ARE THIS VULNERABLE. SO JUST SOMETHING THAT'S WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION TODAY. BUT I THINK I THINK THAT'S AN AREA THAT I'VE GOT. WELL, IT'S AN AREA I'VE GOT SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT. I, AND I THINK IN NOT ALL OPEN POSITIONS ARE EQUAL, LIKE ONE MIGHT HAVE BEEN YESTERDAY. AND WE'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT AND IT'S A CRITICAL THING, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND THEM OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN OPEN FOR SIX YEARS AND WELL, THEY HAVEN'T. SO IN RELATION TO THE QUESTION, HOW MANY ARE LEFT AND WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT OF THE ONES THAT ARE NOT FILLED BEING IF WE IF WE HAD TO ELIMINATE THE UNFILLED POSITIONS RIGHT NOW, THOSE POSITIONS ARE UNFILLED. SO THE SERVICES ARE NOT PROVIDED, BUT THE TEN FILLED POSITIONS, THOSE FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY SERVICING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. AND I DON'T KNOW, I PROBABLY COULD USE SOME IN-BETWEEN TIME, DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT EXACTLY THOSE SERVICES ARE AND WHAT EXACTLY THIS IMPACT REALLY LEADS TO. BEFORE WE DO MORE NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. YEAH, I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THAT TOO. I THINK WHAT WE CAN DO WITH RESPECT TO A COUPLE OF THESE AREAS IS, YOU KNOW, COORDINATE WITH DIRECTOR MORALES, YOU KNOW, TO COME BACK ON THE FIFTH AND HAVE SOME MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION FROM HER AND HER TEAM, YOU KNOW, MORE DIRECTLY WALKING THROUGH SOME QUESTIONS LIKE THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO, TO BE ABLE TO GET INTO THAT DEPTH, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER YOU DEEM APPROPRIATE, RIGHT? USING SOME TIME ON THE FIFTH IS AN ABSOLUTELY GOOD USE OF THAT TIME, I THINK. SO WE CAN COORDINATE WITH THAT. YOU KNOW, JUST FROM. AND I THINK THAT'S ALSO TRUE WITH RESPECT TO THE CONSERVATORSHIP CONSERVATORSHIP POSITION THAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO EARLIER. I THINK THAT CAN FIT WITHIN THAT CATEGORY AS WELL, SOMETHING THAT WE SPECIFICALLY ASK THE DEPARTMENT AND LEADERSHIP TO COME BACK AND GIVE SOME MORE DEPTH ON, ON THE FIFTH. AND I REALLY VIEW THE FIFTH AS SORT OF PICKING UP ON THE CONVERSATION FROM WHERE WE ARE NOW. REALISTICALLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT LITERALLY TWO DAYS WHEN THE AGENDA PACKET GOES OUT, A BUNCH OF NEW ANALYSIS AND THINGS TO BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH IN THE AGENDA PACKET. SO I REALLY SORT OF VIEW THE FIFTH AS A CONTINUATION OF THE CONVERSATION, CREATING THAT ABILITY TO GET INTO DEPTH ON ANY THINGS THAT WE WANT TO GET INTO DEPTH ON. BUT THERE MAY BE A FEW ITEMS THAT YOU KNOW, TOM AND I WILL CONNECT ON AFTER THIS, AFTER THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL THIS MORNING OR THIS AFTERNOON. NOW, I GUESS TO, TO, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN REASONABLY COME BACK WITH ON THE FIFTH VERSUS WHAT MAY NEED TO COME BACK IN JUNE. AND FOR ANALYSIS AND DATA AND SO FORTH. BUT AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHER POINTS.

WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, I CAN, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH A FEW OF THE NOTES THAT I HAVE FROM THE CONVERSATION TODAY TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A SORT OF A CHECK IN, YOU KNOW, HERE THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU AT THE END TO DO THAT. I JUST WANTED TO CHECK

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AND I KNOW THIS IS TERRIBLE. I WENT THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, DOING 2008 FOR SCHOOLS. IT'S TERRIBLE. BUT ALSO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T IN THE ROOM WHOSE LIVES ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED. SO THE STAFF, BOTH THE STAFF WHO MIGHT NO LONGER BE ABLE TO BE WITH US, BUT ALSO THE ONES LEFT BEHIND WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PICK UP THE SLACK. SO WE SEE YOU. WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO SUPPORT YOU. SO KNOW THAT WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK ON THIS AS A TEAM. SO I'VE GOT TWO OF THEM. OKAY. LUCAS. AND THEN. ANGEL. YEAH. THANK YOU. YEAH. I HAVE MORE COMMENTS LIKE ALONG THE LINES OF WHAT THE CHAIR JUST SAID PROBABLY NEXT WEEK, BUT I THINK JUST A QUICK QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION ON THE ON THE FUTURE ANALYSIS FOR POTENTIAL REDUCTIONS. SO THAT'S ATTACHMENT A, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THERE'S AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I WAS LOOKING AT MULTIPLE SETS OF DOCUMENTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, ATTACHMENT D HAD A WHOLE RANGE OF SUGGESTED ACTIONS FROM DIRECTLY FROM THE DEPARTMENT HEADS. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SELLING OF 100 WEST COURT STREET WAS, IS IN THAT DOCUMENT. IT HAS MORE DETAIL AROUND IT.

THIS IS JUST A CHART, WHICH IS A GOOD CHART, BUT OF ALL THE KIND OF POTENTIAL OPTIONS. SO I JUST WHAT IS YOUR PROCESS FROM THE STAFF LEVEL, PARTICULARLY THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, AROUND FINANCIAL SERVICES, AROUND THE NEXT STEPS AROUND SORT OF THESE POTENTIAL FUTURE REDUCTIONS? WHAT ARE YOU ARE YOU LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK FROM US? NOT NECESSARILY NOW, BUT EITHER NEXT WEEK OR IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. I MEAN, WHAT TIME FRAME WOULD BE HELPFUL JUST SO BECAUSE I THINK I'VE ALREADY WAS ALREADY LOOKING AGAIN AT ATTACHMENT D, WHICH CONTAINS SOME OF THESE PROPOSED FUTURE REDUCTIONS AND KIND OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE RATIONALE, AT LEAST PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AS TO WHY TO DO CERTAIN THINGS AND WHAT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAPPEN IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CASE OF THE 100 COURT STREET, YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE WOULD MOVE HERE, THESE PEOPLE WOULD MOVE THERE, THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THAT WOULD HAPPEN. SO JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF PROCESS AND WHAT YOU'RE ANTICIPATING TIME WISE. AND, AND ALSO FOR WOULD THIS BE FOR PURPOSES OF US MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER? OR IS THIS FOR, YOU KNOW, A YEAR OUT KIND OF SITUATION? SO ANY LIKE INSIGHT YOU CAN PROVIDE THERE WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. YEAH. THANK YOU. SO SORT OF REPEATING MY COMMENTS TO SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS A FEW MOMENTS AGO. I MEAN, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR ITEMS ON THIS LIST THAT SORT OF CATCH YOUR ATTENTION AND YOU'D LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ON, I THINK THAT'S, IT'S GREAT TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE NOW. AND WE CAN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM. IF WE DON'T GET ANY OF THAT FEEDBACK NOW, WE WILL PROBABLY FROM A STAFF LEVEL, ADMINISTRATIVE LEVEL, CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH SOME OF THESE. THERE MAY BE SOME THAT THAT EMERGE AS VIABLE OPTIONS FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, WHETHER THAT'S THE ADOPTED BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER OR MAYBE FUTURE YEARS. THERE MAY BE SOME THAT SIMPLY ARE JUST NOT GOING TO BE VIABLE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. AND SO EACH ONE OF THEM HAS KIND OF ITS OWN, YOU KNOW, CHARACTERISTICS TO IT.

YOU KNOW, YOU WERE MENTIONING SUPERVISOR FRERICHS ABOUT THE THE OPTION OF SELLING 100 WEST COURT STREET. WE CAN SELL A BUILDING. THERE'S NO THERE'S NO ISSUE WITH THAT. IT'S. WELL, WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS THERE? YES. STAFF ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE RELOCATED. ARE THERE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT? IS THAT FACTORED IN? WE STILL OWE ABOUT $2.5 MILLION IN DEBT SERVICE ON THAT BUILDING. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET $4 MILLION IN SAVINGS FIRST AND FOREMOST. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S THERE'S IMPLICATIONS TO SOME OF THESE THAT WE NEED TO THINK THROUGH.

THAT'S ALSO A ONE TIME OPTION, RIGHT? THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ONGOING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION FOR THE COUNTY. WE CAN CERTAINLY DO IT. BUT IN OUR MATH, IT DIDN'T FACTOR INTO, YOU KNOW, THE ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION RIGHT NOW. SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS PLEASE HIGHLIGHT ITEMS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THEM EITHER NOW COME BACK ON THE FIFTH WITH SOME FURTHER DIALOG. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THESE MAY MAY VERY WELL FIND THEIR WAY INTO THE TO THE LIST OF VIABLE OPTIONS AS WELL. GREAT. THANK YOU. SO PERFECT EXAMPLE THEN QUICK QUESTION WHAT IS SATELLITE FINANCE? I MEAN, YEAH, I MEAN SO I MEAN I SEE IT'S PROPOSED FOR ELIMINATION, BUT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT DOES. YEAH. SO SATELLITE FINANCE IS A PROGRAM THAT I OPERATE OUT OF MY DEPARTMENT WHERE WE PROVIDE FISCAL SUPPORT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT TIME. AND THE COST OF THAT IS THEN BILLED TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND SO THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THAT ON, ON THIS LIST IN PARTICULAR IS, YOU KNOW, YES, A DEPARTMENT THAT IS RECEIVING THESE SERVICES COULD COULD ELIMINATE THEM, BUT THAT'S SHIFTING THE COST BACK THEN TO MY DEPARTMENT, THERE POTENTIALLY IS A BIGGER CONVERSATION OVER WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT UNIT? IS THERE POTENTIALLY RIGHT SIZING, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES. BUT THAT'S GOING TO TAKE MORE TIME TO REALLY GO THROUGH THAT. SO FOR HERE AND NOW, WE VIEWED IT AS MORE OF A COST SHIFT THAN A THAN A TRUE REDUCTION. GREAT. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. THANKS SO MUCH. SO LET ME TRY TO GATHER MY THOUGHTS HERE. SO IF. SO WE

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IDENTIFY MAYBE IF WE WERE TO GO THAT ROUTE AROUND 13 MILLION. AND THEN IF WE WERE TO ADD A PLACEHOLDER FOR OAKDALE RESPONSE NEEDS, THAT'S ANOTHER 350 000. AND IF I'M JUST SAYING, HYPOTHETICALLY, IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT THE CONSERVATORSHIP AND JUSTIFY THAT THAT POSITION SHOULD NOT SHOULD BE COMING OFF THE CUT LIST, THAT'S A THAT'S ANOTHER $117,000. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT, IF WE EXECUTE TAKING OFF THE CUT LIST AND ADDING AUGMENTATIONS, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY AROUND 12.8, $12.7 MILLION OF CUTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WITHOUT THEN DIPPING INTO THIS ATTACHMENT A AND FINDING WAYS WHERE WE COULD CUT FURTHER. SO WITH, WITH RESERVING THE RIGHT TO FINE TUNE THE MATH. THAT SOUNDS APPROXIMATELY CORRECT. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO KIND OF WRAP MY HEAD AROUND THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO IF WE ACTUALLY AS A BOARD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEN ENOUGH CUTTING AT 12.8, 12.7, WHATEVER THAT NUMBER MIGHT BE. THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD COULD CONSIDER. INSTEAD OF TOUCHING THESE ITEMS ON ATTACHMENT A LIST. THAT'S WHERE THAT'S MY POINT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK SOME OF ATTACHMENT A IS THERE BECAUSE THEY JUST WEREN'T FEASIBLE. LIKE TO ELIMINATE A POSITION THAT NEVER EXISTED. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MAYBE NOT SO. YEAH, IF WE ARE THERE, THAT'S A GREAT SAVINGS. LET'S DO IT. OKAY. I AM NOW GOING TO LOOK TO THE CAO FOR YOU TO SUM UP, PLEASE WHAT YOU'VE HEARD AND WHAT WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL POSSIBLE INFORMATION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS OR THE NEXT MONTHS OR YEAR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK. SO WHAT I HAVE IN MY NOTES WITH RESPECT TO THE DIRECTIONS TO COME BACK FOR FURTHER REVIEW ARE WITH RESPECT TO THE LIST OF POTENTIAL REDUCTION ITEMS. THE BOARD, I THINK, HAS GIVEN HAS GIVEN THE DIRECTION FOR US TO HAVE FURTHER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CBOS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY THE POTENTIAL CONTRACT REDUCTIONS TO ENGAGE WITH THEM, SPECIFICALLY THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT, IF ANYTHING, MAY BE WORKABLE, PALATABLE, RIGHT, AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH ADDITIONAL INTEL ON THAT. SO WE I THINK WE HAVE THAT CLARITY. WE ALSO HAVE ON THERE THE ARCHIVES REDUCTION OF PULLING THAT WE HAVE THE SECURITY CONTRACT AND LOOKING AT EITHER PULLING THAT OR SHIFTING THAT TO A REDUCTION.

AND WE WILL HAVE FURTHER REVIEW OF THAT INTERNALLY WITH OUR TEAM. WE HAVE ALSO ON MY LIST THE THE FEE WAIVERS FOR THE NONPROFIT FOOD FOOD EVENT PERMITS, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF $15,000 IN THE BUDGET TO, TO, TO PULL, PULLING THAT FROM THE REDUCTION LIST. AND THEN A DISCUSSION WITH HHS AROUND THE CONSERVATORSHIP POSITION AND THE. IMPACTS, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO CHILD WELFARE SERVICES AND HAVING SOME MORE IN DEPTH CONVERSATION AND DISCUSSION OF THAT ON THE FIFTH, LOOKING AT WHETHER THERE'S ANY POTENTIAL COST SHIFTING RELATED TO THE CONSERVATORSHIP POSITION THAT WE COULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD TO, TO CONSIDER. WE HAVE

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THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK, ALL THE WORK. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, WELL, WE'LL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION A WEEK FROM TODAY THEN. THANK YOU. THANKS. WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE ITEMS LEFT ON OUR AGENDA. FIRST, I JUST REPORTS FROM BOARD COMMITTEES, FIRST BEING SOUTH DAVIS LIBRARY AD HOC. I, I HAVE SOME QUICK NOTES HERE. IS THAT OKAY IF I JUMP IN? LUCAS. OKAY.

WALNUT PARK AD HOC COMMITTEE. WE. CONSTRUCTION CONTINUES TO BE ON TIME AND UNDER BUDGET.

DID EVERYONE HEAR THAT? IT WILL WRAP UP. CONSTRUCTION WRAPS UP IN SEPTEMBER. OCTOBER GRAND OPENING DATE IS SET FOR NOVEMBER 7TH AT 9 A.M. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. IT'S SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE. LIBRARY WILL BEGIN RECRUITING FOR NEW POSITIONS, AS THEY CAN BE TRAINED OVER THE SUMMER AND READY FOR THE LIBRARY OPENING. THESE POSITIONS ARE FUNDED THANKS TO THE DAVIS VOTERS APPROVED MEASURE T LIBRARY COLLECTION IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ORDERED SOON TO PREPARE FOR THE OPENING, AND THEN THE BUDGET AD HOC. WELL, YOU SAW IT IN ACTION TODAY. OKAY. LONG RANGE PLANNING CALENDAR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER SUPERVISOR ANNOUNCEMENTS? SORRY THAT YOU WANTED TO REPORTS. THANK YOU.

LONG RANGE PLANNING CALENDAR. ANYTHING TO ADD OR UPDATE FOR THAT? OKAY. ACTION ITEMS. REPORTS FROM THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. WEBB. YEAH. NOTHING NEW TO REPORT TODAY.

AGAIN, USUALLY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THERE'S NO NEW EXECUTIVE ORDERS THAT ARE THAT ARE IN FRONT OF US AT THE MOMENT. SO I JUST CONSIDER THAT GENERALLY A POSITIVE THING NOWADAYS. SO NOTHING NEW TO REPORT THERE. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DID WANT TO MAKE SURE JUST FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BILL POSITION SUMMARY. AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT, ALEX. I'M LOOKING AT YOU. I ASSUME YOU PUT THAT TOGETHER, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AB 2026. I MEANT TO SAY THAT WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WELLS, ABOUT THAT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A LETTER ON THAT YET, BUT YEAH, YEAH, WE HEARD THAT PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER TODAY. AND WE'LL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP WITH THE LEGISLATIVE AD HOC. AND TO SEE ABOUT A LETTER COMING FROM THE COUNTY WITH REGARD TO THAT BILL. ABSOLUTELY GREAT. ANYTHING ELSE, MIKE? NOT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THEN. CLOSED SESSION. ANYTHING FROM YOU, PHIL? THERE

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ALSO. I'M JUST GOING TO READ SOME OF HER OBITUARY. WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE SHARE THE PEACEFUL PASSING OF OUR BELOVED ROBIN SOUSA ON MARCH 28TH, NEAR SUNRISE ON THAT DAY. SHE WAS BORN ON MAY 11TH IN PALO ALTO. SHE'S THE FOURTH BORN CHILD OF MARIAN AND ROBERT SUTTERFIELD.

SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER BELOVED HUSBAND, STEVEN. OLDER SISTERS, DULCE AND KAREN, BROTHER IN LAW DAVID, BROTHER AND SISTER IN LAW EDWARD AND MA, SISTER IN LAW CHERYL, SEVERAL COUSINS AND MANY TREASURED FRIENDS, PLUS TWO DEAR CATS. SHE LOVED HER CATS VERY MUCH. HER FATHER, MOTHER AND YOUNG SISTER LISA AND OLDER BROTHER PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. SHE GREW UP IN PORTOLA VALLEY, WAS A MEMBER OF THE LADERA OAKS SWIM TEAM AND ENJOYED WEEKEND EQUESTRIAN DRILLS AT THE LOCAL PONY CLUB. SHE ATTENDED WOODSIDE HIGH SCHOOL AND INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL IN MUNICH, GERMANY. GRADUATED FROM PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY WITH A COMMUNICATIONS AND ENGLISH DEGREE. SHE MET STEVEN ON A LITTLE DOOM BEACH IN THE OCEAN, AND THEY WERE WED IN YOSEMITE'S TO TO LIAM MEADOWS ON JUNE 28TH, 1980. SHE WAS HIRED AT UC DAVIS IN 1981. HER CAREER ARC CARRIED HER INTO MID-LEVEL MANAGEMENT. ROBINS WELL EARNED RETIREMENT BEGAN IN 2020. SHE THRIVED IN DAVIS WITH OVERLAPPING CIRCLES OF FRIENDS, HER CARING NATURE, CREATIVE SPARKS, AND DEDICATION TO TASKS WERE WELL KNOWN. HER POLITICAL ACUMEN GREW AS STEVEN CAMPAIGNED FOR A CITY COUNCIL SEAT AND SERVED TWO TERMS. SHE WENT ALL IN ON SHARED ENTHUSIASMS WITH ECLIPSE VIEWING TRIPS, HOT SPRING ADVENTURES, BEACH TRIPS TO MEXICO, KAUAI AND MAUI. I ASKED HER ABOUT THAT. I HAD A CHANCE TO SIT WITH HER JUST A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE SHE DIED, AND I WAS LIKE, I JUST LOVE SEEING PICTURES OF YOU IN HAWAII. YOU LOVED IT SO MUCH. SHE'S LIKE, OH, THAT WAS STEVEN'S THING. I SAID, YOU LOOKED PRETTY HAPPY IN HAWAII. SO SHE'S LIKE, WELL, YES, I GUESS I WAS. AND EXPLORING YELLOWSTONE. SHE ALSO RELISHED PRIVATE TIME WITH HER HOME PROJECTS, WITH TIME WITH HER CATS IN THE GARDEN AND THE KOI POND. AND HER PRESENCE AMONG US WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED. THERE'LL BE A REMEMBRANCE FOR HER ON FRIDAY, ON MAY 8TH AT DAVIS CEMETERY, FOLLOWED BY A CELEBRATION OF HER LIFE AT THE FAMILY HOME. AND I THINK THAT PERHAPS YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING ALSO. LUCAS. YEAH. THANKS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT.

YEAH. JUST COLLEAGUES, AS WE CLOSE TODAY'S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING, JUST WANT TO OBVIOUSLY TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR THE LIFE OF ROBIN SOUZA AND, YOU KNOW, WHO PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY ON MARCH 28TH, BUT WHO WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED JUST AT THE TAIL END OF OCTOBER WITH CANCER. AND SO VERY QUICK AND UNFORTUNATE SHORT ILLNESS. SHE WAS OBVIOUSLY A BELOVED MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, SHEILA, FOR YOUR VERY KIND WORDS THERE. I THINK JUST SOMEBODY WHO REALLY BUILT A RICH LIFE FULL OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ADVENTURES, OF COURSE, SHARED WITH STEVEN. YOU KNOW, THEY HAD JUST RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR 46TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY, OBVIOUSLY A LONG CAREER, AS YOU MENTIONED, AT UC DAVIS AND BUT VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. AND HER LOSS IS FELT DEEPLY. BUT ALSO, OF COURSE, HER SPIRIT LIVES ON IN THE MANY PEOPLE AND PLACES WITH WHICH SHE SHARED HER WARMTH AND GENEROSITY. VERY FORTUNATE AS WELL TO, YOU KNOW, EVEN ONE OF OUR TRIPS TO HAWAII A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO HAPPENED TO BE THERE AT THE SAME TIME AS THEM, AND SO GOT TO SPEND SOME TIME IN PARADISE WITH THEM AND JUST EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO STEVEN AND HER FAMILY, INCLUDING HER SISTERS, OF COURSE, DULCE AND KAREN AND ALL WHO LOVED HER. AND WE ADJOURN TODAY IN HER MEMORY.

AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS. APPRECIATE THAT. YES. AND JUST YESTERDAY AT 5:00, STEVEN SENT HIS NEWEST HAIKU. HE HAS BEEN WRITING MANY HAIKUS WITH PICTURES OF HER ONLINE. SO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE WITH STEVEN'S HAIKU TO HER PURITY OF LOVE, INTIMACY OF RESPECT, CONSISTENT KINDNESS. WE'LL ADJOURN IN HER HONOR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.