Apr 28, 2026 Board of Supervisors Special Meeting

[1. Call to Order.]

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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING OF THE APRIL 28TH, 2026 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER. WE'LL BEGIN WITH THE PLEDGE. CAN MARISSA JEULER PLEASE LEAD US TODAY? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. LET'S GO TO ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

SUPERVISOR BARAJAS? HERE.

SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS? HERE.

SUPERVISOR FRERICHS? HERE.

SUPERVISOR VIXIE SANDY? PRESENT. SUPERVISOR ALLEN? HERE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.

[4. Consider Approval of Agenda.]

[5. Public Comment: To be afforded a brief period of time to speak before the Board of Supervisors, please refer to further instructions at the end of the agenda on how to electronically participate and submit your public comments. Note: per the Ralph M. Brown Act, Board members may briefly respond to statements made or questions posed during the public comment period on items that are not on the agenda, but may not take action on such items. You may also share your thoughts with the Board of Supervisors by submitting a written statement via email to clerkoftheboard@yolocounty.gov. To ensure all interested parties have an opportunity to speak, each public comment is limited to two minutes.]

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' RE-ELECTION STATEMENT TO HOLD THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE.

SO, ON APRIL 7, 2026, AT 10:41 A.M., JESSE SALINAS 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 COUNTY OF YOLO. I ASKED HIM WHAT IS HIS BASIS FOR HIS DECISION. HE SAID, BASED ON WHAT I WRITE 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 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 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, IN-PERSON VISITS. THANK YOU, MS. ZHANG. 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 GWENDA. 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 10 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 PERSON'S POLITICAL PREFERENCE WOULD HAVE ANYTHING TO DO

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HOWEVER, YOLO COUNTY IS MORE FORWARD-THINKING THAN MOST. WE COULD LEAD THE WAY IN A THIRD PATH TO MEASLES IMMUNITY.

AFTER ALL, ORGANIC FARMING IS THE FOURTH LARGEST REVENUE PRODUCER IN OUR COUNTY, AND YOLO COUNTY WAS A LEADER IN THE NATION WHEN WE EXPLORED THE BASIC INCOME PROGRAM IN A UC DAVIS STUDY. IN SHORT, THE THIRD PATH TO MEASLES PREVENTION IS GOOD NUTRITION.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT TWO-THIRDS OF AMERICANS HAVE INTAKES OF VITAMIN A BELOW ESTIMATED AVERAGE REQUIREMENT. EDUCATING THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY PARENTS, WOULD DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE RATE OF ALL INFECTIONS IN YOLO COUNTY.

IN EARLIER TIMES, WHEN MEALS WERE PREPARED FROM SCRATCH AT HOME, PEOPLE WERE NOT AS DEFICIENT IN VITAMIN A.

SINCE IT'S ONLY TWO MINUTES, I CAN'T CONTINUE, BUT I'LL CONTINUE NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS JASON ALVEAR.

HELLO. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JASON ALVEAR. I'M FROM CALIFORNIA AMERICAN WATER.

YOU CAN REACH ME AT JASON.ALVEAR@AMWATER.COM OR VIA PHONE AT 916-291-1195. I'M HERE TODAY TO PROVIDE A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN, OR ERP. WE WELCOME ONGOING COORDINATION WITH CITY AND COUNTY STAFF, AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR DEEPER DISCUSSION ABOUT ANY COMPONENT OF THE PLAN, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME. THE ERP OUTLINES HOW WE PROTECT, OPERATE, AND RESTORE SERVICE IN OUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS DURING AN EMERGENCY. IT COVERS CRITICAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS, REPORTING AND NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES, SECURITY PROTOCOLS, RESPONSE ACTIONS, AND THE USE OF OUR STANDARDIZED EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, SCMS, WITHIN THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM FRAMEWORK. THE PRIORITIES OF THE ERP ARE TO FIRST PROTECT HUMAN LIFE, FOLLOWED BY PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT, PROPERTY, AND MAINTENANCE OF ESSENTIAL WASTEWATER AND WATER SYSTEM OPERATIONS. WHILE WE HOPE THESE PLANS ARE RARELY NEEDED, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO TO BE FULLY PREPARED IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.

THIS PLAN ENSURES WE CAN RESPOND EFFECTIVELY AND MAINTAIN OR RESTORE SERVICE, INCLUDING PROVIDING BACKUP WATER SUPPLIES WHEN NECESSARY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR ALLOWING ME TO PRESENT THIS OVERVIEW. WE VALUE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY AND CALIFORNIA 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 DIAS DE LOS NIÑOS CELEBRATING YOUNG AMERICANS. CHAIR, I'M SORRY,

[ CONSENT AGENDA]

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 IF A CHILD HAD A LEAD LEVEL BELOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT, BUT

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SO IT'S A GREAT WAY TO IMPROVE BRAIN HEALTH, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LEAD POISONING PREVENTION, AND I'M SO PLEASED THAT IT'S COMING BACK TO YOLO COUNTY.

WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FULL CONSENT? OKAY, MOVED BY BARAJAS, SECONDED BY VIXIE SANDY. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.

[ Introductions & Honorary Resolutions]

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. 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 NIÑOS AND THE 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 NIÑOS, THE CHILDREN OF YOLO COUNTY. SO HERE, IT STARTED ABOUT 22 YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE SANDRA, YOU WERE PART OF THAT COMMITTEE, THAT ORIGINAL COMMITTEE, 22 YEARS AGO, RIGHT? I WAS THE KID WITH THEM. YOU'RE JUST THE KID WITH THEM, SHE SAID. NO, BUT DEFINITELY, IT'S DIA DE LOS NIÑOS. IT'S ACTUALLY NOT JUST ONLY NATIONALLY THAT'S CELEBRATED, BUT ACROSS THE WORLD IT'S CELEBRATED, ESPECIALLY IN OUR LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES, CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES, THAT WE CELEBRATE TO EDUCATE OUR YOUNG YOUTH, RIGHT? AND 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 HONOR DIA DE LOS NIÑOS 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, 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 NIÑOS COMMITTEE, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OUR SPONSORS, AND OUR COMMUNITY FOR OUR CONTINUED SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR'S. FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL EVENT THAT IS CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS. THIS YEAR, AS SUPERVISOR BARAJAS HAS MENTIONED, IS 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 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 NIÑOS 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. DO YOU GUYS WANT TO COME TO THE FRONT? VERY GOOD. IF WE COULD HAVE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS COME TO THE FRONT, WE'LL TAKE A PICTURE. ALL

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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 THE YOLO COUNTY SOUTH FOUNDATION THROUGHOUT THE BIG DAY OF GIVING. THROUGHOUT THE REGION, IT'S RAISED OVER $117 MILLION OVER THE LOCAL NONPROFITS 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 GUYS' ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE REALLY THAT'S THE FUEL, THAT'S THE ENGINE THAT PROVIDES YOUR ORGANIZATION AND ALSO SERVICES AND SPECIALIZED SERVICES THAT COUNTY GOVERNMENT CANNOT PROVIDE. IT'S YOUR WORK AND YOUR GUYS' OUTREACH THAT REALLY HELPS THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY SOMETIMES GOVERNMENT OBVIOUSLY LOVES TO PARTNER WITH ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THE BOTH OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS, EMPOWER YOLO AND THRIVING PETE. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'D LIKE TO SEE IF YOU GUYS COULD SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU TO HAVE ME RIGHT HERE. I'M FROM EMPOWER YOLO. I'VE BEEN IN THE AGENCY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SERVING THIS AGENCY, SO I'M VERY HONORED TO BE RIGHT HERE REPRESENTING THEM. THIS DONATION WILL HELP OUR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND CHILD ABUSE PROBATION PROGRAM, AND WE HAVE PEOPLE CAN DONATE AT EMPOWERYOLO.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. SO VERY GRATEFUL TO BE HERE ON BEHALF OF IT. 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. 10 YEARS AGO WE STARTED WITH A VERY SMALL TEAM, WE WERE VOLUNTEER DRIVEN, WE GIVE FROM 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 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 ARE 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 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 PUSH AND WE ALL STRIVE TO GET BETTER ACCESS AND QUALITY OF SERVICES FOR OUR YOLO RESIDENTS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A PICTURE UP IN THE FRONT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SUPERVISORS COME ON DOWN. THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE

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IT'S GOOD. I LOVE IT. IT'S AWESOME. WELL, 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, IT'S SO IMPORTANT. THE 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 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 5 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. HI, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, CHAIR ALLEN AND SUPERVISORS. I'M SHELBY MCGRIFF. I AM I ACT AS THE MCH 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 YCCA 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 5 YELLOW AND THE ENTIRE HOME VISITING COLLABORATIVE, 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 STRENGTHEN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH AND HELP ENSURE THAT EVERY CHILD RECEIVES THE OPPORTUNITY THAT THEY'RE ENTITLED TO. CHILDREN DON'T COME WITH INSTRUCTION MANUALS, BUT IN YOLO COUNTY, WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT THEY CAN COME WITH A HOME VISITOR. AND THROUGH EMPATHY, PARTNERSHIP,

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JUST TO KIND OF GIVE AN EXAMPLE, JUST LAST WEEK I HAD TWO BABIES WHO, THEY, I PRETTY MUCH ENFORCED A LOT OF TUMMY TIME WITH THEM WHEN THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS, FIRST, LIKE THE NEWBORN MONTHS, AND SO, AND I ACTUALLY GOT TO SEE IT FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT IT WAS GREAT TO SEE BECAUSE THEY ROLL FROM LIKE THE TUMMY TO THEIR BACKS, AND SO THAT'S A HUGE DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONE FOR THEM, AS WELL AS YESTERDAY I GOT TO EXPERIENCE A CHILD WHO JUST TURNED 12 MONTHS, AND SHE WAS LIKE TAKING HER FIRST STEPS.

SO THAT'S ANOTHER DEVELOPMENTAL MILESTONE. AND THEN ALSO LINKING THEM TO EARLY INTERVENTION, IF THAT'S ALSO NEEDED, IS AN IMPORTANT PART, TOO, AS WELL FOR CHILD DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT'S THE ROLE THAT I DO AS A HOME VISITOR. SO THANK YOU.

WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS INDEED A TEAM EFFORT.

AND IF WE COULD ACTUALLY, IF EVERYONE'S WILLING TO COME JOIN US UP HERE IN THE FRONT, WE'LL DO A QUICK PHOTO AND HAVE THE BOARD JOIN US. 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 AS SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION MONTH IN YOLO COUNTY. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SONIA JIMENEZ, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF EMPOWER YOLO, JOIN US AGAIN.

ACTUALLY, IS LAURA HERE? I DIDN'T SEE LAURA VALDEZ FROM THE DA'S OFFICE. WELL, THE DA'S OFFICE IS HERE, I THINK.

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. IN 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 PROMOTORES, PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING ENVIRONMENTS WHERE RESPECT, SAFETY, AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS CAN THRIVE.

ORGANIZATIONS LIKE EMPOWER YOLO AND COMMUNICARE LA CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WAY IN SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND ADVANCING PREVENTION, AND PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE RAPE PREVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAM 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 OPPORTUNITY, AND REDUCES VULNERABILITY TO VIOLENCE. AND THAT PROMOTING GENDER EQUITY AND SHARED RESPONSIBILITY CREATES CONDITIONS WHERE EVERYONE CAN THRIVE. PREVENTION IS STRONGEST WHEN IT IS ROOTED IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE EDUCATION, AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE MOST IMPACTED. AND

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YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM MARY IN THE LAST BIG DAY OF GIVING ITEM THAT THRIVING PINK IS CELEBRATING THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR. WELL, EMPOWER YOLO IS JUST ABOUT TO START CELEBRATING ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY HERE IN YOLO COUNTY, AND SO GRATEFUL FOR THE 50 YEARS OF WORK THAT EMPOWER YOLO HAS DONE AND CONTINUES TO DO IN ALL TYPES OF WORK, AND ESPECIALLY AROUND SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. HELLO AGAIN. AGAIN, I'M HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS REPRESENTATION ON 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, PROBATION AND EDUCATION PROGRAM OF EMPOWER YOLO. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL AS A SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH. 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 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 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 PROBATION IS EVERYONE'S JOB WHEN WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. 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 PROBATION AND EDUCATION ABOUT SEXUAL VIOLENCE. 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 EMME 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 DENOZO, A TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT ALSO. OH, THE REAL LIVING PROOF RIGHT HERE. HERE, 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 OBSERVED ANNUALLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY OF REGISTERED DONORS, DONOR FAMILIES, LIVING DONORS, AND RECOGNIZE THE COMMITMENT OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, RESEARCHERS, AND NATIONAL PARTNERS,

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AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 100,000 AMERICANS AND OVER 19,000 CALIFORNIANS ARE CURRENTLY ON THE NATIONAL TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST, SO THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO HELP THEM OUT, AND NEARLY 80% ARE PEOPLE OF COLOR. AND WHEREAS ANOTHER PERSON IS ADDED TO THE WAITING LIST EVERY EIGHT MINUTES. AND ON AVERAGE, 17 PEOPLE DIE EACH DAY WHILE WAITING FOR LIFE-SAVING ORGAN TRANSPLANT.

THE SIERRA DONOR SERVICES MADE 422 ORGAN TRANSPLANTS POSSIBLE THROUGH SELFLESS GENEROSITY OF 170 NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ORGAN DONORS. THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT WE RECOGNIZE APRIL AS NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH. AND JUST AS A PERSONAL SIDE NOTE, IT'S THERE AS A NURSE AND AS A PERSON WHO UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE. I HAVE ON MY DRIVER'S LICENSE MY LITTLE STICKER TO MAKE SURE, THE DOT, AND THAT ALL MY CHILDREN DO ALSO. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL, IT'S A NICE TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T UPDATED YOUR LICENSE TO ALLOW THAT, NOW'S A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR RECOGNIZING APRIL AS DONATE LIFE MONTH. MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN MORALES, 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 HELP THE LEAST.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER VISITING DONEVIDA.ORG TO BECOME A REGISTERED DONOR.

YOU CAN VISIT SIERRADONOR.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.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING? I AM A KIDNEY RECIPIENT, AND IT IS TRULY A NOT JUST LIFE-SAVING BUT A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE.

SUPERVISORS, YOU HEAR ALL THE TIME FROM PEOPLE, 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 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 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 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 THIS TRANSPLANT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THIS IS REALLY A TRUTHFUL, YOU KNOW, THAT THE TRANSPLANT REALLY WORKS. AND IT'S REALLY A BIG HELP IF EVERYBODY WILL, YOU KNOW, TAKE TIME AND WHEN THEY RENEW THEIR LICENSE, PUT,

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[24. Receive update on actions taken by staff regarding the moratorium on the approval of new agricultural well permits in the Yolo Subbasin Groundwater Agency (YSGA) Focus Areas since the last Board update on February 10, 2026; receive 2025 Water Year report and other updates from the YSGA; receive and provide feedback on the topics of well metering, additional hydrogeologic review, crop conversions and the well permitting moratorium. (No general fund impact) (Fieseler/Meneghetti) (Est. Staff Presentation: 20 min)]

THE PURPOSE OF THIS WORKING GROUP WAS 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-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 YSGA ON THE SUSTAINABLE GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT ACT OR SGMA AND ALSO ON OUR YOLOSA BASIN GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN OR GSP. DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD ON THE MAIN TOPICS WHICH HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN 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 STAFF WERE ADEQUATELY CAPTURING THE THOUGHTS OF THE GROUP AND THE FULL SURVEY RESULTS ARE ATTACHED IN THE BOARD PACKET.

THE SURVEY ASKED THE GROUP'S

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THE FIRST QUESTION WAS SHOULD THE COUNTY REQUIRE METERS TO BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THE WELL PERMITTING PROCESS? AS YOU CAN SEE, A MAJORITY OF THE RESPONDENTS SUPPORTED REQUIRING METERS ON NEW AG WELLS. MANY CONSIDERED METERING AN ESSENTIAL FOUNDATION FOR LONG-TERM GROUNDWATER DEMAND MANAGEMENT. SEVERAL EMPHASIZED THAT ACCURATE GROUNDWATER ACCOUNTING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT METERS. AND THOSE WHO ANSWERED NO GENERALLY BELIEVE THAT METERING REQUIREMENTS SHOULD ORIGINATE FROM THE YSGA RATHER THAN THE COUNTY. NEXT, WE ASKED IF THE COUNTY DIDN'T REQUIRE METERS, SHOULD WE AT LEAST REQUIRE THAT SYSTEMS BE DESIGNED TO ALLOW FOR FUTURE INSTALLATION? AND A LARGE MAJORITY REPLIED YES.

EVEN THOSE WHO OPPOSED IMMEDIATE METERING OVERWHELMINGLY FAVORED A NEW SYSTEM TO BE METER-READY. AND MANY NOTED THAT THIS WAS A WAY TO PREPARE FOR FUTURE DEMAND MANAGEMENT AND 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 YSGA SHOULD LEAD.

AND MANY RESPONDENTS SAID THE YSGA IS THE APPROPRIATE AGENCY UNDER SGMA 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' 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 YSGA 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 PREFER TO RECOMMEND A LIST WHICH IN EMPHASIZING FLEXIBILITY AND AVOIDANCE OF DELAYS. THOSE WHO SUPPORTED A REQUIRED LIST CITED FAIRNESS, STANDARDIZATION, AND THE NEED TO AVOID APPLICANT SELECTED CONSULTANTS WHO MAY INCENTIVIZE OR PRODUCE FAVORABLE FINDINGS. THE GROUP WAS NEXT ASKED WHETHER 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 SGMA ALREADY PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR REGULATING EXTRACTIONS.

OTHERS ALSO EXPRESS LEGAL CONCERN ABOUT LAND USE RESTRICTIONS TIED TO CROP TYPE.

ALTERNATIVELY, WE ASKED THE GROUP 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. 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'VE 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 YSGA FINALIZING MEASURABLE GROUNDWATER TARGETS AND ALLOCATION FRAMEWORKS, CONCERN ABOUT PROTECTING VULNERABLE DOMESTIC AND AG WELLS, AND IMPROVING BASIN-WIDE DATA NECESSARY FOR WELL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS.

AND THOSE OPPOSED TO EXTENDING THE MORATORIUM FELT THAT THE MORATORIUM HAD NOT BEEN

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SOME OF THE ITEMS MENTIONED WERE THINGS THAT THE COUNTY IS ALREADY DOING OR WORKING ON, SO I WANTED TO ELABORATE ON THOSE. ONE OF WHICH IS PUMP CAPACITY VERIFICATION. AS PART OF THE DECEMBER ORDINANCE UPDATE, A REQUIREMENT FOR PUMP CAPACITY REPORTS FOR FINAL APPROVAL WAS ADDED.

THERE WERE COMMENTS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OF WELL COMPLETION REPORTS, AND STAFF ARE REVIEWING THOSE REQUIREMENTS FOR WELL COMPLETION REPORTS AND REVIEWING OUR PROCESS AS FAR AS REVIEWING THOSE REPORTS. THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE COUNTY'S MINIMUM WELL SEPARATION DISTANCES AND STAFF WILL BE REVIEWING OUR SEPARATION DISTANCES WITH OUR CONSULTANT WHO DEVELOPED THOSE FOR US AND THERE WERE ALSO COMMENTS ABOUT THE COUNTY'S PARTICIPATION AND COORDINATION WITH THE YSGA AND SO I JUST WANT TO YOU KNOW STATE THAT THE COUNTY AND THE YSGA WE MEET AND COORDINATE REGULARLY AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP.

AND ALSO TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE COUNTY DOES HAVE A SEAT ON THE YSGA BOARD AND REGULARLY ATTENDS THOSE MEETINGS. AND I WILL JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT ABOUT THE SURVEY. WE DID GET A GOOD AMOUNT OF RESPONSES. WE GOT 28 RESPONSES. WE FEEL LIKE IT IS PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE AS FAR AS ACROSS THE BOARD OF PEOPLE WHO WERE PARTICIPATING AND THOSE WHO RESPONDED. BUT LIKE I NOTED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE QUESTION ON THE AG WELL MORATORIUM, THE FEELING IN THE ROOM WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. SO WHILE WE FEEL THAT THE SURVEY RESULTS ARE COMPREHENSIVE, JUST A REMINDER, THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT CAPTURING EVERYBODY'S POINT OF VIEW. AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KRISTIN SICKE. GO AHEAD. YEAH, I THINK I'M SORT OF SEEING THIS AS TWO PRESENTATIONS. YEAH, THERE ARE 41 SLIDES. SO I THOUGHT WE WOULD NOW PAUSE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD FOR THIS SECTION. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL KEEP JUMPING UP AND DOWN. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. THANK YOU, APRIL, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

ON SLIDE FIVE, ON THE QUESTION WHETHER SHOULD THE COUNTY REQUIRE METERS BE INSTALLED AS PART OF THE WELL PERMITTING PROCESS, YOU MADE A STATEMENT THAT YOU STATED YSGA SHOULD REQUIRE NOT THE COUNTY ACCORDING TO THOSE THAT SURVEYED ANY KIND OF WHAT WAS THE JUSTIFICATION BEHIND IT IS THAT A LEGAL JUSTIFICATION OR IS THAT A JUST AN OPINION WELL THAT 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 POOLED OUT DOES FALL UNDER THE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND SO THE YSGA DOES HAVE THAT AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE METERS IF NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. CAN THE COUNTY DO THAT LEGALLY? BECAUSE WHY WOULD WE FRAME IT THEN, THE QUESTION, WHOEVER DID THE QUESTION, SHOULD THE COUNTY REQUIRE? IF YOU'RE STATING THAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS WITHIN YSGA.

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 YSGA 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 ADD IT 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 TIME AND PLACE IF THE YSGA MOVES FORWARD WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS. EXPAND ON THAT VERY BRIEFLY. THANK YOU, APRIL SO THE AGAIN ONE OF THE KEY DISTINCTIONS THERE I THINK IN TERMS OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND JURISDICTION IS THE COUNTY HAS THE JURISDICTION OVER THE ISSUANCE OF THE ACTUAL WELL 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 AND WOULD LIKELY SHIFT OVER TO YSGA AND THEIR REGULATORY PURVIEW OVER THE ACTUAL DRAW OF WATER ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PERMIT. I SEE PHIL'S HEAD KIND OF NODDING. WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH, I MEAN. I'M CONTEMPLATING. I THINK WE COULD. I THINK YSGA

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YEAH, I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE IF WE'RE JUST MAKING STATEMENTS, STAFF IS MAKING A STATEMENT OF OPINION OR WHAT THEY BELIEVE SHOULD BE A POLICY DECISION OR IS IT A LEGAL DECISION OR COULD, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF IT'S A POLICY DECISION, IT BELONGS TO US.

AND WE GOT TO KNOW THE PROS AND CONS BEFORE WE OPINE AND DELIBERATE.

BUT IF IT'S A LEGAL OPINION, THEN THAT SHIFTS THE DIRECTION AS TO WHO HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD ABIDE BY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BREAK ANY LAWS. SO I'M TRYING TO DIFFERENTIATE, LIKE, THE STRUCTURE HERE. WHO CAN GOVERN, WHO CANNOT, RIGHT? SO I WOULD SAY WE COULD REQUIRE IT AS PART OF THE WELL CONSTRUCTION PROCESS, BUT AS FAR AS MAINTAINING DATA, THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE YSGA. AND ON PAGE 07, REGARDING HYDROGEOLOGICAL REVIEW, SECOND QUESTION IF THE COUNTY DEVELOPED A LIST SHOULD THE LIST BE RECOMMENDED OR LIST OR REQUIRED LIST COULD THE COUNTY REQUIRE A LIST LEGALLY.

YEAH, AND, 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 OUR 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. VIXIE SANDY, PLEASE.

JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT.

FIRST, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION THUS FAR AND FOR THE EXTENSIVE SURVEY THAT YOU DID AND SOME OF THE HARD QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED BY STAFF OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M REALLY APPRECIATING 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 YSGA PLAYS. AND 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 THIS MOVES INTO, YOU KNOW, IT'S MOVING INTO A MUCH MORE SYSTEMATIC KIND OF APPROACH WHERE THINGS MOVE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE YSGA BASED ON WHAT OUR LEGISLATED RESPONSIBILITIES ARE. SO THANK YOU. AND THE MORE CLARITY ABOUT THAT THAT EMERGES, I THINK, THE BETTER FOR ALL OF US. SO THANKS. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION? WE'LL CERTAINLY HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK AND SEE THE RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE END. YES. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KRISTIN SICKE, AND SHE'S GOING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE TO THE BOARD ON THE YSGA.

WELCOME, KRISTIN. 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 YSGA. 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, AN OVERVIEW OF PROPOSED GROUNDWATER RECHARGE LEGISLATION, AN UPDATE ON THE HUNGRY HOLLOW AREA. AN UPDATE ON THE SGMA 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 2025 ANNUAL REPORT IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT IN MORE DETAIL. THIS IS SHOWING A SUMMARY OF THE 62 REPRESENTATIVE MONITORING WELLS AS OF FALL OF 2025. AND THESE 62 WELLS WERE SELECTED OUT OF HUNDREDS OF MONITORING WELLS THAT THE YSGA HAS, BASED ON SPECIFIC CRITERIA WHICH INCLUDED A LONG PERIOD OF RECORD. AS YOU'LL SEE 61 OF THE 62 WELLS ARE CURRENTLY

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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT OVERWHELMING, BUT I'M GOING TO JUST BRIEFLY WALK THROUGH IT. SO THE HEALTH OF A GROUNDWATER BASIN IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO PRECIPITATION AND SURFACE WATER AVAILABILITY.

THE HYDROGRAPH ON THE LEFT IS ILLUSTRATING WATER YEAR TYPES, AS DEPICTED WITH DIFFERENT COLOR BARS.

BLUE IS ABOVE NORMAL IN WET YEARS, YELLOW IS BELOW NORMAL YEARS, PEACH IS DRY YEARS, AND TAN IS CRITICAL YEARS. THE BLUE BAR CHARTS ON THAT HYDROGRAPH ARE SHOWING ANNUAL PRECIPITATION. THE DASHED BLUE LINE THAT IS STRAIGHT ACROSS IS THE MEAN PRECIPITATION FROM 1901 TO 2000, 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 FOUR 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 30 FEET 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 SUBBASIN 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 AND GRAPHS THAT ILLUSTRATE NITRATE-LEVEL TRENDS. SINCE 2015, THERE HAS NOT BEEN MUCH DEGRADATION WITH RESPECT TO NITRATE. THE YSGA ALSO COORDINATES CLOSELY WITH FARMERS AND LANDOWNERS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE IRRIGATED LANDS PROGRAM AND THE SEABEE SALTS PROGRAM THAT ARE FOCUSED ON MANAGING NITRATE FROM FARMING ACTIVITIES. THE YSGA 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, POUDA 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'S 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 AND LEGEND THAT WAS PROVIDED BEFORE. AND IT SHOWS THE YOLO SUBBASIN GROUNDWATER MODELS 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 SUPPLIES ARE AVAILABLE, IN THE BELOW AND ABOVE NORMAL AND WET WATER YEARS, GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION IS BELOW THE SUSTAINABLE YIELD.

THIS, HOWEVER, DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE DON'T NEED TO BE PROACTIVE IN PLANNING AHEAD FOR DRY YEARS AND INCREASING GROUNDWATER

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WHAT DOES ET DO? OH, SORRY. SO WE HAVE SURFACE WATER DIVERSION DATA FOR THE WHOLE SUBBASIN, AND THEN WE USE EVAPOTRANSPIRATION DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE VIA SATELLITES TO ESSENTIALLY SAY HOW MUCH WATER HAS BEEN CONSUMED. OKAY, THANKS. SORRY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. MAYBE IF THERE'S, YEAH, AT SOME POINT THAT MIGHT BE, SORRY TO BE SPECIAL HERE. OH YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. MY LEFT SIDE IS VERY TIRED. WE GOT YOU.

THANKS, SHEILA. SO I'LL KEEP GOING HERE. SO A BRIEF UPDATE ON SURFACE WATER 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 OR EXCUSE ME, CENTRAL VALLEY PROJECT SACRAMENTO RIVER SETTLEMENT CONTRACTORS ALLOCATION. NOT IN THAT BIG OF A HURRY, KRISTIN. I KNOW, I KNOW. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. TAKE YOUR TIME. OKAY, IT'S NOT. THERE.

OKAY. AND THEN THE NORTH DELTA WATER CONTRACT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS AMAZING.

YEAH, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE A RAPPER, THOUGH. NOW YOU'VE GOT TO GET RIGHT INTO THAT MICROPHONE. OH, MAN.

AND THEN THE NORTH DELTA WATER CONTRACT HAS A. 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 AGUIRRE-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 YSGA 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, CEQA 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 RED AND BLUE STARS ON THE MAP. THE RED STARS ARE REAL-TIME CONTINUOUS MONITORING WELL 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-COMPLETION WELL WHICH IS ONE WELL THAT MEASURES WATER LEVELS AT THREE DIFFERENT AQUIFERS OR ZONES. AND THIS IS SHOWING THAT SINCE THE LAST DROUGHT, GROUNDWATER LEVELS HAVE REMAINED STABLE OR HAVE SEEN A SLIGHT INCREASE. SINCE THE 2022 GSP, WE HAVE ALSO

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AND THOSE GEOLOGIC CROSS SECTIONS WILL BE CRITICAL TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING SUBSURFACE CONDITIONS FOR FUTURE MANAGEMENT.

ADDITIONALLY, AS REPORTED PREVIOUSLY TO THE BOARD, WE'VE RECEIVED A GRANT FROM DWR TO WORK SPECIFICALLY ON CHARACTERIZING THE WATER BUDGET AND PRIORITIZING PROJECTS AND MANAGEMENT ACTIONS FOR LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY.

THE YSGA HAS HOSTED SEVEN HUNGRY HOLLOW GROUNDWATER WORKING GROUP MEETINGS SINCE AUGUST OF 2024. WE'VE WORKED WITH LANDOWNERS AND INTERESTED PARTIES TO DEVELOP A CHARTER AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY. WE'VE APPOINTED WORKING GROUP MEMBERS, WE'VE IDENTIFIED WORKING GROUP GOALS, AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND PRIORITIZED PROJECTS. WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO COLLABORATE WITH LANDOWNERS TO FURTHER UNDERSTAND PROJECT DYNAMICS. FRITZ DURST, BOB SHOPP, JEFF KLEIN, JUSTIN SPITZ HAVE ALL BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL COLLABORATORS AS WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. AND WE'VE INITIATED COLLABORATIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH YOLO RCD AND CENTER FOR LAND-BASED LEARNING. THE NEXT MEETING FOR THE HUNGRY HOLLOW GROUNDWATER WORKING GROUP WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR LIKELY THE END OF MAY.

THIS IS JUST A MAP ILLUSTRATING THE SIX HUNGRY HOLLOW AREA PRIORITIZED PROJECTS. THE PROJECT ONE IS THE ORANGE PARCELS ARE SHOWING THE HUNGRY HOLLOW GROUNDWATER ON-FARM RECHARGE LOCATIONS WHERE WE IDENTIFIED OPTIMAL FARM FIELDS FOR WINTER RECHARGE, WHICH INCLUDED WILLING LANDOWNERS.

PROJECT TWO IS 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 YOLO PARCELS FOR THE WESTERN HILLS EROSION AND FLOOD MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE MANAGEMENT.

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. WE ARE PLANNING TO ALSO ESTIMATE THE COST AND IDENTIFY POTENTIAL FUNDING OPTIONS FOR THESE PROJECTS SUCH AS PROPOSITION 4 OR THE CDFA'S 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 YSGA'S SGMA FEE STUDY. THE YOLO SUB-BASIN 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, ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH SGMA, 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 IN YOLO SUBBASIN MODEL IS ABOUT $440,000 A YEAR.

OUTREACH AND COORDINATION IS ABOUT $126,000 A YEAR.

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TO LANDOWNERS OR SMALL DISADVANTAGED FARMERS THAT MAY NOT HAVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE TO THEM. THAT'S ABOUT $51,000. WATER SUPPLY RESILIENCE IS $219,000.

AGAIN, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT

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THE TOTAL BUDGET IS ABOUT 1.6 MILLION DOLLARS AND AGAIN THIS IS OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AND WE HAVE A SCHEDULE HERE OR I SHOULD SAY EXCUSE ME WE HAVE A MAP ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THOSE THAT ARE INTERESTED.

THE SUB-BASIN BOUNDARY IS NOT THE COUNTY BOUNDARY AND SO I ENCOURAGE ANY LANDOWNERS TO GO ON THE WEBSITE TO SEE WHETHER THEIR PROPERTIES ARE IN THE SUB-BASIN TO SEE IF THEY MAY BE SUBJECT TO TIER ONE AND POTENTIALLY TIER TWO FEES. AND THEN PLEASE CALL OR EMAIL US WITH ANY QUESTIONS. AND THE SCHEDULE FOR THIS IS THAT WE WILL BE HOLDING A PUBLIC HEARING ON MAY 18TH FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF THIS REPORT. AND THE INTENT WOULD BE FOR THE FEE TO BE COLLECTED FOR THE JULY 1ST, 2026, JUNE 30TH, 2027 FISCAL YEAR. AND SO IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE PLACED ON THE TAX ROLL THIS FALL. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FEE STUDY? FABULOUS. QUICK QUESTION, KRISTIN, ACTUALLY, JUST ON THE MAP. JUST WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE DISTRICTED VERSUS UNDISTRICTED PARCELS? YES, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. SO WITH THE MEMBER AGENCIES CONTRIBUTING INTO THE YSGA FOR THE PAST NINE YEARS, THEY HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS BASED ON THEIR BENEFICIARIES OR THEIR CUSTOMERS, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE AND PROTECT OR PRESERVE IN THIS. AND SO LANDS WITHIN A DISTRICT ARE PAYING A LOWER FEE THAN LANDS OUTSIDE OF A DISTRICT. AND THIS IS ALSO BETTER CONNECTED TO THE FACT THAT DISTRICTS TEND TO HAVE SURFACE WATER AVAILABILITY. AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN MAKING DECADES-LONG INVESTMENT IN PROTECTING SURFACE WATER SUPPLIES. AND THE RED AREAS ARE PREDOMINANTLY GROUNDWATER DEPENDENT. THANK YOU. YEAH. YEAH, GOT IT.

OKAY. LAST THING HERE, REASONABLE STEPS AND TIMELINE FOR DEMAND MANAGEMENT UNDER THE SGMA FRAMEWORK. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A FEW TIMES WHERE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT A POTENTIAL FOR AN ALLOCATION SYSTEM, AND IT CAN SEEM SO, LIKE, MAYBE VAGUE AND NEBULOUS, AND WHAT DOES THAT REALLY MEAN? SO I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THE STEPS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE INVOLVED. SO AS SOME BACKGROUND, THE YOLO SUBBASIN IS CURRENTLY SUSTAINABLE WITH NO HISTORY OF OVERDRAFT BASED ON THE YOLO SUBBASIN BOUNDARIES. WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE SOME LOCALIZED AREAS OF CONCERN.

DEMAND MANAGEMENT IS A PROACTIVE TOOL TO MAINTAIN LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND BUILD RESILIENCE, AND SGMA DOES NOT MODIFY OR DETERMINE WATER RIGHTS. SO DEMAND MANAGEMENT, SUCH AS AN ALLOCATION SYSTEM, WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED CONSISTENT WITH THOSE WATER RIGHTS. AND I SHOULD ALSO SAY THAT I DID NOT RUN THESE SLIDES BY MY LEGAL COUNSEL. SO TAKE THEM WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.

DEMAND MANAGEMENT IS TYPICALLY IMPLEMENTED ACROSS AN ENTIRE SUBBASIN. IF A SMALLER REGION IS IDENTIFIED, IT WOULD NEED TO BE SPECIFIED IN THE ADOPTED GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. FOR THE YOLO SUBBASIN, WE HAVE SIX MANAGEMENT AREAS, AND SO THOSE ARE SMALLER HYDROGEOLOGIC UNITS THAT WE COULD CONSIDER A DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE WITHIN.

THIS REQUIRES SIGNIFICANT LEGAL AND BROAD LANDOWNER INPUT TO DEVELOP AN APPROPRIATE PROGRAM THAT SUPPORTS THE GSA IN MEETING SGMA OBLIGATIONS.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH IS THE LANDOWNER INPUT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO GET SIGNIFICANT BUY-IN BY THOSE THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED SO THAT IT WOULD NOT TRIGGER AN ADJUDICATION OR LEGAL CHALLENGE THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR US TO STAY COLLABORATIVE OR PROACTIVE IN THE ENDEAVOR. SO HERE ARE THE 7 STEPS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE NECESSARY. THE FIRST ONE IS TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARY OR EXTENT OF THE MANAGEMENT ZONE. AND AGAIN, IF SOMETHING WOULD NEED TO BE SMALLER THAN A MANAGEMENT AREA, THAT IS SOMETHING WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO COORDINATE. BUT WE NEED TO COLLECT NECESSARY DATA FOR DELINEATING OR DEFINING THAT MANAGEMENT ZONE AND WHY IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE NEIGHBORING AREAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE. SO FOR GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT, THAT TYPICALLY MEANS YOU NEED TO COLLECT SURFACE WATER AVAILABILITY, GROUNDWATER AND STORAGE AVAILABLE FOR EXTRACTION, GROUNDWATER QUALITY AND LEVELS.

AND THIS WOULD BE GEOLOGIC DATA, WELLS IN THERE,

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AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S COME UP MANY TIMES IS HOW WILL THE YSGA PROPERLY ACCOUNT FOR CREDITS WITHIN THIS, SUCH AS GROUNDWATER RECHARGE CREDITS. WE NEED TO DETERMINE WHETHER ET OR EVAPOTRANSPIRATION DATA IS OKAY OR IF METERS ARE PREFERRED. METERS MEASURE WATER THAT'S EXTRACTED. ET DATA MEASURES WATER THAT'S CONSUMED.

SOMETIMES DEMAND MANAGEMENT OR ALLOCATION FRAMEWORKS INCLUDE BOTH TO JUST HELP QAQC THINGS. WE NEED TO DETERMINE THE METHODOLOGY FOR CALCULATING THE CREDITS AND THEIR VALUE OVER TIME, DETERMINE EXTRACTION AND REPLENISHMENT FEE STRUCTURE, AND TO INCENTIVIZE GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AND DISINCENTIVIZE GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION. AND THEN GROUNDWATER TRAINING COMES INTO PLAY AND HAVING TO THINK ABOUT THAT. STEP FOUR IS ENGAGING WITH LANDOWNERS TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT ALLOCATION FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY. AGAIN, OUTREACH IS CRITICAL. IT WOULD BE GOOD TO INITIATE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT AND TO TRY TO STRIVE FOR A GOAL OF AT LEAST 80% BUY-IN TO ENSURE THAT AN ADJUDICATION WOULD NOT BE TRIGGERED. IT'S GOING TO TAKE ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT.

AND STEP FIVE IS DEVELOPING A WATER ACCOUNTING PLATFORM, WHICH WOULD NEED TO INCORPORATE WATER SUPPLY INFRASTRUCTURE, PARCELS, FARM FIELD DATA. YOU NEED TO HAVE A WAY FOR LANDOWNERS TO LOG IN AND HAVE ADMINISTRATIVE OVERSIGHT BY THE AGENCY THAT IS ENFORCING IT AND DETERMINE THE PROCESS FOR INCORPORATING METERED DATA.

REQUIRING METERS IS ONE THING, AND COLLECTING THAT DATA IS ANOTHER. THAT CAN BE VERY COSTLY. AND THEN STEP SIX IS LEGAL REVIEW. AGAIN, ENGAGE COUNCIL TO CONFIRM THE FRAMEWORK COMPLIES WITH SGMA, OVERLYING RIGHTS, AND THE EXISTING GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. AND LASTLY IS PILOT IMPLEMENTATION, MONITORING, AND ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT. ONE THING WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE HUNGRY HOLLOW WORKING GROUP ON IS, IS THERE POTENTIAL FOR US TO ESTABLISH A VOLUNTARY ALLOCATION SYSTEM WHICH WOULDN'T REQUIRE THE YSGA TO ADOPT OR ENFORCE ANYTHING? BUT COULD BE A PROACTIVE WAY FOR LANDOWNERS TO START TO SHOW THEIR INTEREST IN LEARNING HOW IT WOULD WORK.

WE ESTIMATE THAT THESE STEPS WOULD COST ABOUT HALF A MILLION TO A MILLION DOLLARS AND TAKE ABOUT 16 TO 24 MONTHS. AND SO I KNOW, AGAIN, THOSE WERE A LOT OF SLIDES. I REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH AN UPDATE AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THAT OVERVIEW, AND PLEASE STAY THERE UNTIL WE'RE DONE WITH THE WHOLE TOPIC. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GOING BACK AND FORTH. OKAY, NOW WE WILL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THIS SECTION OF THE PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN BOARD DISCUSSION. ARE THERE QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE? JUST A BRIEF NOTE IN TERMS OF PRESENTATION.

AFTER THIS, WE HAVE TWO REMAINING SLIDES WHERE WE SORT OF CUT TO THE CHASE OF WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOR TODAY. PERFECT.

FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, WHICH WE'RE HAPPY TO GO OVER. EITHER NOW OR AFTER YOU HAVE MAYBE SOME INITIAL QUESTIONS FOR MS. SICKE. LET'S DO MS. SICKE FIRST WITH QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL GET THE LAST TWO SLIDES AND THEN TO [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY QUESTIONS FOR YSGA? YES. RIGHT SIR.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR DEDICATION TO YSGA AND THE COMMUNITY. MY QUESTION IS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS, YOU MENTIONED SIX OR NINE PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON. ARE YOU, CAN YOU KIND OF LIKE HONE IN ON THOSE PROJECTS? LIKE, ARE THEY WATER RECHARGE PROJECTS? WHERE ARE THEY AT IN TERMS OF JUST KIND OF VERY EARLY ON, IN THE MIDDLE? WHAT PHASE ARE THEY ON? YES, DEFINITELY. SO PROJECT TWO, THE OAK CREEK TRICKLE FLOW RECHARGE PROJECT, WE DID PILOT THIS JANUARY WHERE WHAT WE DO IS WE DIVERT EXCESS WATER FROM CACHE CREEK. WE BRING IT

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IT PROBABLY IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE COMPLETED IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, DEPENDENT ON IF WE CAN GET SWEEP FUNDING OR IF THE LANDOWNER IS WILLING TO COST SHARE THAT WITH THE DISTRICT. THE HUNGRY HOLLOW GROUNDWATER ON-FARM RECHARGE PROJECT ONE IS SOMETHING THAT WE TRIED TO COORDINATE WITH LANDOWNERS THIS YEAR BUT THE TIMING DIDN'T WORK OUT WELL. BUT LANDOWNERS ARE INTERESTED SO AGAIN IF WE HAVE EXCESS WINTER WATER IN THE CANALS THAT SHOULD BE AN EASY ONE. PROJECT FOUR, LAND MANAGEMENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF DEVELOP MORE OVER THE LONG TERM WITH LANDOWNERS ABOUT WHAT LAND MANAGEMENT CHANGES WILL HELP WITH PRESERVING OR REDUCING WATER USE ON THE PROPERTY. AND THEN PROJECT FIVE, THE FOX CANYON SLOUGH, IS THE GREEN PARCEL THAT I FAILED TO ANNOUNCE. AND THEN THERE IS A, I THINK THE COLOR SHOWS UP WEIRD HERE, BUT THERE'S A DASHED LINE THAT ESSENTIALLY GOES INTO THE SLOUGH FROM THERE. THAT ONE IS POTENTIALLY A YEAR OR TWO OUT.

AGAIN, IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME, THAT'S THE ONE I BELIEVE WE'RE COLLABORATING WITH CENTER FOR LAND-BASED LEARNING AND RCD.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO THINK THROUGH WHAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT PROJECT.

AND THEN THE WESTERN HILLS EROSION AND FLOOD MAR MANAGEMENT, WE'RE JUST INITIATING THAT. I COULD SEE THAT BEING LIKE MAYBE THREE TO FIVE YEARS OUT. AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TRIGGER QUITE A BIT OF PERMITTING THAT THEN WOULD BE MORE LONG-TERM. THANK YOU. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S VERY KIND OF LIKE A BROAD SIX PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON. 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 7 OUT OF 10 YEARS. AND SO IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE PURPLE PARCELS TO BE OFF OF GROUNDWATER FOR SEVEN TO TEN 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.

WE WELCOME THE COUNTY TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS WORKING GROUP IF INTERESTED. AND 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 YSGA IN THE COUNTY ON SUPPORTING WHERE THESE ARE ALSO DONE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY WOULD BE AMAZING.

THANK YOU. FOR THE AUDIENCE, THAT ANNOYING BOOP. IT'S A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY. WE UPDATED OUR SOFTWARE, SO THEY'RE WORKING ON IT.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT FIXED.

IT HAS NO MEANING TO MY KNOWLEDGE. NEXT QUESTIONS FOR YSGA? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU.

IT'S JUST A BRIEF ONE. SO I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE YOUR COMMENT AROUND THE OAK CREEK WATER RECHARGE, AND 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 IS SEVERE COMPACTION NOW OCCURRING WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROUNDWATER RECHARGE ARE SLIPPING AWAY DAY BY DAY. AS THE COMPASSION 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? I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH THAT'S HAPPENING THROUGH INJECTION. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES BEING USED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. IS THIS JUST NATURALLY OCCURRING THROUGH PERCOLATION BASED ON THE OAK CREEK EFFORT? YES, IN OAK CREEK IT TENDS TO HAVE AND I'M NOT A HYDROGEOLOGIST AND I'M NOT AS TECHNICAL AS MY HYDROGEOLOGIST BEHIND ME WHO'S AMAZING SO HE'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO LIKE MY ANSWER VERY MUCH BUT IN OAK CREEK THERE ARE GRAVEL LAYERS AND IT HAS BEEN SHOWN

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THEY'RE FARMING ON TOP OF IT AND THEN THEY HAVE A WAY TO PUT WINTER WATER I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY FEET BELOW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS EFFECTIVELY RECHARGING. AND SO, YES, THERE'S A SUITE OF OPTIONS, AND SO WE JUST TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

AND OAK CREEK HAS SO FAR BEEN A VERY EASY, COST-EFFECTIVE, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT MANY CHANGES NEEDED PROJECT. GOT IT.

I LOVE IT. AND I FIGURED THAT WAS THE CASE. 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 WORLD 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 COUNTY'S COALITION, WHICH HAS BEEN PROMOTING STATEWIDE ALTERNATIVES TO RATHER THAN JUST SORT OF REPLUMBING CALIFORNIA'S WATERSHEDS WITHOUT ADDING ANY DROPS OF 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 IN UNDERSTANDING THESE IN FURTHER DETAIL BECAUSE MAYBE WHILE OUR ATTORNEYS ARE 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 REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF, I WOULD SAY, A 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, KRISTIN, I THINK ONE OF THE QUICK 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. OH, METERS FOR EXTRACTION. YEAH, 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 AD 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. YES, THE ET DATA THAT WE USE IS ESSENTIALLY FOR CROPPED ACRES. GOT IT, OKAY. YEAH. I APPRECIATE THAT.

THAT'S SUPER HELPFUL. A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU AROUND, WELL, I THINK, AND I SO SUPER APPRECIATE THIS OVERVIEW, RIGHT? I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A STATEMENT ON ONE OF THE SLIDES PREVIOUSLY IN YOUR PRESENTATION AROUND THAT THE SUB-BASIN IS CURRENTLY SUSTAINABLE WITH NO HISTORY OF OVERDRAFT, THE POINT THAT YOU THEN MADE THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY ON THE SLIDE IS THAT 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 KEY SEEMS TO BE THAT WE, AND I THINK IT'S 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 A WHOLE RANGE OF OTHER ITEMS, FALLOWING AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S NOT A HISTORY OF OVERDRAFT, THAT THERE'S ALSO AREAS OF CONCERN ARE REAL AND EXIST.

AND THEN THE WHOLE POINT, I THINK, IS THAT THERE ARE JUST NUMEROUS TOOLS IN THE TOOLKIT. SO OBVIOUSLY DEMAND MANAGEMENT LEGISLATION WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER AROUND EASE OF GROUNDWATER RECHARGE SOME OF THESE VERY SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT YOU ARE ARE SORT OF UNDERTAKING CURRENTLY. I THINK MY QUESTION THEN IS AROUND THE, 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 A MILLION TO A MILLION DOLLARS. WHERE ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WOULD THAT BE? LIKE, WHERE DO YOU ENVISION THAT DEMAND MANAGEMENT EXAMPLE? I MEAN, I THINK THIS IS JUST MORE OF A FINITE KIND OF PILOT PROJECT, BUT THE WHOLE POINT WOULD BE FOR US TO, I THINK,

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THE YSGA BOARD WOULD NEED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH LEGAL ABOUT HOW TO PROCEED WITH POTENTIALLY ENFORCING OR IMPLEMENTING OR I SHOULD SAY STARTING TO DEVELOP A ALLOCATION SYSTEM IN AN AREA THAT WOULD BE SMALLER THAN A MANAGEMENT AREA OR AN AREA THAT WOULD BE SMALLER THAN THE SUB BASIN AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS OUR FIRST PRIORITY IS WHAT IS LEGALLY ALLOWED UNDER THE SGMA FRAMEWORK AND HOW DO WE HAVE THE CORRECT DATA AND INFORMATION TO BACK UP THE DELINEATION OF WHATEVER ZONE IS DEFINED AS BEING THE ONE THAT NEEDS THAT BECAUSE I THINK IT COMES BACK TO IF YOU'RE ON THE OTHER LINE YOU KNOW YOU MAY SORT OF CHALLENGE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE LINE THAT YOU MAY NOT WANT TO BE ON YOU MAY CHALLENGE THE LINES THAT ARE DRAWN SO I COULD SEE THE YSGA BOARD STARTING TO HAVE MORE OF THESE CONVERSATIONS OVER THE NEXT MAYBE TWO TO THREE YEARS ABOUT HOW TO CREATE IT IN A SMALLER AREA BUT AGAIN I CAN'T SPEAK BEFORE THEM SO THE YSGA HAS TO UPDATE OUR GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY PLAN BY 2027 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 AND PART OF THAT UPDATE TO TO THE STATE. APPRECIATE THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS JUST AROUND, IF YOU COULD GO, SOMEBODY CAN GO TO SLIDE 13, WHICH IS, I KNOW THAT SECTION OF YOUR PRESENTATION, IT'S THE ONE WITH ALL THE HYDROGRAPHS. SO IT'S THE, YEAH. I FAILED TO PUT NUMBERS ON THERE. IT'S OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD. THERE YOU GO. OH, THIS ONE? YEP. SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON HERE.

BUT THE HYDROGRAPH ON THE RIGHT IS THE ONE THAT I WANT TO FOCUS ON, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT GOES BACK TO THE COMMENTS I WAS MAKING EARLIER, AND IT'S SOMETHING I'VE SEEN YOU PRESENT IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS. THERE'S OBVIOUSLY RECHARGE OVER TIME AS WE HAVE WET YEARS.

THAT'S CLEAR ON THIS CHART.

BUT THE TREND LINE IS STILL DOWN 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 THAT'S THE RATIONALE FOR ME, MUCH OF THE RATIONALE IS WHY WE'RE DOING THIS WORK. BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH WE'VE HAD A CONSISTENT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S UPS AND DOWNS, OBVIOUSLY, OVER A MULTI-YEAR BASIS, THE TREND LINE AROUND THE GROUNDWATER LEVELS HAS CONSISTENTLY STILL DOWNWARD TREND ACROSS THE BASIN. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? I MEAN, IT'S SLIGHT, BUT THAT'S THE ONE THAT YOU'VE USED. SO FOR THE PERIOD OF RECORD THAT'S SHOWN HERE, ESSENTIALLY 1975 TO 2025, 2025. YES, AFTER THE EARLY 90S SUCCESSIVE WET YEARS AND WE HAD THAT REALLY NICE UPTICK, THERE HAS BEEN A DOWNWARD TREND.

YES. THE THING THAT I WOULD CAVEAT IS JUST THAT, AGAIN, THE CUMULATIVE DEPARTURE FROM THE MEAN IS SOMETHING WHERE YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON WHEN THE RAIN FALLS AND HOW MUCH SURFACE WATER IS AVAILABLE. CLEARLY. 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,

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BUT IT'S JUST A VOTE OF THE BOARD. OH, OKAY. SO THERE'S NOT LIKE A PROTEST VOTE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT EITHER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S INTERESTING. AND THEN MY QUESTIONS ARE A LITTLE MORE, AND NOT TO STEAL THE THUNDER 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 DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU CAN GIVE AN OPINION, BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT BECAUSE WHEN THEY PUT IN OR REPLACE A WELL, IT SEEMS LIKE A LOGICAL TIME TO 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, IF IT IS, 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 MY 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 PG&E'S RECENT RATE INCREASES.

AND SO MY QUESTION IS MORE SO 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 A MILLION TO A 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 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 GSAS HAVE THE AUTHORITY, RIGHT, TO REQUIRE METERS AND TO COLLECT METERED DATA. WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE TRIED TO OBSERVE OTHER GSAS THAT MAY BE FURTHER AHEAD THAN WE ARE IN 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 YSGA BOARD HAS HAD VERY CASUAL CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT SEEMS LABOR-INTENSIVE AND MAY NOT BE AS BENEFICIAL AS JUST USING THE SATELLITE ET DATA THAT CAN BE EASILY COLLECTED. I THINK AS THE YSGA TRIES TO HAVE A GROUNDWATER DATA ACCOUNTING PLATFORM, WE'LL GET INTO ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS.

BUT THERE WOULD BE INCENTIVE FOR A FARMER OR LANDOWNER TO PROVIDE THEIR METER DATA TO QAQC 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. ALL RIGHT. WELL, I KIND OF SCREWED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT.

APRIL, LET'S HEAR ABOUT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE. CERTAINLY. FAST FORWARD HERE A LITTLE BIT. 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 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 ARE COMING FROM.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS THE BOARD'S.

PREROGATIVE TO DIRECT THE STAFF HOWEVER YOU WANT. BUT BASED ON THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE WORKING GROUP ON THESE TOPICS, THESE ARE OUR CURRENT RECOMMENDATIONS. SO IN REGARDS TO METERS, STAFF RECOMMENDING THAT THE BOARD DIRECT STAFF TO PROPOSE, TO DEVELOP A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO OUR WELL ORDINANCE TO INCORPORATE A REQUIREMENT FOR METERING AND STAFF WOULD

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ON THE TOPIC OF REGULATING CROP CONVERSIONS STOCK RECOMMENDS THAT WE DEFER ANY CONSIDERATION OF POTENTIAL POLICY CHANGES RELATED TO CROP CONVERSIONS UNTIL THE NEXT TARGETED AMENDMENTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND ON THE TOPIC OF THE WELL MORATORIUM AGWELL MORATORIUM STAFF ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S CONTINUED CONCERN REGARDING DRILLING NEW AG WELLS WITHIN THE FOCUS AREAS AND SO WE WOULD WE RECOMMEND THAT THE MORATORIUM AS IT IS REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH ITS CURRENT PERIOD OF AUGUST 25TH OF THIS YEAR AND THAT STAFF PROPOSED TO RETURN TO THE BOARD AT THE JULY 21ST MEETING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ANY DEVELOPMENTS AND ADDITIONAL INPUTS THAT WE RECEIVE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS ALONG WITH A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER TO EXTEND THE MORATORIUM BEYOND THAT AUGUST 25TH DATE IF THE, IF DECIDED TO DO SO WE WOULD HOLD WE WOULD FOLLOW THIS WITH A PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 25TH. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE BOARD. OKAY, THANK YOU.

YES, SUPERVISOR BARAJAS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

IN REGARDS TO WELL METERS, IS THAT RECOMMENDATION GOING TO TOUCH UP ON DATA COLLECTION? YES. SO WE WOULD COME BACK WITH A PROPOSED ORDINANCE, AND IN THAT ORDINANCE, 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 YSGA 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 YSGA. YEAH, SO OBVIOUSLY YSGA 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 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, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BECOME AWARE THAT THEY HAVE TO COLLECT THE DATA 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 DISCUSS AT THE STAFF LEVEL WHETHER THERE'S A NEED TO GO BEYOND JUST AN ORDINANCE, BUT WE WOULD PRESUME THE LANDOWNER IS 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'S NOT MISSED OR SKIPPED, OR THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN FIND OUT, LIKE, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD TO PROVIDE THIS DATA TO THESE TWO AGENCIES. I'M NOT IN SUPPORT OF PROVIDING DATA TO GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE SOME LANDOWNERS, RIGHT? SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE UP FRONT BEFORE THEY MAKE THAT PURCHASE, THEY'RE WELL AWARE THAT THAT'S DISCLOSED. YOU RAISE A GOOD POINT, SUPERVISOR BARAJAS. I WOULD SAY THAT THE YSGA DOES HAVE THAT AUTHORITY IF THEY GO DOWN THAT ROAD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF IT OR NOT. I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IF DIRECTED TO DO SO AS

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BUT WHAT IF THE PROPERTY OWNER IS A BROKEN METER AND JUST DOESN'T CARE OR BELIEVE IN THAT MYTHOLOGY, RIGHT, OR THAT BELIEF. IS THERE ANY TEETH IN THIS ORDINANCE TO ENFORCE THAT THEY FIX OR THEY PUT A METER IN? WE WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNTY DO ANYTHING BEYOND REQUIRING IT AS PART OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF OUR PERMITTING PROCESS.

ONCE WE FINALIZE THE WELL, THE COUNTY'S INVOLVEMENT IS VERY MINIMAL. BUT WE OBVIOUSLY, IF DIRECTED TO DO SO, WILL TAKE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BOARD WITH US WHILE WE CRAFT THAT LANGUAGE. THIS IS MY ONLY QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW FOR THE WELL METERS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THEN LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 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. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME'S 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 HIGHER DECISIONS OF HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE GROUNDWATER SUSTAINABILITY BEFORE WE REACH A CRITICAL POINT OF WATER DEFICIENCIES.

CONCERNING THE FLOW METERS ON AGRICULTURAL WELLS, I BELIEVE METERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED FOR NEW WELL PERMITS AND ALL OTHER WELLS AND 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 SHOULD BE EXTENDED, AND THE YSU 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 A COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE TO SUPPORT ALLOCATIONS AND AMEND THE GSP IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO TEN YEARS OUT. WE CLEARLY NEED TOOLS THAT CAN MANAGE GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION IN THE FOCUS AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE 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 GROUND OR SUSTAINABILITY BY CONTINUING TO ALLOW UNMITIGATED, UNCONSTRAINED GROUNDWATER EXTRACTION WHILE GATHERING DATA TO SUBSTANTIATE EVENTS 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 MISPRONOUNCE THAT. BUENOS DIAS. FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND THE YSGA. I THINK THAT THEIR WORK HAS BEEN IMPOSED ON THEM BECAUSE FOR 10 YEARS OR LONGER BEFORE THE GSA WAS CREATED, THE COUNTY HAD JUST BASICALLY ALLOWED NEW LANDOWNERS TO COME INTO THE HUNGRY HOLLOW AREA FREELY, JUST GET A PUMP, JUST DRILL WELL, AND NOW WE LOOK AT THAT MAP.

IF YOU COMPARE THAT MAP WITH 10, 15 YEARS AGO, IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY.

AND IT'S GREAT

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AND WHAT'S HAPPENING REALLY IS THAT WE'RE BARELY CATCHING UP.

ONE OF THE THINGS KRISTIN.

TWO THINGS, KRISTIN, I WANTED TO MENTION IS YSGA HAS ESTIMATED A 6,000 ACRE FEET OF WATER DEFICIT ON THE HUNGRY HOLLOW AQUIFER ALREADY, YEAR PER YEAR, MOST LIKELY BASED ON ET, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION DATA INFORMATION. ONE OTHER THING I REALLY WANT TO BRING US BACK, WHY ARE WE HERE? WE'RE HERE 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, IT'S 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. YEAH. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ISSUES WITH REGARDS TO THE COBRA PROJECT AND CONJUNCTIVE USE THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, MAY I JUST TAKE ANOTHER SECOND? I'M SORRY, BUT YOU CAN CERTAINLY.

I WILL COME BACK TO YOUR NEXT MEETING. COME BACK AND SEND US AN EMAIL ALSO.

NO, NO, NO.

I'LL COME BACK AND CATCH UP ON CONJUNCTIVE USE. MAYBE I GET TO TALK TO KRISTIN ABOUT HOW THE COBRA PROJECT WAS GIVEN CONJUNCTIVE USE BASED ON ONE IN 10 YEARS INSTEAD OF SEVEN IN THREE. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO THEN GO TO OUR SORRY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU 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 FOUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

PEOPLE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON ANY OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS? YES. MS. DIXIE 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 ENGAGE AND TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK. SO ALL THAT TO SAY, I'M PREPARED TO MOVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME, AND THANK YOU. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE MOTION. I'M HAPPY TO SECOND IT. OKAY. THE MOTION IS ON THE FLOOR. VIXIE SANDY IS SECONDED BY FRERICHS. GO AHEAD.

A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS PRIMARILY. JUST, YEAH, I MEAN, SO APPRECIATE THE OVERVIEW.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT TODAY. I THINK ON THE WELL METERS, YES, DEFINITELY 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, KIND OF UNIVERSAL STANDARD PRACTICE AROUND METERING WELLS. SO METERS ON WELLS, I THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. THE 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, 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 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 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 WRITE A REPORT FOR THEM, ARE THEY GOING TO WRITE A REPORT THAT IS UNFAVORABLE TO THE PERSON WHO'S PAYING THEIR CONSULTING CONTRACT, RIGHT? SO THAT IS SOMETHING I JUST, I THINK I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THAT. SO THAT LEADS ME MORE TOWARDS THE POTENTIAL

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SO I THINK THERE ARE OTHER TOOLS IN THE TOOLKIT TO SORT OF GET US TO THE DESIRED OUTCOMES THAT DON'T INVOLVE REGULATING CROP CONVERSIONS.

AND I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF TIME THAT THAT WOULD TAKE AS WELL IN TERMS OF THE NOT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AN AMENDMENT TO THE GENERAL PLAN AND THAT IS YOU KNOW KIND OF GOING TO BE UNDERWAY OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT WE'LL SAY FIVE-ISH YEARS. SO I THINK THAT THAT'S JUST FEELS LIKE THE TIMING MIGHT NOT BE PARTICULARLY RIGHT FOR THAT EITHER AND THEN ON THE MORATORIUM ITEM I THINK YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT IT'S THE CURRENT MORATORIUM REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH AUGUST 25TH OF LATER THIS YEAR. I THINK AT THIS POINT, I MEAN, WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH THE WINTER TIME, AND SO WE'VE NOT SEEN A LOT OF POTENTIAL USAGE OF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A NEED FOR EMERGENCY WELL REPLACEMENTS AND SUCH. SO WE MAY START TO SEE THAT MORE AS WE GET INTO THE SPRING HERE AND START TO RELY ON MORE PUMPING. 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. I THINK HAVING THE TEMPORARY MORATORIUM TO REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE CURRENT PERIOD MAKES SENSE TO ME. AND AGAIN, IF WE SEE SORT OF MAJOR CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS AROUND A MAJOR UPTICK IN EMERGENCY WELL APPLICATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, EMERGENCY WELL REPLACEMENT APPLICATIONS AND SUCH, THAT MAY BE A REASON TO SORT OF TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND ADJUST THE LENGTH OF IT BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT ALLOWING IT TO CONTINUE THROUGH ITS NOW.

NATURAL COMPLETION MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. SO THOSE ARE JUST MY COMMENTS. THANKS SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. YES.

YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR ALLEN.

IN REGARDS TO WELL METERS, JUST LIKE WE DISCUSSED, STAFF DID AND ALSO KRISTIN SICKE, 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 KRISTIN SAYS THAT THEY'RE ALREADY LANDOWNERS ALREADY COMPLYING SHOULD WE THEN PUT MANDATORY OR VOLUNTARY INTO THAT ORDINANCE AND THEN WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IS IF IT'S BROKEN, THE METERS, 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 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. SO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY ON HOW STAFF DECIDES WHAT CRITERIA THEY'RE GOING TO USE. BECAUSE THEN IT'S GOING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THESE COMPANIES OR THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE GOING TO RESPOND TO OUR 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'VE GOT TO ROTATE. SO ALL OF THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE. CROP CONVERSIONS, I AGREE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT I ALSO DO UNDERSTAND THE ARGUMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE BY SOME AROUND HISTORICALLY NON-IRRIGATED LANDS. I THINK IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO DIVE INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE,

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FOR THE HYDROLOGICAL REVIEW, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRITTEN INTO THE PROCESS SO THAT IT'S NOT A STAGNANT LIST, THAT IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE ADDED TO IT AND THEY'RE QUALIFIED, THAT WE PUT A MECHANISM IN PLACE SO THAT ADDITIONAL PEOPLE CAN BE ADDED AS THEY'RE QUALIFIED AND THEY REQUEST. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE ARE NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY REGULATION AROUND CROP CONVERSION, AND I DON'T WANT TO TELL FARMERS WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LAND. BUT THE ONE QUESTION THAT I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT IS ONLY THE PIECE ABOUT GOING FROM NON-IRRIGATED TO IRRIGATED, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE A BIGGER JUMP THAN, I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHETHER YOU'RE PLANTING TOMATOES OR CORN. THAT IS NOT MY BUSINESS, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANT TO BE DOING. BUT IT DOES SEEM LIKE THERE IS A WATER LOAD DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NON-IRRIGATED AND IRRIGATED.

AND PERHAPS THAT, AGAIN, IS THE YSGA 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, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MY COLLEAGUES. THIS IS GREAT. I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION, THOUGH, BECAUSE 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 COULD STILL HAPPEN. AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. YEAH, I THINK THAT 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, I THOUGHT IT WAS TO INCLUDE IT AS KIND OF PERMISSIVE, BUT NOT AN EXPECTED OR REGULAR OR, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE ONGOING PROCESS. JUST 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. 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 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 DO THIS WORK, BUT I LEAVE THAT TO THE BOARD. MY SENSE IS HAVING THE DOOR NOT OPEN, BUT AVAILABLE TO OPEN IF NEED BE IS A GOOD PLANNING FOR UNCERTAINTIES THAT MAY OCCUR IN THE FUTURE, BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT YSGA IS THE BODY THAT NEEDS TO BE RECEIVING AND REVIEWING, ANALYZING THE DATA FOR JUST SUCH A REPORT AS WE RECEIVED TODAY. AND THAT'S THEIR ONGOING WORK, NOT OUR ONGOING WORK. SO IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH JUST HAVING THE DOOR.

OKAY, MOTION ON THE FLOOR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, SO IT IS TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS BROUGHT FORWARD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE.

OPPOSED? ABSTENTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. THIS

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[25. Receive Fiscal Year 2026-27 Budget Development Update and provide direction to staff on 2026-27 budget development process and reduction options to address the County's structural budget deficits. (No general fund impact) (Haynes/Liddicoet) (Est. Staff Presentation: 20 min)]

BEFORE WE BEGIN, I UNDERSTAND PHIL HAS A STATEMENT TO MAKE.

THANKS FOR REMINDING ME. I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT IT A MOMENT AGO, AND THEN I GOT DISTRACTED AS THE ROOM WAS CLEARING. AS THE 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 OR ELECTED OFFICIAL MAY PARTICIPATE IN THE DISCUSSION AND DELIBERATION SO LONG AS THEY REFRAIN FROM PARTICIPATING IN ANY ACTION OR DISCUSSION AND SPECIFIC TO THAT CONTRACT. SO IF A CONTRACT OR EXPENDITURE THAT'S PROPOSED IS PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND THE SUPERVISOR HAS A CONFLICT ON THAT SPECIFIC MATTER, THEY 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 I'M 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 THE BOARD'S 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 WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. TOM. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ALLEN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M TOM HAINES, YOUR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.

THIS ITEM TODAY IS AN UPDATE ON THE 2026-27 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 26-27 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 HHSA NON-GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE 26-27 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 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 26-27 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 26-27 RECOMMENDED BUDGET. I DID WANT TO UNDERSCORE ONE KEY POINT.

WE ARE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY A MYRIAD OF BUDGET REDUCTION OPTIONS.

IT'S REALLY CRITICAL THAT WE GET BOARD DIRECTION ON ANY REDUCTION OPTIONS THAT THE BOARD FEELS SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET PROCESS.

ESSENTIALLY, IS THERE ANYTHING

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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 26-27 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 26-27 FISCAL YEAR, IN ORDER TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. AND AS WE WILL SEE IN COMING SLIDES, THE CURRENT 26-27 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, HHSA 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, HHSA 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. WE HAVE REFINED OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS, AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE GONE UP SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS FROM WHEN WE WERE LAST BEFORE YOU IN MARCH, SO THAT IS A GOOD THING. WE CONTINUE TO ESTIMATE A BEGINNING FUND

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THIS TABLE SHOWS A POTENTIAL BUDGET BALANCING SCENARIO. I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW THINGS. FIRST, WE ARE INCLUDING ONLY $13.8 MILLION IN DEPARTMENTAL REDUCTIONS RATHER THAN THE $15 MILLION TARGET THAT WAS INITIALLY SET BY THE BOARD. AS WE WILL DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE PRESENTATION, THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE BELIEVE IS TECHNICALLY AND LEGALLY VIABLE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

SECONDLY, THE USE OF THE CHULA VISTA EARNINGS AS WELL AS THE USE OF RESERVES, THOSE AMOUNTS HAVE ESSENTIALLY REMAINED CONSTANT FROM WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD IN THE PAST.

HOWEVER, THOSE AMOUNTS CAN AND LIKELY WILL CHANGE AS WE COME DOWN THE HOME STRETCH AND PUT TOGETHER A BALANCED BUDGET.

AND THEN FINALLY, EVEN WITH ALL OF THESE ELEMENTS INCORPORATED, WE STILL HAVE A BUDGET GAP OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE LEFT TO RESOLVE. SO AS I JUST DISCUSSED A MOMENT AGO, IN ORDER TO MEET THE $15 MILLION REDUCTION TARGET THAT THE BOARD DIRECTED, ALL DEPARTMENTS WERE ASKED TO IDENTIFY REDUCTION OPTIONS EQUAL TO 15% OF THEIR NET COUNTY COST, OR ESSENTIALLY OF THEIR GENERAL FUND SUPPORT.

THE GOAL WAS ACTUALLY TO OVERSHOOT THE $15 MILLION TARGET IN ORDER TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY IN LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. AND I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT JUST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE EFFORT THAT OUR DEPARTMENTS HAVE PUT IN TO THIS EFFORT. THIS HAS BEEN A VERY, VERY DIFFICULT ASSIGNMENT.

BUT EVERY DEPARTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD HAS REALLY MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT 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.

THESE ARE REDUCTION OPTIONS THAT STAFF BELIEVE ARE EITHER NOT IMMEDIATELY VIABLE OR POTENTIALLY WOULD RESULT IN OFF SETTING 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 2026-27.

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.

HEAVILY WEIGHTED ON REDUCTION OF VACANT POSITIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 65% OF THE OVERALL REDUCTIONS 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 WORKFORCE REDUCTIONS FOR BOTH VACANT AND FILLED POSITIONS. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE LINE BY LINE, BUT THEY ARE HERE

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IN THAT ATTACHMENT, 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 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 HHSA OF 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 HHSA 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 HHSA 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 1,792 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 HHSA 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 INCREASE 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 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 A MILLION DOLLARS 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 REDUCTIONS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY TARGETED, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY AND FAIR TO POINT OUT THAT $13.7 MILLION IN REDUCTION OPTIONS REPRESENTS A SUBSTANTIAL EFFORT AND A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF REDUCTIONS FOR THE COUNTY,

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WITH THAT SAID, ONE OPTION FOR THE BOARD TO CONSIDER IS TO IMPLEMENT A SLIGHT DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT IN THE TARGET FOR REDUCTIONS IN 26-27 TO $13.7 MILLION OR SOME OTHER AMOUNT, AS THE BOARD MAY DETERMINE, AND BEGIN WORKING ON STRATEGIC OPTIONS TO CONTINUE ADDRESSING THE REMAINING STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN FUTURE FISCAL YEARS.

ALTERNATIVELY, THE BOARD COULD DIRECT STAFF TO IDENTIFY FURTHER REDUCTIONS TO MEET THE $15 MILLION TARGET FOR THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET IN JUNE, OR DIRECT STAFF TO IDENTIFY FURTHER REDUCTION OPTIONS TO MEET THE $15 MILLION REDUCTION TARGET FOR THE ADOPTED BUDGET IN SEPTEMBER. THIS OPTION MAY REQUIRE A GREATER USE OF RESERVES AS A PLACEHOLDER IN THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET IN JUNE. I AGAIN WANTED TO JUST REVISIT THE REQUESTED ACTIONS FOR THIS BUDGET DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. NUMBER ONE IS TO RECEIVE THE UPDATE ON THE BUDGET DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WHICH WE'RE DOING NOW. NUMBER 2, PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON THE BUDGET REDUCTION OPTIONS AND ANY BOARD-DIRECTED AUGMENTATIONS. AND FINALLY, PROVIDE DIRECTION TO STAFF ON POTENTIAL PATHWAYS TO BALANCE THE 26-27 RECOMMENDED BUDGET. IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, WE ARE PREPARED TO COME BACK NEXT WEEK ON MAY 5TH TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION IF NEEDED. IF IT'S NOT NEEDED, THEN WE WILL CERTAINLY MOVE FORWARD. FOR THE NEXT MONTH, WE WILL BE WORKING ON FINALIZING THE BALANCED BUDGET, PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET BOOK, AND WORKING ON THE STAFF REPORT. ON JUNE 2ND, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE BUDGET BOOK AND THE BUDGET STAFF REPORT WILL BE RELEASED, ALL CULMINATING WITH THE RECOMMENDED BUDGET HEARING ON JUNE 9TH. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AS NOTED, WE HAVE A TEAM OF STAFF HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, INCLUDING REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH DEPARTMENT. I CERTAINLY ENCOURAGE THE BOARD TO ASK QUESTIONS, HAVE A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC. TAKE AS MUCH TIME THAT YOU NEED, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION. YOU USUALLY GO FIRST, SO ARE YOU ACCUSING YOURSELF OF SOMETHING, OR IS IT OKAY IF I LOOK THIS WAY FIRST? NO, I WAS TALKING TO THE ANGEL.

OKAY, LET'S GO THIS WAY.

ANYBODY OVER HERE? NO QUESTIONS? OKAY. NOW, SUPERVISOR VILLEGAS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. STILL 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 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 CRINGE TO 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 PROVIDE A 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 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 IS 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 IN A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WAY, BUT IN TERMS OF SORT OF EVERYBODY GETS 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 TO 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 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 COUNTY AND OUR WORKFORCES. WHY ARE WE NOT LOOKING AT FURLOUGHS, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT IN TIME? AND THE ANSWER IS WE HAVE CONSIDERED IT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, AND WE HAVE DELIBERATED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT.

IN MY MIND, THERE'S REALLY TWO PRIMARY

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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. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S COMPLETELY OFF THE TABLE. AND I THINK THAT THERE MAY BE REASONS TO STILL CONSIDER IT AT A POINT IN TIME. BUT GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCE WE'RE FACING, I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC. THE SECOND CHALLENGE WITH IT, I WON'T GET TOO MUCH INTO THIS, BUT HAS TO DO WITH SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN OUR MOUS WITH OUR BARGAINING UNITS WHERE ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, AND I'M PAINTING WITH A VERY BROAD BRUSH HERE, 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 LAW ENFORCEMENT UNITS.

AND SO 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. NO, 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 MOUS AND BARGAINING LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE THAT DOES HAVE A 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. YEAH. 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 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 A MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION SINCE MAYBE 2008, 9, AROUND THERE MAYBE? 2010, YEAH. 2010. SO I THINK WE'RE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH TACKLING THAT ISSUE, WORKING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, ELECTED BODIES, ELECTED HEADS AS WELL. SO IN YOUR RECOMMENDATION, I KNOW IN FRONT OF US 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 15 MILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT THRESHOLD CUT THIS YEAR DIRECT STAFF TO KEEP ON LOOKING AND SO THERE IS KIND OF 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 AT 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 LINE ITEMS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO ADD CERTAIN LINE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT IN THIS BUDGET. AND I'LL SAY IT RIGHT NOW, BUT I'LL ALSO LOOK TO MY BOARD COLLEAGUES TO WHETHER SUPPORT IT OR NOT,

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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 THAT, 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 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. I WOULD CONCUR WITH THAT, TOO.

AND JUST TO ADD TO TOM'S RESPONSE IS JUST AS A REMINDER, WE RECOGNIZE AND KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION COMING TO YOU, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU OPEN UP ALL THESE ATTACHMENTS, THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN THERE. AND JUST MY BIG SHOUT-OUT AND APPLAUSE TO OUR DEPARTMENTS, OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD TEAM, FOR REALLY, YOU KNOW, TAKING A VERY DEEP LOOK AT WHAT COULD BE REDUCED IN THE BUDGET, 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 AFFECT US AS AN ORGANIZATION, THAT AFFECT THINGS THAT TOM OUTLINED, OF COURSE, IN THE PRESENTATION IN TERMS OF SERVICE-LEVEL DELIVERY.

WITH THAT IN MIND, AND SORT OF THE MAGNITUDE 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 RUNWAY FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS AND GET THE INFORMATION. WE HAVE OUR TEAM HERE TODAY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS THAT MAY BE ON YOUR MIND EITHER NOW OR NEXT WEEK ON THE 5TH. 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 AD HOC GETS A LITTLE BIT OF A PREVIEW, BUT NOT MUCH, COMPARED TO WHEN THE PACKET COMES OUT, AND THERE'S A LOT THERE TO DIGEST. SO I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU AS A BODY TO TALK AMONGST YOURSELVES ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO TRY TO GET INTO TODAY VERSUS ON THE 5TH, AND USE THAT TIME 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, AND ON THE 5TH, POTENTIALLY, IS PRECISELY AS TOM DESCRIBED.

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 BE APPROPRIATE. I THINK ALSO THAT'S A GOOD START BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A 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 MEDIUMABLE 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 A REALLY DETAILED LIST OF FISCAL YEAR. I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S CALLED, BUT IT'S FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND REDUCTIONS, VIABLE OPTIONS.

THAT'S ATTACHMENT B.

ATTACHMENT B, YEAH. AND WE DID DISCUSS, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE FIRST PAGE UNDER DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY, NO, IS IT DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES? AND THERE'S A LINE ITEM HERE.

ELIMINATE BOARD APPROVAL FEE WAIVERS FOR NONPROFIT TEMPORARY FOOD FACILITIES. WE HAD A DISCUSSION AROUND THAT REGARDING MAYBE KEEPING THAT.

IT'S ONLY $15,000 FOR US

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AND WE DISCUSSED THAT MAYBE COMING OFF. I THINK THERE WAS SOME AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CHAIR AND I AND THE CAO AND OTHERS. SO THAT WAS ONE ITEM.

ANOTHER ITEM WAS IN REGARDS TO THEIR QUESTION NO I WELL MAYBE I'M GONNA WAIT I'M GONNA PAUSE SO THAT WAY WE CAN BRING IT UP SO I DON'T RUSH THROUGH HERE I THINK WE'RE, YEAH, BECAUSE THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT ON THINGS. I HAVE SOME GENERAL QUESTIONS BEFORE. IS IT HELPFUL FOR US TO START SAYING HERE ARE SOME THINGS TO LOOK AT FURTHER RIGHT NOW, OR SHOULD WE HOLD OFF ON THAT? I WAS HOPING THAT WE COULD MAYBE GO, BE HIGHER FIRST BEFORE WE SAY LOOK MORE CAREFULLY AT THIS AND BEFORE WE GET AGREEMENT ON TAKING IT. IS THAT OKAY WITH PEOPLE IF WE MAYBE PAUSE THIS LIST AND DO A LITTLE HIGHER LEVEL FOR THEM? I MEAN, I'M OKAY WITH IT. YEAH. YEAH, OKAY. I'M FINE WITH JUST FOLDING BACK WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. OKAY, OKAY. SO, THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT. YOU CAN LEAVE IT UP THERE FOR THE MOMENT. I WAS HOPING THAT MAYBE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL DISCUSSION OF DO WE REALLY TRYING TO GET TO HARD AND FAST 15 BECAUSE THEN THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL WORK THAT THEY HAVE TO DO AND THAT WE HAVE TO DO SOME TALKING ABOUT. I WILL THROW OUT THAT 15 WAS A GOAL AND IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE MOVING TOWARDS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING MAGICAL ABOUT 15. TO ME, THE 13.7 IS ENOUGH FOR THIS YEAR, TO ME.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT? BECAUSE THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE NEED TO GET. THAT WILL HELP TO DRIVE WHAT COMES OFF OR NOT. YES, PLEASE. YES, I THINK I TRACK THAT, AND I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. MY ONLY CONCERN IS IF WE START AT 13.7 AND THEN WE DIVE INTO.

ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT COME OFF THE LIST WITHOUT OFFERING OPTIONS FOR WHAT SHOULD GO ON THE LIST. RIGHT. VERY QUICKLY, WE DROP WELL BELOW 13.6. SO I DO WORRY ABOUT HOW WE WILL PROCEED IN OUR DISCUSSIONS IF THAT'S THE BASELINE. THAT'S ALL. YES, UNDERSTOOD. BUT JUST FOR THAT PARTICULAR QUESTION, AS THE STARTING POINT, AND THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO COME TO SOME AGREEMENT WHERE IF YOU'RE SUGGESTING SOMETHING COMES OFF, THEN WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO, IF WE'RE STICKING WITH 13.7. I JUST WANT TO SEE WHAT IS THE STARTING POINT OF 13.7 OKAY, RATHER THAN ARE WE TRYING TO GET TO 15 IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS? MARY.

STARTING WITH 13.9, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THAT IF SOME THINGS COME OFF THIS LIST. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE WELL EQUIPPED TO SAY WHAT SHOULD GO ON THE LIST. SO I THINK THAT'S A STAFF, PLEASE COME BACK WITH SOME OTHER OPTIONS MAYBE NEXT WEEK. YES. AND I DID HAVE ONE TECHNICAL QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER ATTACHMENT A, WHICH IS REDUCTIONS FOR FUTURE ANALYSIS, ARE THOSE REDUCTIONS INCLUDED IN THE 13.9? THEY ARE NOT.

THOSE, AS I DISCUSSED IN THE PRESENTATION, THOSE ARE $7 MILLION THAT WE FELT NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME.

CERTAINLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE, AND SOME OF THOSE COULD CONCEIVABLY BE IN PLAY. BUT WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE AGAIN, SOME OF THESE, I THINK, NEED A BIT MORE ANALYSIS AND THOUGHT BEFORE WE JUST ARE ABLE TO PULL THE TRIGGER AND IMPLEMENT THEM.

SO THAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY, I KNOW THAT FEELS LIKE THE WRONG WORD ALSO, BUT THAT IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN GO WHERE THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT IF IT IS ANALYZED AND WE FIND THAT IT, BECAUSE IT WAS OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT, THAT IT MAKES SENSE FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE COULD GO TO THAT ATTACHMENT A TO THE 7.

I JUST WANT TO CHECK OVER HERE. ON THIS SIDE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH NOT REACHING THE 15 THIS YEAR? YEAH, I THINK FUNDAMENTALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING 15, WHETHER IT'S THIS YEAR OR NEXT.

BUT I DO THINK, I MEAN, I HAVE A VARIETY OF QUESTIONS AROUND GETTING, YOU KNOW, OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT WEEK. I MEAN, I WANT TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS WHO MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE READ ALL THE ATTACHMENTS, THERE ARE MANY OF THEM AND THEY'RE VERY DETAILED.

I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW SOME OF THEM, I 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, YEAH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS AROUND THAT. OKAY, OKAY. 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. OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO REDUCE, TACKLE THE BUDGET DEFICIT, STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN THREE YEARS. SO IF IT'S NOT 15 THIS YEAR, IT MIGHT BE A LARGER NUMBER NEXT YEAR OR THE THIRD YEAR, OR WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT IF WE GET REVENUES,

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WHAT'S THE NEXT LEVEL OF IT? IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO START TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUAL LEVEL THINGS SUCH AS WHAT SUPERVISOR BARAJAS STARTED GOING DOWN THAT ROAD? IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYONE TO START PUTTING THOSE OUT? OKAY, NOW CARRY ON. I'M SORRY TO HAVE INTERRUPTED. GO AHEAD.

YEAH, YEAH. NO PROBLEM. AND JUST KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT TOM WAS SAYING IS I THINK HE ORDERED IT AND I WROTE IT DOWN. YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO TAKE OFF THE CUT LIST, WHICH IS UP HERE. WHETHER WE SHOULD AUGMENTATE AND ADD ANOTHER LINE ITEM TO CERTAIN NEEDS AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ADDITIONAL PERMANENT ACCOUNTS UP TO $15 MILLION. SOUNDS LIKE WE DID THREE FIRST. NOW WE'RE GOING TO NUMBER ONE. ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE LOOK DOWN TO DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE. NO, NO, NO. UP ON THE FIRST PAGE RIGHT THERE.

PAGE ONE, BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.

YEAH, 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, JULIE, 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 THAT RECOMMENDATION. IT'S $15,000. IT GOES A LONG WAYS.

THE GOODWILL THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR NONPROFITS, THEY'RE ASKING FOR TEMPORARY FOOD FACILITY WAIVERS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AND STAFF AT THE COMMITTEE BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE TAKEN OFF THAT LIST. 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 OF SECURITY SERVICES IN THIS BUILDING, THE ADMIN BUILDING, SO WE WOULD BASICALLY HAVE NO SECURITY. BUT AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE CAO, I BELIEVE THE CAO 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 SERVICED AND STILL HAVE SECURITY IN THIS. COULD YOU ADD ON A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, MIKE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT 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 HHSA FACILITIES IN WEST SACRAMENTO AND DAVIS AND VARIOUS FACILITIES. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE FUNDED NOT BY GENERAL FUND, BUT BY HHSA 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 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 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 DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IS STILL IN EXPLORATION AND DISCUSSION, BOTH WITH GENERAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, RYAN PISTACCINI.

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 FURTHER EXPLORATION.

SO ON THAT. GREAT. THE TIME FRAME OF THAT RESPONSE, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF JUNE TO MAKE FINAL DECISIONS.

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WE DID HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS COME TO THE PODIUM, JUSTIFY THE POSITION. THEY ALSO EMAILED THE GREAT NEED AND SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AT 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, OBVIOUSLY, 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. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SO WE'LL LEAVE THOSE ON THE TABLE FOR THE MOMENT.

YES, SUPERVISOR FRERICHS. YEAH, JUST TO APPRECIATE THAT, THE DISCUSSION OF THOSE ITEMS. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION JUST AS IT RELATES. SO THIS IS, I BELIEVE, ATTACHMENT B. I ALSO HAVE IN FRONT OF ME ATTACHMENT D, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PROPOSED SO NOW I'M LOOKING AT THE LIBRARY SECTION, RIGHT? BECAUSE SUPERVISOR BARAJAS JUST MENTIONED THE LIBRARY ARCHIVES, YOU KNOW, .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 IS THE, YOU KNOW, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF HYPOTHETICAL. AND THEN THE SAME ACTUALLY GOES TO THE SECURITY ITEM THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT EARLIER, THIS SORT OF.

SO IN 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'VE FOUND IT SO FAR IS UNDER GENERAL SERVICES AND THAT'S $150,000 AND THAT DOES NOT EQUAL THE AMOUNT IN HERE SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY, GOOD AFTERNOON, I THINK IT'S AFTERNOON NOW, OH I'M A MINUTE SHORT SO GOOD, GOOD MORNING SUPERVISORS LAURA THE DAKOTA 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 WERE THERE WERE ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THOSE DOLLAR AMOUNTS, AND IN SOME CASES, SPECIFICALLY LIBRARIES, TO THE ACTUAL APPROACH 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.

GREAT, THANK YOU. AND THEN ON THE SECURITY SORT OF CONTRACT? THE SECURITY CONTRACT, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION WITH REGARDS TO HOW MUCH 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 MORE CURRENT ONE. THAT IS THE CORRECT GENERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION, YES. THANK YOU.

OKAY. I AM LOOKING THIS WAY FOR ANY INPUT, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT IS NEEDED. IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THINKING, I CAN JUMP IN. I HAVE A COUPLE THINGS. OKAY. I HAVE, WELL, ONE

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BECAUSE THERE'S A SERVICE THAT HAS TO HAPPEN. ONE THAT I'M THINKING IN PARTICULAR IS CHILD SERVICES. WE HAVE, AND THEN THIS IS KIND OF THE POLICY QUESTION, WE HAVE A MODEL OF CHILD WELFARE SERVICES THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL TIME BY STAFF IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE CURRENT MODEL.

THIS IS NOT A DECISION FOR TODAY, BUT I AM, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUT THERE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BOARD TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION TO SEE IF IT WOULD BEST SERVE THE CHILDREN AND COST THE COUNTY LESS IF WE MOVED TOWARDS FEWER OUT-OF-HOME PLACEMENTS. I KNOW THAT'S A BIG POLICY DISCUSSION THAT WON'T HAPPEN TODAY, BUT IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A PART OF THE COST TO YOLO COUNTY, INCLUDING THE OVERTIME, IS THE MOVEMENT OF CHILDREN AND PEOPLE AND SOCIAL WORKERS TO OTHER PLACES. SO I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A PIN IN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HAVE A POLICY DISCUSSION, LIKELY NOT BEFORE JUNE, WHATEVER.

BUT I THINK THAT IT IS, I BELIEVE THAT IT IS ONE, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, NOT JUST A BELIEF, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS PART OF OUR HIGHER COST FOR CHILD WELFARE SERVICES IN YOLO COUNTY THAN OTHER COUNTIES. SO MAYBE I'M GOING TO STOP LOOKING AT YOU. I'M GOING TO LOOK AT OUR CAO, MIKE. HOW DO WE, AND IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE INTERESTED IN THIS CONVERSATION, HOW DO WE START THIS CONVERSATION SO THAT WE CAN, WE HAVE A MULTI-YEAR DEFICIT.

SO THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR POLICY DISCUSSION. RIGHT, YEAH, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

IT'S, CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, I MEAN, IS ABSOLUTELY A POLICY LEVEL, YOU KNOW, CONVERSATION TO BE HAD AMONGST THE BOARD WITH THE INCLUSION OF GOOD INTEL, GOOD DATA, RIGHT? AND, YOU KNOW, FROM OUR STAFF TEAM, FROM WHAT ARE BEST PRACTICES OUT THERE FOR THE BOARD TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER, RIGHT, AS PART OF THAT. SO REALLY, I THINK IT'S A POLICY CONVERSATION THAT STAFF WOULD WELCOME HAVING AND AT LEAST HAVE SORT OF A CONSCIOUSNESS ABOUT WHAT OUR POLICY APPROACH IS, I THINK IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE THAT POLICY HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, OFFICIALLY VISITED BY THE BOARD, PAST BOARDS, RIGHT? AND IT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS BOARD TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND TO SEE WHERE IT LEADS.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, TIME WOULD TELL. BUT THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS CAN BE RATHER LARGE, BOTH IN TERMS OF, 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 CAN BE VERY PROFOUND. AND SO I THINK WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR FROM THE BOARD IS WHERE THERE'S AREAS LIKE THIS WHERE THERE'S AN INTEREST AND THERE'S BOARD CONSENSUS 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 TIME. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD GO BACK TO WORK 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'D 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 GOOD FOR THE FAMILIES. IT'S NOT JUST THE COST ISSUE FOR US, RIGHT? BUT IT'S A MISSION ISSUE FOR US TO KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER. AND THEN THAT, AS A RESULT, WILL OFFSET THE COST THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING NOW.

AT SOME POINT, YOLO WAS THE

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SO I'M JUST TURNING TO MY COLLEAGUE TO SEE IF THERE'S INTEREST FOR THIS POLICY DISCUSSION AT A FUTURE DATE. YES, YES, YES, YES. 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 LESS OVERTIME WAS THROWN OUT AS SOMETHING THAT YOU. I GUESS 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 RIGHT SIZE THE BUDGET. THERE MAY BE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE 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 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 DETAILED 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, IF 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 UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE OVERTIME, AND 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, AND 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 HAVE THE HISTORICAL TRENDS BEEN IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS OR DIVISIONS OR PROGRAMS IN OVERTIME, THAT CAN HAPPEN FAIRLY QUICKLY.

THE ELEMENT OF ANALYZING WHAT IS THE RIGHT LEVEL OF OVERTIME. THAT'S WHERE IT GETS 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. 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 OVER TIME COSTS 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.

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 CERTAINLY BE IN ORDER.

BUT I THINK THAT 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 CONSIDER. OKAY. AND I AM FINE WITH THE LONGER TERM.

AGAIN, THIS IS A MULTI-YEAR.

PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE. SO IF IT CAN'T BE DONE NOW, BUT IT'S A QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANSWERED. YES, MARY. ON THIS POINT, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE'S PRETTY STRONG INTERACTION BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF VACANT POSITIONS WHERE WE HAVE AND ARE

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I AM IN PARTICULAR THINKING OF OUR SERVICE CENTERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS INCREASED NEED BECAUSE WE HAVE THE, OH, I ALMOST SWORE, HR1 COMING. AND YET SOME POSITIONS ARE BEING PUT ON THE TABLE FOR THAT, AND IT'S ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES. AND SO I KNOW YOU DID NOT TAKE THOSE LIGHTLY, BUT SOME OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE SATELLITE OFFICES BEING CLOSED.

A COUPLE, A FEW, 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 ABOUT THOSE THINGS, BUT UNDERSTOOD THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT IN IDEAL TIMES.

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 WHY I WANTED AN ANSWER, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS TERRIBLE TO READ THROUGH TO SEE ALL OF THESE POSITIONS THAT WERE POSSIBLY GOING AWAY.

ONE IS THE CONTRACT WITH CRISIS NURSERY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROGRAM, THEY ARE A SEPARATE NONPROFIT.

IT IS A CONTRACT, AND SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THE MONEY IN, AND THEN THE NONPROFIT CAN RAISE SOME MORE MONEY AROUND THAT. IT'S $100,000, WHICH IS $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 YEAR. YOU'LL REMEMBER FOR OUR OTHER NONPROFITS, WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM A RUNWAY. THAT IS ONE IN PARTICULAR THAT I GO OVER THERE AND VISIT, AND I SEE THE IMPACT THAT THEY'RE MAKING 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, YOU CAN TELL ME, WHAT'S THE $100,000 THAT 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 RELATIONSHIP TO THE CONSERVATORSHIP OFFICER.

WE WORKED SO HARD TO DO, THIS IS IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE, TO DO AN ANALYSIS OF WHAT ARE THE NEEDS FOR CONSERVATORSHIPS, WHAT ARE THE CASE LOADS AND WE, 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, PUTTING OFF HER RETIREMENT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SALARY SAVINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN THERE TO MAKE IT NOT QUITE AS A BIG OF AN IMPACT. BUT THAT IS ONE THAT IF WE CAN LOOK AT, I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT'S ALL FOR ME.

WHAT'S UP? IT'S, WHAT IS IT, 200,000, 170? IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THERE FOR THE CONSERVATOR POSITION, I DIDN'T WRITE THAT NUMBER DOWN.

I UNDERSTAND. APPROXIMATELY 150,000. SOMEWHERE, YEAH, ISH.

BUT THAT IS A NON-GENERAL FUND ONE. CORRECT. YEAH, 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. WAIT, I'M SORRY, I WAS CONFUSED JUST FOR A MOMENT. SO IT IS FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND, BUT IT WASN'T PART OF THE 15%, BUT IT'S PART OF YOUR HHSA RIGHT-SIZING? CORRECT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE, AS HAS BEEN STATED BEFORE, WE HAVE AN $11.7 MILLION DEFICIT THAT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE COVERED BY THE GENERAL FUND IF REDUCTIONS WERE NOT PRESENTED TO YOU. OH, I UNDERSTAND. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE BACKFILL. OKAY, SO 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 QUICK THINGS. ONE, I JUST WANTED TO GO BACK TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT NOT JUST THE CRISIS NURSERY, BUT THESE SEVERAL CONTRACTS WITHIN HHSA THAT ARE AIMED AT

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SO, I MEAN, BUT I THINK IT'S ALSO POTENTIALLY FAIR TO JUST SUGGEST THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T ALL STAY WHOLE, BUT THERE'S SOME LEVEL OF CUT THAT COMES TO THEM. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE MHSA. SO I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL THREE OF THEM. I MEAN, YEAH. IF YOU WOULD PAUSE JUST ONE MOMENT.

IF YOU WANT TO RECUSE YOURSELF JUST FOR THE MOMENT. THAT'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 THAT WOULD BE FOR PHIL'S COMMENT EARLIER. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. CARRY ON. THANK YOU. I WAS OUT OF THE ROOM 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 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 MHSA, THE TRANSITION BETWEEN MHSA AND BHSA, WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY NONPROFITS WHO ARE PARTNERS COME IN AND SAY, GIVE US RUNWAY TIME, RIGHT? I MEAN, NOT JUST A 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, ACT THAT ONE, 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, 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, YOU KNOW, TWO STEP PROCESS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I JUST WANT TO RAISE THAT. I APPRECIATED YOU RAISING THE CRISIS NURSERY CONTRACT. TOTALLY AGREE WITH THAT BUT PERHAPS IT IS ALSO NOT JUST CONTINUED 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 CHILD CARE, CHILDREN KIND OF IMPACTS AROUND CRISIS INDUSTRY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TAX ASSISTANCE, AS JUST 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 NONPROFIT PARTNERS ABOUT WHAT IS A POSSIBILITY IN TERMS OF 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 JUST WANTING TO RAISE THAT FOR CONSIDERATION. I LIKE THAT APPROACH, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IS THAT THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT? IT SAYS ELIMINATE, SO THAT MAKES IT SOUND LIKE IT, BUT THAT'S THE FULL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT. YEAH. YEAH.

SO, THEN A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS. I THINK ONE, I MEAN, I KNOW WE WILL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED ABOUT SORT OF REVENUE GENERATION SIDE OF THINGS. I JUST WANT TO REALLY SPECIFICALLY CHECK IN ON THE HHSA ITEM, WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY AROUND THE BILLING MANAGER. WE OBVIOUSLY HAD THAT AS A FUNDING ITEM IN TERMS OF A PREVIOUS DECISION AROUND FUNDING A POSITION. YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME AND ENERGY AND MONEY TO GET KIND OF 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, 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 OF, YOU KNOW, REDUCTION IN THEIR CONTRACTS, BUT NOT FULL ELIMINATION THIS YEAR AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, WITH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT THINGS COULD GET WORSE OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT

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YEAH, AND I THINK IF THERE'S BOARD CONSENSUS, AT LEAST IN CONCEPTS AROUND STAFF, SORT OF AUTHORIZING STAFF TO ENGAGE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF THESE GROUPS, THESE ORGANIZATIONS, TO REALLY HAVE THAT MORE IN-DEPTH CONVERSATION, WE HAVE MADE INITIAL CONTACT WITH THEM WHEN THE REPORT AND THE INFORMATION WAS FIRST RELEASED, SO THAT THERE HAS BEEN AT LEAST AN AWARENESS CREATED THAT THIS IS 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, RIGHT, I MEAN, JUST TO UNDERSTAND FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. I'M SURE THAT THERE'S ALSO, THERE MAY BE SOME PUBLIC TESTIMONY, YOU KNOW, 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 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 5TH, CERTAINLY.

BUT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY SOME OF IT MAY FLOW OVER BEYOND THE 5TH, BUT WE WOULD ENDEAVOR TO DO THAT BY THE 5TH. OKAY, SO I HEAR THREE YESES HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, SO FOUR NOT.

OKAY, SO THEN WHO WOULDN'T MIND BRINGING ANDREW BACK? OKAY.

OKAY, CARRY ON. LUCAS, DID YOU HAVE? LAST COMMENT WAS JUST, OR TOM WAS JUST GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DIRECTOR MORALES AROUND THE HHSA REIMBURSEMENT BILLING MANAGER ITEM. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THE QUESTION WAS THE CURRENT POSITION THAT THE BOARD JUST RECENTLY APPROVED, WHICH WAS OUR BILLING COORDINATOR UNDER OUR BHSA 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 CMAW, 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 TWO TO THREE YEAR PROCESS BECAUSE IT ACCOUNTS FOR 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 FFP BILLING. SO THE COORDINATOR WILL BE COMING ALONG AND JUMPING VERY QUICKLY, THE BILLING COORDINATOR, ON ALL OF THESE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THE DEPARTMENT. ALL 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 CMOP 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 A MILLION DOLLARS INITIALLY, AND HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT TWO TO THREE YEARS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BUILD THAT UP UP TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FIVE PERCENT. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT.

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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 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 WORK UP TO. SO THE REVENUE SIDE OF THIS, I THINK 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 TOO 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. THOMAS THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD? OKAY, OKAY SO SHE LIVES OUT 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 CAO'S OFFICE STAFF, COME BACK TO THE BOARD, I'M ASSUMING AFTER THIS FISCAL YEAR, DON'T KNOW WHEN, REGARDING FOSTER CARE AND OVERTIME. 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? OKAY, GREAT. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS HERE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME PUBLIC COMMENT AFTER THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO PUT OUT THERE. 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. 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 A HIGH LEVEL. ONE OF THEM WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCES, HHSA, 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 A DEPARTMENT, AND REALLY LOOKING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE APPROPRIATE LEVELS OF STAFFING. I JUST WANT TO KNOW FROM THIS BOARD, IS THAT 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 HIGH LEVEL. SO I JUST KIND OF STEP BACK FROM THERE AND I KNOW I SAW A HAND OVER HERE SOMEWHERE. I JUST, I THINK 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 ALMOST THOSE ARE IRRECONCILABLE GOALS. 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, 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 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 IS STAFF'S REFLECTION OF WHAT WE ARTICULATED AS THE POLICY PRIORITY AREAS. I GET A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN WE, WHEN WE PUT STAFF ON THE ON THE YOU KNOW IN THE SPACE OF SAYING SPEAK UP OR YOU KNOW KEEP YOUR PEAS UP

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IN THE EVENT THAT BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE, NOW AND SEPTEMBER, NOW AND OCTOBER, THINGS CHANGE, SO WILL THIS, IS MY HOPE. SO, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO PUT WORDS IN YOUR MOUTH, MIKE, BUT THAT'S MY RESPONSE TO THAT. NO, I AGREE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT DEPARTMENT HEADS WERE ASKED 15%, BUT I THINK IF YOU WERE TO ASK THEM TO PUT 15%, AND IF THEY WERE TO SAY, YEAH, 15%, BUT NOT AT A HIGH LEVEL.

MEANING THAT SOMETHING COULD REALLY HAPPEN IN MY DEPARTMENT IF THESE CUTS DO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH AND THERE'S NO CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD DIRECT CONVERSATIONS WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS THAT WAY IN A PUBLIC ARENA. WE DO HAVE AN ATTACHMENT, ATTACHMENT D, THAT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT THE JUSTIFICATIONS IN TERMS OF IMPACTS IN THOSE AREAS. BUT THAT'S ON PAPER AND I DON'T THINK ALL OF US HAVE READ ALL OF THOSE IMPACTS. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO SAY, I MEAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD ISSUES THAT DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE BECAUSE OF RETIREMENT TURNOVER, 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 HEAD. I DON'T KNOW.

DEPARTMENT HR HAD ISSUES PRIOR TO OUR DEPARTMENT HEAD COMING HERE. IT WAS PRETTY BIG ISSUES THAT WERE IN THE MERIT OF AREAS. AS AN ORGANIZATION, HR IS USUALLY SEEN AS AN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH-FUNCTIONING HR.

THEY DO INVESTIGATIONS, THEY DO PERSONALITY 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 HHSA, SAME THING, RIGHT? AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HHSA. 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 OF HR 1. SO WE ARE LISTENING TO HHSA, 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 BOARD MEETING REGARDING THE BUDGET. THANKS.

MAYBE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE CAO TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS BECAUSE YOU WERE GIVEN THE TERRIBLE TASK, FIND 15%, AND THEN HHSA YOU HAD TO FIND ADDITIONAL BECAUSE OF THE ONGOING DEFICIT THERE.

AND THEN YOU HAD, I HOPE THAT THE BUDGET PRINCIPLES WERE LOOKED AT FOR WHERE TO LOOK AND WHERE NOT TO LOOK. MIKE, COULD YOU TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, HOW, BECAUSE YOU HAVE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THEM, YOU, I MEAN, 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 IS. 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. YES, SO THE STRUCTURAL RIGHT-SIZING PATHWAY THAT WE'RE ON, THERE WERE SPECIFIC BUDGET INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO EACH DEPARTMENT HEAD, GIVING THEM DIRECTION TO DEVELOP THE 15% GENERAL FUND-SPECIFIC REDUCTION EXERCISE, WITH PARTICULAR FORMS TO BE FILLED OUT, ASKING FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE REDUCTIONS WOULD BE OR COULD BE, AND VERY IMPORTANTLY, A WRITTEN DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE IMPACTS

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THAT WAS THEN EVALUATED REALLY WITH AN EYE TOWARDS, AS TOM DESCRIBED A BIT EARLIER IN HIS PRESENTATION, THINGS LIKE LEGALITY AND DOES A PARTICULAR REDUCTION PUT US AT RISK OF BEING OUT OF COMPLIANCE WITH SOME LEGAL REQUIREMENT, FOR EXAMPLE YOU KNOW, PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, INSPECTIONS, BUILDING INSPECTIONS, CODE INSPECTIONS, WITH AN EYE TOWARDS WOULD THERE BE ANY IMPACT THERE, RIGHT? WOULD THERE BE, WOULD REDUCTIONS RESULT IN A POTENTIAL INADVERTENT COST TO THE COUNTY? AND THAT WAS A KEY CRITERIA THAT, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, IT IS WHAT RESULTED IN AN AWFUL LOT OF THE LINE ITEMS THAT WERE SORT OF PULLED OUT AS NOT NECESSARILY BEING VIABLE TODAY BY OUR ASSESSMENT BUT WORTHY OF MAYBE FUTURE CONSIDERATION ARE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW ON THE FACE OF IT LOOK LIKE THEY COULD REDUCE OUR GENERAL FUND COSTS BUT WOULD ACTUALLY RESULT YOU KNOW IN AN EXPENDITURE OF EQUAL OR EVEN GREATER AMOUNTS AND ON THE BACK END OF THINGS YOU KNOW ONE EXAMPLE YOU KNOW WITH THAT I'LL NOTE IS YOU KNOW WITH HR SO THERE WAS A HR POSITION PAYROLL TECHNICIAN, PAYROLL POSITION THAT WAS ON THE REDUCTION LIST. THAT WAS SHIFTED FROM THE REDUCED LIST TO THE DON'T CONSIDER THAT RIGHT NOW LIST. BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT VARIOUS PAYROLL IS SO CRITICAL AND THE ACCURACY OF IT IS SO CRITICAL. AND THERE COULD BE REAL LIABILITIES, NOT 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 REAL, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACTS COULD BE. BUT ARE THEY PLAUSIBLE? YOU KNOW, ARE THEY LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE? YES. I WILL SAY THAT THE OTHER PIECE OF IT WITH RESPECT TO THE BUDGET PRINCIPLES THAT THE BOARD ADOPTED, ONE THAT I WILL NOTE THAT IS VERY TOP OF MIND, CERTAINLY FOR ME AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, IS THE BUDGET PRINCIPLE. IT'S IN YOUR ATTACHMENTS, BUT IT'S ONE REGARDING SUPPORT SYSTEMS. AND THIS, AGAIN, SPEAKS TO THE HR EXAMPLE, 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, IT, 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, IF YOU WERE TO ASK ANY OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, PHIL. YOU KNOW, PANU WITH HR, TOM WITH DFS, ARE THE REDUCTIONS THAT ARE ON THE TABLE, WILL THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, REAL IMPACTS TO THEIR OPERATIONS IN THE DEPARTMENTS? I THINK UNIVERSALLY THE ANSWER IS GOING TO BE YES, ABSOLUTELY.