BUT WE GOT QUORUM HERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND AND DO CALL TO ORDER.
[ Yolo Animal Services Planning Agency MEETING AGENDA Wednesday, July 15, 2026, 1:00 p.m.]
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WE'RE GOING TO DO ROLL CALL. SO VANESSA, DO YOU WANT TO DO THE ROLL CALL PLEASE.LINDA DALES BILL BIASI HERE. RICK LANDSBERG, MARTHA GUERRERO, ANGEL BARAJAS HERE. BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT. LINDA DIAZ AND RICH LANDSBERG.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE TO APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE BY MARTHA GUERRERO.
IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY BILL BIAGGI.
ANY COMMENT? YES, CHAIR. WE HAVE HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.
YES, BUT ANY SAY, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, CHAIR, WE HAVE TWO COMMENT PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.
AND ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM GEORGINA VALENCIA WHICH HAS BEEN FORWARD TO ALL BOARD MEMBERS AS PART OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE AND WILL BE PLACED INTO THE RECORD FOR THOSE MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
FIRST SPEAKER IS JILL BONNER. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL, BERNICE. THANK YOU. I'M JILL BONNER AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TAKING THE TIME AND AND MAKING IT TO THIS MEETING.
I'M A RESIDENT OF YOLO COUNTY AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SAY A FEW MINUTES A COUPLE OF MINUTES AT THE LAST JPA MEETING AFTER THE JPA HAD A VERY DISMAL FINANCIAL DISCUSSION. MAYOR LANDSBURG DIRECTLY ADDRESSED US IN THE ATTENDANCE AND HE SAID, WE NEED SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY TO STEP UP.
WE STARTED A NEW NONPROFIT AND WITH THE GOAL OF SPEARHEADING ANIMAL WELFARE EFFORTS IN YOLO COUNTY.
OUR FIRST GOAL IS TO MAKE USE OF THE BUILDING TO A.
WHICH IS ACROSS FROM THE SHELTER. AS A REMINDER, OVER TWO YEARS AGO, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ALLOCATED APPROVED THE SPENDING OF $650,000, SOME OF IT FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TO THE SHELTER.
ANIMALS ROAM LESS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LOOKING FOR MATES AND TERRITORIES.
THEY HAVE LESS BEHAVIORAL ISSUES, LESS DOG BITES, LESS AGGRESSION, LESS ANIMAL TRAFFIC RELATED ACTIVITIES, LESS ANIMAL CONTROL CALLS, LESS PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS, LESS REPRODUCTION, WHICH DECREASES THE POPULATION AND REDUCES THE BURDEN ON THE SHELTER.
SO BOTTOM LINE, REDUCING ALL OF THESE ISSUES THROUGH SPAY NEUTER SAVES THE COUNTY MONEY.
SO FAR WE'VE MET WITH A FEW OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND WITH MIKE WEBB AND ADAM FISLER, AND WE PLAN TO MEET WITH THE REST OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
BUT WE'RE PRESENTING A WE HAVE PRESENTED A PROPOSAL TO LEASE AT A NOMINAL FEE, BUILDING TWO A AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY, OTHER THAN THE USE OF THE BUILDING AND PROVIDING SERVICES.
LOW COST SPAY NEUTER SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF YOLO COUNTY.
YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU FOR. YOUR TIME IS UP.
BUT IF YOU HAVE IT WRITTEN, YES, COULD YOU PLEASE EMAIL US THE BOARD? ABSOLUTELY. AND THAT WAS PART OF WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO. WE JUST LEFT A YES.
WE JUST LEFT THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETING JUST NOW.
AND WE HAVE THE FULL PROPOSAL AND WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU THAT WITH NO PROBLEM.
IT'S FINANCIAL AND EVERYTHING. THREE YEAR PROJECTIONS, THE WHOLE THING AT NO COST TO THE COUNTY.
IT'S AN AMAZING FACILITY. IT'S TURNKEY READY. WE'RE VERY EXCITED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN HILL.
AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
HI. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY. AS JILL HAS POINTED OUT, OUR NONPROFIT IS STEPPING UP WITH A VIABLE PROPOSAL TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM THAT YOLO COUNTY HAS NEVER HAD CONSISTENT SPAY NEUTER OPTIONS.
EVEN THOUGH THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED IN REPORTS AND MEETINGS FOR OVER TEN YEARS.
AND EVEN THOUGH BUILDING TWO A WAS RENOVATED SPECIFICALLY FOR A SPAY NEUTER CLINIC AT APPROXIMATELY AT AN APPROXIMATE COST OF $200,000 AND HAS BEEN SITTING EMPTY FOR A YEAR. WE HAVE TOURED BUILDING TWO A, AS JILL SAID, AND IT IS TURNKEY READY FOR THE CLINIC WE ARE PROPOSING.
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WE HAVE ATTENDED AND PRESENTED AT MEETINGS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, MET WITH OTHER NONPROFITS, SHELTER STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS AND VOLUNTEERS, AND OFFERED TO HELP WITH MONEY AND TIME BECAUSE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED.WE HAVE COMMITMENTS OF OVER $250,000 FOR START UP COSTS, AND WE ARE ALSO USING SEVERAL HIGH VOLUME SPAY NEUTER CLINICS TO GUIDE US IN THIS PROCESS. THIS IS AN URGENT AND ONGOING PROBLEM, AND WE ARE ANXIOUS TO GET A CLINIC UP AND RUNNING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AN ADDITIONAL URGENCY IS THAT THE SHELTER WILL HAVE NO CLINIC FOR COMPETING.
COMPLETING SPAY NEUTERS WHILE THE FIX-IT RIG IS BEING REPLACED WITH THE CLINIC IN A CAN.
WE HAVE THE INFORMATION, IDEAS, MEANS AND MANPOWER TO DO THIS.
AND AS JILL SAID, WE WILL BE EMAILING YOU OUR FORMAL PROPOSAL AND WILL WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, AND WE WILL APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT ONLINE? I DO NOT SEE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ONLINE.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF MAY 20TH, 2026.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. MOTION CARRIES THREE ZERO.
AND WE'RE MOVING ON TO RECEIVE ANIMAL SHELTER UPDATE.
AND WE'RE GOING AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO STEPHANIE AMATO.
STEPHANIE. AND WANTED TO START OFF JUST WITH AN UPDATE ACTUALLY, MAY I ADDRESS JUST THE, THE CONCERN ABOUT OUR SPAY NEUTER WHEN THE BIG FIX RIG IS GOING TO BE REMOVED? WE ACTUALLY DO, WE'VE, WE WERE WORKING ON WHERE THAT WOULD BE IN SURGERIES CAN BE DONE IN THE MEDICAL ROOM INSIDE OUR CAT ANNEX.
THAT'S ACTUALLY WHERE SURGERIES USED TO HAPPEN BEFORE THE RIG WAS IN EXISTENCE.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF AND JUST TRYING TO FIND THAT OUT.
BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE IS YOU KNOW, AT EASE EDDIE'S.
WITH THAT. SURGERIES WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE AT THE SHELTER WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN.
SO I WANTED TO JUST GIVE AN UPDATE. SO ANIMAL SERVICES RESPONDED ON JUNE 29TH TO THE CAMPUS FIRE.
AND THAT WAS UP AND DONE AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO SHARE OUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT.
I ALSO HAD MY FIVE ASOS AND WORK TRUCKS THAT RESPONDED.
I REMAINED AT THE OFFICE TO COORDINATE OUR STAFF AND RESOURCES.
OUR BARN WAS PREPPED IN CASE YOU KNOW, WE WERE ANTICIPATING A LOT OF LIVESTOCK.
AND ALSO THEY CAME UP WITH THEIR LIVESTOCK TRAILER, WHICH THEY DID USE TO TRANSPORT HORSES.
THAT WAS THE BIGGEST CONCERN. AND THE IMMEDIATE DANGER.
SEVEN DOGS WERE CONTAINED AND RETURNED TO THEIR OWNERS, BOTH ON SCENE AND BACK AT THE SHELTER, AND WE DO STILL HAVE ONE DOG REMAINING AT THE SHELTER.
SO WE'VE WE'VE DONE OUR BEST, BUT THE DOG STILL REMAINS NOT CLAIMED BY OWNER YET.
OUR OFFICERS ALSO RESPONDED TO MANY QUESTIONS AND ASSISTED, YOU KNOW, WITH HELPING MOVE, MOVE ANIMALS, PEOPLE WALKING DOWN THE STREETS TRYING TO JUST REALLY COORDINATE GETTING EVERYONE TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO WE WERE PREPARED TO SET UP AN EMERGENCY FOR SMALL LIVESTOCK AND ALSO HORSES AT THE FAIRGROUNDS.
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SO REALLY, IT WAS A GREAT CONVERSATION, A LOT OF COLLABORATION AND JUST NOT JUST FOR EMERGENCIES, BUT MAYBE FOR VACCINE CLINICS AND FOR OTHER EVENTS.SO IT WAS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO MAKE THAT MEETING HAPPEN.
SO SO YEAH, IT WAS A POSITIVE OUT OF, OUT OF THAT.
SO I DO LIKE TO SAY THAT IT WAS KIND OF A FIRE DRILL FOR US.
THAT EVENT FOR A LOT OF OUR, YOU KNOW, JUST BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED TO RESPOND.
SO 4TH OF JULY, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT BIG EVENT FOR US.
I BELIEVE WE TOOK IN 25 DOGS AND ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN REDEEMED.
SO AND THAT WAS OVER THE COURSE OF THE THIRD AND THE FOURTH.
AND OUR NUMBERS, I HATE TO SAY IT OUT LOUD, BUT OUR OKAY, LIKE THEY'RE LOWER THAN NORMAL, BUT WE REALLY HAVE HAD A LOT OF GOOD REDEMPTIONS.
SO A LOT OF ANIMALS THAT DO COME IN ARE GETTING RECLAIMED.
THE LET'S SEE, OUR KITTENS ALWAYS KITTENS. CURRENTLY WE HAVE OVER 150 KITTENS IN FOSTER, SO THEY'RE COMING BACK AS THEY'RE APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR WEIGHT FOR SURGERY AND ADOPTION PROCESSING. WE HAD OUR FIRST ADOPTION EVENT AT THE PETCO IN WEST SAC, THE IKEA COURT. SO THAT'S A NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WILL BE DOING MONTHLY.
I THINK TWO OF THE SIX KITTENS GOT ADOPTED, BUT THAT'S STILL TWO.
TWO KITTENS AND GETTING THE WORD OUT THAT WE WILL BE PARTNERING WITH THEM AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A, I'M HOPING I CAN, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN EVOLVE INTO SOME DOG EVENTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST TRIED WITH KITTENS FOR THE FIRST, THE FIRST GO AROUND SO AND OUR PETSMART AND DAVIS IS BOOMING WITH KITTEN AND CAT ADOPTIONS. AND SO WE ARE PLANNING, WE HAVE A LOT OF POP UP EVENTS, A LOT OF COMPANIES ARE CONTACTING US FOR, I THINK THERE'S EVEN ONE, I WANT TO SAY NAPA AUTO PARTS, BUT I COULD BE WRONG IN DAVIS.
IT'S COMING. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE REALLY ASKING US TO BE PART OF THEIR CUSTOMER APPRECIATION OR IF THEY'RE HAVING CELEBRATIONS, THEY'RE REACHING OUT AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO MORE, MORE DOG AND CAT POP UP EVENTS.
SO I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME. OKAY. THANK YOU.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS? NO, BUT JUST GREAT JOB ON SUPPORTING THE EVACUATION.
IT'S UNDER UNDER A LOT OF PRESSURE. AND I WAS INTERESTING KIND OF LIKE YOU DESCRIBED IT.
WELL, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, AT LEAST WITH THE FAIRGROUNDS TO, TO REALLY KIND OF GO THROUGH A DRILL, SO TO SPEAK, AND THEN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND REALLY LOOK AT BIGGER AND BRIGHTER EVENTS AND THINGS TO HAPPEN.
MAYBE AT THE FAIRGROUNDS. WITH DUNNIGAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN RETAIN SEVEN, SEVEN DOGS AND FIVE HORSES, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THAT ONE DOG WAS IN THE CAR.
YEAH. SO IT WAS IN A JUST IT WAS AT THE END OF LIKE AN ALLEYWAY.
AND SO THE DOG WAS IN IT. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE DOG OWNER.
NO, NO UNFORTUNATELY. SO YEAH THAT'S TERRIBLE.
DOG WAS APPRECIATIVE OF OF OFFICER'S EFFORTS.
SO YOU KNOW, BUT YEAH, THAT'S UNFORTUNATE. YEAH.
WELL I USE THE ANIMAL CONTROL PHONE NUMBER ON A WEEKEND LIKE PROBABLY TWO WEEK, TWO WEEKENDS AGO ON A SATURDAY, I WAS COMING BACK FROM, FROM THE GROCERY STORE AND I SAW THIS DOG JUST RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET ON BEEMER.
AND I WAS FOLLOWING HIM FOR LIKE THREE MILES.
AND THEY JUST ASKED FOR YOUR NAME AND LOCATION.
BUT I DIDN'T OBVIOUSLY USE MY MY POSITION OR NOTHING.
BUT WITHIN THREE MINUTES THEY WERE THERE AND THEY, THEY JUST SHOWED UP.
THEY'RE LIKE, WHERE'S THE DOG? I JUST POINTED AND THEY JUST WENT.
THERE LIKE, YOU CAN GO NOW. AND IT WAS JUST LIKE THEY HAD TWO, TWO TRUCKS THAT WERE COMING.
AND SO THEY VERY RESPONSIVE TIME WAS VERY QUICK.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THE STAFF DOING THAT. GOING BACK TO I JUST HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT EARLIER REGARDING THE BUILDING TO A I'M AWARE OF IT, BUT FOR THE TWO MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, CAN YOU KIND OF TALK ABOUT WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS BUILDING TWO A OUT IN THE ANIMAL SHELTER? YEAH. SO THE TWO A BUILDING IS THE RENOVATED ONE THIRD OF THE OLD PROBATION PORTABLES.
I THINK WE'VE, YOU KNOW, PRESENTED SOME PICTURES AT LEAST BEFORE ON WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
AND SO RIGHT NOW IT HAS BEEN RENOVATED AS FAR AS NEW ROOMS, KIND OF THE SETUP AND EXAM ROOMS. IT IS THE ONLY THING IT IS MISSING IS EQUIPMENT.
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IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE WAITING TO SOME TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP WITH IT WAS UC DAVIS AT THE TIME.MAYBE. I THINK SO. AND NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE THE RFQ OR RFP.
SORRY, SHOULD BE GOING OUT SHORTLY. SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN BEEN WORKED ON.
YEAH. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET EMAILS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
A QUESTION, BILL. YEAH. WAS THERE ANYTHING INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET FOR STAFFING OR EQUIPMENT FOR THAT BUILDING? NO. OKAY. SO AND THAT'S SEPARATE TOO. SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT IS IN ADDITION TO WHAT GOES ON AT THE SHELTER, IT'S NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR. SO THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE A SPACE THAT COULD BE OPERATED SEPARATELY AND WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE YOU KNOW, PROVIDE LOW OR NO COST SPAY NEUTER FOR OWNED ANIMALS AND TNR IN ADDITION TO WHAT THE SHELTERS ARE ALREADY DOING.
AND WHEN SNIP COMES, WHAT. WHAT DO THEY USE FOR FACILITIES? DO THEY SNIP USES OUR PARKING LOT AND ACTUALLY THEY USE THE PROBATION PARKING LOT.
THEY ARE COMING BACK AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND WE WILL BE MANAGING ALL THE SCHEDULING FOR THAT.
SO WE HAVE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WE'VE SET UP A GOOGLE NUMBER, WE PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE ARE, WE ARE ASKING FOR A DEPOSIT BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVING THEM AWAY FOR FREE.
WE WERE LOSING SOME SPOTS WHEN PEOPLE DON'T SHOW UP.
SO NON-PROFITS IN THE AREA THAT ARE SPONSORING THOSE CLINICS AS WELL.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND STEPHANIE, I KNOW I HAD A CONSTITUENT ASK YESTERDAY HOW'S THE SHELTER IN TERMS OF THE TEMPERATURE? I KNOW IT'S REALLY HOT OUTSIDE FOR ALL OF US, BUT INSIDE THE SHELTER WHERE THE ANIMALS ARE.
HOW HOW ARE THE AC UNITS WORKING? IS EVERYTHING FINE WITH INSIDE THE BUILDING? YES. SO, YEAH, THE THE NEW AC IN THE DOG BUILDING.
YOU KNOW, IT IT IT KEEPS UP. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS THIS YEAR AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, BUT THE, THE INSTALLATION, I MEAN OF COURSE IT GETS WARM WHEN ALL THE DOORS ARE OPEN DURING CLEANING AND BUT JUST REALLY TRYING TO THE CAT BUILDING HAS ITS OWN AC AS WELL. SO IT'S INDOORS ARE VERY GOOD. THE OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW, AND THE DOGS DO GET TIME OUTSIDE IN THE YARDS.
WITH VOLUNTEERS AND YOU KNOW, AND GET PUT OUT THERE.
BUT WE HAVE POOLS. SO THERE'S SWIMMING POOLS, THERE'S POOL TIME, BUT THERE'S MISTERS AS WELL.
BUT THAT ALSO REALLY LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT DOGS CAN BE WALKING AROUND THE GROUNDS BECAUSE YEAH, WE DON'T HAVE COOL PLACE TO DO THAT. OKAY. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. SO YEAH, YOU CAN COME UP TO SO HOW ABOUT THIS? IF YOU CAN COME TO THE MICROPHONE, JUST SAY YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME AND THEN YOU CAN FILL OUT THE SLIP AFTER YOU'RE DONE.
YOU GOT TWO MINUTES. JILL BONNER I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SHARING WITH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM THAT THERE'S A CALIFORNIA CODE 26227 THAT ENABLES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO BYPASS THE RFP PROCESS.
AND LEASING SPACE TO A NONPROFIT THAT'S PROVIDING A PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND THAT'S INFORMATION WE'RE HAPPY TO EMAIL WITH YOU AS WELL.
BUT I CAN GIVE YOU THE CODE AND INFORMATION NUMBER, OR YOU MIGHT ALREADY BE FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT 26227 IS THE CALIFORNIA CODE THAT GIVES THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DIRECT AUTHORITY JUST TO.
I'M HOPING TO SPEED THINGS ALONG, AND AN RFP WOULD ONLY ADD ON TO THE PROCESS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO. CHAIR, I SEE NO PUBLIC ONLINE. ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE A.
LOOKS LIKE IT LOOKED LIKE WE HAD ONE HAND RAISED, BUT I DO NOT SEE IT ONLINE.
BUT I DO NOT SEE IT ANYMORE. DON'T SEE IT ANYMORE.
OKAY. OKAY. SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT ITEM.
STEPHANIE, IT'S ME AGAIN. ADAM IS AT THE THE COUNTY EOC EXERCISE.
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SO SO OPERATIONAL JPA DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THAT, CEO MIKE WEBB IS COORDINATING A MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGERS TO DISCUSS OPERATIONAL JPA RELATED ITEMS. AND NO DATE HAS BEEN SET AS OF TODAY. GOING INTO THE CONTRACTS WITH JPA MEMBERS, THE CITY OF WOODLAND AND THE COUNTY ARE IN DISCUSSIONS ON THE CONTRACT. CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTO WILL HAVE THE ITEM ON THEIR AUGUST 5TH AGENDA.THE CITY OF WINTERS HAS NOT RESPONDED. CITY OF DAVIS AND UC DAVIS HAVE SIGNED THE EXTENSION, WHICH WILL GO BEFORE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TENTATIVELY ON AUGUST 25TH.
OKAY. YEAH. UPDATE I WAS PROVIDED. ALL RIGHT.
SO IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ON THE UPDATE? YES. MARTHA. YES. THANK YOU. I THINK YOU DID RECEIVE A LETTER AS TO OUR STATUS.
YEAH, IT NEEDED TO GO TO THE AUGUST 5TH. BUT YEAH, HE DID RECEIVE THE LETTER.
OKAY. THANK YOU. AND IS IT AS FAR AS THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA? I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET. IT WON'T BE POSTED. WE PROBABLY WON'T SEE IT UNTIL THE FRIDAY BEFORE.
IS IT TERM LIMITED OR IS THERE ANY SPECIFICATION ABOUT THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. I'M SORRY. OKAY.
IF YOU CAN RECEIVE A DRAFT AND SHARE IT IN ADVANCE TO MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTIVE OF INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, BEFORE US HAVING IT APPROVED OR IF YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LETTER WHAT.
YEAH, I BELIEVE, YEAH. SO I BELIEVE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A ONE YEAR EXTENSION.
THAT'S FOR THE, IT'S FOR THE EXTENSION ONE YEAR, ONE YEAR.
I SEE, OKAY, GREAT. WE'RE ALL GOOD NOW. I APOLOGIZE, THIS IS.
I HAVEN'T SEEN IT MYSELF. OR IF I HAVE, I'VE FORGOTTEN.
IT MAY HAVE GONE TO A DIFFERENT ATTORNEY IN MY OFFICE, BUT I.
I'M FAIRLY CERTAIN IT'S JUST A ONE YEAR. YEAH, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO.
YEAH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.
SO I'M NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTOOD. HAS THE CITY OF WEST SACRAMENTO HAD THE PRESENTATION ON THE VARIOUS OPTIONS ON THE JPA? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S COMING UP. SO THERE HAVE BEEN INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, ABOUT HAVING OUR OWN, YOU KNOW, ANIMAL SERVICE OPERATION. BUT I, YOU KNOW, WAY FAR DOWN THE ROAD, IT'S NOTHING PERMANENT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REVIEW THE COST.
BUT YEAH, I'M JUST IN THE SPIRIT OF TRANSPARENCY, JUST WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE IN CASE YOU HAVE THOUGHTS ABOUT THAT, IT WOULD REQUIRE COUNCIL APPROVAL. IS THAT IF I RECALL A COUPLE MEETINGS BACK, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION THAT WE GAVE WAS EACH OF US WAS TO GO BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCILS AND FIND OUT, DO WE SUPPORT MOVING FORWARD WITH AN OPERATIONAL JPA? AND IF SO, AND I KNOW WINTERS, WOODLAND AND I BELIEVE DAVIS ALL RESPONDED, YES, LET'S LOOK INTO IT FURTHER.
AND WE WERE WAITING ON WEST SAC. IT'S WE WE SOUNDED SUPPORTIVE.
I, I STILL THINK WE NEEDED MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COSTS AND DATA, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT READILY AVAILABLE.
SOME OF IT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE RATIO FROM EACH OF THE JURISDICTIONS.
SO I THINK THE COUNCIL WAS LOOKING FOR MORE INFORMATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE ACTUALLY, OR MAYBE IT WAS MY PART.
THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THE COST DOWN. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT WAS THE GOAL OF PUTTING THIS OUT FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION SO THAT WE COULD GET SOME OF THE DATA ON WHAT ARE THE COSTS GOING TO BE. BECAUSE THE SAME WITH WINTERS. WINTERS IN WOODLAND. I KNOW BOTH EXPRESS.
IT'S LIKE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE NUMBERS GOING TO BE? WE NEED THE MIKE WEBB'S OFFICE. THEY NEED SOME TIME TO LOOK INTO ALL THOSE THINGS AND FIND THAT DATA.
AND WE'RE NOT COMMITTING TO, YES, WE'RE DOING AN OPERATIONAL JPA UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT STAFF IS, IS WORKING ON PUTTING ALL THE ALL THE MORE INFORMATION.
YEAH. AND I BELIEVE WE MADE A MOTION OR WE, I FORGOT THE EXACT WORDING, BUT OUR CEO WAS GOING TO GO TO THE CITY MANAGERS AND WORK WITH THEM. YEAH. TO, TO GET ALL THAT INFORMATION SQUARED AWAY AND TO SEE WHAT, WHAT THEIR, THEIR COUNSEL'S APPROACH IS OR WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
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AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT ADAM HAD SAID, THAT MIKE WEBB IS WORKING ON SCHEDULING THOSE, THOSE INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS.YEAH. AND SO DID WOODLAND. YEAH. EVERY SOUNDS LIKE EVERY CITY IS AT A DIFFERENT PACE.
SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS JUST WAIT UNTIL THE ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS OF ALL CITIES ARE SIGNED OFF, BUT THEN MAYBE GET OUR COUNTY STAFF TO, TO GIVE US AN UPDATE AT THIS LEVEL SOMETIME IN EITHER AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
OKAY. YEAH, I THINK YEAH, DEFINITELY ON SOME, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON, ON THE DATA.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER WOULD PROBABLY BE A MORE, YOU KNOW, THOROUGH.
YEAH. AND THEN THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU KNOW, COB A CHANCE TO ALSO MEET WITH THE CITY'S.
OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? NOPE. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BEN TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY, WE HAVE NONE ONLINE ON ZOOM IN PUBLIC PUBLIC COMMENT.
I SEE NONE. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE MOVING INTO ADJOURNMENT AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025. ARE WE STILL GOOD TO GO ON ON YOUR SCHEDULES ON AUGUST 19TH? WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. SO WE LOOK TO AT LEAST HAVE A QUORUM FOR AUGUST 19TH AND MAYBE GET A FEW MORE UPDATES BY THEN.
ALRIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE MEETING. IT IS 140.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.