IF HE'S HERE, THAT'S GREAT. AND IF NOT, THAT'S OKAY TOO. ARE WE READY TO GO?
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WE'RE GOOD TO GO. GREAT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET ME CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.[ YOLO HABITAT CONSERVANCY AGENDA July 20, 2026]
THE. MY GOODNESS, WHERE ARE WE? JULY 20TH. ALREADY.CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? THE JULY 20TH MEETING. 2026 MEETING.
THE OLD HABITAT CONSERVANCY. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. ITEM ONE, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
DAVID, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU MIND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THIS EVENING? TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY.
JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'LL NEXT ITEM IS ROLL CALL. NOTE THAT ALL MEMBERS OF THE HABITAT CONSERVANCY ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER OR BOARD MEMBER MORENO. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
ARE THERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO TODAY'S AGENDA? OTHERWISE, I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICKY SANDY, SECOND BY SULPIZIO HALL.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTAIN? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AM THINKING THERE MIGHT NOT BE TOO MANY PUBLIC COMMENTERS IN PERSON.
OR ARE WE BEING BROADCASTING THE MEETING? OKAY, WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO THAT AS THE JPA YET.
SO WE'RE NOT REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO SB 707 AS A BECAUSE WE'RE A JPA OR SOMETHING.
NO, JUST THE GOVERNING BODY OF CITIES AND COUNTIES AND I.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED TOO MUCH BEYOND THAT. MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL LEGISLATIVE BODIES ALSO HAVE TO.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WELL THEN ITEM, MOVING ON. NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE BOARD CORRESPONDENCE. IS THERE ANY BOARD CORRESPONDENCE? EITHER LOOK TO THE STAFF OR SEE IF THERE'S ANY MORE BOARD MEMBERS THINKING NOT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM SIX.
APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE MAY 20TH 18TH, 2026 MEETING.
ARE THERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS TO THOSE MEETING? MEETING MINUTES.
OTHERWISE, I LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE. SO MOVED.
THANK YOU. IS THERE. THANK YOU. THERE'S A MOTION BY SECOND BY CASAVECCHIA.
ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT HEARING ANY.
ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. REGULAR AGENDA APPROVING THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN FOR 2627.
AND WE HAVE OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STARTING US OFF.
THE ANNUAL WORK PLAN, ALONG WITH THE ANNUAL REPORT AND ANNUAL BUDGET, SOUGHT TO PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC, THE BOARD, THE WILDLIFE AGENCIES AND OTHERS ON WHAT THE PROGRESS OF THE YOLO, ACP AND CCP.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IT'S IN YOUR PACKET AND I CAN TAKE ANY NOW.
OH ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE OUR BOARD MEMBER MORENO JOINING US.
GREAT TO SEE YOU. BRING BACK TO THE BOARD. THANKS FOR THE VERY BRIEF STAFF PRESENTATION.
OVERVIEW OF THE 2627 YOLO, HCP AND CCP WORK PLAN.
ASK ANY BOARD MEMBERS WITH ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE 2627 WORK PLAN.
ALL RIGHT. NO ONE, NO TAKERS. OKAY. YEAH. YOU'RE WELCOME.
YEAH. OF COURSE. JUST GIVE IT A WE'LL GIVE IT A MOMENT TO.
FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY READING IT, SO APPRECIATE THAT.
TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS. WHICH SECTION IS THAT.
IT'S UNDER FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT 2.3. THANK YOU.
SO THERE'S A REQUIREMENT IN THE PLAN. YEAH TO DO EVERY FIVE YEAR ASSESSMENT.
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CONTRACTOR RIGHT NOW START THAT PROCESS IN CONTRACT TO POSSIBLY DO THIS THIS NEXT YEAR, AND IT'S JUST LOOKING THROUGH ALL OF THE FINANCES AND MAKE SURE THAT THE FEES FOR THE LAND COVER ARE APPROPRIATE AND GOING THROUGH ALL OF OUR FINANCIALS TO MAKE ANY CHANGES IN THE FUTURE.AND THIS IS ANOTHER STANDALONE FIVE YEAR DOCUMENT.
IS IT A STATE REGULATION OR IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD PUT IN OUR MANAGEMENT PLAN.
JUST JUST CURIOUS. THANKS. APPRECIATE. THAT'S.
OH YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT. MARY. GO RIGHT AHEAD.
SORRY. I WAS JUST GOING TO. NO, NO, I KNOW, BUT I WAS GOING TO ASK HER A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT, BUT I DECIDED TO LET YOU GO FIRST. WELL, YEAH.
SO THE QUESTION IS ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION, VERNA.
BUT ALSO THE RESPONSE. KATHY. I THINK THE QUESTION ALSO A FOLLOW UP QUESTION I HAVE IS ANN SAYS, YOU KNOW, YOU TALKED ABOUT HIRING A CONSULTANT, I THINK, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, PART OF IT IS WE'VE BEEN HAVING DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SORT OF THE STAFFING LEVELS AND PARTICULARLY YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL ANALYSTS BASICALLY AS PART OF, WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE DONE IN-HOUSE? OR ARE WE JUST, ARE WE GOING OUTSIDE TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE FINANCIAL ANALYST SORT OF ON TAP TO DO THAT? YEAH. SO I WOULD SAY THAT IT WAS DELAYED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE A FINANCIAL ANALYST IN PLACE.
AND THE, THE FINANCIAL ANALYSTS WILL ACTUALLY BE SORT OF COMPILING ALL THE INFORMATION AND THEN THEY'LL PROVIDE THAT TO THE CONTRACTOR TO DO THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT. SPENCER. IT IS. BOB SPENCER YEAH.
OKAY. SO OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. I'M SURE. THANK YOU.
IT'S A LOT ON THIS WORK PLAN. AND AND SO IT SEEMS VERY COMPREHENSIVE.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THIS IS ONGOING, JUST THE WARP AND WOOF OF THE WORK.
AND IF THERE ARE ANY NEW PROJECTS HERE OR AREAS OF ENDEAVOR THAT YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.
I WOULD SAY IN GENERAL, THIS WORK PLAN LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S WORK PLAN.
BUT IN GENERAL, I WOULD SAY IT'S YEAH, IT'S ONGOING.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR. AND THEN WE DO PROVIDE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, ESTIMATED GOALS SUCH AS LIKE ENROLLING RESERVES INTO OUR PROGRAM AND, YOU KNOW, GIVE SOME NUMBERS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH OF HOW MANY PRESENTATIONS.
SO IT'S, IT'S SORT OF A GENERALIZED PLAN. BUT YEAH, IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR'S.
GREAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE WOULD THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT OVERVIEW.
WE DO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2627 HABITAT CONSERVANCY WORK PLAN? IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? GREAT MOTION BY MARINO, SECOND BY SANDY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT SEEING OR HEARING ANY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTAIN. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
APPRECIATE THAT. WHICH MOVES US TO OUR FINAL ITEM OF THE AGENDA THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
SO THIS IS A BRIEF MEETING. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT.
AND I JUST HAVE A FEW ITEMS FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT.
STAFF ATTENDED THE CALIFORNIA HCP COALITION ANNUAL MEETING CONFERENCE IN SAN DIEGO LAST MONTH, WHICH WAS REALLY INFORMATIVE AND GREAT. THE GOVERNOR SIGNED AB 35, THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE ACT, WHICH HELPS US WITH OUR IT'S ONE OF OUR GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
SOME STAFFING UPDATES. AS WE KIND OF ALLUDED TO, WE ARE GETTING A NEW ANALYST.
THE PERSON HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED. AT THE MOMENT, THEY'RE LIKELY GOING TO BE DOING ABOUT A QUARTER TIME, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE ASSESSING WHETHER THAT TIME SHOULD BE INCREASED.
AND THEN WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
AND POTENTIALLY A SECOND STAFF PERSON AS A PORTION OF A POSITION, AS A FIELD PERSON OR BIOLOGIST.
AND THEN JUST AS AN FYI, WE'VE HAD THREE LARGE COVERED ACTIVITIES COME IN AS A PRE-APPLICATION OR JUST DISCUSSIONS CONVERTING LARGE AMOUNTS OF AGRICULTURAL LAND TO OTHER USES. SO WE ARE SHIFTING SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES FOR OUR RESERVE SYSTEM TO PROTECT AGRICULTURAL LAND.
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THAT'S ALL I HAVE. APPRECIATE THAT. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT ALL.I ACTUALLY WOULD LOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IF POSSIBLE, JUST ON THOSE THAT THAT LAST ITEM YOU RAISED AROUND THE SORT OF PRE APPLICATIONS OR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE THREE SORT OF SPECIFIC AREAS, IF YOU HAVE ANY DETAILS, JUST NOT HUGE AMOUNTS OF DETAILS, BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, WHERE ARE THEY, WHERE ARE THEY? WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS, THAT KIND OF THING? YEAH, YEAH. SO ONE OF THEM IS HERE IN WOODLAND AND IT'S IT'S IN THE VERY EARLY STAGES, THE REZONING AND IT'S KIND OF FIRST CONVERSATIONS.
AND IF THEY MOVE FORWARD, IT WOULD BE IN FOUR DIFFERENT PHASES.
SO DEFINITELY VERY BEGINNINGS OF CONVERSATIONS.
ONE IS IN DAVIS AND THEN THE OTHER IS RESTORATION SITE ALONG THE SACRAMENTO RIVER IN YOLO COUNTY.
YEAH. SHOOT THAT. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS BEFORE US TODAY? IF NOT, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
HAPPY TO DO THAT BY UNANIMOUS UNANIMOUS CONSENT IF EVERYONE AGREES TO THAT TOO.
SO ALRIGHT, I THINK THERE WE HAVE IT. MOTION.
MEETING IS ADJOURNED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I THINK WE DO HAVE. OUR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR.
IS IT SEPTEMBER? I THINK SOMETHING LIKE 2020.
21ST. YES. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANKS SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.