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[CALL TO ORDER]
THE IRREGULAR MEETING OF THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.IT IS TUESDAY, JULY 29, AND THE TIME IS 9:01 AM.
WE HAVE ALL BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT ALONG WITH CEO DAVE RICKERT, COUNTY COUNCIL JOSEPH LARMER, FROM THE CLERK OF THE BOARD, STEPHANIE BLANKENSHIP, MIRANDA ANGEL, AND IN THE FOUR HERE, MARCY WINSTEAD.
WE ENCOURAGE THOSE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC COMMENT FOR LOT OF SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS, SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK OF THE BOARD BEFORE THAT TIME BEGINS.
SPEAKER REQUEST CARDS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK BEFORE EACH REGULAR ITEM BEGINS AS WELL.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS OVER TO MS. BLANKENSHIP.
>> THANK YOU. THROUGH THE CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY OF THE BOARD ROOM RULES OF ORDER AS OUTLINED IN ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY 1-101.
THOSE CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE THROUGH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD.
THIS POLICY INCLUDES SIGNAGE RESTRICTION, ATTENDEE SEATING, AND OVERALL CONDUCT TO ENSURE BUSINESS IS DONE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND THAT ALL HAVE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO OBSERVE AND PARTICIPATE.
UNLESS ADDRESSING THE BOARD, ALL THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE SHALL REMAIN SEATED IN THE CHAIRS PROVIDED.
STANDING ALONG THE BACK WALL OF THE BOARDROOM IS ACCEPTABLE, SO LONG AS NO PERSON BLOCKS THE INGRESS OR EGRESS.
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA WHO WANT TO OBSERVE, RECORD, OR OTHERWISE DOCUMENT A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO SET UP EQUIPMENT FROM THE DESIGNATED AREA ALONG THE SOUTH WINDOWS.
SHASTA COUNTY REMAINS COMMITTED TO CONDUCTING ORDERLY BUSINESS IN A PROFESSIONAL AND ACCESSIBLE ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYONE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE, ATTEND, OR OTHERWISE ENGAGE WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WE KINDLY ASK THAT ALL ATTENDEES ADHERE TO THESE RULES.
WITH THAT, I DO HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING TODAY'S AGENDA.
ITEM C2 REGARDING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT IN THE CITY OF ANDERSON HAS BEEN PULLED FOR DISCUSSION BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.
ON THE HOUSING AUTHORITY AGENDA, THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM HAS BEEN PULLED, AND WITH THAT, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELED AS IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT ITEM WAS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR CLOSED SESSION.
WITH THAT, I'LL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU, MS. BLANKENSHIP.
IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT FORMER DISTRICT 4 SUPERVISOR STEVE MORGAN RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
IN RECOGNITION OF HIS YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE JOIN US IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO HONOR HIS MEMORIES, SO PLEASE STAND WITH US.
THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INVITE UP FROM GATHER CHURCH MARK MANSFIELD, FOR OUR INVITATION AND PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISORS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRAY FOR YOU.
ALMIGHTY GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.
TOGETHER, WE COME TO YOU IN HUMILITY AS PEOPLE IN OF YOUR FORGIVENESS, YOUR MERCY, YOUR GOODNESS AND YOUR GRACE.
I ASK THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE AND DIRECT THESE GENTLEMEN WHO YOU HAVE PUT OVER OUR COUNTY TO GUIDE AND DIRECT US, AS IT SAYS IN ROMANS 131, LET EVERY PERSON BE SUBJECT TO THE GOVERNING AUTHORITIES FOR THERE IS NO AUTHORITY EXCEPT FROM GOD AND THOSE THAT EXIST HAVE BEEN INSTITUTED BY GOD.
I ASK THAT YOU LORD WOULD GUIDE THESE MEN AND THEIR DECISIONS.
I ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS COUNTY AND EVERY PERSON WHO WORKS FOR AND RESIDES IN SHASTA COUNTY.
I ASK TODAY, FATHER, THAT YOU WOULD BRING GREAT AWAKENING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS AND CONFIDENCE IN YOU WHO ALONE IS MIGHTY TO SAVE.
YOU, OH, GOD, ARE THE SOURCE OF ALL WISDOM, AND THERE IS NO WISDOM THAT DOES NOT COME FROM YOU.
I OFFER THIS PRAYER TO YOU, FATHER IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, YOUR SON, AND OUR CRUCIFIED SAVIOR AND RESURRECTED LORD, IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
>> WOULD YOU JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE? THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG.
[R1 Receive an update from the County Executive Officer on County issues and consider action on specific legislation related to Shasta County’s legislative platform and receive Supervisors’ reports on countywide issues.]
RECEIVE AN UPDATE FROM COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND COUNTY ISSUES, CEO RICKERT.>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DAVE RICKERT COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER REPORTING.
FOR AN UPDATE ON STATE ISSUES, STATE SENATOR BOB ARCHULETA, DEMOCRAT PROPOSES LEGISLATION TITLED SB 694, IN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1770 OF THE CIVIL CODE AND TO AMEND
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SECTION 401 OF THE MILITARY AND VETERANS CODE RELATING TO UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES.THIS BILL HELPS PROTECT VETERANS FROM PREDATORY PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS FROM CHARGING FOR FREE SERVICES PROVIDED BY VETERAN ORGANIZATIONS BY PROHIBITING AN UNACCREDITED CLAIM OF ASSISTANCE, CLARIFICATION OF UNREASONABLE FEES AND PROVIDES ADDITIONAL VETERANS DATA PROTECTION.
THIS BILL IS SUPPORTED BY OUR VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER TROY PAYNE AND IS SPONSORED BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND LONG.
A LETTER OF SUPPORT IS SCHEDULED TO COME BACK FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION ON AUGUST 12.
MOVING ON TO COUNTY ISSUE IN REGARDS TO THE STRATEGIC PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE.
THE COUNTY RECEIVED FOUR QUALIFIED RESPONSES FOR THE RFP FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OPINION RESEARCH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THESE RESPONSES WERE EVALUATED BY THE STRATEGIC PLAN SUBCOMMITTEE WHICH INCLUDED SUPERVISORS PLUMMER AND LONG, ALONG WITH MYSELF AND DEPUTY CEO BERTIN AND AUDITOR NOLA SHAW.
THE PROCESS WAS SMOOTH AND HOPE SETH CONSULTING WAS SELECTED BASED ON THE RESULTING SCORES.
HOPE SETH CONSULTING IS A LOCAL BASED SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP WITH YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING STRATEGIC PLANNING, FACILITATION, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SERVICES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, NON-PROFITS, AND PRIVATE BUSINESS SECTOR UNITS.
THE OWNER HAS SIGNIFICANT EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH MANY LOCAL PARTNERS THROUGHOUT SHASTA COUNTY.
HER WORK IS GROUNDED IN A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF RURAL DYNAMICS, CROSS SECTOR COLLABORATION AND THE PRACTICAL REALITIES OF IMPLEMENTATION.
THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS REQUIRES A TEN DAY PROTEST PERIOD, WHICH WILL END AUGUST 4TH AT 2:00 PM.
IN THE MEANTIME, STAFF WILL BE WORKING TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SELECTED VENDOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER THE END OF THE PROTEST PERIOD.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING CLOSELY WITH THIS VENDOR TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE WELL INFORMED ABOUT THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY AS WE BEGIN THE COUNTY STRATEGIC PLAN.
WE'LL START BY RIGHT WITH SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.
I WANT TO SHARE THREE UPDATES.
ONE RELATED TO CHILD WELFARE ONE ON WATER, AND THEN LAST ON HOUSING AND HOMELESSNESS.
ON THE CHILD WELFARE FRONT, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, TALKING WITH OUR ACTING HEAD OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ABOUT CHILDREN WHO ARE NEEDING A PLACEMENT AND MAY HAVE HIGH NEEDS, THAT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO FIND A PLACEMENT FOR THEM AND TAKE A WHILE.
THAT WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS OUR SOCIAL WORKERS END UP HAVING TO CALL AROUND TO THESE DIFFERENT PLACEMENTS AROUND THE STATE AND KEEP CALLING BACK UNTIL A SEAT OPENS UP.
IT MADE SENSE TO ME AT THE TIME THAT IF THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM WHERE YOU COULD PUT A CHILD INTO THE QUEUE WITH THEIR NEEDS AND WHAT TYPE OF SERVICES THEY MIGHT NEED, THAT THEY COULD GO INTO THE QUEUE AND THEN THEY WOULD BE, PUT IN A WAITING LIST, AND SO YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE A SOCIAL WORKER KEEP CALLING AND CALLING.
I HAD GOTTEN CONNECTED WITH A STATE SENATOR ASHBY, WHO'S REALLY FOCUSED ON CHILD WELFARE.
I TALKED THROUGH ACTUALLY CSAC.
I TALKED WITH HER LEGISLATIVE TEAM THIS WEEK ABOUT THE IDEA OF THE STATE KIND OF PUTTING TOGETHER A PLATFORM THAT WOULD FACILITATE THAT WHERE COUNTIES COULD ENTER IN THEIR CHILDREN, THEY'D GET INTO QUEUE THERE, AND THEN THEY'D GET MATCHED TO THE AVAILABLE PLACEMENTS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE COUNTY STAFF SPENDING SO MUCH TIME TRYING TO FIND PLACEMENTS.
IT WOULD BE MORE OF A FIRST IN FIRST OUT TO PLACEMENT VERSUS NOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT BY CHANCE.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE, BUT I EXCITED TO POTENTIALLY SEE SOME STATE WIDE SOLUTION TO WHAT IS A REALLY CHALLENGING PROCESS WE HAVE.
SECOND, I ATTENDED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE AREAS.
THOSE ARE AREAS AROUND THE COUNTY WHERE THE COUNTY HELPED FACILITATES GETTING WATER OR IN SOME CASES SEWER TO THE RESIDENTS.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THIS PAST WEEK ONE IN LAKEHEAD, THE SUGARLOAF ONE, AND THEN UP IN CASTELLA.
THE ONE THING I'LL JUST MENTIONED FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN INVOLVED IN THOSE THAT ARE RESIDENTS IS THAT BOTH, CASTELLA IS GOING THROUGH A RATE STUDY RIGHT NOW, AND THE LAKEHEAD SUGARLOAF ONE WILL BE GOING THROUGH A RATE STUDY IN PROBABLY THE NEXT 12 MONTHS.
JUST IF YOU'RE IN THOSE AREAS, RECOMMEND BEING ENGAGED IN THAT, AND KEEPING IN MIND THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTING MONEY TO THOSE THROUGH THE SHASTA COUNTY WATER AGENCY AND ALSO THROUGH ARPA, WHICH WAS COVID RELIEF DOLLARS.
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THE COUNTY HAS HELPED FUND A NUMBER OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS SUBSIDIZE SOME OF THE OPERATIONAL COSTS.AS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT RATE STUDIES IN THE FUTURE, THAT MONEY FROM THE COUNTY WON'T ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE TO THESE CSAS, AND SO JUST TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE MOVING INTO THE RATE STUDIES.
THEN ON THE HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING FRONT, I GOT TO GO OUT TO OUR HEROES DREAMS, RETREAT CENTER UP IN OAK RUN AND BOTH SEE THEIR EXISTING FACILITY AND ALSO HEAR ABOUT THEIR PLANS TO EXPAND HOUSING THERE ON THEIR EXISTING ABOUT 45, 47 ACRES, BUT ALSO THEY HOPE TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY NEXT TO THEM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY FOR SALE, WHICH I THINK IS AROUND 150 ACRES, AND COULD REALLY EXPAND THE HOUSING THERE.
LOOKING INTO OPTIONS WITH THEM ABOUT HOW WE COULD BRING MORE HOUSING ONLINE RIGHT AWAY, THAT WOULD BE FOR VETERANS SPECIFICALLY.
THEN ALSO TALKED WITH, THERE'S A LOCAL HOTEL HERE WHO'S INTERESTED IN TRANSITIONING THEIR HOTEL INTO BOTH PERMANENT HOUSING AND TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT WILL MAKE SENSE FOR THE COUNTY TO BE INVOLVED OR IF THERE WILL BE A PATHWAY THERE, BUT I HAD AN INITIAL CONVERSATION WITH THEM, IT WOULD BE 70 UNITS, SO IT'D BE A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE TO WHAT IS A CHALLENGE IN TERMS OF FINDING HOUSING INVENTORY, BOTH ON THE TRANSITIONAL AND PERMANENT SIDE.
THAT WAS JUST AN INITIAL CONVERSATION.
HOPEFULLY, IT WILL BE MORE TO REPORT ON THAT IN THE COMING WEEKS.
THEN LAST THING, GOT A FEW UPDATES ON VETERAN HOMELESSNESS.
IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, WE'RE ABLE TO EXIT BY WE, I MEAN, THOSE WORKING IN THE COMMUNITY ON THIS, INCLUDING HHSA AND OUR VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER, WE'RE ABLE TO EXIT SEVEN VETERANS INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THAT'S A SIZABLE NUMBER WHEN YOU THINK THAT AROUND 84, 85, I THINK LAST COUNT IS AROUND 89 OUR VETERAN HOMELESS IN THE COMMUNITY.
HOPING THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THAT PATTERN OF GETTING THAT NUMBER PER MONTH INTO HOUSING.
I JUST WANTED TO UPDATE YOU ON THAT. THANKS.
>> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. SUPERVISOR HARMON.
>> GOOD MORNING. THAT MOTEL 70 UNITS IS ALMOST CLOSE TO THE VETERANS THAT ARE UNHOUSED.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT. I HEARD SHE'S ALL OVER THE PLACE IN THE COUNTY DEALING WITH DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS ISSUES, BUT ON THE 22ND, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM AND I WENT TO THE CATTLEMEN'S MONTHLY.
THEN AND NOT TOO FEW DAYS AFTER THAT, I GOT A REPORT FROM I GUESS IT WAS SURPRISE VALLEY, WHERE THERE THERE HAZING WOLVES.
I'M PRETTY FRUSTRATED FISHING GAME, AND THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAZE WOLVES AND TRY TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.
ALL THEY'RE DOING IS PUSHING THEM FROM ONE RANCH TO THE NEXT RANCH, AND THEY'RE SPENDING AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY RUNNING AROUND.
IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK. I'VE SAID IT.
I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN JUST TO KEEP IT IN THE FOREFRONT OF THE COUNTY.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I SEE SHERIFF JOHNSON'S IN THE BACK OVER HERE, AND HE MADE A COMMENT TO ME.
AT ONE POINT, HE SAYS, YOU BETTER BECOME A WOLF EXPERT, AND HE'S RIGHT.
I THINK WE ALL NEED TO BECOME WOLF EXPERTS BECAUSE, I'M GOING TO SAY IT AGAIN, WHAT THE WOLVES ARE GOING TO DO TO THE RANCHERS IS WHAT THE SPOTTED OWLS DID TO THE LOGGING INDUSTRY, AND A LITTLE BIT WORSE THAN THAT BECAUSE WHEN RANCHERS CAN'T PUSH THEIR CATTLE UP IN THE HIGH COUNTRY AND DO THE GRAZING, WHICH IS THE ONLY THING THAT KEEPS THE GRASS ATE DOWN, SO THE FIRE, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND THE HAZARDS WITH THE FIRES RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN THE WHOLE STATE.
IF IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GRAZE BECAUSE OF THE WOLVES, THEN WE'RE GOING TO INCREASE THE FIRE HAZARDS.
ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THAT ON THE FRONT OF OUR MIND, THAT WENT TO SEVERAL OTHER THINGS ALL WEEK, BUT I'LL TAKE A PASS AND CALL THAT GOOD. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR HARMON. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.
>> LIKE SUPERVISOR HARMON SAID WE WERE AT THE CATTLEMEN'S MEETING, AND WOLVES WERE DEFINITELY DISCUSSED THERE.
I TALKED TO HEATHER HADWICK IN MODOC COUNTY A FEW WEEKS AGO.
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ACCORDING TO HER, SHE SAID THAT WHEN THE STUDIES WERE FIRST DONE ON THE WOLVES WHEN THEY WERE REINTRODUCED, THE SCAT STUDIES WERE ABOUT 20% BOVINE AND 80% VENISON.THOSE NUMBERS HAVE NOW REVERSED.
NOW IT'S 80% BOVINE OR COW AND 20% VENISON.
THE WOLVES HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT IT'S MUCH EASIER TO CATCH COW THAN IT IS TO RUN DOWN AN ELK.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS PROBLEM IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY.
I DID TALK TO CHUCK BONHAM, THE HEAD OF CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE.
MENTIONED HIM THAT CATTLEMAN HAD SUED ON BEHALF OF THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT THAT THESE WOLVES THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE NOT NATIVE TO CALIFORNIA.
WE USED TO HAVE MEXICAN GRAY WOLVES WHEN WE HAD WOLVES IN CALIFORNIA CENTURIES AGO.
THESE ARE CANADIAN TIMBER WOLVES. THEY WERE NOT NATIVE TO HERE.
THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE PROTECTIVE STATUS, BUT SOVIET.
SUPERVISOR HARMON AND I ALSO WENT TO A SHASTA COUNTY CHAMBER MEETING ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
THEN I WAS IN SHINGLETOWN AT THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT THE NEXT DAY.
THEY HAD THEIR OPEN HOUSE UP THERE, AND THEY ASKED ME TO MC IT, AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
THEN WHILE I WAS UP THERE, I WENT AHEAD.
I WAS GOING TO GO TO LA BARCA RESERVOIR, WHICH IS STILL VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
ONE OF MY MAIN GOALS IS TO TRY TO SAVE THAT LAKE AS WELL AS MCCUMBER. BUT I DIDN'T MAKE IT THAT FAR.
I WENT OVER TO NORMAN LAKE THOUGH AND THERE WAS ABOUT 15 PEOPLE FISHING THERE, SO THAT WAS GREAT TO SEE.
THEN YESTERDAY I HAD AN AUCTION AT THE RIVERVIEW GOLF COURSE FOR THE RETIRED COACHES GROUP. IT WAS GREAT.
I SAW MY OLD HISTORY TEACHER THAT WAS ONE OF THE TRACK COACHES, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE ALL THESE OLD GUYS OUT THERE, AND THEY REMEMBER EVERY GAME AND EVERY SCORE AND EVERYTHING THEY'VE EVER DONE.
>>THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. SUPERVISOR LONG.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. WELCOME EVERYBODY. GOOD MORNING.
I MET WITH VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER TROY PAYNE AND HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION WITH HIM, CEO RICKERT, JUST TALKED ABOUT IT SENATE BILL 694, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE UNFAIR PRACTICES AND PREDATORY PRACTICES TOWARD OUR VETERANS.
IT'S A GOOD BILL, AND I AGREED TO CO-SPONSOR THAT.
I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CENTERVILLE COMMUNITY SERVICES DISTRICT SUPERVISOR DISTRICT MANAGER, CHRIS MUEHLBACHER.
WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE CRISIS THAT ARE GOING ON THERE WITH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND THE DWINDLING NUMBERS AND THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES.
I WILL BE MEETING WITH THE CENTERVILLE BOARD, WHICH DOES THE WATER DISTRICT, AND THEY ALSO KIND OF SHARE A BUILDING THERE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SHASTA COUNTY FIRE.
I'LL BE MEETING WITH THEM THIS COMING WEEK, AND WE WILL DISCUSS THE SITUATION, FUTURE OF THE STATION AND THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT MEETING.
THEN I ATTENDED A FIRE SAFE COUNCIL BOARD MEETING.
THIS LAST WEEK, AND I AGREED TO WRITE A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
IT WAS TOO LATE TO GET AGENDIZED FOR OUR BOARD SUPPORT, BUT I'LL BE WRITING THIS INDIVIDUALLY.
I HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL ALREADY, AND IT WILL BE FOR SUPPORT FOR GRANT MONEY FOR THE BACKBONE RIDGE PROJECT OUT EAST OF TOWN, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR MORE GRANT FUNDS FOR FUELS, MITIGATION, AND REDUCTION.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK RESPONSE THERE OR WHAT SUPERVISOR LONG WAS TALKING ABOUT.
THAT SENATE BILL 694, IT WAS MADE AWARE TO ME BY OUR VSOS OFFICE.
OUR VSO OFFICE, THEY GET MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR FOR VETERANS IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR BENEFITS THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE ENTITLED TO, OR BENEFITS THEY DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD, OR BENEFITS THAT THEY KNEW THEY HAD COMING TO THEM BUT HAD TO APPLY FOR.
OUR VETERAN SERVICE OFFICER DOES THIS WORK FOR FREE TO HELP THE VETERANS GET THE MONEY THAT IS DUE TO THEM OR GET THE BENEFITS THAT ARE DUE TO THEM.
UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, WHAT THIS BILL IS ABOUT IS THERE IS SOME GROUPS OUT THERE THAT BASICALLY DO THE WORK THAT THE VSOS DOES, EXCEPT THEY TAKE THEIR CUT.
THEY TAKE A CUT OUT WHAT THE VETERANS HAVE COME BACK TO HIM, THEY TAKE A CUT OUT OF THAT.
JUST TO ME, IT'S REVOLTING AND DISGUSTING, BUT THAT'S WHY WE ARE SUPPORTING THIS LETTER ON THIS BILL.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR KELSTROM.
I'VE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THIS PAST WEEK IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE SHERIFF AS WELL AS TALKING TO DOUG BOND FROM THE AMITY FOUNDATION.
HE'S COMING, AND I BELIEVE THAT'S GOING TO BE AGENDIZED FOR THE 11TH THAT HE'S GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM.
BUT MANY OF YOU ALREADY KNOW OR MAYBE HAVE SEEN THE LETTER THE BOARD SENT OR THE REQUEST LETTER THE BOARD SENT TO THE CITY OF READING AS IT RELATES TO THE 90 ACRES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SECURE FOR THAT PROPERTY.
I WOULD SAY, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AND YOU FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT SUPPORTING THE SHERIFF AND THIS BOARD'S FULL SUPPORT OF ACQUIRING THOSE 90 ACRES, I WOULD SAY, PLEASE GO AND VOICE YOUR STRONG OPINION TO THE CITY OF READING AND THE COUNCIL TO GET THIS DEAL DONE SO WE CAN SECURE THAT PROPERTY AND THEN GET MOVING.
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I DON'T THINK THERE'S A SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM THAT WOULDN'T AGREE THAT THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY TO MOVE THIS COMMUNITY TO MUCH SAFER AND AT THE SAME TIME, COMPASSIONATE WAY IS GIVING PEOPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND THAT SO CHOOSE TO DO THAT.WHAT THAT ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY SITE WILL DO, IT WILL FREE UP BEDS SO THAT PEOPLE THAT NEED TO BE INCARCERATED AND DO NOT NEED TO BE WALKING AROUND, THERE ARE MORE BEDS FOR THE SHERIFF TO INCARCERATE THOSE INDIVIDUALS.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO GET VERY INVOLVED, AND LET'S GET THIS DEAL DONE.
ON THE MEDICAL ISSUES, I KNOW OUR CONSULTANT WILL BE WRAPPING UP HIS CONTRACT HERE SOON.
I AM WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNTY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OUR CEO TO BEGIN TO ESTABLISH NEXT STEPS WITH WHAT WE COULD DO TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH CARE SITUATIONS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO. OH, YES.
EVERYONE'S GETTING A SECOND CHANCE.
SUPERVISOR HARMON, TURN YOUR MIC ON.
>> HIT THE WRONG BUTTON. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE COUNTY.
THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY.
I THINK IT'S AN EVEN GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF READING TO MAKE THIS GO FORWARD, THIS PROPERTY DEAL.
>> IT'S PROBABLY BIGGER FOR READING CITY THAN THE COUNTY.
>> IT'S NOT AGENDIZED BEFORE THE COUNTY COUNCIL STARTS GLARING AT ME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OPEN TIME.
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IS IT MS. BLANKENSHIP OR MS. ANGEL TODAY?>> WELL, I'M HELPING YOU WITH COMPUTER ISSUES.
WE'RE GOING TO TURN THINGS OVER TO MS. ANGEL.
>> PERFECT. MS. ANGEL, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE IN QUEUE TODAY?
>> CHAIR, THERE ARE 17 SPEAKERS FOR OPEN.
>> IT'LL BE TWO MINUTES IF WE COULD HAVE PEOPLE START LINING UP IN QUEUE TO MY RIGHT.
NO, I'M SORRY. MY LEFT, YOUR RIGHT.
>> WE'LL BEGIN WITH MADELINE CLARK, FOLLOWED BY LORI BRIDGEFORD, REBECCA HOWELL, MARGARET HANSON, AND JAMIE MACADO.
>> HELLO, AGAIN, BOARD. I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION AND THE REMARKS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING A MORAL RESPONSIBILITY TO CARE FOR THEIR FAMILY.
PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION IS GRANTED WHEN A PERSON'S CONDITION REQUIRES 24 HOURS SUPERVISED CARE.
MEANING THAT IN ORDER FOR THIS PERSON TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOME, THEY MUST FIND SOMEONE WHO IS WILLING TO BE THERE 24 HOURS A DAY.
HOWEVER, PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION ONLY GIVES AN IHSS RECIPIENT 283 HOURS.
ONLY IN VERY SPECIFIC SITUATIONS LIKE HOSPICE CARE ARE SUPPLEMENTAL HOURS GRANTED THROUGH WPCS.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ESPECIALLY FOR LIVING PROVIDERS, THERE ARE 730 HOURS IN A MONTH THAT THEY ARE CONTRACTUALLY REQUIRED TO BE THERE IN THE HOME WITH THAT PERSON, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT BEING PAID FOR IT.
I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE IN THE HOME IN A STATE OF HYPER VIGILANCE, MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE EYES ON THIS HUMAN BEING, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY FOR 447 ADDITIONAL UNPAID HOURS.
THIS PUTS SUCH A MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL STRAIN ON PROVIDERS.
A GREAT EXAMPLE IS MY SISTER, WHO IS MY GRANDFATHER'S LIVE-IN PROVIDER.
MY GRANDPA IS A 92-YEAR-OLD KOREAN WAR VETERAN, HE IS ALSO RETIRED DEPUTY SHERIFF.
HE DID HIS PART TO HELP CONTRIBUTE TO THIS COMMUNITY AND TO OUR COUNTRY AND SO THIS PROGRAM MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE DOING THEIR PART TO MAKE HIM LIVE IN A MUCH BETTER WAY IN THE SAFETY OF HIS HOME WITHOUT HAVING TO BE PUT INTO A RETIREMENT HOME.
I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOSE QUALITY PROVIDERS IF WE DO NOT INVEST IN THIS PROGRAM SO THAT PEOPLE LIKE MY SISTER CAN FIND SOME RESPITE CARE SO THAT SHE'S NOT CONTINUING TO LOSE HER MIND WITH A LACK OF SLEEP.
SHE'S NOT ONLY WATCHING HIM ALL DAY, BUT DEALING WITH SUNDOWNERS, WHERE SHE'S UP AND DOWN WITH HIM ALL NIGHT.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THIS PROGRAM GETS INVESTED IN SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO HIRE QUALITY PROVIDERS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY THE RECIPIENTS ARE PROTECTED, BUT THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING OF THE PROVIDER IS ALSO MAINTAINED. THANK YOU.
>> LORI BRIDGEFORD, FOLLOWED BY REBECCA HOWELL, MARGARET HANSON, JAMIE MACADO, AND JEFF PORTER.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN THE QUEUE.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD.
I HAVE A SPECIAL HELLO FOR CHAIR CRYE FROM RON OWENS JR. HE'S THE AUTHOR OF MUZZLED TRUTH.
HE IS CELEBRATING ONE YEAR OF GOING TO EVERY COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA TO WARN AND EDUCATE ABOUT THE DANGERS OF THE COVID VACCINE.
EVERYONE A LONG TIME AGO WAS SENT A FIVE-PAGE PDF,
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AND TODAY HE'LL BE IN KERN COUNTY.THAT'S HIS 41ST BOARD MEETING OF THE 58.
THAT'S A WARM FOND HELLO TO YOU FOR INVITING HIM TO BE HERE, I THINK MORE THAN ONCE.
REGARDING TIM GARMAN, I HEARD ON THE RADIO IS GOING TO BE RUNNING FOR A SUPERVISOR APPARENTLY.
I JUST HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HIM AS BEING PART OF THE SWAMP AT THIS POINT, A RHINO, PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE, WEARING THE RECALL CRY SHIRT, HE'S ELECTION COMMISSION PICK, AND SO FORTH.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A PLOY OR A TACTIC.
I'D LIKE TO CLOSE BY SUGGESTING FOR SUPERVISOR LONG, YOU WERE ON A RADIO SHOW THIS PAST THURSDAY AND THERE WAS A TWO-MINUTE SEGMENT, YOU WERE LAUGHING AND SNICKERING ABOUT CHEMTRAILS, AND IT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE.
IT'S NOT FUNNY. IT IMPACTS EVERYTHING, AIR, WATER, SOIL, FOOD, EVERYTHING ON EARTH, THE ENTIRE WEB OF LIFE, SO IT'S TECHNICALLY IS CALLED THE CLIMATE ENGINEERING OR DEO ENGINEERING NOT CHEMTRAILS.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP CALLING IT KEM TRAILS, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE.
IT JUST DOESN'T SHOW GOOD FAITH THAT YOU HAVE REAL CONCERNS, AND IF YOU DO COME BACK TO THE RADIO SHOW, MAYBE YOU COULD CLARIFY THAT.
I DID SPEAK WITH DANE WIGINGTON, WHO'S PRESENTED HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES HE WILL ABSOLUTELY NOT RETURN TO THESE MEETINGS, AND FEELS THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST NOT REALLY PAYING ATTENTION TO THE SEVERITY.
JURISDICTION, THERE'S MORE AND MORE STATES, 25 30 OF THEM ARE PUTTING BILLS TOGETHER TO BAN IT.
CLEAR SKY ARK WITH MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN.
EVEN THOUGH YOU CAN'T SHOOT THESE THINGS DOWN, I WOULDN'T SUGGEST IT, BUT PEOPLE ARE MAKING A SYMBOLIC STANCE THAT SOMETHING'S WRONG, AND THE PEOPLE THAT NOTICE ARE THE HOMELESS AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK OUTSIDE.
>> REBECCA HOWELL, FOLLOWED BY MARGARET HANSON, JAMIE MACADO, JEFF GORDER, AND TWYLA CARPENTER.
I'VE BEEN AN IHS PROVIDER FOR FOUR YEARS, AS WELL AS AN SEIU MEMBER ON THE BARGAINING TEAM.
WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK AND WE'RE AWARE THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR A TOTALLY DOABLE WAGE AS FAR AS COUNTY FINANCES.
THE FACT THAT WE CARE FOR THOSE THAT ARE UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES AT A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER WAGE THAN ACTUAL NURSING HOMES NURSES FOR ITSELF IN OUR VALUE.
WE AREN'T ASKING TO MAKE OURSELVES WEALTHY.
WE'RE ASKING FOR A WAGE THAT WILL PAY OUR BILLS AND NOT SEND OUR ELDERLY TO NURSING HOMES, WHICH WILL COST MORE THAN IT DOES TO KEEP THEM COMFORTABLE AT HOME.
WE'VE SENT YOU THE STATISTICS THAT SHOW THE BREAKDOWN IN COSTS, AND URGE YOU TO TAKE MORE THAN A GLANCE AT THEM.
GIVING IHSS WORKERS WOULD SAVE COUNTY MONEY IN THE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
SENDING OUR ELDERLY TO REST HOMES WILL HAPPEN WITHOUT PAYING HOME CARE WORKERS FAIRLY. THANK YOU.
>> FOLLOWED BY JAMIE MACADO, FOLLOWED BY JEFF GORDER, FOLLOWED BY TWYLA CARPENTER.
>> I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH THESE LADIES THAT ARE SPEAKING UP ABOUT IHSS.
WE WANT TO KEEP HER OUT OF THE CARE HOMES BECAUSE SHE THRIVES WITH OUR FAMILY AND WITH THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.
IT'S IMPORTANT, SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU GUYS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT WHATEVER THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT SERIOUSLY.
I'M SPEAKING ON MY OWN BEHALF, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU GUYS BRING FORTH THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION AND RE-ESTABLISH WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT WORK. THANK YOU.
>> JAMIE MACADO, FOLLOWED BY JEFF GORDER, TWYLA CARPENTER, DOLORES LUCERO, AND GARY PERO.
>> HI, I BECAME A PROVIDER FOR MY MOTHER BACK IN 2020.
AFTER MY DAD DIVORCED, SHE RAISED FOUR KIDS ON HER OWN, WENT TO COLLEGE, AND WORKED THREE PART TIME JOBS.
THEN HER HEALTH WENT DOWNHILL.
I HAD JUST GRADUATED COLLEGE WHEN I BECAME A PROVIDER.
NOW I JUST GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AND WAS GOING TO COLLEGE, I BECAME A PROVIDER.
AS WORKING AT A GAS STATION PART TIME, AND WE STILL STRUGGLE TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, IT'S A MEDICAL TERM THAT SAYS HER BRAIN AND HE MUSCLES DON'T COMMUNICATE VERY WELL.
SHE WAS UNABLE TO GO ON WALKS, UNABLE TO DO ERRANDS, AND SOMETIMES SHE HAD TO BE HOSPITALIZED BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T SWALLOW WATER.
I HAD NO IDEA WHO WOULD CARE FOR MY MOTHER.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IHSS AT THE TIME, SO I START CARING FOR IT WITHOUT BEING PAID.
I FOUND OUT ABOUT IHSS AND MADE MY LIFE MUCH EASIER, BUT I STILL STRUGGLED TO MAKE ENDS MEET.
I HAD TO GO TO THE COLLEGE'S FOOD BANK TO GET FOOD TO JUST TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO EAT, AND WE STILL STRUGGLED TO MAKE ENDS MEET TO MAKE RENT.
GETTING A RAISE WOULD REALLY REALLY HELP IHSS HAS PROVIDERS AND IS SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT MORE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN WORSE CONDITIONS THAN I AM WHO CAN'T GO TO THEIR FOOD BANK AT COLLEGE BECAUSE THEY DON'T GO TO COLLEGE, WHO DON'T LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS AND WHO DON'T LIVE WITH OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE HELPING THEM MAKE RENT AND WHO ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY FOR IT.
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THIS RAISE IS IMPORTANT, AND IT WOULD IMPACT PEOPLE GREATLY.I COULD HAVE MADE MORE MONEY WORKING AT MCDONALD'S, BUT IF I DID, NO ONE WOULD HAVE CARED FOR MY MOTHER.
>> JEFF GORDER, FOLLOWED BY TWYLA CARPENTER, DOLORES LUCERO, GARY PERO AND MICHELLE.
>> GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. IT'S NOW BEEN 8.5 MONTHS SINCE THE LAST BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO BRING BACK SEVEN SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSIDERATION OF THEIR PROPOSALS ON HOW THE OPIOID DOLLARS WOULD BE INVESTED TO BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE'S NO MONEY IN THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUND, AS A SPEAKER LAST WEEK INDICATED.
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE ACCOUNT.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO, IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS ABOUT THAT IS ASK AARON BERTIN.
THIS IS A LACK OF WILL, BASICALLY, A LACK OF ACTION.
WHY? I THINK THE ONLY REASONABLE ANSWER IS IS BECAUSE CHAIR CRYE WANTS TO TARGET THESE FUNDS FOR A MEDICAL SCHOOL.
ACCORDING TO CHAIR CRYE HIMSELF, HE ACTUALLY TOLD AN OFFICIAL FROM UC DAVIS MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT WE HAD $20 MILLION IN OPIOID DOLLARS TO USE FOR THE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
IT WAS ONLY TWO MONTHS AGO THAT CHRISS STREET PRESENTED TO THIS BOARD IN SHASTA LAKE THE IDEA OF A MEDICAL SCHOOL THAT HE, CRYE, AND DHANUKA HAD BEEN WORKING ON FOR A LONG TIME.
WHEN SERIOUS QUESTIONS WERE ASKED BY SUPERVISORS LONG AND PLUMMER, CHAIR CRYE BRISTOL SAID IT WAS JUST AN EXPLORATORY PHASE AND WONDERED WHY THAT WE WERE ENGAGING IN SUCH A CLOSE EXAMINATION OF THE PROJECT.
THEN, LESS THAN A MONTH LATER, WHEN CHAIR CRYE TRIED TO STRIP SUPERVISOR LONG OF HIS ASSIGNMENT TO RCRC, THE MEDICAL SCHOOL HAD GONE TO BEING 100% GOING TO GET DONE, AND WE WERE ON THE FIVE-YARD LINE READY TO PUNCH IT IN.
IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE ABSURDITY OF THAT CLAIM, THEN I SUGGEST THAT MAYBE BEING A BOARD MEMBER IS NOT THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR YOU.
ACCORDING TO THE SUBSTANCE USE COALITION, ABOUT 50 PEOPLE ARE DYING A YEAR OR FOUR PEOPLE A MONTH FROM OVERDOSES.
THAT MEANS DURING THE PERIOD OF INACTION OF SEVEN MONTHS, WE'VE LOST 30 PEOPLE.
TIME TO TAKE SOME ACTION, FOLKS AND SPEND THESE FUNDS. THANK YOU.
>> TWYLA CARPENTER, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, GARY PERO, MICHELLE, THEN DAN.
>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS TWYLA CARPENTER, SHASTA COUNTY EMPLOYEE, AGENCY STAFF SERVICE, ANALYSTS IN THE DEPRIVATION DEPARTMENT.
I REPRESENT AN EMPLOYEE OF THE GENERAL BARGAINING UNIT FOR SHASTA COUNTY.
SOME OF OUR ISSUES, OF COURSE, IS A REPORT GIVEN BY MONICA FUGITT THAT WE HAVE A VACANCY RATE OF 17%.
STAFF ARE RECEIVING BENEFITS THAT THEY ADMINISTER SUPPORT MARKET RATES FOR SALARIES AND BENEFITS TO ATTRACT EMPLOYEES VERSUS THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
ONLY 27% OF OUR GENERAL UNIT SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE PAID FOR BY GENERAL FUNDS.
LAST YEAR, YOU GUYS VOTED TO INCREASE YOUR SALARIES BY 58.9% PLUS A CAR ALLOWANCE, AND THIS WAS DONE WITH A SALARY SURVEY, BUT YOU FAILED TO DO THE SAME THING FOR THE GENERAL UNIT TO DO A SALARY SURVEY STUDY AND TO SEE IF OUR WAGES NEED TO BE INCREASED.
IF A PERSON IS MAKING $20 AND YOU GIVE THEM A 2% RAISE, THAT WORKS OUT TO $16 A WEEK, $64 A MONTH.
THE MEDICAL INCREASES THAT STARTED ON JANUARY 1ST INCREASE FOR EMPLOYEE ONLY $25.60.
THAT LEFT A GROSS OF $38.40 IF YOU WERE TO GIVE US A 2% RAISE.
THAT'S EATEN AWAY BY TAXES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
EFFECTS OF THESE ISSUES ARE TIME DELAYS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, STRESS, ANXIETY, BURNOUT AND FATIGUE, ERROR RATES MAY INCREASE, LESS TIME AVAILABLE TO SCRUTINIZE PEOPLE'S WORK AND TO TRAIN OTHERS.
ALL LEADING TO INCREASED COUNTY LIABILITIES.
MORE SICK TIME IS USED, POSSIBLE INCREASED INJURIES AT WORK, HIGHER WORKERS' COMPENSATION RATES, HIGHER TURNOVER RATES, LESS MONEY AVAILABLE.
>> DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY GARY PERO, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE.
>> HEY, STEPHANIE, ONE MOMENT.
NO, I'M SORRY, MS. LUCERO, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
I'M GOING TO CALL A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS, SO WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. WE'RE AT RECESS.
>> RETURN FROM RECESS. THANK YOU. MS. ANGEL.
>> WELL, I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS LADY WHO CAME UP HERE AND SPOKE,
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I AGREE WITH HER, AND I REALLY THINK SHE DID A GREAT JOB COMING UP HERE.BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S PRETTY SAD THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO CONTINUE COMING UP HERE AND ASKING AND BEGGING FOR MORE MONEY.
BUT YET, LIKE SHE MENTIONED, YOU DID ACTUALLY RAISE YOUR SALARY, WITHOUT REALLY CONCERNING ABOUT THE WHOLE COUNTY, NOT YOUR LITTLE GROUP, BUT COMES UP HERE AND MANIPULATES AND TARGETS THE OTHER SIDE AND TRIED TO SAY THINGS.
BUT I KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING, WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE PROJECTOR? WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? PEOPLE COMING HERE EXPOSING THE TRUTH, EXPOSING, BRINGING IN DOCUMENTS? WE NEED THAT PROJECTOR BACK. IT'S FUNNY.
YOU SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO UPGRADE THE TECHNOLOGY, BUT YET, YOU DIDN'T UPDATE THE PROJECTOR FOR US TO PUT DOCUMENTS.
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF, KEVIN? FOR US EXPOSING YOU, EXPOSING DOCUMENTS THAT WE KNOW THAT IT WILL EXPOSE YOU.
YOU KNOW, THESE MEETINGS ARE BECOMING A NIGHTMARE.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE THESE LITTLE PEOPLE LIKE LAURA FREEBRIDGE COMING UP HERE, COMPLAINING, LIKE SHE KNOWS BETTER.
YOU KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE, MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YOU DO, BUT YOU JUST KEEP SILENT.
THERE ARE SOME OF THE PEOPLE COMING UP IN THESE MEETINGS, SMELLING LIKE LIQUOR.
DID YOU KNOW THAT? THEY COME IN HERE SMELLING LIKE LIQUOR.
WHEN THEY SMELL LIKE LIQUOR, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DRINKING AND DRIVING WHEN THEY LEAVE THESE MEETINGS? I CAN TELL YOU WHICH ONES, BUT I WON'T SAY IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
THEY COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE KIM TRIALS A LOT.
THEY'RE THE MEDIA. SHE CLAIMS SHE'S PART OF A MEDIA, BUT SHE LIES AND COMES UP HERE.
THIS IS RIDICULOUS, BUT FOR HER TO COME AND TALK ABOUT TIM GARMAN, HER CONCERNS, WE SHOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT HER MENTAL ILLNESS, COMING UP HERE AND COMPLAINING ABOUT TIM.
>> GARY PERO, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE, THEN DAN LESLIE AND STEVE KHAN.
>> THANK YOU. I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT BOTH THESE ISSUES IN THE PAST, BUT AS TIME HAS MARCHED ON, AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY ACTION. I WANT TO BRING THEM UP AGAIN.
I THINK THE TIME IS MORE APPROPRIATE NOW THAN EVEN BEFORE.
FIRST IS THE ELECTION COMMISSION.
I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THE ELECTION COMMISSION RESTARTED.
I THINK TO THE ROOM, I WOULD SAY, I DON'T THINK WE DID A GOOD JOB OF BRINGING OUR ISSUES TO THERE.
WE ALWAYS BROUGHT THEM TO THIS CHAMBER.
I THINK, YOU'VE SAID, CHAIR C, YOU SAID THAT, WE SHOULD BRING STUFF THERE FIRST, AND I AGREE AND I WILL COMMIT TO DO THAT IF WE GET THAT RESTARTED.
I'D ASK YOU TO DO THAT. THE SECOND THING IS TO SETTLE OUT OF COURT OR AT LEAST MAKE SOME ATTEMPT TO SETTLE OUT OF COURT WITH ON THE LAND VERSUS TOLER CASE.
I'VE HEARD IN PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE ON THE PLAINTIFF'S SIDE, IF IT IS.
I'VE HEARD THEM SAY THEY'RE WILLING TO DISCUSS IT AND HAVE A SETTLEMENT OUT OF COURT.
IN A PUBLIC MEETING, I HEARD THE SAME FROM OUR NEW REGISTRAR OF VOTERS.
I THINK IT IS A POOR USE OF COUNTY FUNDS TO PURSUE THAT LEGALLY, IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT OUT OF COURT QUICKLY AND CHEAPLY, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD OF ANY MEETING THAT'S GONE IN THAT DIRECTION.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THE OPIOID, THE GENTLEMAN WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT THE OPIOID, I HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER IN ANOTHER COUNTY WHO IS IMPACTED.
AS CITIZENS HERE, WE'RE ALL IMPACTED BY THAT CRISIS, AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT WITH SPEED.
DAN, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, STEVE KHAN, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
HI, MICHELLE. SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
>> FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THE VOTING COMMITTEE.
I NOTICED THAT THEY'RE GETTING A HUGE SUPPORT, AND OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC, WANTING HAND COUNTING AND ONE-DAY VOTING.
THE ISSUES ARE REAL THAT EVEN IF THEY WENT TO OPEN SOURCE, WE CAN'T KNOW WHAT A TECH PERSON PUTS IN THERE.
WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THAT COMPANY AND THAT PARTICULAR TECHNICIAN.
THE REASONS FOR SWITCHING IT'S FOR THE GOOD OF EVERYBODY.
IT'S BECOME A PARTISAN ISSUE, BUT IT ISN'T.
IT'S WHAT'S BEST FOR THE PUBLIC.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT ANY PROCEDURE IS 100%, BUT AND COUNTING IS FAR MORE SAFER THAN ELECTRONIC.
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THEN I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE COULD OR, MR. LONG, BUT THE WINDMILLS HAVE BEEN A BIG ISSUE.THEY DON'T MENTION THE RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO IT, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE COBALT.
THAT'S A RADIOISOTOPE. FOR EXAMPLE, IT WAS USED AT ONE TIME FOR DENTAL WORK WITH IMPLANTS.
A WELL-KNOWN DOCTOR STARTED TO HAVE MEMORY ISSUES, AND THEN WHAT LOOKED LIKE ALZHEIMER'S.
THEY REMOVED THE IMPLANT, AND HE'S FINE.
I THINK THERE HAS TO BE A LOT MORE INVOLVEMENT IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THESE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THAT, BUT IT'S NOT FOR THE GOOD OF ANYBODY.
IN CHINA, THE LAKES TURNED TO BLACK, MURKY MUD, AND THE PEOPLE THAT WERE WORKING IN THEM FIRST STARTED GETTING.
>> THANK YOU. DAN, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY STEVE KHAN.
THEN DAVID HALLIGAN. IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET AND QUEUE.
>> MY TIME'S ALREADY STARTED AS I WALK UP.
BOARD, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HEARING THE WINDMILL THING.
I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT R. FOUR DOESN'T MENTION WINDMILLS.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY UTILITY, BUT YOU GUYS DOING THE RIGHT THING, STANDING UP AGAINST CALIFORNIA AND DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR SHASTA COUNTY. THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
YOU GUYS ARE MAKING A LOT OF HARD DECISIONS, AND I PRAY FOR YOU GUYS, AND I APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND THAT YOU'RE STUDYING DIFFERENT THINGS.
I DO HAVE TO BRING UP SOME THINGS THAT ARE AN ISSUE, THOUGH.
I BELIEVE ALL YOUR PARENTS TAUGHT YOU GUYS THAT IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, YOU APOLOGIZE AND YOU SAY YOU'RE SORRY, AND YOU MAKE IT RIGHT.
THE BOARD DOES NOT APOLOGIZE TO THE SHASTA FIVE CITIZENS THAT STOOD UP AND ASKED FOR ELECTION INTEGRITY IN SHASTA COUNTY.
INSTEAD, YOU SUED THEM PERSONALLY.
YOU LISTENED TO LARMOUR'S IDEAS.
HE SAID IT WAS A SLAM DUNK CASE, AND YOU GUYS GOT SLAPPED DOWN. YOU WERE WRONG.
YOU NEED TO ADMIT YOU WERE WRONG AND APOLOGIZE.
I KNOW IT'S HARD TO SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT, AND YOU NEED TO DO DIFFICULT THINGS.
AS FOR MY LAWSUIT, YOU CONTINUE TO SUE ME, SPENDING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS DEFENDING THE COUNTY TO PROTECT THE OLD ROV.
ALL YOU HAD TO DO IS SAY, HEY, YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE DIDN'T DO THINGS RIGHT, AND WE DO BETTER IN THE FUTURE.
YOU GOT TO SWALLOW YOUR PRIDE AND ADMIT YOU DID IT WRONG AND DO IT RIGHT IN THE FUTURE.
INSTEAD, YOU SPEND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FIGHTING THIS.
CHRIS, YOUR LACK OF EYE CONTACT, IT'S EITHER TWO THINGS.
YOU EITHER HAVE DISDAIN FOR ME OR YOU'RE ASHAMED.
ARE YOU ASHAMED THAT YOU DID IT WRONG, OR DO YOU HAVE DISDAIN FOR ME A TALKING ABOUT ELECTION INTEGRITY? YEAH, IT'S PERSONAL.
I WANT OUR ELECTIONS TO HAVE INTEGRITY SO THAT WE CAN TRUST THEM AND BELIEVE THEM. THANK YOU.
>> LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY STEVE KHAN, THEN DAVID HALLIGAN, AND NICK GARDNER.
>> HI. MATT, THE 70 UNITS, DO YOU KNOW WOULD THOSE SPECIFICALLY BE FOR VETERANS OR IS THAT JUST HOUSING THAT WOULD BE OPEN TO ALL HOMELESS? MAYBE WE CAN CONNECT ON THAT BECAUSE I HAVE THINGS TO E MAIL YOU ABOUT ANYWAY.
MAYBE WE CAN ALSO SEE WHAT THE COUNTY CAN DO TO HELP OUR HEROES' DREAMS GET THAT SECOND PROPERTY OR WHAT WE, AS A COMMUNITY CAN DO TO COME TOGETHER WITH THEM AND PARTNER.
ANOTHER THING MAYBE WE CAN COLLABORATE ON AND TALK ABOUT.
JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE WHILE I'M THINKING ABOUT IT.
THE NARRATIVES FROM ALL SIDES.
BOTH PARTIES, BOTH SIDES OF THIS ROOM, BOTH GROUPS THAT ARE INVOLVED, NOT INVOLVED EVERYTHING.
IF WE CAN JUST GET CLARIFICATION, WHY DO WE NOT HAVE AN ELECTION COMMISSION? IS IT BECAUSE THERE'S AN ACTIVE LITIGATION SUIT THAT INVOLVES PARTIES THAT KEEPS THAT FROM HAPPENING? IS IT BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE TWO THAT NEED A POINTED? MAYBE YOU GUYS CAN JUST CLARIFY SO THAT THE NARRATIVE ON ALL SIDES CAN STOP BECAUSE IT'S ALL SIDES.
I THINK IT'S THE ONE THING THAT JUNK MEDIA AND REGULAR MEDIA AND EVERYBODY CAN AGREE ON THAT IT'S PEOPLE WANT ANSWERS.
MAYBE WE COULD CLARIFY IT, AND SOME OF THE DRAMA AND DIVISIVENESS CAN GO AWAY? OPIOID FUNDS ARE BEING RELEASED IN PHASES.
I THINK, ESPECIALLY FOLLOWED BY A KEVIN DERANGEMENT, FACT DOES NOT SHOW ANYTHING BUT A VENDETTA THAT YOU PERSONALLY HAVE.
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IN FACT, TODAY'S CONSENT AGENDA HAS A LARGE CHUNK OF THAT FUNDS GOING TOWARD PROBATION AND JUVENILE HALL FOR KEEPING THAT OUT OF THAT SYSTEM.MAYBE READ THE AGENDA AND GET OVER IT.
>> STEVE KHAN, FOLLOWED BY DAVID HALLIGAN, THEN NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIO.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> BOARD, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I WANT TO CONTINUE ON WITH WHAT CRYE BROUGHT UP, AND THAT IS, I AGREE WITH HIM, AND THAT IS THAT MOVING FORWARD ON THIS PROPERTY SITUATION IN 90 ACRES WITH THE CITY OF READING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
THE LONGER WE DELAY, THE MORE SITUATIONS OF REPEATED CRIME WE HAVE, AND PEOPLE CONTINUE ON WITH THEIR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
IT SEEMS TO ME, I'VE TALKED TO MANY PEOPLE AT THE COUNTY AND MANY PEOPLE AT THE CITY, AND EVERYTHING I'M GETTING IS EVERYBODY AGREES IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE HOLDUP IS.
I WOULD SAY THAT PERHAPS THE CEO AND THE COUNTY COUNCIL NEED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT, AND PERHAPS THE SAME THING NEEDS TO BE SAID FOR THE CITY OF READING.
BUT THIS DEAL NEEDS TO BE DONE.
I THINK WITH THE SHERIFF IMPLEMENTING HIS PROGRAM AND HOW HARD HE AND SOME SUPERVISORS HAVE WORKED ON THIS THING, THAT WE CAN GET A REPUTATION IN THE NATION FOR DOING SOMETHING BETTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTY.
I THINK WE REALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY HERE, AND I THINK WE SHOULD ALL BE MOVING FORWARD ON THIS AND PUSHING HARD.
I AGREE WITH HIM. WE SHOULD GET A HOLD OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ALSO.
LET'S PUSH AND GET THIS THING DONE.
THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP WAS, CLINT CURTIS, HE STATED THAT IN 30 DAYS, HE WAS GOING TO COME UP WITH A PLAN AND HOW MUCH THAT PLAN WAS GOING TO COST TO MOVE FORWARD.
WE'VE GOT A SPECIAL ELECTION COMING UP, AND SO WE JUST HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING, AND I THINK THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE NO CONTROL OVER HIM, BUT AT LEAST I THINK THE QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ASKED PERHAPS BY YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.
>> DAVID HALLIGAN, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER, THEN ANTONIO, FOLLOWED BY KIM MOORE.
>> GOOD MORNING, BOARD. I WANT TO SPEAK ON THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS.
THIS COUNTY HAS ALREADY RECEIVED JUST UNDER $10.5 MILLION IN SETTLEMENT FUNDS LAST YEAR, AND I BELIEVE TWO MILLION THIS YEAR.
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT AS OF TODAY, APPROXIMATELY $4.5 MILLION OF THE 125 RECEIVED, HAS BEEN ALLOCATED OR SPOKEN FOR, LEAVING $8 MILLION UNSPENT.
AGAIN, MY ESTIMATES, AS WE HAVE REALLY NO UPDATES.
I DO SEE ON THE AGENDA, C4 TODAY WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT A WHOLE BODY SCAN FOR PROBATION.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S WITH OPIOID DOLLARS.
MANY FROM THIS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR UPDATES WITH THE OPIOID SETTLEMENT DOLLARS IN MANY OF THE LAST MEETINGS.
MR. CRYE, YOU'VE HAD PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY WITH THE LIGHT AGENDA THESE PAST THREE BOARD MEETINGS TO UPDATE THE COMMUNITY ON WHERE WE ARE OVERALL.
REGARDING THE MEDICAL SCHOOL IDEA, MR. CRYE, YOU SPEAK ON YOUR RADIO SHOW AND IN YOUR BOARD CHAMBERS THAT YOU'RE ON THE FIVE-YARD LINE, AND WE NEED TO PUNCH IT IN.
YES, MR. CRYE, YOU'RE ON THE FIVE-YARD LINE, GOING THE OTHER WAY, 95 YARDS TO GO.
YOU SPEAK OF UC DAVIS' INTEREST IN THE LAST FEW MEETINGS, AND NOW OUT OF THIN AIR, YOU BRING UP UC IRVINE MEDICAL SCHOOL.
I'M SORRY. I'M A BIT CONFUSED.
BIG IDEAS ARE GREAT, BUT WHAT ARE THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY NOW? WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW? HOW CAN YOU DRIVE IMPROVEMENT RESULTS NOW? WHERE ARE WE WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY JAIL MATT PROGRAM? WHERE ARE WE ALLOCATING DOLLARS FOR THE SHERIFF TOWARDS ALTERNATIVE CUSTODY PROGRAM? KEVIN, YOU DID MENTION THAT TODAY.
GREAT. THANKS. WHERE ARE WE WITH THE OTHER 15 ORGANIZATIONS THAT PRESENTED LAST NOVEMBER? MR. CRYE, YOU AND THIS BOARD NEED TO HELP THE MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE HELPING OUR CITIZENS IN THE COUNTY NOW, SAVING LIVES NOW.
THEY NEED OUR HELP AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE NOW.
HELP THESE ORGANIZATIONS AND PUNCH IT IN FOR THEM, MR. CRYE.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW. THANK YOU.
>> NICK GARDNER, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIO.
>> PAUSE THE CLOCK, CEO RICKERT. I'M SORRY.
>> I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE THERE IS COMMUNITY INTEREST IN THIS.
>> C4 IS PAID FOR WITH OPIOID FUNDS.
>> I WANTED TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THIS SUNDAY ON POKE THE HORNETS NEST.
WE HAD A INTERVIEW WITH SHASTA ANON.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO SHASTA ANON IS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A GROUP OR ONE PERSON.
THEY DO WHAT I CALL MANY DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT CHARACTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THE NOMAS COME TO MIND, NATHAN PICKNEY.
AND THEN SOME OF OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THEY DID ONE ON ALLEN LONGHAIR AND MATT PLUMMER.
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WE DISGUISED THEIR VOICE, AND IT WAS A CALL IN PHONE INTERVIEW.AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO LISTEN TO THIS.
IT'S AT KCNR1460.COM, 96.5 FM, AND 1460AM.
EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN WATCHING THIS ON VIDEO, PUT THAT IN YOUR EMAIL LIST, AND WE NEED TO GET SOME EXPOSURE TO THESE PEOPLE.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE 90 ACRES DOWN THERE, IT SEEMS TO ME THE CITY OUGHT TO GIVE THE COUNTY THAT PROPERTY BEING THAT 85% OF THE VISITORS TO THE JAIL ORIGINATE FROM THE CITY.
THEY SHOULD BE HAPPY TO GIVE IT TO THEM.
THEN I WANTED TO GO ON TO THE SUPERVISORS.
WHAT IS IT A 56, 54% RAISE? THEY HADN'T HAD A RAISE IN 20 YEARS, 25 YEARS.
IT WORKS OUT TO ABOUT 2% A YEAR.
THAT'S LESS THAN SOCIAL SECURITY.
SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOT. THANK YOU.
KIM MOORE WOULD BE OUR LAST SPEAKER, CHAIR.
>> WELL, THE ELECTION COMMISSION NEEDS TO BE REINSTATED.
I LIKE WHAT LESLIE SAID ABOUT WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS GOING ON.
IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, IT NEEDS TO BE DEALT WITH BECAUSE THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO US, AND IT NEEDS TO BE REINSTATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THERE ARE THREE LADIES, PATTY PLUM, MARGARET HANSON, AND RON NEIN, WHO ARE WILLING AND ABLE TO BEGIN THEIR WORK IN RESEARCH AND COLLECT VALUABLE INFORMATION TO HELP EDUCATE YOU BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND CREATE SOLUTIONS.
THIS ELECTION COMMISSION IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS.
CORKY, YOU HAVE A VOICE, AND YOU APPOINTED PATTY PLUM.
I BELIEVE YOU KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ELECTION COMMISSION.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT YOU MAKE YOUR DECISIONS ON THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE OF SHASTA COUNTY. THANK YOU.
MY WEEK TO CLEAR UP, MS. SPEAKING, SO THEY PULLED A SIGH UP AGAIN.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW THAT THEY HAVE A MAINTENANCE CREW WORKING ON THE GATE ON TUESDAY MORNING WHEN KIM'S ON HER WAY TO THE BOARD MEETING.
THE GATE HASN'T CLOSED ONE DAY.
IT'S NOT GOING TO. AS FAR AS THE VETERANS BUILDING, I'M ALL FOR IT.
I JUST ASK THAT NORTHERN VALLEY CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION. HOW MANY OF US LOOK TO OUR FRIENDS AND OUR COLLEAGUES AND TALK ABOUT HOW THIS COUNTRY IS JUST BURN COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL.
ALL OF YOU GUYS, YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING US.
YOU DON'T REPRESENT US WHEN YOU START THE CLOCK BEFORE A SPEAKER GETS UP HERE.
YOU DON'T REPRESENT US WHEN YOU TAKE OUR TIME AWAY.
YOU DON'T REPRESENT US WHEN IT COMES TO THE ELECTION COMMISSION.
THE OTHER SIDE WANTED TO SAY THAT WE WANTED THE ELECTION COMMISSION BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO MANIPULATE ELECTIONS.
NOW WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANTED IN, AND WE STILL WANT THE ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
WE WANT, AND WE DESERVE THE OBSERVATION.
WHEN YOU GUYS PULL THESE SHENANIGANS AND FUCERI, YOU ARE BLOCKING OUR RIGHT TO HAVE THESE OBSERVATIONS.
IT'S WRONG. YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING US.
ONE OF THE REASONS OUR COUNTRY IS GOING TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET IS BECAUSE YOU GUYS THINK THAT IT'S OKAY FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE YOUR DECISIONS FOR WHAT'S IN YOURS OR THE COUNTY'S BEST INTEREST.
YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE.
WHEN YOU'RE NOT REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE, YOU DON'T DESERVE TO SIT IN THE SEAT, PERIOD, FULL STOP.
>> THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER, CHAIR.
>> THANK YOU. MOVING ON. THAT'S THE CONSENT.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
DO WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION? IF WE HAVE ONE FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS C2, WHICH SUPERVISOR KELSTROM HAS PULLED.I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITHOUT C2.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LONG, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR KELSTROM, TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF C2.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> PASSES 5-0. SUPERVISOR KELSTROM,
[C2 Adopt a resolution which: (1) Repeals Resolution No. 2021-022; and (2) authorizes the Health and Human Agency Director, or their designee, to: (a) sign the Master Standard Agreement (Agreement) to receive additional grant funding in an amount not to exceed $15,861,140 for the development of a 45-unit affordable housing project in the City of Anderson; and (b) execute amendments, project applications, or any related documentation, including retroactive, as needed for the purpose of effectuating the terms related to the Agreement.]
C2, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? MS. BLANKENSHIP?>> WE DO, CHAIR. WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, LESLIE.
>> THE REASON I PULLED C2 IS I WAS AT THE BOARD MEETING AT ANDERSON COUNCIL MEETING BACK LAST WINTER, AND THEY HAD VOTED NOT TO SEND A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.
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FIRST, THEY'RE FOR IT, WE OBVIOUSLY NEED MORE HOUSING FOR SENIOR CITIZENS OR LOW INCOME SENIOR CITIZENS.IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT PROGRAM TO THEM.
IT SEEMED LIKE A GREAT IDEA, BUT WHEN THEY STARTED READING THE FINE PRINT, THERE WAS SOME VERBIAGE IN THERE THAT 25%, I BELIEVE, OF THESE UNITS WERE GOING TO HOUSE HOMELESS.
ANDERSON CITY COUNCIL WAS NO LONGER IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MIX HOMELESS POPULATION WITH THEIR LOW INCOME SENIOR POPULATION, BUT I DID SOME CALLING AROUND LAST NIGHT, AND THE DAY BEFORE, I TALKED TO A COUPLE OF MEMBERS OF THE ANDERSON CITY COUNCIL.
ONE OF THEM GAVE ME SOME PRETTY IN DEPTH BACKGROUND, AND HE SAID THAT HE TALKED WITH THE GROUP THAT PROPOSING THIS PROJECT.
HE SAID IT'S A GROUP THAT IS NOT GOING TO WALK AWAY FROM THE PROJECT.
THEY DON'T PLAN ON JUST BUILDING IT AND WALKING AWAY.
HE TALKED TO THEM EXTENSIVELY. IT SOUNDS LIKE THE HOMELESS UNITS THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO SET ASIDE FOR VETERANS, IF THEY CAN HOUSE HOMELESS VETERANS.
AFTER TALKING WITH HIM, AFTER TALKING WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, I CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IS NO LONGER NECESSARILY AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION, BUT I'LL HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY.
>> CHAIR CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M EMILY CARE.
I'M A DEPUTY BRANCH DIRECTOR IN ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
WITH ME HERE TODAY IS BETH MONSEMOTO, AND SHE'S WITH THE DEVELOPER.
THAT IS DOING THIS. SHE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE IN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUS ONES.
>> THE HOMELESS PORTION OF THIS PROJECT.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE THERE? WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO ROUND UP SOME PEOPLE OUT OF CAMPS AND THROW THEM INTO THIS THING WITH OUR LOW INCOME SENIOR POPULATION.
>> WELL, THEY WOULD BE SENIORS WHO ARE AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS OR HOMELESS WHO ARE RESIDING IN THE COMMUNITY ALREADY AND BEING SERVED BY OUR NONPROFIT SERVICE PROVIDER FAITH WORKS.
WITH THAT THOSE UNITS THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR THAT POPULATION, THERE WILL BE WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE FOLKS BE SUCCESSFULLY HOUSED AND GAIN RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S OUR PLAN.
>> YOU'VE DONE THESE PROJECTS IN OTHER AREAS?
>> IT REMAINS A SENIORS COMPLEX?
>> GOT IT. YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION.
>> WE HAVE A SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.
ANY BOARD DISCUSSION ON THAT? YOU SAID THAT ANDERSON CITY COUNCIL YOU TALKED TO THEM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> PASSES 5-0. THANK YOU BOTH.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU SUPERVISOR KELSTROM. MOVING ON TO R2.
[R2 Regarding the scheduled hearing conducted by the Board of Supervisors on July 21, 2025, either: (1) Adopt resolutions which designate authority to recover a special assessment and lien to be levied against the property (Assessor Parcel Number: 011-530-002) in which the Administrative Hearing Officer issued Findings and Orders, finding that nuisance conditions existed on the premises and ordering them to be abated pursuant to Government Code §25845 and Shasta County Codes §8.28.060 and §1.12.050(B)(6); (2) amend the proposed resolutions and adopt the amended resolutions; or (3) provide alternate direction to staff.]
DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT MR. EWING, WELCOME, SIR.>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION? PERFECT.
>> JUST SO THE BOARD IS AWARE, THE BOARD ASKED THAT THIS ITEM COME BACK FOR SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION, NOT THAT THE PUBLIC HEARING HAD BEEN OPENED AND CLOSED, BUT THE BOARD HAD SOME FURTHER QUESTIONS.
THAT'S WHAT THIS IS BACK ON FOR TODAY?
>> CORRECT. THIS IS NOT A HEARING.
>> CORRECT. THIS IS THE QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED PRIOR TO YOUR ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTION.
>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR CRYE, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
SEAN EWING, DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. ON JULY 21ST, 2025, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CONDUCTED A SCHEDULED HEARING FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 15287 WALKER TERRACE IN THE COMMUNITY OF SHASTA.
THE SCHEDULED HEARING WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THE BOARD'S CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION THAT WOULD AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY TO IMPOSE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND LIEN TO RECOVER THE COST TO ABATE THE VIOLATIONS AND THE FINES RESULTING FROM THE NUISANCE CONDITIONS THAT EXISTED.
ON THE PROPERTY FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND THREE MONTHS BETWEEN THE TIME THE COUNTY'S CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS DETERMINED VIOLATIONS EXISTED, AND THEN THE DATE IN WHICH IT WAS TAKEN TO HEARING AND NUISANCE CONDITIONS NOT ABATED.
AT THE JULY 21ST MEETING, THE BOARD CONTINUED THEIR DECISION ON THIS MATTER AND DIRECTED STAFF TO REVIEW THE CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE FILE FOR THE PROPERTY TO DETERMINE WHAT INSPECTIONS, IF ANY, OCCURRED FOLLOWING THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, DECISION AND ORDER.
NUISANCE CONDITIONS CITED WERE WORK WITHOUT A BUILDING PERMIT, NON-PERMITTED USE JUNKYARD IN AN RR ZONE DISTRICT, UNLAWFUL DUMPING OF REFUSE, AND, OF COURSE, ANY VIOLATION OF COUNTY CODE IS CONSIDERED A NUISANCE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST PHOTOS TAKEN OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE PUBLIC VANTAGE POINT THAT WOULD BE SEEN AS YOU DRIVE PAST THE PROPERTY.
THESE INITIAL COMPLAINTS WERE RECEIVED IN MARCH OF 2019.
A NOTICE TO ABATE WAS ISSUED IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, AND NUISANCE CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO WORSEN.
>> MR. IF I CAN PAUSE ONE SECOND. COUNCIL LAMA.
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>> I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT WE'RE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD ASKED.
I WANT TO STAY WITHIN THOSE. THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD ASKED, ACCORDING TO MY NOTES WAS RELATED TO INSPECTIONS AFTER THE HEARING.
>> THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN APRIL 25TH OF 2022, 46 DAYS AFTER THE HEARING.
THEY HAD UNTIL MAY 31ST TO COMPLETE THE ABATEMENT ON THEIR OWN.
THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN MAY 31ST, THE DAY THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE ABATED THE CONDITIONS TO AVOID THE FINES AND PENALTIES.
THEN THESE WERE TAKEN AGAIN, MAY 31ST, WHICH WAS 82 DAYS AFTER THE HEARING.
THEN THIS WAS JUNE 21ST, 103 DAYS AFTER THE HEARING.
THEN THESE WERE TAKEN IN JANUARY 2023 WHEN A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PASSED BY THE PROPERTY.
BASED ON THE PHOTOS THAT I HAD SEEN AND REVIEWING THE CASE FILE, WHICH WAS WHAT THE BOARD HAD DIRECTED ME TO DO.
>> CAN YOU BACK UP REAL QUICK? WHAT WAS THE ONE BEFORE JUST SO I'M ASKING THE OTHER SUPERVISORS.
THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S JUNE 21ST. THEN WHAT WAS THE NEXT DATE?
>> DOES THAT LOOK PICKED UP TO YOU? THAT LOOKS PICKED UP.
YOU GUYS SEE THAT? ARE ANY SUPERVISORS LOOKING AT THE PICTURE? I'M JUST CURIOUS. DO WE ALL AGREE THAT JANUARY 9TH?
>> WELL, I CAN'T TELL IF THAT PILE IS WOOD OR IS THAT GARBAGE?
>> IS THAT WOOD OR IS THAT GARBAGE?
>> I BELIEVE THAT'S WOOD. I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AS WELL.
I DON'T NECESSARILY CONSIDER A PILE OF WOOD TO BE A JUNK YARD CONDITION.
BASED ON THIS PHOTO THAT I'VE REVIEWED, I DON'T BELIEVE NUISANCE CONDITIONS CONTINUED TO EXIST AT THE TIME OF THIS PHOTO, AND THEN I DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AS WELL.
THESE WERE TAKEN ON JULY 22ND OF THIS YEAR.
>> KEVIN, YOU NEED TO TALK TO ROBIN MAYER.
>> HEY, PLEASE DON'T YELL OUT FROM THE CROWD.
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT IF YOU TURN TO CARDEN.
>> I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS COMMENT.
>> CHAIR, JUST TO CONFIRM, WE DID ALREADY CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP GOING.
SUPERVISOR KELSTROM YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY IT'S CLEANED UP. AS OF NOW, IT'S CLEAN.
>> LISTEN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO YELL OUT FROM THE CROWD.
WE'RE TALKING WITH MR. EWING. THAT'S IT. GO AHEAD.
>> ASIDE FROM THE OUTSTANDING VIOLATION THAT HASN'T BEEN CLOSED OUT DUE TO COST AND FINES AND PENALTIES, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY NEW VIOLATIONS ON THIS PROPERTY.
>> SEAN, IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO REDUCE THE FINE FROM THE ORIGINAL $30,000 DOWN TO THE 3,000, WHICH WAS PART OF WHAT WAS STIPULATED IN THE HEARING IF THEY MOVED INTO COMPLIANCE BY THAT MAY 31ST DATE?
>> YES, THAT WOULD BE GIVING THEM SOME LEEWAY, I BELIEVE.
ESSENTIALLY, THE DECISION FROM THE HEARING OFFICER WAS MAY 31ST WHEN WE WERE OUT THERE AND I BELIEVE IT WAS JUNE.
THEY HAD YET TO FULLY ABATE THOSE VIOLATIONS, BUT BY THE TIME WE WENT OUT THERE, ALMOST A YEAR LATER, AND LOOKING AT THE PHOTOS, THEY APPEARED TO BE ABATED.
THEN AT THAT POINT, IF THE BOARD DECIDES TO REDUCE THOSE TO THE $3,000 THAT WAS PART OF THAT AS IF THEY WOULD HAVE COMPLETED IT BY MAY 31ST.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO COVER COUNTY COSTS AND IMPOSE THE FINES OF $3,000.
>> THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD AGREED TO PRIOR TO THAT?
>> THAT WAS PART OF THE AGREEMENT.
>> IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ANYBODY HAVE ON THAT? JUST SO WE COULD GET THIS ON PUBLIC RECORD, WHAT IS THAT TOTAL AMOUNT THEN THAT IS GOING TO BE COUNTY RECOVERED COSTS?
>> I THINK IT'S ONLY LIKE $6,000. THE COSTS WERE.
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>> THE SPECIAL ASSESSMENT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF $3,583 AND THE FINES AND PENALTIES WOULD BE $3,000.
>> THAT'S WHAT WAS AGREED TO BACK?
>> IF THEY HAD COMPLETED BY MAY 31ST, YEAH.
>> OUR LEEWAY IS JUST SAYING IT TOOK AN EXTRA MONTH OR WHATEVER.
>> BECAUSE THERE IS A SIX-MONTH GAP ROUGHLY BETWEEN JUNE OF 2022 AND THE JANUARY OF 2023, I BELIEVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECONDED BY MYSELF.
>> SURE WE DO HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.
>> WHAT'S THAT? WE HAVE BIDE SPEAKERS.
>> FIRST UP, LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY KIM MOORE, THEN MICHELLE, FOLLOWED BY FRANCES BEARD.
>> I THOUGHT WHEN YOU ORIGINALLY SAID WE CALLED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> I'LL MAKE SURE YOU NOTE THAT MIRANDA.
>> MY BRAIN IS STILL ON VACATION, CHAIR.
>> NOTE THAT. SHE MADE A MISTAKE. THANK YOU. THREE MINUTES.
>> SHE'S ALLOWED AS MANY MISTAKES.
>> FIRST OFF, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME.
I WAS HERE AT THOSE FIRST HEARINGS.
YOU TOOK THE TIME TO HEAR THE PUBLIC.
YOU TOOK THE TIME TO SAY, WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.
WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. PLEASE BRING IT BACK.
THANK YOU, SEAN AND YOUR TEAM.
ALSO, WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER WHO HASN'T EVEN STARTED WITH THE COUNTY YET, WHO WAS HERE AT THESE HEARINGS, WHO I THINK IS GOING TO BE A GREAT ASSET TO SEAN'S TEAM, AND I'M SUPER EXCITED FOR HIM TO HAVE HIM, BUT THIS DEPARTMENT HEADING WHERE IT IS, I THINK, A LOT OF WHAT WE'VE HAD AND WHY THIS HAD TO BE BROUGHT BACK, IF YOU LOOK AT IT AND YOU READ THROUGH THE PACKET, BECAUSE I READ ALL 300 PAGES OF THE PACKET.
IT'S SUPER FUN, AND EVERYBODY SHOULD DO IT.
THIS IS 3, 4, 5-YEARS-OLD. WE HAD COUNTY FAILURES IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
WE HAD COUNTY FAILURES IN YOUR SEATS BEFORE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU WERE HERE.
I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THE BOARD AND THIS DEPARTMENT.
ALSO, I AGREE. I THINK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING A HUGE JUSTICE.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE BEING HUGELY GENEROUS TO WAIVE THE MAJORITY OF THIS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST HOW MANY TIMES CERTIFIED MAIL WAS SENT, HOW MANY TIMES WE SENT COUNTY STAFF OUT THERE, I DO AGREE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF FINES RECOVERED, SO THE $3,000 SEEMS FAIR ON ALL SIDES JUST FROM LOOKING AT ALL THE EVIDENCE PROVIDED. THANK YOU.
>> KIM MOORE, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE, THEN FRANCES BEARD, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER.
>> PUMP THE BRAKES ON THE BAD DECISIONS.
I'M GOING TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
THEY LIVE NEXT DOOR TO ROBIN MAYER AND DWAYNE MILLS.
THE MAYORS, THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO PG&E BECAUSE THESE ONES WERE STEALING THEIR ELECTRICITY.
IT WAS ONE OF THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR HELP.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS EVEN GOING ON, AND THE MAYORS AREN'T HERE. I'VE BEEN TEXTING, ROBIN MAYER.
IF SHE KNEW THAT THIS HEARING WAS HAPPENING, YOU CAN BET SHE'D BE IN HERE TALKING ABOUT IT.
WHILE EVERYBODY WANTS TO PASS OUT ACCOLADES, AND I'M NOT SAYING THE COUNTY DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB.
I'M SAYING YOU GUYS ALL NEED TO DRIVE UP THERE BY YOURSELVES, IF YOU HAVE TO, BECAUSE OF THE BROWN ACT, AND LOOK AT THIS.
LOOK AT THE PROPERTY AND TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY DECISIONS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA THE HELL THAT THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN THROUGH.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO DWAYNE MILLS IS, HE WORKED FOR THE CITY OF READING, TAKING CARE OF THE POLICE CARS, THE TRASH TRUCKS, AND THE FIRE TRUCKS UNTIL HE RETIRED. HE BROKE HIS BACK.
HE WORE DOWN HIS ENTIRE BODY, AND HE GETS TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO TWEAKER HELL.
PLEASE GO OVER THERE AND TALK TO THE PEOPLE BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY FINAL DECISION.
THANK YOU. I GOT IT ON THE RECORD. I HOPE THEY SUE YOU, GUYS.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL ARMOR, AND THIS MAY BE A QUESTION FOR YOU OR OUR CLERK, BUT THESE HEARINGS, LEGAL NOTICES HAVE TO GO OUT.
DID WE SEND LEGAL NOTICES OUT SO PEOPLE KNEW OF THESE HEARINGS?
>> THE ORIGINAL HEARING THAT YOU HELD AND OPENED AND CLOSED WAS LEGAL HAD A LEGAL NOTICE.
IT WAS PROVIDED AND SHE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A COPY OF THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT.
>> MS. BLANKENSHIP, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> YES. THE MAILERS WENT OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE AFFECTED AREA, AND THOSE WERE SENT PRIOR TO THE SCHEDULED HEARINGS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK.
>> FOLLOWED BY FRANCES BEARD, FOLLOWED BY NICK GARDNER.
[BACKGROUND] THEN FRANCES BEARD.
>> YES. I BELIEVE THE PICTURES DO SHOW THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY WAS LIVING ON MY PROPERTY, AND TRYING TO PUT A STOP TO IT WAS NOT EASY.
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AGAIN, CALLED THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, LIKE I TOLD YOU LAST TIME, THAT HE WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT WAS A CIVIL MATTER, SO WE DEALT WITH IT, BUT I AM ALSO AN IHSS WORKER.I TAKE CARE OF MY SON FULL TIME, HE'S A CHRONIC DIABETIC.
HE'S ON DIALYSIS FOUR TIMES A WEEK.
AS FAR AS BEING A TWEAKER, THEY GOT TO GET A DIFFERENT PICTURE BECAUSE IT'S LIKE, I DO NOTHING BUT TAKE CARE OF MY KID.
THERE'S THREE OF US LIVING IN THE HOME NOW, AND THIS PERSON THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PROPERTY, THEY DID THAT TO MY PROPERTY.
I APPRECIATE YOU NOT PUTTING A LIEN AGAINST MY PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT'S ALL WE HAVE LEFT.
I WALKED AWAY FROM A GOOD CAREER AS A NURSE TO COME HOME AND TAKE CARE OF MY PARENTS, AND THEN I ENDED UP TAKING CARE OF MY SON NOW, SO I APPRECIATE YOU NOT SLAMMING ME WITH A LIEN AND TAKING MY PROPERTY.
THAT'S BY FAR I CAME TO SAY IS WE CLEANED THAT PROPERTY, WE DID IT OURSELVES.
THE COUNTY DIDN'T HAVE TO COME IN AND DO ANYTHING BUT TO SHOW THAT WE DID IT, AND THEN WE DID IT ON TIME.
I HAD PICTURES ON MY PHONE THAT I SPENT THE MORNING TRYING TO GET IT PRINTED OUT FOR YOU, BUT THEY'RE DATED FOR THE MAY 5TH, SHOWING THE PROPERTY THAT IT WAS CLEANED, AND IT WAS NICE, AND IT STAYED THAT WAY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME A CHANCE TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE IT.
I CAN DEAL WITH THE FINE, BUT 35,000 WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO MUCH, AND FOR THREE YEARS LATER, THIS WAS ALL SAID AND DONE THREE YEARS AGO.
WE'VE KEPT THE PROPERTY THAT WAY AND I'LL BE DAMNED IF SOMEBODY COMES AND DOES THAT TO ME AGAIN.
THE SQUATTERS' RIGHTS, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT TO THIS DAY.
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S SQUATTERS' RIGHTS.
THAT GAVE THEM A RIGHT TO DO THAT TO MY HOUSE. I THANK YOU.
>> NICK GARDNER? CHAIR, THAT'LL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER.
>> I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE BOARD LISTENING TO BOTH SIDES OF THE STORY AND CUTTING SOME LEEWAY INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE GETTING FINED FOR THINGS THAT WERE BEYOND THEIR CONTROL.
I APPRECIATE IT A LOT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR BOARD DISCUSSION REALLY QUICK.
WE DID HAVE A MOTION BY SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, SECONDED BY MYSELF.
ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IS AS A BOARD, AND I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY UP HERE, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS WE CAN WITH THE INFORMATION WE'VE PROVIDED.
OFTENTIMES WE DO RELY ON STAFF OR PEOPLE FROM THE PUBLIC, BUT IF ANY SUPERVISOR HERE FEELS LIKE THEY NEED MORE TIME, PLEASE SPEAK UP FOR THAT NOW.
I MYSELF, I'M GOING TO SUPPORT THIS.
MR. EWING, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD? YOU GOOD? ANY OTHER BOARD DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> THAT IS IT FOR R2, THAT IS 5-0.
R3, RECEIVE A PRESENTATION FROM WESTERN SHASTA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
[R3 Receive a presentation from Western Shasta Resource Conservation District regarding the Shasta County Community Wildfire Prevention Plan (Sponsored by Supervisor Plummer).]
THIS IS SPONSORED BY, I GUESS, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.SUPERVISOR PLUMMER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO AN INTRODUCTION?
>> SURE. THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE FROM THE WESTERN SHASTA RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY BEFORE JOINING THIS BOARD TO SIT ON THAT BOARD AND WAS ALWAYS IMPRESSED BY THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALL WERE DOING.
THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY STARTED WHILE I WAS STILL ON THE BOARD THERE.
I KNOW IT GOT DELAYED A LITTLE BIT WITH THE FEDERAL FUNDING BEING PAUSED TEMPORARILY, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE FIRE SEASON THAT WE'RE GOING INTO, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET AN UPDATE.
I KNOW WE'RE NOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS YET.
WE'LL GET A FINAL REPORT LATER ON IN THE YEAR, I EXPECT, BUT WANTED TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY.
I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING ON AND THAT THIS IS HAPPENING, AND TO HEAR SOME OF WHAT THAT PROCESS HAS BEEN LIKE AND ANY INITIAL FINDINGS OR THOUGHTS COMING OUT OF THAT PROCESS. THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
>> YES, GIVE US JUST ONE SECOND.
>> WE HAVE THESE THROUGH. GOOD MORNING.
I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE WESTERN SHASTA RCD.
THIS IS KALYN NASH, A PROJECT COORDINATOR WITH THE RCD.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH US, WE'RE A SPECIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE'RE NON-REGULATORY, AND WE ARE GRANT AND CONTRACT-FUNDED.
WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN UPDATE FOR SHASTA COUNTY.
WE ARE WORKING ON THIS WITH DEER CREEK RESOURCES, THEY ARE DOING THE BULK OF THE HEAVY LIFT.
WHILE WE ARE DOING OUTREACH WITH SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL, WE PICK THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERTISE IN DATA ANALYSIS, GIS MAPPING, AND ALSO WITH THEIR OTHER EXPERIENCE CREATING CWPPS.
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BASICALLY, IT IS A PLAN TO REDUCE WILDFIRE RISK.IT ASSESSES CURRENT CONDITIONS TO IDENTIFY THREATS, AND ALSO TO IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE PROJECTS NEED TO HAPPEN.
IT'S COMMUNITY-DRIVEN AND CONSIDERS FACTORS LIKE WILDFIRE HISTORY, CURRENT VEGETATION CONDITIONS, INFRASTRUCTURE, ESCAPE ROUTES, AND RESOURCES.
THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE CWPPS ARE A PLANNING TOOL, AND THEY'RE ALSO A FUNDING MECHANISM.
THEY'RE USED TO IDENTIFY PRIORITY FUELS REDUCTION PROJECTS AND FOREST HEALTH PROJECTS.
THEY DO THE LEGWORK OF IDENTIFYING THESE PROJECTS THAT BECOME LISTED IN THE CWPP, AND THEN THIS HELPS THESE PROJECTS HAVE A HIGHER CHANCE OF BEING FUNDED.
I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THE LAST CWPP WAS UPDATED NINE YEARS AGO IN 2016 BY THE RCD, AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THESE UPDATES HAPPEN AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS FOR CWPPS TO BE RELEVANT, ACCURATE, AND ALSO FOR THEM TO BE STRATEGIC FOR RECEIVING FUNDING.
>> THIS IS GOING TO SHOW YOU THE CWPP UPDATE PROCESS.
AS SARAH MENTIONED, THERE'S A HEAVY LIFT.
WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON EACH OF THESE ASPECTS OF THE STEPS IN THE PROCESS AS WE MOVE ALONG, SO WE WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON HERE.
BUT A LOT OF THE HEAVY LIFT THAT SARAH MENTIONED THAT DEER CREEK RESOURCES HAS FOCUSED ON IS, FIRST, ASSESSING RISK.
I FIND THAT WHEN YOU MENTION RISK, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF JUST THE HAZARDS, SO WHAT DEER CREEK DID IS THEY IDENTIFIED HIGH-VALUE ASSETS IN SHASTA COUNTY.
THIS COULD INCLUDE HOSPITALS, SCHOOLS, INFRASTRUCTURE, POPULATION CENTERS, THE LIST GOES ON.
THEY'RE EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF A WILDFIRE ON THESE ASSETS.
ONCE THESE ASSETS ARE IDENTIFIED, DEER CREEK WAS ABLE TO FOCUS THEIR DATA COLLECTION AROUND THOSE SPECIFIC ASSETS.
THERE ARE MANY WILDFIRE HAZARDS THROUGHOUT SHASTA COUNTY.
THE CWPP IS FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY WILDFIRE RISK SPECIFICALLY.
EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE A HAZARD OR POTENTIAL FOR HARM IN THE MIDDLE OF A WILDERNESS AREA, THOSE ARE NOT THE HAZARDS THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH THE CWPP.
WE'RE LOOKING ON HAZARDS THAT WOULD DIRECTLY AFFECT THE COMMUNITY.
>> WOW. [LAUGHTER] AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CWPP UPDATE, WE DID A REALLY BIG COMMUNITY OUTREACH PUSH.
WE DID A LOT OF CANVASSING AROUND SHASTA COUNTY.
WE SELECTED EIGHT AREAS WHERE WE HELD COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
FOR THESE MEETINGS, WE HAD PEOPLE VOICE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT HAZARDS, AREAS WHERE ISSUES WERE HAPPENING, AND ALSO RESOURCES, LIKE GREEN SPACES IN THE AREA WHERE PEOPLE COULD EVACUATE.
WE ALSO HAD EACH PARTICIPANT FILL OUT A SURVEY, WHICH WE'LL SHOW YOU THE RESULTS OF THAT SOON.
WE DID MAPPING EXERCISES. IT'S ON THE NEXT ONE.
>> WE DID MAPPING EXERCISES WHERE PEOPLE OUTLINED ALL OF THESE THINGS I JUST MENTIONED FOR THEIR COMMUNITY.
HERE'S SOME OF THE RESULTS FROM OUR SURVEYS.
THIS WAS ONE THAT REALLY STOOD OUT TO ME AS WE'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE SURVEY RESULTS.
THERE'S A LOTS OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS, BUT WHAT ARE YOUR TOP PRIORITIES FOR SHASTA COUNTY? THIS IS SOME INPUT THAT WE GOT: ROADSIDE VEGETATION REMOVAL, DEFENSIBLE SPACE ASSISTANCE, GRANT FUNDING FOR HOME HARDENING, AND ALSO MORE DEVELOPMENT OF FUEL BREAKS WERE SOME OF THE TOP PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
FOR THE CWPP UPDATE, WE FORMED AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF FIRE PERSONNEL AND MAJOR LAND MANAGERS IN SHASTA COUNTY.
THEY REVIEWED DEER CREEK'S METHODOLOGY THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND GAVE FEEDBACK.
THEY GAVE INPUT ON THEIR PLAN PROJECTS, THEIR AREAS OF CONCERNS, AND WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES.
FOR EXAMPLE, LASSEN FIRE SAFE COUNCIL GAVE A PRESENTATION OF HOW THEY'VE BEEN REALLY PRODUCTIVE AT NAVIGATING FUELS REDUCTION ON SMALL PARCELS IN SHINGLETOWN, SO WE'RE TRYING TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER AT THESE MEETINGS.
THEN DEER CREEK RESOURCES DID SOME FIELD DAYS AND OUTINGS WITH OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE REVIEWING THE DRAFT OF THE CWPP AND PROVIDING FEEDBACK, AND THEIR EXPERTISE WAS REALLY CRUCIAL IN GIVING GOOD FEEDBACK,
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AND THEN IT'S ALSO PART OF THE CHECKS AND BALANCES IN THIS PROCESS.>> LOTS AND LOTS OF DATA GOING INTO THE CWPP, ONE OF DEER CREEK'S SPECIALTIES.
JUST TO GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY, WE RECEIVED A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AGENCIES TEND TO TRACK INFORMATION IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
THEY CAN BE HOUSED IN DIFFERENT DATA SOURCES OFTEN INTERNALLY SO THAT OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AREN'T AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR WORLD.
OTHER DATA THAT WAS INCLUDED, A LOT OF PREDICTIVE MODELING WAS USED WITH THE DATA THAT WAS COLLECTED, INCLUDING INFLUENCES FROM LATER FUELS, HOW SLOPE FUEL LOAD, AND PREVAILING WIND CAN AFFECT FIRE BEHAVIOR AROUND THOSE ASSETS.
THE OTHER CWPPS THAT ALREADY EXIST WITHIN SHASTA COUNTY WERE ALSO INCORPORATED, SO THERE WERE SOME COMMUNITIES THAT ALREADY DID SOME OF THIS WORK.
THEN THE ALL IMPORTANT COMMUNITY INPUT ALSO HAS A SPOT IN THERE.
>> RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ALMOST AT THE FINALIZATION AND APPROVAL STAGE, AND THIS GIVES JUST A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE FINAL CWPP IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
BASICALLY, THERE ARE GOING TO BE DETAILED MAPS WITH GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONS AND COMMUNITY RECOMMENDATIONS.
IT'S GOING TO HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON FUEL TREATMENTS BASED ON FUEL TYPE.
THEN ALSO, THERE'S GOING TO BE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS LIKE CODE AND POLICY ENFORCEMENT FOR DEALING WITH ABSENTEE LANDOWNERS, HOME HARDENING, EVACUATION SAFETY AREAS, DEFENSIBLE SPACE.
DEER CREEK DID THIS TO BE OBJECTIVE, AND THEY TRIED TO MAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS OPEN-ENDED TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE COUNTY TO RECEIVE GRANT FUNDING.
>> WE'RE SHORT ON TIME, SO THE COMPLETED CWPP GRANT FUNDING IS THE NAME OF THE GAME.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO PROVE THEY'VE DONE THE WORK AND THAT THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE WITH THE RCD. THANK YOU.
>> CAN YOU BACK UP, MS. BLANKENSHIP, THREE OR FOUR SLIDES OR WHOEVER'S IN CHARGE OF THAT? THE ONE THAT TALKS ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, RIGHT THERE.
>> YEAH. GO BACK TO THE ADVISORY ONE MORE, RIGHT THERE.
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, NOW, ARE THESE VOTING POSITIONS THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY THESE ORGANIZATIONS, OR ARE THESE JUST PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT TRULY JUST ADVISE, BUT THEY DON'T SIT ON A FORMAL BOARD?
>> THESE PEOPLE DON'T SIT ON A FORMAL BOARD.
WE JUST IDENTIFIED FIRE PERSONNEL OR THE TOP LAND MANAGERS THAT HELP CREATE PROJECTS AND DEAL WITH FIRE MITIGATION IN SHASTA COUNTY, AND SO THEY WERE ALL INVITED TO COME.
IF WE DIDN'T REACH OUT TO THE RIGHT REPRESENTATIVE, THEN THEY WOULD SEND THE RIGHT REPRESENTATIVE OUR WAY.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION. SUPERVISOR PLUMMER.
>> DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT TYPE OF FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE ON THE BASIS OF THIS PLAN? IS THAT FEDERAL OR STATE OR BOTH?
>> ALL OF THE ABOVE. THIS UPDATE WILL HELP ALL OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT WILL ALSO HELP MORE GRASSROOT GROUPS, LIKE FIREWISE COMMUNITIES.
WE HAD A LOT OF FIREWISE GROUPS PRESENT AT OUR MEETINGS.
BASICALLY, CWPPS BECAME A THING IN 2003 WITH THE HEALTHY FOREST RESTORATION ACT.
THE HEALTHY FOREST RESTORATION ACT, IT REQUIRES CWPPS TO BE COLLABORATIVE, INCLUDE PRIORITIZATION OF FUEL TREATMENTS, AND RECOMMENDS MEASURES TO REDUCE IGNITIONS TO A COMMUNITY.
ALL OVER CALIFORNIA, PEOPLE HAVE CWPPS, AND THE MORE WE UPDATE THEM, THE MORE THAT WE CAN BE COMPETITIVE FOR RECEIVING FUNDING.
>> IF I COULD JUST ADD, THERE'S MANY GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT REQUIRE YOU TO HAVE A PROJECT SPECIFICALLY LISTED IN A CWPP THAT'S NO OLDER THAN 10-YEARS-OLD.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE OLD CWPP THAT WAS CREATED IN 2016 IS APPROACHING THAT EXPIRATION POINT, AND SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN UPDATED, IT'S LIKELY THAT THOSE RELEVANT PROJECTS ARE NOT LISTED THERE.
>> THANK YOU. THEN COULD YOU IMAGINE THAT WITHOUT GETTING INTO THE SPECIFICS, BUT THIS WOULD PROPOSE COORDINATION ACROSS JURISDICTIONAL AND PROPERTY LINES IN TERMS OF THINGS LIKE FUEL BREAKS AND HAVING A COUNTY-WIDE APPROACH TO THAT
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VERSUS LOOKING AT IT THROUGH A LENS OF ONE ENTITY OR ONE PROPERTY OWNER? IS THAT PART OF THE IDEA OF THIS?>> DEFINITELY. WITH CREATING THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OUR GOAL IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE RECONVENING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, SO WE CAN PLAN PROJECTS AND UPDATE THE CWPP.
A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE PRESENT AT OUR MEETINGS HADN'T BEEN IN A ROOM TOGETHER BEFORE, AND SO IT REALLY HELPED START BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG PART OF PROJECT PLANNING IS YOU NEED A LOT OF LAND OWNERS ON BOARD, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PLAYERS AT DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTAL LEVELS, SO US STARTING THIS PROCESS SHOULD MAKE PLANNING A LOT EASIER GOING FORWARD.
>> GREAT. THEN ONE LAST QUESTION, DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHEN YOU EXPECT TO HAVE A FINALIZED DOCUMENT?
>> THIS FALL, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DEER CREEK RESOURCES GIVE YOU GUYS A PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE NEED APPROVAL FROM THE COUNTY TO FINALIZE THIS DOCUMENT.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER. SUPERVISOR LONG.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THAT'S AWESOME TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY.
THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE IS CWPP A LITTLE MORE OF AN UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION THAT HELPS OTHER INDIVIDUAL, SAY FIRE SAFE COUNCILS AND FIREWISE AND ALL THOSE THINGS, GET THEIR GRANT APPLICATIONS, OR DO THEY SEEK GRANT APPLICATIONS ON A PRIMARY BASIS FOR THE ORGANIZATION? THE REASON I'M BRINGING THAT UP IS THERE'S PROP 4 THAT'S PROBABLY OPENING UP THIS MONTH.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THE TECHNICAL APPLICATION DEADLINE, BUT IT'D BE INTERESTING TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS WOULD BE APPLYING FOR SOME OF THOSE PROP 4 FUNDS OR WHETHER YOU WOULD HELP OTHERS IN THAT GROUP.
>> THE CWPP IS A PLAN FOR THE COUNTY.
BASICALLY, ANYONE CAN APPLY FOR THESE PROJECTS.
A BIG POINT OF THIS UPDATE WAS TO NOT LIST INDIVIDUAL PET PROJECTS, BUT TO LEAVE IT AS OPEN-ENDED AS POSSIBLE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRESCRIPTIONS TO ALLOW MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE TO APPLY OR FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS TO GET FUNDED.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, BUT I KNOW FOR THE RCD, WE DEFINITELY PLAN TO APPLY FOR PROP 4 FUNDING, BUT I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE SPECIFICS ARE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPLY FOR YET.
>> DO YOU WORK WITH THE SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY? CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT.
>> BASICALLY, ANYTIME WE HAVE A PROJECT IDEA, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH THE SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY, AND WE RUN IT BY THEM TO SEE IF THEY THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA OR IF IT'S COMPETITIVE.
ALSO, THEY SHARE WITH US PROJECTS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE IN OUR AREA OR COLLABORATIONS WITH OTHER PARTNERS WHO ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING, SO WE WORK WITH THEM PRETTY CLOSELY.
>> I KNOW OUR LOCAL FIRE SAFE COUNCIL HAS GOT SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE PENDING AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR GRANT.
DO YOU HELP THEM WORK WITH THAT, SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING FOR A GRANT ON THE BACKBONE RIDGE FIELDS MITIGATION AND SOME OF THOSE THINGS? I ATTENDED A QUARTERLY MEETING ON THE UPDATE FOR ALL THE PLAYERS IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SO THE FOREST SERVICE WAS THERE.
BLM COULDN'T MAKE IT, BUT CAL FIRE AND EVERYTHING AND THE CONSERVANCIES, FIRE SAFE COUNCILS, EVERYBODY WAS THERE TALKING ABOUT THE FUELS REDUCTION AND SOME OF THE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT WILL BE COMING.
>> WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL.
WE HAVE ALREADY PARTNERED WITH THEM ON MULTIPLE PROJECTS, LIKE WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A HOME HARDENING INDEFENSIBLE SPACE PILOT WITH THEM IN THE EASTERN COUNTY, AND WE FREQUENTLY APPLY FOR GRANTS WITH THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE BACKBONE PROJECT, BUT THEY'RE VERY CLOSE PARTNERS WITH US, AND WE DEFINITELY ALWAYS TRY TO SUPPORT THEM.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE FIREWISE COMMUNITIES.
DO YOU HELP PROMOTE THAT AND ESTABLISH THOSE FIREWISE COMMUNITIES BECAUSE THAT DIRECTLY TIES BACK INTO HOME HARDENING AND DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND FUELS REDUCTIONS AND MITIGATION?
>> WE HAVE PERSONALLY HELPED A COUPLE COMMUNITIES GET CERTIFIED, I THINK UP IN LAKEHEAD AND UP IN SHINGLE TOWN.
BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE SHASTA COUNTY FIRE SAFE COUNCIL, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FIREWISE COMMUNITIES.
THEY DO QUARTERLY MEET UPS WITH THEM AND TRY TO CONNECT THEM WITH RESOURCES.
BUT WE HAVE AN OPEN DOOR POLICY IF FIREWISE COMMUNITIES EVER WANT TO MEET WITH US, OR IF THEY HAVE IDEAS FOR GRANT FUNDING, THEN WE MEET WITH THEM AND WE TRY TO HELP THEM ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.
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>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR UPDATED PLAN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR LONG. SUPERVISOR HARMON.
>> THAT CLEARED SOME STUFF UP BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO CONNECT DOTS.
BACKBONE RIDGE WAS WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, WITH THIS FIRE THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW, THAT WAS IMPORTANT THAT FUEL REDUCTIONS ON BACKBONE RIDGE.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S MOSTLY COMPLETE BUT THEY HAD ALREADY DONE WORK ON BACKBONE RIDGE.
THOSE FIELD BREAKS WAS A KEY PART OF SEAN'S REPORT BACK ABOUT IF THAT FIRE WAS TO JUMP THE PITT RIVER, COULD IT GET OVER THE RIDGE TO MONTGOMERY CREEK AND ROUND MOUNTAIN IN THE ANSWER WAS THEY HAD ALREADY DONE THAT WORK.
THEY THEY FELT PRETTY COMFORTABLE IN RESPONDING TO THAT IF IT HAPPENED TO JUMP THE PITT RIVER, SO WERE YOU INVOLVED IN?
>> NO. I LIVE IN WHITMORE, SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROJECT, BUT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH THE BACKBONE RIDGE PROJECT.
BUT THE RCD DOES HAVE OTHER FUEL BREAKS.
WE HAVE ONE IN THE CHINA GULCH AREA BEHIND THE CASINO THAT WE ARE DOING ACTIVE WORK ON BASICALLY FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME FIELD REDUCTION WORK OUT IN IGO ONO ALONG THE DITCH OUT THERE, AND WE'VE WORKED ON NUMEROUS OTHER FIELD BREAK PROJECTS.
WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH CAL FIRE AND GET RECOMMENDATIONS OF PROJECTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN.
BUT WE ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH THE BACKBONE PROJECT.
BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE ALL SEEN THE GROWTH THAT'S COME BACK IN THE CAL FIRE AREAS.
IS SOMEBODY DOING SOMETHING ABOUT THAT?
>> I THINK YOU GUYS ARE TOUCHING ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE HOPE THE CWPP WILL HELP WITH.
RETREATMENT OF FUEL BREAKS AND ALSO WILDFIRE RECOVERY ARE GOING TO BE REALLY BIG THEMES IN THE CWPP.
THE ISSUE IS FINDING FUNDING TO DO ALL THESE REALLY AWESOME PROJECTS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN IN THE COMMUNITY.
HAVING THE BACK OF THIS OFFICIAL CWPP DOCUMENT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S GOING TO ALLOW ALL ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY TO FILL THIS PATCHWORK OF THOSE FUEL TREATMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
BUT THE REGROWTH UP IN THAT AREA WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WAS RECORDED AND TOUCHED ON FOR THE CWPP.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE WE WENT BACK THROUGH THERE AND FERTILIZED IT.
IT'S LIKE YOU DRIVE ANYWHERE OUT TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN OR EVEN GO UP AROUND WHISKEY TOWN LAKE.
IT'S LIKE, HOLY SMOKES, WHAT ARE WE DOING? THIS IS GOING TO COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE.
SOMETIMES RETREATMENT ISN'T SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED, SO YOU GET ALL THESE FUNDS TO DO A REALLY AWESOME PROJECT, BUT AS YOU'RE SAYING, VEGETATION GROWS BACK, AND WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO RETREAT FOR THOSE FUEL BREAKS TO BE EFFECTIVE IN THE LONG TERM.
>> THANK YOU SUPERVISOR HARMAN. THIS IS A NO VOTE ITEM.
>> LAST COMMENT. FIRST OF ALL, THAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
FOR THE HERBICIDES, BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM ARE RESISTANT FOR A LOT OF REASONS, WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT THAT CAN INHIBIT AND ALLOW FOR A LOT MORE REGROWTH.
MY QUESTION IS, YOU JUST TOUCHED ON SOMETHING THAT I HADN'T HEARD, THE IGO ONO, THE DITCH.
WHEN'S THAT GOING TO START? WHAT'S THE MAGNITUDE? HOW'S THAT BEING FUNDED?
>> I'M NOT WORKING ON THAT PROJECT. I'M SORRY.
I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF IT, BUT WORK SHOULD BE STARTING ON IT THIS FALL, I BELIEVE, AND WE'VE ALREADY BEEN OUT DOING SURVEYS FOR IT.
THAT'S TO DEAL WITH A LOT OF THOSE FUELS FROM AFTER THE CAR FIRE AND THE ZOG FIRE.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MORE INFORMATION, BUT I CAN GET YOU THAT INFO.
>> YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST HURDLES FOR EVERY PROJECT WE WORK ON IS GETTING CONSENT TO DO WORK ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES.
THEN WITH HERBICIDE, NORMALLY ONLY HALF THE PEOPLE AGREE TO THAT.
>> THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET TO THEM.
>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. OUR ONLY PUBLIC SPEAKER IS KIM MOORE.
>> THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU, SUPERVISOR PLUMMER FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
MOVING ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEMS,
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R4, R5, R6 AND R7. DO WE HAVE?>> WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR, AND WE HAVE FIVE FOR R4, ONE FOR R5, FIVE FOR R6.
I THINK WE'LL JUST TAKE THESE ONE AT A TIME IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT.
FOR R4, WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.
KIM MOORE, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE, FOLLOWED BY DAN, THEN DOLORES LUCERO.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> I'M MADE AWARE THAT ONE OF THESE ITEMS HAS A REVIEW OF COUNTY COUNCIL ON IT.
IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO R6, WE'RE ON R4 RIGHT NOW. ARE YOU SIGNED UP FOR R4?
>> CAN YOU REMIND ME WHAT THE ISSUE IS? I'VE BEEN BUSY TEXTING ROBIN MAYER.
I'M OUT OF MY MIND WITH ANGER RIGHT NOW AND HAVING A HARD TIME FOCUSING AND CONCENTRATING BECAUSE OF THAT REALLY SUCKY DECISION YOU GUYS MADE.
>> R4 IS ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION AND THEN ANDERSON/MILLVILLE RESIDENTS.
FOLLOWED BY DAN, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO.
>> I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT HAVING THIS TOGETHER.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS GOING TO BE ON.
I JUST HAPPENED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF ARTICLES ABOUT THE WINDMILLS BECAUSE ABOUT 30 YEARS AGO WHEN THEY PUT THE ALDEMO WINDMILLS, I MET SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT LIVED IN THAT AREA, AND THEY NOTED THAT WITHIN THREE YEARS, IT STARTED TO BREAK DOWN.
AFTER THAT, THE PLANTS STARTED DYING, THE ANIMALS STARTED DYING, AND THERE STARTED TO BE HEALTH ISSUES.
THERE'S A WONDERFUL DOCUMENT OUT OF CANADA WHERE PEOPLE LIVED RIGHT NEXT TO THE WINDMILLS AND ALL THE HEALTH PROBLEMS. I JUST WANTED TO QUOTE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS IS THE BPA TOXIC.
WELL, THIS ARTICLE SAYS A TOXIC TIME BOMB.
IT STATES THAT THE EXPOSURE TO ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS HAS BEEN LINKED TO 80 DISEASES.
THIS INCLUDES TESTICULAR CANCER, OBESITY, AND REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS.
THE BPA RELEASED POTENTIALLY 17 MILLION GALLONS DRINKING WATER IN ONE TURBINE LIFE.
THE ONE KILOGRAM OF BPA IS ENOUGH TO POLLUTE 10 BILLION LITERS OF WATER.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES.
THE CHINA MINING THAT WENT ON.
THE PEOPLE STARTED GETTING SICK.
THEY STARTED LOSING THEIR TEETH, AND THEY GOT CANCER AND THEN EVENTUALLY DIED.
NOW THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS OKAYED ALL OF THE MINING, WE REALLY HAVE TO LOOK INTO ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE GOING INTO IT, WHAT THE LONG TERM AND NOT EVEN LONG TERM EFFECTS ARE.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES.
I KNOW STEPHANIE SAID WE WEREN'T READY TO DO THAT, BUT IT SHOWS HOW THE BREAKDOWN COMES IN JUST A MATTER OF YEARS AND ALSO HOW THE ELECTRICAL COMPANIES ARE CONNECTED WHEN WE CAN'T BURY THE TURBINES BECAUSE THEY'RE SO TOXIC.
THEY'RE LAYING ON TOP AND LEACHING INTO OUR GROUNDWATER.
MATT, I THINK YOU TOOK YOUR FAMILY TO THE CAVERNS.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE OR BERNIE FALLS.
WE WON'T LIVE ANOTHER GENERATION OR TWO IF WE ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.
ALSO IF WE HAVE A FIRE, THE HELICOPTERS CAN'T GO OVER THAT WITH THE TURBINES GOING.
THERE'S TOXIC MATERIAL PUT IN JUST TO GET IT STARTED.
THEY DON'T JUST START ON THEIR OWN.
I COULD HAVE A BETTER PRESENTATION IF I KNEW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING, BUT I HOPE THAT YOU REALLY PUT A GOOD PRESENTATION WHEN YOU PRESENT THIS TO, THE STATE OR HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW.
>> DAN, FOLLOWED BY DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIO.
>> THE BOARD I WANT TO THANK YOU, CONGRATULATE YOU FOR FIGHTING THE WINDMILLS.
THEY'RE NOT GOOD FOR SHASTA COUNTY.
THOSE LARGE WINDMILLS ARE NOT GOOD ANYWHERE.
THE RARES THAT MAKE UP THE MOTORS ARE ALL MINED OUT OF CHINA, SO IT DOESN'T MAKE US ENERGY INDEPENDENT.
NONE OF THEM PAY FOR THEMSELVES.
THE ONLY REASON ANYBODY DOES THEM IS FOR THE GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES.
WE NEED TO STOP SUPPORTING THE WIND ENERGY.
THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING THE STATE ON THAT.
IT TAKES COURAGE TO STAND UP AGAINST CALIFORNIA, AND YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT ALSO WITH OUR ELECTIONS.
I HOPE YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO FIGHT OUR ELECTIONS IN SACRAMENTO,
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TELLING US WHAT TO DO WHEN AS A CHARTER COUNTY, WE CAN MAKE OUR OWN DECISIONS ON HOW WE DO ELECTIONS AND THAT WE CAN HAVE ELECTION INTEGRITY.>> THIS IS NOT ABOUT ELECTIONS.
>> THIS ABOUT FIGHTING IN CALIFORNIA.
>> AS IT RELATES TO THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION?
>> YES. YOU GUYS ARE FIGHTING CALIFORNIA, AND I'M ENCOURAGING YOU IN DOING THAT.
>> BE BRAVE. DON'T BE TOO PROUD. BE BRAVE.
>> DOLORES LUCERO, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIO.
>> YOU'RE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION.
I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN'T EVEN ASK YOU GUYS.
YOU THREE, BUT THE OTHER TWO PLUMBER AND MR. ALLEN.
I HOPE THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT MR. CHRIS CASTROM HE WILL ACCUSE HIMSELF REGARDING THE ANDERSON MILLVILLE RESIDENT VERSUS SHASTA COUNTY PATRICK JONES.
BECAUSE HE'S BEEN BEST FRIENDS WITH PATRICK JONES SINCE HE WAS 7-YEARS-OLD.
IT WOULD BE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR HIM TO BE ENGAGED BECAUSE HE DID HELP RAISE MONEY IN THE AUCTIONS AND EVERYTHING FOR PATRICK JONES TO RAISE MONEY FOR HIS SHOOTING RANGE.
I HOPE THAT YOU DO THE RIGHT THING.
I HOPE THAT YOU RELEASE THE VOTE BECAUSE THEN WE'LL KNOW IF HE WAS INVOLVED TO VOTING WITH FORD PATRICK OR AGAINST HIM.
WE STILL THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW, REGARDLESS IF YOU GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.
WHEN YOU VOTED IN THE PAST FOR THIS SHOOTING RANGE, YOU VIOLATED THE LAW.
YOU ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WHEN YOU VOTED FOR THESE ITEM. YOU DID, CHRIS.
YOU COULD SIT THERE AND NOT SAY NOTHING, BUT YOU KNOW IT.
YOU KNOW IT, AND THE PEOPLE KNOW IT.
IT'S PRETTY SAD THAT YOU HAVE JUST WENT OVER THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR YOU TO BREAK THE LAW.
I HOPE THAT YOU TWO ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ENFORCE THE LAW AGAINST YOUR OWN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT GO BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
PATRICK JONES HAS COST THE COUNTY, A LOT OF MONEY FOR HAVING THE PLANNING COMMISSION INVOLVED, THE COUNTY INVOLVED, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR, PATRICK JONES.
HIS PRIORITY WAS NUMBER 1 HIMSELF FOR HIS SHOOTING RANGE.
THAT'S ALL HE EVER BRAGGED ABOUT, EVEN WHEN HE WAS ON THE COUNCIL.
I DATED THE GUY FOR THREE LOUSY AND A HALF YEARS.
BUT I KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S ALL HE TALKED ABOUT THE SHOOTING RANGE.
THE COUNTY IT'S THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY THAT YOU'VE BEEN SPENDING TO DEFEND PATRICK AND TO VOTE AGAINST THE PEOPLE TO BRING A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AGENDA ITEM.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU THINK YOU'RE ABOVE THE LAW.
>> ANTONIO, AND THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER FOR ITEM R4.
>> THANK YOU FOR FIGHTING AGAINST THE WINDMILLS AND PROTECTING SHASTA SOVEREIGNTY.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROTECT THE SOVEREIGNTY BY SUPPORTING ELECTION REFORM, ESPECIALLY THE CHARTER AMENDMENT PETITION.
>> WE HAVE TO. WE CAN'T, THIS IS ABOUT TWO ITEMS, COUNTY OF SHASTA VERSUS THE CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE ANDERSON MILLVILLE RESIDENTS OF SHASTA AND PATRICK JONES, REAL PARTIES AND INTEREST. THOSE TWO ITEMS.
>> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE WINDMILLS.
>> TO CONTINUE AND CONTINUE TO DO THE CHARTER AMENDMENT AND PETITION.
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.
>> WELL, I'M LETTING YOU KNOW. THANK YOU.
>> FOR ITEM R5, DAVID HALLIGAN.
>> THANK YOU. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT FOR THE TITLE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY DIRECTOR.
THERE'S NOTHING ON THE ATTACHMENT.
THERE'S NO NAME, THERE'S NO VOTE.
MY ASSUMPTION IS IT'S CHRISTY COLEMAN.
BUT LET'S LOOK AT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE DIRECTOR.
THIS IS A SENIOR MANAGEMENT POSITION RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERALL PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, PROGRAM PLANNING,
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FISCAL MANAGEMENT, CONTRACTS, AND ADMISSION OF THE HHSA.THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT, AND ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTION OF ALL DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS. THIS DIRECTOR POSITION SERVES AS THE HEAD OF THE COUNTY'S LARGEST DEPARTMENT MANAGING A BUDGET OF OVER $300 MILLION AND A STAFF OF APPROXIMATELY 1,000.
POSTING THE DIRECTOR'S POSITION PUBLICLY, EVEN WITH A PREFERRED INTERNAL CANDIDATE LIKE CHRISTY COLEMAN, IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
IT OFFERS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES, TALENT POOL.
YOU GAIN ACCESS TO MULTIPLE CANDIDATES, INCREASING THE LIKELIHOOD OF FINDING SOMEONE WITH THE IDEAL SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE, POTENTIALLY WITHOUT NEEDING TO COMPROMISE ON EXPERIENCE AND/OR CREDENTIALS.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE. BRINGING IN FRESH PERSPECTIVE AND SKILLS, EXTERNAL CANDIDATES CAN INTRODUCE NEW INSIGHTS, APPROACHES, AND SPECIALIZED SKILLS THAT MAY ENHANCE SHASTA COUNTY'S EXPERTISE AND DRIVE INNOVATION.
I BELIEVE ALL OF YOU UP THERE KNOW WHAT YOU GET WITH MS. COLEMAN.
SHE'S THE SAFE CHOICE FOR SOME OF YOU UP THERE.
TO ME, A VERY SHORT-SIDED PERSPECTIVE, BUT I GET IT.
HIRING AN EXTERNAL CANDIDATE REQUIRES A LEAP OF FAITH BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT KIND OF LEADER AN OUTSIDE APPLICANT HIRED FOR THE DIRECTOR POSITION WILL PERFORM.
HOWEVER, THE BOTTOM LINE, THE DIRECTOR'S POSITION IS TOO IMPORTANT TO ONLY LOOK WITHIN THE CURRENT DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU PROMOTE WITHIN HERE TODAY OR TOMORROW, YOU MAY NEVER GROW THE DEPARTMENT AND EXPAND ITS CAPABILITIES.
HIRING EXTERNALLY CAN BE A WAY TO ADD TO THE COUNTY'S WORKFORCE AND SET THE DEPARTMENT UP FOR BIG WINS, BIG SUCCESSES.
POSTING OUTSIDE AND RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FROM A LARGER TALENT POOL, WHICH MAY INCLUDE CANDIDATES FROM THIS CITY, THIS COUNTY, THIS STATE, AND THIS COUNTRY.
POSTING THE POSITION OVERWHELMINGLY INCREASES THE ODDS THAT YOU MAY FIND THE PERFECT CANDIDATE FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN SHASTA COUNTY.
IT MAY VERY WELL BE CHRISTY COLEMAN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
I END WITH A PHRASE THAT MR. CRYE LIKES TO USE, ATTRIBUTED TO HENRY FORD, "IF YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS DONE, YOU'LL ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS GOT." SUPERVISORS, OPEN YOUR EYES AND MINDS AND LOOK OUTSIDE.
IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR THIS COUNTY.
>> CHAIR, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER FOR ITEM R5.
MOVING ON TO R6, WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.
FIRST STEP, LORI BRIDGEFORD, FOLLOWED BY KIM MOORE, DAN, LESLIE, AND ANTONIO.
IF I CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE GET IN QUEUE.
>> ON R6, PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR COUNSEL JOE LARMOUR.
I WOULD LIKE THE CONSIDERATION DURING CLOSED SESSION BE ABOUT HOW IT COULD HAVE SOME PROBLEMATIC ISSUES AS JOE LARMOUR HAD WORKED WITH MR. ALLEN'S WIFE, MARGARET LONG.
NOT SAYING IT'S A HUGE CONFLICT, BUT IT MIGHT BE A FACTOR, AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST.
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW THIS IS HOW LONG OF A REVIEW.
IS THIS A ONE-YEAR REVIEW? OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT PREVIOUSLY, PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED IN THE THING OF SHASTA 5 THAT HAD A HUGE INFLUENCE FROM COUNTY COUNCIL JOE LARMOUR, ESPECIALLY SO ON THE TWO NEWER BOARD MEMBERS OF CORKEY HARMON AND MATT PLUMMER.
IT CAN BE AN INTIMIDATION, TO SOME EXTENT, WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A SKILL SET, LIKE AN ATTORNEY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE THAT SAME SKILL SET, YOU TRUST AND HOPE THAT YOU'RE GETTING ACCURATE, CLEAR INFORMATION.
THAT'S AN ISSUE. WE HAD THE TITLE AND SUMMARY ISSUE, THE LEAD V. TALLER CONCERN.
THIS IS COSTING OUR COUNTY A LOT OF FUNDS AND MONEY, AND TIME.
WE'VE HAD ABOUT FOUR COUNTY COUNSELS LEAVE, QUIT, RETIRE, MOVE, RUN AWAY, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO COMPLETELY FACTOR INTO THE CLOSED SESSION, BUT THE ELECTION COMMISSION, AGAIN, THAT HAD A LOT OF MESSY ISSUES, WHETHER THEY WERE REDLINING INFORMATION OR DRAGGING IT OUT OR NOT MAKING IT CLEAR.
THE ELECTION COMMISSION PEOPLE, MOST OF THEM HAD A GOOD INTENTION TO TRY TO GET THINGS DONE, AND THEY VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME, AND THEN, OF COURSE, THEY HAD THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS THAT DID NOTHING BUT TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT.
WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF MY PEPPERMINT.
IT MIGHT SMELL LIKE PEPPERMINT SCHNAPPS, BUT I AM USING ESSENTIAL OILS.
ONE DAY, I SPILLED IT IN MY PURSE.
IF IT SMELLED LIKE PEPPERMINT, IT'S BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I USE FOR MY HEALTH. THANK YOU.
>> KIM MOORE, FOLLOWED BY DAN, LESLIE, AND ANTONIO.
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MY BIG PROBLEM, WHAT I WANT ADDRESSED IN YOUR MEETING ON THIS EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE REVIEW IS WE GOT DRUG.
DRUG INTO COURT AND EMBARRASSED, SLAPPED DOWN.
MAYBE CITIZENS DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT MR. LARMOUR ASKED YOU GUYS TO APPROVE THE SUING OF FIVE CITIZENS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO PUT A MEASURE ON THE BALLOT WHEN WE'RE A CHARTER COUNTY, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT SOME OF YOU PUSHED AND SUPPORTED.
Y'ALL APPROVED TO TAKE FIVE CITIZENS TO COURT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO SECURE OUR ELECTIONS.
IF YOU COULD UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF FAITH THAT I DON'T HAVE IN ANY OF THE DECISIONS.
I THINK YOU GUYS ARE CORRUPT AS HELL.
IF YOU WEREN'T, HE WOULDN'T BE OUR COUNSEL, AND YOU WOULDN'T BE ON THE BOARD.
>> DAN, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, THEN ANTONIO.
>> [BACKGROUND] NO, I'LL GIVE MYSELF A HEART ATTACK.
THESE PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTING AND CORRUPT.
>> BOY, YOU STARTED MY TIME EARLY.
THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE FAIRNESS.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. I KEEP COMING UP HERE TALKING TO YOU GUYS ABOUT YOUR PRIDE GETTING IN THE WAY, AND THAT YOU HAVEN'T APOLOGIZED TO THE SHASTA 5.
I KNOW YOU ALL HANG YOUR HEAD AND YOU SAY, GEE, DAN, YOU'RE MAKING US FEEL BAD.
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO FEEL BAD.
THAT MAN OVER THERE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE EVALUATING ON R6 LED YOU DOWN A ROAD OF STUPID.
HE TOLD YOU IT WAS A SLAM DUNK DEAL, YOU GUYS ALL BELIEVED HIM, AND YOU FOLLOWED HIM.
YOU GUYS SHOULD DO WHAT YOUR CITIZENS ARE ASKING YOU TO DO.
IT'S BECAUSE I'M PISSED, AND IT IS PERSONAL.
IT'S BECAUSE YOU GUYS CHOSE TO SUE THOSE FIVE FRIENDS OF MINE PERSONALLY AND HOLD THEM RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING HIS FEES IF THEY WANT, BECAUSE IT WAS A SLAM DUNK CASE.
THE JUDGE HEARD A FEW MINUTES OF IT AND SLAMMED HIM BACK SAYING, ABSOLUTELY, YOU'VE GOT TO DO YOUR JOB, MR. LARMOUR.
YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE US A TITLE AND A SUMMARY.
IN THE REVIEW, EVALUATE WHAT HE'S DONE.
HAVE YOU GUYS READ THE COURT WORK THAT HE'S TURNED IN? I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
HE CUT AND PASTE AND JUST RIDICULOUS.
IF YOU'RE EVALUATING HIS WORK, YOU'VE GOT TO CONSIDER THAT.
YOU'VE GOT TO CONSIDER WHO YOU'RE TAKING ADVICE FROM.
HE'S KEPT YOU AWAY FROM THE ELECTION COMMISSION.
EVERYBODY GETS UP IN ARMS ABOUT THAT.
YOU GUYS HAVE GOT TO MAKE YOUR DECISION WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ON THAT.
BUT HE'S GIVEN YOU BAD ADVICE, AND YOU KEEP LISTENING TO IT, AND YOU'RE PAYING HIM GOOD MONEY TO GIVE YOU BAD ADVICE.
I HOPE YOU'LL MAN UP, APOLOGIZE TO THE SHASTA 5.
THEY DESERVE THAT. THEY WERE PERSONALLY ATTACKED FOR DOING WHAT WAS THEIR RIGHT.
>> THEY CAN'T EVEN LOOK YOU IN THE EYE.
>> I'M GOING TO GET YOU GUYS A LOT OF POINTS. [APPLAUSE]
>> LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY ANTONIO.
>> HI. I'M AWARE THAT WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY IS PROBABLY GOING TO MAKE ME UNPOPULAR WITH MY OWN SIDE OF THE ROOM.
THAT BEING SAID, THIS IS MY OPINION, AS LESLIE, A CONSTITUENT OF SHASTA COUNTY AND DISTRICT 4, A CONSTITUENT THAT JOE LARMOUR REPRESENTS, NOT MOUNTAIN TOP MEDIA.
LET ME MAKE MYSELF CLEAR BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP HAVE DIVIDED THE BASE AND THE VIEWERSHIP OF THE COMPANY THAT I DO REPRESENT, WHICH HAS PUT ME IN AN EXTREMELY DIFFICULT POSITION MULTIPLE TIMES, NOT BEING ABLE TO VOICE AN OPINION.
HOWEVER, ON THIS, I THINK THAT WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE COUNTY COUNCILS FLEE LIKE RATS OFF A SINKING SHIP AS THINGS HAVE CAME OUT BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE THEY WERE, I AGREE WITH THAT PHRASE, CORRUPT AS HELL, BUT NOT IN THIS SITUATION.
THOSE PREVIOUS COUNTY COUNCILS FLED FOR GOOD REASON, AND THEY SHOULD HAVE FLED BECAUSE THERE'S STUFF THAT IS STILL GOING TO COME OUT THAT MAKES THEM LOOK BAD.
JOE HAS WORKED VERY HARD FOR THE PEOPLE OF SHASTA COUNTY.
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THERE WAS ONE SITUATION THAT PUT HIM AT ODDS WITH SOME PEOPLE, HOWEVER, AND AGAIN, MY PERSONAL OPINION, WHICH I AM ENTITLED TO, HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE STANCE OF MOUNTAIN TOP.THOSE CASES AND HIM ASKING FOR COMPENSATION MAY REPRESENT THE OPINIONS OF OTHER PEOPLE BECAUSE SOME OF THOSE CASES MAY HAVE BEEN FRIVOLOUS AND HAVE COST THE COUNTY A LOT OF MONEY.
HIM ASKING FOR COMPENSATION ON COST IF THOSE PEOPLE LOST MIGHT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTY.
I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY.
HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT HE IS INHERENTLY EVIL, AND THE OUTCOME OF THAT CASE WAS THEY GOT EVERYTHING THEY WANTED, AND YOU GUYS AGREED TO PAY THEIR COSTS IN RETURN.
I THINK THAT THE DIVISION ON OUR SIDE NEEDS TO STOP OVER ALL OF THIS, BECAUSE IN THE LONG TERM, WE HAVE GOTTEN EVERYTHING WE HAVE ASKED FOR.
JOE HAS REPRESENTED THE COUNTY AND YOU GUYS TO A POINT WHERE SO MANY OTHERS HAVEN'T IN THE PAST; HE UNDERSTANDS HE WORKS FOR AND REPRESENTS YOU AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COUNTY, AND SOMETIMES LOOKING AT THE LAW AND THE BOTTOM LINE DOESN'T LOOK FAVORABLY FOR EVERYBODY ON ALL SIDES.
YOU CANNOT MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY ALL THE TIME, BUT HE WORKS FOR YOU.
ULTIMATELY, YOU ARE THE ONES MAKING THOSE VOTES IN THOSE DECISIONS.
I UNDERSTAND, PERSONALLY, NOT MOUNTAIN TOP.
THAT WAS PROBABLY A VERY UNPOPULAR OPINION.
>> YOU'RE OKAY, LESLIE. THEY STILL LOVE YOU.
>> JOSEPH LARMER HAS MISLED THE BOARD ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS.
WE WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTY.
WHEN IT COMES TO ELECTION REFORM, JOSEPH LARMER PERSONALLY SUED SHASTA COUNTY CITIZENS WHO WERE EXPRESSING THEIR RIGHTS AS CITIZENS TO CIRCULATE A PETITION.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND JOSEPH LARMER IS NOT AN AUTHORITY IN ELECTION LAW.
HE BOASTED THAT THIS WOULD BE AN OPEN AND SHUT CASE.
HOWEVER, HE LOST THIS CASE AND RIGHTFULLY SO.
HE SUED THE CITIZENS BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO DO HIS STATUTORY DUTY AND WRITE THE TITLE SUMMARY FOR THE ELECTION BALLOT MEASURE.
THIS WAS WRONG. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISTAKES HERE.
YOU SHOULD NOT AWARD HIM AN INCREASE IN PAY AT THE TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DAMAGE DONE HERE, AND YOU BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, ARE RESPONSIBLE TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR US CITIZENS. THANK YOU.
>> CHAIR, THAT'S OUR LAST SPEAKER, AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR R7.
>> WE HAVE ESTIMATED AN HOUR FOR CLOSED SESSION.
[CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENT]
IN THE EVENT IT GOES SHORTER, I'M GOING TO SAY WE WILL NOT BE BACK BEFORE 11:30.THAT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY, SO JUST FOR TIMING-WISE, I'M GOING TO SAY WE WON'T BE BACK BEFORE, WE'LL SAY 11:35, WHICH IS 30 MINUTES FROM NOW, BUT IT COULD GO LONGER.
WITH THAT, WE WILL BE AT RECESS.
RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION,
[REPORT OF CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS]
COUNSEL LARMOUR, IS THERE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION?>> MR. CHAIRMAN, ON R4, COUNTY OF SHASTA ET AL.
V. CALIFORNIA ENERGY COMMISSION WAS HEARD.
THE ANDERSON/MILLVILLE RESIDENTS V. COUNTY OF SHASTA ET AL.
PATRICK JONES' REAL PARTY AND INTEREST WAS HEARD.
REPORTABLE ACTION IS THE BOARD VOTED IN A 4-1 WITH A LONG DISSENTING VOTE, TO WAIVE THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE AND RELEASE THE BILLS PAID BY THE REAL PARTY IN INTEREST TO THE PAYOR.
>> I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK STATEMENT JUST ON THAT, JUST SO THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS.
ANYTHING THAT AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPARENCY AND GETTING INFORMATION OUT, I THINK, IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THAT DESCRIPTION, I THINK, ON THE AGENDA CAN BE PROBABLY A LITTLE CONFUSING OR A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS, BUT MY SOLE VOTE WAS REALLY JUST ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPARENCY AND GETTING STUFF OUT.
>> R5, R6, AND R7 WERE HEARD IN CLOSED SESSION AND NO REPORTABLE ACTION.
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NOTHING FURTHER, MR CHAIR.>> THANK YOU. MS. BLANKENSHIP?
>> FELLOW SUPERVISORS, ALL GOOD?
>> WITH THAT, WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.