Aug 25, 2026 Air Pollution Control Board Regular Meeting

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CALLING TO ORDER THE MEETING HERE. GOOD MORNING.

[CALL TO ORDER]

IT IS TUESDAY, AUGUST 25TH, AND THE TIME IS 8:30.

EXACTLY. ARE YOU HAPPY? WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS PRESENT WITH MEMBER MUNNS PRESENT.

WITH. ABSENT COUNTY COUNCIL LARMOUR AND FROM CLERK OF THE BOARD STAFF IN THE CLERK OF THE BOARD STEFANY BLANKENSHIP AND MARCY WINSTED, ALSO IN THE FOYER ASSISTING THOSE REGISTERING TO SPEAK IN PERSON IS MIRANDA ANGEL.

MS. BLANKENSHIP, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS PULLED FROM CONSENT OR ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT?

[PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - OPEN TIME]

FIRST UP ANTONIA, FOLLOWED BY CAROL REEVES, THEN CHAD PETERSON.

ANTONIA. NOT SEEING ANTONIA. CAROL. THEN CHAD PETERSON.

COME ON UP. GOOD MORNING CHAD. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M SPEAKING TODAY AS A CITIZEN, NOT AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE DISTRICT.

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, SECTION 40750 STATES.

STATES. EACH DISTRICT BOARD SHALL APPOINT AN AIR POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICER FOR THE DISTRICT.

THAT APPOINTMENT AUTHORITY BELONGS TO THIS BOARD THIS DISTRICT'S APCO. THAT PUTS ONE PERSON IN TWO DISTINCT ROLES AS APCO HE CARRIES OUT THE DISTRICT'S DUTIES UNDER YOUR DIRECTION AS DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT HE WORKS WITH THE COUNTY ORGANIZATION AND REPORTS TO THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT UNDER THE CURRENT COST SHARING AGREEMENT.

THE DISTRICT PAYS 20% OF THE DIRECTOR'S SALARY AND THE COUNTY PAYS THE OTHER 80%.

YOU ARE NOW ASKING THE SAME INDIVIDUAL TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COUNTY OVER THE NEW MOU.

THAT WILL DEFINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE DISTRICT. I ASK THAT THIS BOARD ANSWER AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.

DO YOU WANT AN INDEPENDENT DIRECT DISTRICT DIRECTED BY THIS BOARD THAT CONTRACTS WITH THE COUNTY FOR SERVICES? OR DO YOU WANT THE DISTRICT TO OPERATE AS A COUNTY DEPARTMENT? IF THE ANSWER IS AN INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, I HAVE THREE REQUESTS.

FIRST, GIVE YOUR APCO A CLEAR WRITTEN DIRECTION ON WHAT AUTHORITY THE DISTRICT KEEPS AND WHAT IS DELEGATED, BEFORE ASKING HIM TO NEGOTIATE THAT BOUNDARY WITH HIS OTHER BOSS.

SECOND, MODIFY THE MOU TO STATE THAT THE DIRECTOR OF RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVES AS APCO SUBJECT TO APPOINTMENT BY THIS BOARD, THE COUNTY SELECTS ITS DEPARTMENT HEAD. THE BOARD APPOINTS ITS APCO.

THIRD, I ASK THAT ANY NEW MOU COME TO THIS BOARD AS AN AGENDA ITEM IN OPEN SESSION, NOT CONSENT BEFORE IT IS EXECUTED.

THESE CHANGES WOULD NOT CHANGE WHO DOES THE WORK.

THEY WOULD SIMPLY MAKE CLEAR WHERE THE AUTHORITY COMES FROM AND WHO IS ACCOUNTABLE TO THIS BOARD.

THANK YOU. AND CHAIR, THAT WAS OUR ONLY SPEAKER.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY. SO WE WILL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY? SO IS THIS A. THIS IS ITEM C1 CORRECT? CONSENT? YES. SO WE NEED TO PULL IT FROM CONSENT CALENDAR IN ORDER TO DISCUSS.

CORRECT? YES. IF THERE'S ANY IF THERE'S ANY DESIRE TO PULL THIS CONSENT CALENDAR.

OTHERWISE WE CAN JUST LOOK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

OKAY. SO DID YOU WANT TO PULL IT AND DISCUSS IT OR DO YOU WANT TO APPROVE IT? I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PULL IT.

OKAY. SO WE NEED TO TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT SEPARATELY. OKAY.

BUT WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CONSENT AS WELL.

SO IT'S ALL WRAPPED UP INTO ONE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD. THAT'S WHY I ASKED IF ANYBODY HAD PULLED ANYTHING FROM CONSENT. SO IF WE HAD PULLED, WE HAVE TO GIVE THE PUBLIC A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO REGISTER FOR THIS ITEM SO WE CAN JUST PAUSE FOR A FEW MINUTES.

AND, MR. CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU YOU'RE CLEAR THAT C1 IS NOT RELATED TO WHAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTER JUST COMMENTED ABOUT.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

I'M SORRY, MY BAD. AND I DON'T WANT TO PULL IT.

I'LL MAKE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT.

MOTION. SO WE'LL GO TO A VOTE? DO I? DO I HEAR APPROVAL? A MOTION. AYE SO NOW SAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. YOU JUST CALL FOR A VOTE.

ALL THOSE IN OPPOSING? HEARING NONE PASSES WITH A 4-0.

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[R1 Conduct a public hearing and adopt a resolution which: (1) Repeals and supersedes APCB Resolution No. 2026-05; (2) increases the AB 2766 Motor Vehicle Fee (“Fee”) from $4.25 to $5.00 per fee paying registered vehicle effective April 1, 2027; (3) requests the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect and distribute Fees; (4) establishes that the revenues from the fees collected will be incorporated into the normal budget process and be used solely to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles and for related planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies necessary for the implementation of the California Clean Air Act of 1988, or for the attainment or maintenance of state or federal ambient air quality standards or the reduction of toxic air contaminant emissions from motor vehicles; and (5) adopts program delineating activities.]

INCREASES THE AB 2766 MOTOR VEHICLE FEE FROM 4.25 TO 4 TO $5 PER FEE PAYING REGISTERED VEHICLE. VEHICLE EFFECTIVE APRIL 1ST, 2027 AND 3.

REQUESTS THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO COLLECT AND DISTRIBUTE, DISTRIBUTE FEES.

4. DISTRIBUTES THE REVENUES FROM THE FEES COLLECTED WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE NORMAL BUDGET PROCESS AND BE USED SOLELY TO REDUCE AIR POLLUTION FROM MOTOR VEHICLES AND FOR RELATED PLANNING, MONITORING, ENFORCEMENT AND TECHNICAL STUDIES NECESSARY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT OF 1988, OR FOR THE ATTAINMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF STATE OR FEDERAL AMBIENT AIR QUALITY STANDARDS, OR THE REDUCTION OF TOXIC AIR CONTAMINANT EMISSIONS FROM MOTOR VEHICLES.

AND 5. ADOPTS PROGRAM DELINEATING ACTIVITIES.

SO WE HAVE STAFF PRESENT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR HARMON, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'M ROB STAHL AIR QUALITY DISTRICT MANAGER.

WE'RE HERE TODAY TO REVISIT THE AB 2766 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE.

SINCE WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS ISSUE TO THE BOARD ON JUNE 8TH.

I WON'T GO INTO THE FULL HISTORY OR BACKGROUND OF THE PROGRAM.

AT THE JUNE 8TH MEETING, THE BOARD APPROVED TO INCREASE THE FEE FROM $3 TO $4.25.

WE THEN SUBMITTED THAT CHANGE TO THE DMV. THE DMV NOTIFIED US THAT THEY FOLLOW CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE THAT DEALS WITH WHOLE DOLLARS, AND ANY CHANGE EITHER GETS ROUNDED UP OR ROUNDED, ROUNDED DOWN, DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT.

SO THE $4.25 WOULD BE ROUNDED DOWN TO $4. AND ALSO, THE DMV REQUESTED THAT THE DISTRICT UPDATE OUR DOCUMENTS TO REFLECT A WHOLE DOLLAR AMOUNT.

FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE BACK HERE BEFORE THE BOARD TODAY TO REQUEST THE INCREASE IN THE AB 2766 MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION FEE TO $5. INCREASING THE FEE TO $5 WOULD ALLOW THE DISTRICT TO UTILIZE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE CARL MOYER PROGRAM THROUGH MATCH FUNDING.

THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN USING THESE FUNDS TO HELP REPLACE OLDER EQUIPMENT WITH NEWER, LOWER EMISSION EQUIPMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SHASTA COUNTY.

THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING COULD ALSO HELP SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SUCH AS ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS.

THIS COULD BE ESPECIALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY, THE CITIES, THE COUNTY ITSELF AND OTHER LOCAL AGENCIES.

AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO MANDATE FLEETS MOVE TOWARDS ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN APPROACHED BY RABA TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THEIR BUS CHARGING STATIONS, BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT A DEADLINE COMING UP FOR TO REPLACE ALL THEIR BUSSES TO ELECTRIC.

WITH THAT, WE'RE ASKING THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE INCREASE TO $5.

SO THE. SO THE DISTRICT CAN CONTINUE TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND EMISSION REDUCTION OPPORTUNITIES TO SHASTA COUNTY.

THANK YOU. AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

SUPERVISOR LONG.

OPEN IT. CLOSE IT. YEAH, WE CAN. CAN YOU CAN YOU HOLD ON? WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP. IT'S OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING.

CHAIR, BEFORE I SAY IF THERE'S ANY REQUEST TO SPEAK, I DO WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT ANY CORRESPONDENCE RELATED TO THIS MATTER IS ON FILE WITH THE CLERK OF THE BOARD. IT'S AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION UPON REQUEST.

AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE NO REQUEST TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CLOSE IT AND WE'LL DO WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE IT. CLOSING. CLOSING THIS AND THEN OPEN UP FOR BOARD DISCUSSION.

NOBODY. NOBODY LIKES TO HEAR. SORRY LONG. YOU CAN GO FIRST.

GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ROB, SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE MAX THAT CAN BE CHARGED FOR THROUGH DMV FOR THESE FEES WOULD BE $4.

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SO WE'RE A LITTLE UNDER BUDGET, WHICH COULD AFFECT MEMBER AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE ISSUE.

SO THE INCREASE OF THE $2 IS POSSIBLE FOR THE CARL MOYER PROGRAM ONLY.

RIGHT? YEAH. THE FIRST WE CAN CHARGE UP TO $6 PER MOTOR VEHICLE.

THE FIRST $4 CAN GO TOWARDS THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CLEAN AIR CALIFORNIA CLEAN AIR ACT, WHICH WOULD AFFECT OUR BUDGET.

AND THE FINAL $2 WOULD BE SOLELY FOR MOTOR VEHICLE REDUCTION PROJECTS SUCH AS THE CARL MOYER.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE EVEN. I DON'T THINK LAWN AND GARDEN COULD FIT IN, BUT MORE THE CARL MOYER AND INFRASTRUCTURE. RIGHT. AND SO I THINK I WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THE ADDITIONAL $2.

SO ONE GOING UP TO $5 THAT ENTERS CARL MOYER TERRITORY, AND THE $4 IS THE MAX THAT WE CAN CHARGE FOR OUR OPERATING BUDGETS AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. SO THOSE ISSUES WILL BE A SEPARATE ISSUE BECAUSE WE'RE A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF LAG TIME BEFORE WE START COLLECTING THOSE FEES.

AND SO THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT SOME OF OUR MEMBER AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND THAT.

BUT THAT'S A TOTALLY SEPARATE ISSUE. SO I THINK THE ISSUE HERE BEFORE THE BOARD IS WHETHER WE WANT TO VENTURE INTO CARL MOYER TERRITORY FOR THE PROJECTS YOU DESCRIBED, WHICH IS UPDATING OLDER EQUIPMENT, EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT, EV CHARGING STATIONS, AND SOME OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO DID I GET THAT RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. THINKING ABOUT IT, I THINK LAWN AND GARDEN WOULD FIT IN TO THE AB 2766.

OKAY. OKAY. AND WE DO. AND WE HAVE DONE A FEW PROJECTS OF THAT ALREADY WITH A DIFFERENT GRANT, BUT WE COULD USE SOME OF THE FUNDING FOR THAT ALSO.

AND SOME OF THESE CARL MOYER PROJECTS ARE TOWARD IMPROVING OVERALL AIR QUALITY IN OUR REGION.

CORRECT. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

AND AS YOU RECALL, LAST TIME I WAS IN FAVOR OF GOING TO THE EXTRA $2 BECAUSE I WANT CLEANER AIR.

BUT THE BOARD CHOSE AND TO, TO INCREMENTALLY INCREASE BEYOND THAT $4, WHICH IS OUR STATUTORY, THAT'S OUR MAXIMUM THAT WE COULD ALLOW FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES FOR THE, FOR THE UNIT.

CORRECT. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. YES. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENT.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. WE'RE GOING TO.

PARDON? HOW MANY VOTES? THREE. YES. THREE. THREE.

THREE FOR A SIX PERSON BOARD. THREE IT'S A FIVE-PERSON BOARD. AND SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE IS THREE OF FIVE.

YEAH.

ALL IN FAVOR? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A. DID I UNDERSTAND IT PROPERLY THAT YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ROUND IT TO THE TO THE NEAREST DOLLAR.

SO IF WE INCREASE IT TO 4.51 THEY HAVE TO MAKE IT $5.

NO. WE EITHER HAVE TO ROUND IT UP OR DOWN TO A DOLLAR INCREMENT.

YOU NEED TO ROUND IT UP OR THEY'RE? YES. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE ROUNDED DOWN TO THE MAXIMUM OF $4.

AND THEN WE ARE ENTERTAINING THE EXTRA DOLLAR FOR CARL MOYER.

WELL, IT'S SET AT 4.25 RIGHT NOW. SO WE'RE EITHER GOING TO ROUND IT UP OR WE'RE GOING TO ROUND IT DOWN, WHICH WE'RE ROUNDING DOWN TO THE 4. BECAUSE WE WERE, WE WERE.

$4 IS THE MAXIMUM WE CAN ALLOCATE TOWARD THEIR BUDGET PURPOSES.

AND SO ANYTHING INTO THAT, THAT DISCRETIONARY $2, WHICH IS CARL MOYER TERRITORY.

WE OPTED TO GO TO A QUARTER CENT OR $0.25, AND SO WE WOULD BE ROUNDING THAT UP TO $5 UNDER THIS MOTION. AND THEN THE $4 WOULD STILL BE THE MAXIMUM.

SO WE'RE NOT ROUNDING DOWN TO $4. WE'RE ROUNDING UP TO $5, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

THAT EXTRA DOLLAR GOES FROM $0.25 TO A DOLLAR.

RIGHT. HOWEVER, THE STATE BASICALLY RUNS IT DOWN TO 4.

SO WE DIDN'T GET INTO CARL MOYER TERRITORY. SO BYPASSING IT AT 4.25, THEY ROUNDED DOWN TO 4.

YOU DON'T GET YOUR CARL MOYER. SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS TO ROUND NOW TO CHANGE IT TO 5.

SO THEY ACTUALLY GET THAT FULL DOLLAR. AND THE REASON WE WERE WE DID IT AT 4.25 WAS BECAUSE THAT MET THE ACTUAL MATCH DOLLARS THAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT THEY NEEDED.

CORRECT

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SO YES, AWARE OF THAT. HOWEVER, WHAT IF WE HAD SAID 4.51 THEY WOULD HAVE ROUNDED UP TO 5 AND WE WOULDN'T BE VOTING AGAIN BECAUSE APPARENTLY BY STATUTE IT ROLLS UP OR DOWN. WE'RE HERE BECAUSE IT ROLLED IT DOWN TO 4, WHICH MEANS YOU DON'T GET CARL MOYER.

AND IF THEY WANT THAT MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ROUND UP TO 5.

OR WE COULD PASS IT AT 4.51. AND THEY WOULD JUST AUTOMATICALLY DO IT.

ROUNDED UP TO 5. YEAH. NO 4. OKAY. I'M NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. SO GO AHEAD. SO TO BE CLEAR YOUR MOTION YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION.

I MADE THE MOTION. YOU'RE. SORRY.

TO GO WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THAT GOES TO 5.

YES. AND.

SO DO I? SO WE'LL GO TO A VOTE. DO I HEAR A VOTE FOR YES? ARE YOU CALLING FOR THE VOTE? [LAUGHTER]. I'M CALLING FOR A VOTE YES. I VOTE YES.

I VOTE YES. I VOTE NO. I VOTE YES. PASSES.

SO PASSES THREE. 3-1. MEETING IS ADJOURNED. NO, I.

CAN I? CAN WE REQUEST THAT THE. THAT THIS ITEM COME BACK THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT MADE ABOUT THE DISTRICTS AND HOW WE'RE DOING THAT? ABOUT THAT APPOINTMENT? I'D LIKE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO BRING AN ITEM BACK AT A FUTURE DATE.

YEAH. TO. YES, YOU CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO BRING BACK THE ITEM THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTER BROUGHT FOR MORE, AT LEAST MORE INFORMATION OR CLARITY. SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND HEAR ABOUT THAT.

I'LL SECOND THAT. GO. OKAY. HEARING, HEARING A MOTION BY TENESSA AND A SECOND BY KELSTROM.

DO I HEAR A. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. SO 4-1. 4-0. SORRY. NOW OKAY. I VOTED. OKAY. THAT'S WHY I SAID 4. [LAUGHTER].

OKAY. SO I THINK WE'RE DONE. WE CAN ADJOURN THE MEETING.

THANK YOU. WE'RE ADJOURNING THE MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.