Good morning, welcome to the April 16th 2019 Board of Supervisors meeting I'm gonna call the meeting to order and ask the clerk to call the roll Good morning supervisor Leopold Friend here cap it here Nick person here and chair community here And I'll make note that supervisor Leopold had a family obligation today, so he won't be joining us Now we're gonna have a moment of silence and the pledge of allegiance Please stand So now mr. Palacios are there any late additions or additions or deletions to our consent or regular agenda There are none. Okay. Thank you Now I'm gonna ask members of the board if they would have if they have any items They would like removed from the consent agenda and put on the regular agenda supervisor cap it No, I have nothing to remove. I will just have one question and We're on consent right now. Well, we're right now We're just at the question about whether you want to take something off the consent agenda soon will be your chance to comment Supervisor friend nothing. All right seeing none We're now going to move into The public comment This is an opportunity for members of the public to speak to us about items that are on the consent agenda on the regular agenda if you cannot stay and on items that and the Cloth session agenda also on items that are not on our agenda today, but are within the purview of the board of supervisors You'll have three minutes. I ask people who are interested in speaking to please stand up and form a line and Please sir go ahead. Hey, hello. My name is Michael Duffy of a 2613 Monterey Avenue and Been having a problem recently the landlord Decided to start turning the place into a mobile home park So there was one mobile home park there. There was one mobile home and And the guy moved off and as he moved off somebody else is taking over the mobile home And then another mobile home moved in and parked in my field And then and then the the one that the guy who was staying there took off and went to Hawaii But then another mobile home moved in And so so he's taken over he parked right in my field right where I walk when I go to the quick stop And so so I've got that area block Have all kinds of problems with it, you know, I had had the house Broken into have had all kinds of stuff disappearing And if I go to the store or whatever like that and I come back all of a sudden I come back There's there's stuff disappeared there's stuff from the studio disappeared. There's stuff that was in front of the studio I was working on that was disappeared. There's stuff in front of the house that's disappeared Yeah, I don't know what to do. I mean it could play Invisible man came by in my house and stole my stuff or is it more likely that it was the landlord thinking that He owns everything that's on the property. So he just go ahead and come and take the stuff and because it's a you know Whatever reason I don't know what the what his reasoning was all I know is that I had stuff He showed up The stuff doesn't exist anymore and when you talk and plus before that there was a fire into my studio That was being watched over by the other guy fire in the studio a lot of artwork is gone so fires everything else I mean as You can see it get kind of convoluted, you know, I'm know you guys used to be bitching and moaning about other stuff, but But I mean this is gotta get this point is kind of an important I don't know what to do. I mean how many do I call the cops? Do y'all call the sheriffs? I mean hey, I Know you guys Officially can't give any answers. I Don't want to seem like a smart-ass about that But but that's the reality. I mean, but I would appreciate maybe if you could look it up I gave you average twenty six thirteen Monterey Avenue. So Cal California nine five ohs It's it Okay, thank you The mind isn't slowly eradicating but it is trying to get a grasp on reality Okay, well, thanks a lot for your listening me then thank you sir get back to me The address system. All right. Thank you. Good day. Thank you, too Next speaker, please Morning Tony crane representing a neighborhood in Aptos With their objection to the illegal implementation of a mental health crisis facility in our neighborhood So I'm Week by week kind of filling you guys in although you've seen all this information before as to the false pretenses that were created to Keep the neighborhood from having their legal right to due process so on August 7 on August 21st 2017 after the program had been placed in our neighborhood we had a meeting with Members of the county mental health Board of supervisors and encompassed community services We were told three distinct lies at that meeting that the Grant did not mandate that it be an eight-bed facility We were told that licensing was not required and we were told that they had a two-year extension to meet the terms of the grant None of those were true So here's an email That we got through public information Uh, which kind of states exactly how they were manipulating the truth This is from Pam Rogers Wyman who at the time was director of adult services Two members of encompass Following a meeting I'm following up on questions left after the meeting yesterday first the question of the timeline for licensure Again, we were told no licensing was required We have a hard date with chaffer regarding the date for licensure Of the end of december 2017 My discussion with eric riera today. I advised him that we do not have enough time to get licensed He said he had a very difficult time getting chaffer to agree to that delay So we don't have any wiggle room We will need to proceed with the licensing process ASAP We can advise chaffer after we are underway that we are working through the process But will not be completed by december 17th Here's the interesting part I know we are losing the ability to move into the neighborhood and not alert the neighbors To the program by moving forward with the licensing process, but we don't have a choice That's a very specific lie That was told to us you guys have had this information for a year and a half now And you've chosen not to do anything about this you have chosen to close your eyes to this so it's Complicit at this point that that you guys just aren't listening to what was going on here and that this was Illegally implemented in our neighborhood and we were lied to So This this needs to go away your process your Procedures are based on lies for putting implementing this program. Thank you next speaker The steam members of the board. Thank you for your service. My name is shalak Kavanis and I love santa Cruz I currently have the privilege of serving as chairperson to the mental health council. Um, sorry Santa Cruz county mental health advisory board. I'm appointed by john leopold and our board supervisor is Greg kaput who doesn't ever miss a meeting. I'm also joined by Erica maranda Bartlett third district kate alvoham fifth district We've currently completed the data notebook for 2018 with the help of eric riera the santa Cruz county director of behavioral health The data notebook copies are available in the front and I have copies here Um Is a structured format for reviewing information and reporting on specific mental health services In each county unlike previous years that focused on specific county components or demographics this year They requested a brief general survey about the mental health needs in the county to guide our future advocacy I believe our survey reiterates the comprehensive health and safety goals in the county of santa Cruz strategic plan For 2018 and 2024 as it regards to behavioral health Which states Supports residents and lessons community impact through increased access to integrated mental health substance use disorder and health care services Our evaluation starts on part page nine Needs we see on page 12 which are support ongoing staff To um, sorry support ongoing training to staff both county and community Acquisitions of facilities to develop residential programs including for youth and continued enhancement of it capacity We also highlighted the success of other programs like the integrated housing support funded by initiative In innovation works The community support and community services support prevention and early intervention And innovation all funded by mh sa The mental health advisory board is also excited for the opening of the south county facility the behavior or sorry south county behavioral health facility Finally, I'd like to take this opportunity to bring your attention to some of the presentations of our future agendas in april We have a presentation from the focus intervention team fit both from santa Cruz county behavioral health and sheriff's office And in may we have cassandra, and i'm not going to do good with this last name. I'm very sorry It's silmy Who is the south county? Santa Cruz county south county chief of behavioral health services and community engagement And she'll present the suicide prevention task force strategic plan And I have copies of our future agenda and the notebook if I can turn them in Thank you. Is that good awesome. Can I come over awesome? Thank you guys very much any questions? No, but thank you all for your work. Thank you. I want to thank you also Thank you very much Okay Good morning. My name is becky steinbrunner. I'm a resident of rural aptos And I want to begin today by saying what I think is going really well here in changes. I see I really like the new elevator posting signs That give people in the elevator the direction that i've seen many people um Forget from the main Entry as you come in where different things are within the county building And that just in this past week has been posted within the elevator So people can really figure out where they need to go which floor they need to get off on or Find their way around. So thank you. I think that's a great improvement. I also Want to thank you for Removing many of the county-owned vehicles from the two-hour parking lot spaces out in the parking lot On days when the supervisors are meeting that makes a big change A positive one for those of us who have to drive in and find a place to park And I really want to thank you for that What I would like to ask is that the parking lot be resurfaced and restriped Because there are two sets of parking delineation lines and it makes it confusing And so sometimes parking is not very efficient because people Kind of get mixed up which lines to use so I know that you've recently approved a lot of money to Reservice and stripe The new sheriff's center on shanticleer and I asked that you do the same for the public parking here at the county building Um, I would like to speak to something on the consent agenda another piece of good news is that uh in Supervisor Caput's area representing Um For the county water advisory commissioners is mr. Brian lockwood from the pahero valley water management agency I'm really happy to see him get appointed to that commission. So thank you I would also like to speak to item number 43 the very significant rise in expenditure for high risk pest inspection In our county and fortunately my call to mr. Doggo yesterday was cut off because they didn't have enough money to continue it at the pay phone But I want to thank him for his good work in keeping pest High-risk pest areas In our county free for the agricultural. I want to just quickly State that In following up with mr. Crane's Comment here your board will be considering in the prh permanent room housing overlay next week some Conditions that could deny Certain applicants and I feel that the baby a hotel was a bit singled out in that And I want to let you know that the housing services center really did a disservice to that facility They put in people that destroyed the facility and to the point that it cannot be used and are not being responsible in its Repair so thank you. Becky take that under consideration next week. Thank you very much Board chairman supervisors I believe you're Continuing setting up a parallel government that has no response and no Relationship to self-government the appeals board has been totally abolished and you assume those positions We heard at one of the last meetings mr.  I don't know why you can't find a couple of Labor people to put the appeals board back in charge so we don't see your pockets getting fat And we also see the rosinberg's laws that you adopted by the political Union of politicians called the california league of cities that advocates it makes it easier to tax the people out here with Bonds also community tv has consistently cut out presentations at this podium In san bonito and other places and I was told by your clerk today That the community tv board isn't liking both myself and other people up here. I asked her who she says well them in general I don't appreciate carrying information For people trying to do free speech around here Most people do not know that john leah polled and zack friend threatened the granges here so much That they shut down two speakers. They threatened their health and their buildings We've had the house intelligence committee looking for a russian collusion for two years One of the men sitting on it. His name is eric swalwell. He belongs to a Yale secret society Just as the bushes did your communication with the red shinies and you're setting up a soviet like ambag It seems to be tied into there The head of the community tv on his bio says his closest friend is eric schmitt Who is renowned for censorship across the united states? We've had years of So-called collusion with diane feinstein's cabbie The so-called great intelligence Outfit whether it was john brennan who voted for gust hall and communist angela davis Was the first choice for obama. His second was leon panetta leon panetta can be found Praising huge a lazy in the in the congressional record We find that the venona papers the secret communications the espionage was in Was there we also find that leon panetta praised carl hessler who was a communist appointed To run their local newspapers the organizations The so-called power group that mr. Palacios and mr. Ferrisen are running I don't know how well how the ceo has time But their spokesman is a man by jr. Killigrew Calling for a separate breakaway nation called pacifica just like in reds of america which is a book down here john pepper alias bogane Acted for a separate republic in the south. Thank you very much Next speaker I was going to help but i'm going to help her speak first Oh, hi, i'm lin gallagher I'm coming here to help for some assistance with my it's a my ih s s hours and because I don't have any family support And because i'm just not getting enough hours I have a lot of power equipment that i'm training everybody on And they all come and they train After we recruit them, of course And then we train they they don't stay They just leave early because they get another job that pays better And so right now I did discuss it with my case worker and he did actually come and Evaluate my needs, but we all know that I need more than that and so To hire someone to Cover all this power equipment that I need to use every day. It's not really the same as when somebody has a simple Schedule like I used to have before I got worse And now That I um have so much work that's needed and so much training to do I can't keep any help and they keep on leaving me and so It's just been chaotic for me and stressful for the past couple years. It's not like this is new But it's getting worse because we just keep on trying and trying to recruit new people Training them and then um it takes a lot of love and work to get them to feel confident with that Dangerous equipment really it is and so That is what i'm coming here to help Um Find some assistance from my situation Is that my three minutes you have one more minute left if you want and so anyway Do I just didn't know if you wanted me to list the power equipment? I'm discussing or if you wanted me to submit the um hours that we have On a morning shift every day that we're just trying to keep up with the basics But even the basics isn't getting covered like for example showers and there's just no time there's so much and then um Everyone retraining new people it's constant So this is what I was just wondering if there was a program that might be available for me Thank you. I think the best thing to do would be uh to work through your case manager and see what uh see what see what's They identify as available Um, and then come back and let us know either through email or whatever's best. I've just done that So they just came okay, they just came and evaluated me and so we're it's just not enough Okay, it's called ihl Oh, and then there's other programs that I don't really know much about that I've been hearing that I need to investigate as well, but my case worker didn't know anything about them I'm gonna have to dig them up Thank you. So yeah, so we don't really have the capability right now to to figure out this out, but Thank you for raising the issue and then uh, the case worker can can see what programs are available Hi, my name is Tina tow. I'm a resident of boulder greek And um, I have a dog and there's no dog park in the north county In fact, there's only one dog park in all of san loranza valley and it's in scott's valley So sometimes I drive 25 minutes each way with my dog And to go to the dog park because I don't have a yard And so i'm just asking if there's any way and this is a topic that's been on your agenda for years apparently They're to try to find a way to make a dog park in the north san loranza valley And that's you can there's space available at highland park. There's property you can buy There's already a sort of existing dog park at the boulder creek rec facility, but you have to pay Um, so if there's any way you could make this possible because when I drive the 25 minutes each way to the scott's valley dog park I meet other boulder creek residents who also don't have a place to exercise their dogs And sometimes they go to The local elementary school, which is they're not supposed to but that's the only open space that they have for the dog Um So that's it Please consider the dog park in north county. Thanks. Thank you so much So that concludes Maryland gary a part of wireless radiation alert network Sorry, I missed your march meetings. I have a sprained ankle. I'm in a boot here But I can walk now Thank you. I'm gonna bring your attention. Thanks to Um Dr. Sharon goldberg and her testimony in minnesota Be um, I'm sorry michigan before the state legislature Opposing the 5g technology And she starts out. She's a medical doctor by saying wireless radiation has serious biological effects period And she links these effects That are in the peer reviewed literature and not debatable to The huge increases in diabetes heart problems mental health issues and I believe you received a dvd Of an event that was held here last fall Titled 5g Microwave onslaught what it means for us Her clip Of her talk is in there as well as promotional videos by verizon Showing how their 5g radiation Penetrates buildings goes into Your building whether you want it or not. I call this Toxic trespass And it needs to stop. This is like Taking over the public right of way like My supervisor's act friend promoted it in the aptos where we have 13 of these cell towers in the public right of way right in front of people's homes And my radiation detector that got nothing before Is now up to the top along there. This is involuntary mandatory toxic exposure And like to remind you that no child. No person has consented to this 24 7 biological harm trespass That violates our rights to health safety Privacy it needs to stop and i've also given you copies of the 5g appeal to stop 5g on earth And in space and i other groups have signed on to this many scientists because of the irreparable harm And i urge you to do that. This needs to stop We're being Irreparable harm. Thank you. Thank you. This will be our final speaker All right. Yes. Thank you. This is victoria selix ender and i want to be able to remind Members of the public Santa Cruz county residents in california residents what it is to be a good flag waving americans because we are good people We I truly believe that america is a really good country and i'm proud of that being a person of color um american born mexican I want to be able to share members of public i've been doing my rounds going into all All political systems throughout the california the great state of california and exercising my brown right act brown right rights And i want to be able to encourage members of public and and also the the madam of the clerk if they can do speaker cards Because I noticed that in this county this is the only county that allows the design talkers and the functionary bureaucrats that come in stockpile You know public comment and diminish our public time Having speaker cards Right and I go to all of them. They have speaker cards to identify for the records who's coming up here and talking Um, I think it's very important. I want to be able to share members of the public I I did public comment a lot of other places and it's really really amazing to be able to exercise those brown right at Right around brown right? rights A change in language is a change in reality And I want to be able to share members of the public. I was able to google Zach friends Information regarding a transparency california because I wanted to see how much uh Zach friend is making and I and I'm going to say this I was shocked. They're not making you guys are not making a lot of money And it agrees me um But I noticed that I guess your name. I apologize a Zach friend I didn't realize that your name is Zachariah and I apologize I thought it was Zach and so I misspelled it and carlos plasio if i'm saying your name incorrectly, I apologize Uh, you know, I believe that you know carlos plasio But I want to be able to say this it's very important And I want to be able to talk to the jewish political aristocracy in this county Just I can send a claire county because we're having a problem You know, and I want to be able to share members of the public my latest book that i'm reading why be jewish And I want to be able to talk to uh rabbi, uh shephard and rabbi marcus because I attend Torah study And I want to be able to talk to mz Political dissent is very important right being able to Enjoy the ethics of political self-expression is important coming in here and pushing up on the control system With moral force and gumbo diplomacy to demand regime change at some institutions that are not accountable to the american public The abolishment of self-government is is real, you know, when I come in here, I don't need to be vulgarized This is lawful activity from madam of the clerk to the security to zack friend. Dude.  That was three minutes Okay, thank you. All right Thank you. Uh, so that concludes public comment We'll now move on to action on the consent agenda items. These are items 13 through 46 They'll be taken in one motion and now I'll see if any members of the board want to want to speak to any of the items Supervisor McPherson Yeah, I wanted to comment on a couple that um on number 19 assembly bill 80 or 1783 by assembly member Robert revist. It's an important step in supporting affordable housing for our farm workers in in our region Um item number 20, um the homelessness system performance measures I want to thank the CAO and the staff who's been working with the city For months now to set up some shelter sites throughout the county I support to I support the shelter expansion Throughout the area to serve the homeless in our community. I want to thank especially the salvation army for stepping up And really helping us out in this regard this year But I do Continue to be concerned about the ross camp and the health and safety risks at that camp And I want to thank the health services agency of the county and their employees its employees who are reducing the harm there It's become somewhat of a serious situation And we need to to continue to address that and and hopefully we can come to a Good solution with the city On items number 25 and 6. I think it's uh from Supervisor Coonerty to To support the state's proposal for whole person care funding Statewide and public guardian and public conservative programs statewide. Uh, these are very very important Issues that we need to address and I hope that the state can can help us out in that regard for these most vulnerable populations And just to say I really welcome on item 31 the appointment of Jenny Gomez to the county's fish and wildlife commission I know she's going to be doing a great job. She's has great uh expertise in the gps systems And her work here at the county has served on the environmental committee of the sands of valley county water district She'll be a great asset to serving us in the county. Thank you Great sue us for cap it. Sure real quick. Thank you On item 20. It's good to see we have money appropriated for the Salvation army to continue the emergency shelter at the vfw the only one question I do have is that On the river street relocation It says here on april 17th money allocated from april 17th And we're not up and ready yet. So my question is The money that we would be spending If it's not if the relocation is not open, where does it go? Yes, Supervisor cap it. This is the second amendment to this contract with Salvation Army The first part of the amendment funds the bfw shelter on 7th avenue Through june 30th and that will that is proceeding that part of the contract is the river street Sheltering operations have not been opened by the city And we're not sure what What time frame they're gonna they're gonna be on for that shelter service So that money will just stay with the county then we just won't We just won't pay it out until they actually open it. So it'll stay in the county And our staff will be monitoring the contract when if it is opened at some point then that's when we will pay it out Thank you very much and then item 27. I want to welcome, uh, jenny saramey unto to the Women's commission for district 4 also antonio revas for the mental health advisory board He'll be a great addition for that Item 29 brian lockwood as the water advisory commission appointee He'll be a bit great asset also and dian moonyos For the first five commission for district 4. Thank you very much Thank you So just a few brief comments. The first is uh on item 20 echoing supervisor McPherson's comments I'm glad that we're moving this forward. We need expanded shelter options for those who are homeless in this community the bfw And hopefully at 12 20 river street The ross camp continues to be a public health and public safety disaster I'm hoping the city will follow What was agreed to back in february to close that camp and open up the A camp at 12 20 that would be managed And safer for both those in the camp as well as those as well as the community adjacent community and the neighbors So I look forward to continuing to work with the city On this issue And hope that they will decide to move forward On 12 20 And then close the ross camp finally On items number 26 number 41. I want to appreciate the health services agency for expanding Public guardians in our community. We're seeing Dramatic and increased demand For these services and we need to be able to respond to make sure that people are able to Stay safe And by hopefully getting some state dollars and pulling down some federal dollars and hiring these additional positions I'm hoping we can increase the services we provide for people who are very much in need of a public guardian Services So with that I will look for a motion Second motion by McPherson second by friend all those in favor. Please say aye Aye Opposed that passes four to zero We're now moving on to item number seven, which is a really always enough fun and exciting Time of year where we get to recognize Members of the community who participated in the volunteer initiative program and the sheriff's volunteer program And i'm going to ask carlos plasios to make some introductory remarks Yes Thank you chair coonerty members of the board the volunteer initiative program is a partnership between the volunteer center of santa cruz and the county Matching interested community members with volunteer opportunities throughout county government The county is extremely fortunate to have such a dedicated group of volunteers supporting our efforts We are happy to welcome volunteer executive director karen delaney and sheriff jim hart Both of whom will be making brief remarks and presenting certificates of appreciation Also with us today are donna padders the vip program coordinator margaret ingram the parks volunteer parks department volunteer Coordinator and amy jerome the animal services volunteer coordinator Now i'd like to turn over the presentation to karen and sheriff hart to make their remarks Thank you carlos Chair coonerty and members of the board. We are delighted. This is our second week of volunteer national volunteer week celebration More than ever i think it is really important for the community to take time and uh in the current time where we see so much erosion and contention of our civil space Where it's really easy by a push of a button to say things that are critical to Find the things that we want to call out and free speech is an important american right Um, it's equally important maybe even more important to talk about the great american tradition Of expressing your love for democracy expressing your love for the community by actually going out and using your time and talents To fix things today. I have a quote on my office for the wall for the last 35 years from an frank How wonderful it is that no one need wait a single moment to make the world better So today we get to take this precious public space and talk about what is working talk about how people are making this community better um And the interesting thing about the response to our current times is People who volunteer are stepping up even more They're not taking more time to talk about things. They're taking more time to do things We know this because every two years there's a study of volunteerism and for the 35th year in a row The amount of time that volunteers donate has gone up. We see this locally too So we're gonna hear some really great stories of local heroes here and they deserve our thanks We know they're stepping up what i'd like to say on behalf of the family of the volunteer center is For the rest of us are we really doing our part because That civil space that ability to step forward and fix a problem today is probably the strongest thing in a community and Our when at a time when it's so easy to express our words Are those of us in leadership really doing everything we can to make sure That the people who are quietly working today to make things better are getting an equal shake Not one week out of the year or one day out of the year Are we telling their stories in our newspapers? Are we telling their stories on our websites in our blogs? Are we making sure that we seek them out every time? You guys are great writers. You guys are out in the community the department heads Are we seeking them out every day and making them feel welcome and saying we see the work you're doing because Invitations are important telling stories is how we do recruitment And I think this is something without question. We all value We are all grateful But kind of like your mom or other things that are so fundamental to our lives Perhaps we need we could do a little bit more to make these Quiet backbone heroes of our county of our community feel welcome and thanked every day and everywhere we go Tell people that just like they have a constitutional right to come here and say what's on their mind about their community They also have an invitation to step up and help us solve the problems and do the real work So um with that I think sheriff heart Not here yet With that perhaps we can start with um the volunteer recognition So Karen just uh and before we do that If someone's watching at home or they're sitting in the audience and they're thinking wow, I'd like to volunteer more How could they do what's the best way for them to do that? The best way for them to do that is to go to our website scvolunteernow.org Or call any one of our offices. We have About 350 volunteer opportunities including here at this at the county of santa cruz. You can search them online You can call any one of our centers or any one of our program offices We we're like the amazon for people who want to do good. We aggregate The volunteer needs of about 350 local non-profits faith-based organizations government organizations and schools and 15 000 volunteers in our community last year through the volunteer center that That's higher even then During the earthquake people are stepping up because they love this community and solutions are everywhere When we take the time to look for them and recognize them. Thank you. Thank you. So yeah Why don't we start recognizing some of the remarkable people in our audience today? This is not oh, I'd like to speak that number Well, this isn't a time for public comment. So right now we're going to be recognizing volunteers Yeah, oh i'm shorter Good morning. My name is donna patters And I am the volunteer initiative program coordinator here at the county First let me say I love my job I get to help people who want to help people and it's it's fantastic. So karen. Thank you for giving me my job It's an honor to be a part of this amazing group of people That we will be recognizing today and as a volunteer initiative program coordinator I work one-on-one with many of these volunteers placing them in opportunities Within the county where their talents will benefit our community Before we start our official program I would like to take a moment to mention a few of the volunteers honored, but who unfortunately We're not able to be with us today Kerry boss animal services Carl silverberg and Sadie spalding county parks Jordan rich probation Patricia medina sheriff's office Thank you for your volunteer service to our community The volunteers that we were honored today Will be provide they are they provide new ideas in different ways of working and thinking to make our community safer Healthier happier and stronger As you recognize our award recipients this morning I will read the name of the honoree who will then come forward and join me at the podium After which a member of the board will give us a brief overview of the honoree's volunteer service Our first honoree is gary watson supervisor friend will be reading the remarks Thank you. Donna Gary's been involved with the county emergency operation center or eoc He's worked on creating new database for security badge id program and learning the new badge machine and creating templates for the eoc badges In the year that gary's been volunteering with the eoc. He has logged over 600 volunteer hours Gary's participated in three major training exercises that tested our interoperable communication capabilities and resulted in addressing gaps and vulnerabilities to improve EOC operations his willingness to seek out and learn new skills both in online training offering and In-person offerings is a testament to his commitment to work. Please join me in congratulating gary watson I think parking may be a little issue out there. It's a little challenging Um Well, hopefully our next honoree is here our next honoree is kathy Cummings supervisor community will read the remarks Sure kathy has been volunteering for eight months with the medical therapy unit in public health and has given 225 hours of her time Catherine uh Kathy contributed enormously to the mtu program in many ways going beyond the basic duties She has served our program both before and after her formal ucse internship giving her substantial time In quality work the special projects kathy is an intelligent well-rounded and creative person With strong analytical skills, and we thank her for her volunteer service. So thank you Our next honoree is michelle hoffman supervisor cap it will read the remarks Michelle has been a part of the animal services family for almost six years Giving over 1 000 hours of her time Uh, she is the dedicated volunteer who works primarily with our watsonville shelter Location and is a medical foster parent Michelle has greatly impacted the success of several Of our shelter dogs by providing a foster home for dogs with medical needs Michelle is also a mentor with our dog tlc Program for new volunteers Her support of the shelter And that's specifically the watsonville location has been tremendous. Thank you Our next honoree is sandra herrera supervisor mcpherson will read the remarks. Thank you sandra has been volunteering with the probation department for the past 10 months She has been instrumental in assisting this department in preparation of their tri annual california law enforcement telecommunication systems audit Sandra is well-rounded and balanced and a balanced volunteer who is committed to her work with the probation department I want to thank sandra for her duties. I hope not everybody's having problems parking So if they do come later, though, we would like to have them step up and be recognized as well Thank you. Um, our next honoree is lane maloney supervisor friend will read the remarks Lane is an incredible dedicated volunteer who has been with the shelter for almost eight years and has filled a variety of roles while volunteering for over 7 000 hours Which if you were to factor that out, that's about three and a half years of full-time Volunteer work is pretty remarkable She trains and mentors new volunteers to work with the rabbits and also assists all of the shelter departments She helps stay on top of the laundry which can be a huge undertaking most days when caring for a shelter full of animals She assists with showering cats and rabbits to prospective Adopters is a trainer for new volunteers and cat and rabbit programs and helps with chicken adoptions from the barn and assists with many off-site community Events congratulations lane She's probably probably volunteering though Our next honoree is paul lockwood supervisor community will read the remarks Sure paul's been volunteering with animal services for five years. He's a cat whisperer In the truest sense paul is a trainer for new cat volunteers guiding them through the nuances of shelter cat the shelter cat program He comes to the shelter several times a week to interact with cats Show cats to potential adopters answer questions and provide education information However, his best skills are interacting with the shelter shy or fearful cats He's spent many hours playing coaxing and connecting the kittens and cats that are afraid and just don't like people too much i.e. all cats He magically turns them into purring affectional love bugs Thank you paul Our next honoree is chris marsh Supervisor McPherson will read the remarks Thank you Chris is a versatile volunteer who jumped in with both feet when he started the shelter at the shelter in 2017 chris exercises some of our bigger rowdier dogs and helps dogs who are fearful of men learn that they might not be so scary after all chris can often be found passing out peanut butter treats while he helps staff Tuck the dogs in for the night In addition to working with the dogs He also helps out with some maintenance projects on the shelter grounds Including spreading mulch and wood chips around the barn area and was instrumental in getting the grounds ready for the shelter's 10th year anniversary in 2018. Thank you very much chris. Appreciate it Would lane maloney, please come up to the podium and gary watson. We read your remarks, but we'd like to recognize you I know that you're here now We're gonna let sheriff heart come up and make a few comments now and uh Honor the sheriff's volunteers and hopefully that will give us a little more time for folks to come Good morning board jim heart sheriff coroner. It's a pleasure to be here this morning And I am really proud of our volunteer program and the work that that our volunteers do for our office They they do everything from citizen patrol to manning our substations. We have people volunteering in our missing persons Section as well as our corner section and throughout the office and and they provide a lot of great resources That we would otherwise Not half and so it's a great program. We we were able to to bring on claudia Padilla from To be the program coordinator for our volunteer program and she's done a wonderful job getting our numbers I think we have well over 120 volunteers in the sheriff's office now And so it's it's a it's been a great partnership We started this in about 1996 And we've kept it going now for the last 23 years and it's a very valuable program to the to the office as well as to the county So thank you very much Our next honoree is robin gabriel supervisor friend. We'll read the remarks Robin is a relatively new volunteer But has made her presence known since she started with the animal shelter and she is a tier two Dog walker meaning she spends time with the shelters dogs that have not been fully evaluated and are not yet Adoptable robin comes in for a regular shift but also helps cover for others when needed And she's on the barn team and comes in to clean and feed our barn residents She assists with promotional spots for the shelter at kpig radio On the repet of the week segment robin is an excellent public speaker and a true advocate of the shelter and all of its programs Congratulations robin our next honoree Is leslie andrews supervisor community will read the remarks great It's leslie here there she is So leslie is a long time animal shelter volunteer She's logged over seven years in the volunteer time invested over 1700 volunteer hours in this program leslie is a liaison with the re with rabbit haven rescue one of the shelters placement partners coordinating transport of rabbits to show for potential adoption as well as transport To other placement partners. She also assists the staff and the rabbit team with foster placement of rabbits In addition leslie leads the rabbit and cat photography team She helps set up their glamour shots showcasing these animals visually which helps aid them in the adoption process Hi, and thank you leslie So this next one is I just want to say before we start that this these young men are amazing And i'm i'm very honored to have the opportunity to say that our next honoree Is a representative his name is william rosenberg and he's representing tau kappa epsilon fraternity from ucsc Supervisor cap it will read the remarks The fraternity came to the county parks department looking for a project to complete for a community service project The fraternity has now adopted scott creek These young men came out to scott creek beach on an average of two weekends a month To shovel and wheel wheel barrel sand out of the beach Across the area the people of all abilities can enjoy the viewing platform They also spend time cleaning trash off the beach removing invasive ice plant And performing graffiti abatement on the posts and curbs along the highway It is so admirable that a group of college students are willing to commit to such a physically hard and challenging project On a continuing basis. That's a lot of work and uh, we all appreciate it. Thank you very much Thank you. Yeah, exactly Our next honoree is tim low. It's actually it's a team. It's tim low and bruce maddox And they're a volunteer team from the sheriff's office supervisor friend will read the remarks Tim and bruce regularly work together and serve as sheriff's civilian volunteer Drivers They've also been valuable participants and volunteers in the child safety program Volunteering twice a week. They're positive representatives of the sheriff's office in the community and work well with both Parents and kids. Thank you both for all of your contributions Our next honoree is Where are we? Brittany moots. I'm sorry if I didn't pronounce that correctly supervisor community will read the remarks Sure, Brittany volunteers in the forensic services department for the sheriff's office in just over a year Brittany is given 227 hours of her time She's very organized reliable and kind and sometimes hectic environment. Brittany remains cheerful and passionate about volunteering She's an excellent volunteer and a valuable resource for the forensic lab Please join me in thanking britney Our next honoree is jerry rapaport supervisor cap it will read the remarks Jerry has been a part of the volunteer team At the apta service center as a civilian patrol driver For the sheriff's office for 15 years And has given over 5 000 hours of his time In addition to his volunteer duties He has developed training materials and route maps for new volunteer drivers He is always helpful and willing to train new volunteers And is a great addition to the santa cruz county sheriff's office Thank you very much Before we move on to our final honoree understand that some of the animal services volunteers have made it here Come on up for a photo shoot shot michelle and and paul Thank you all very much Our final honoree is danielle operisio Supervisor McPherson will read the remarks Danielle is a volunteer at the coroner's office in the sheriff's office Or the coroner's division of the sheriff's office, excuse me In the seven months she has been volunteering she has given 159 hours of her time She's a great help to the department and it's an extremely fast learner In addition to regular autopsy tasks danielle has assisted with specimen and evidence rotation and destruction This is an extremely detailed task that danielle has tackled with a smile on her face She is committed to serving the sheriff's office and her work is much appreciated. Thank you This concludes the formal presentation of awards We would now like to invite you all to join us for a reception in the hallway where we would be serving light refreshments if the awardy award ease Would please gather just to the right of the doors over here We'd like to do some more photos because you're very you know photogenic Thank you very much again. This has been a wonderful experience and I look forward to the next year So thank you. So on uh, mr. Arnold. This is uh, this is a presentation So there's no public comment because there's no board action. So I'm gonna ask you not to Sure, so mr. Arnold. Mr. Mr. Arnold. We've already spoken. Uh, you already had your chance to speak to those items This is a public presentation. There's no Oral communications and consent agenda With that decision or if you go into the county council, please mr. Arnold. It's my decision and I'm gonna give you This is your first warning to sit down. Thank you very much So I want to thank all the volunteers ask that you step outside enjoy the refreshments I could see the ucsc students have already headed towards them. Uh, and um And thank you so much for your service and to the team that organizes this We're gonna keep going because we're on a little bit of a type schedule But uh, please know that how much you're appreciated and we're how grateful we are for your service to our county and our community So now we're going to move on to item number eight This is a public hearing to consider a resolution and ordinance amending county code chapters 13 10 13 20 the local coastal program implementing ordinances to create the seascape beach estates SBE Combining zone district with a zone plan administration Adding 152 parcels to the district minor variations to the PUD Use permit for 119 dash u and seek what notice of exemption and take related actions as outlined in the memorandum Of the planning director Okay, um, okay, um, thank you Uh chair coonerty supervisors The purpose of today's public hearing is to consider proposed amendments to county code to create the seascape beach A seascape beach estates combining zone district This proposed zone district would introduce site standards specific to the seascape beach estates neighborhood This is a project with a lot of history I will provide a brief overview of that background and will then present the proposed site standards with reasoning for each standard A lot of public comments have been received Your packet does contain public comments received since your last public hearing on this project was which was in march of 2017 Okay So the seascape beach estates combining zone district geographic area consists of 152 parcels along the aptos coast These parcels were originally mapped as four separate tracks called units in the aptos seascape estate subdivision between 1968 and 1972 As demonstrated on this map All of the lots in this neighborhood are zoned for single family development Uh, the neighborhood is unique in its location and topography as you can see from this photo The natural bluff was graded into terraces that step up from the beach with lots configured such that each property has a Sightline to the ocean portions of the neighborhood were later designated as part of a visual resource area In the county's general plan and local coastal program Uh development and resource visual resource areas must preserve public vistas Okay, the neighborhood was built out soon after being subdivided according to the county's development standards at the time As well as the conditions covenants and restrictions or ccnr's Recorded by the developer for each of the subdivisions units Adherence to the ccnr's during build out has created a unique design character With defining features that can be seen throughout the neighborhood Including a distinct uniformity and structure height and rear yard limits of development Homes that are close together and noticeably low profiles of most homes when viewed from the street However, this existing development pattern is not reflected in the single family zone site standards in the county code this difference between the ccnr's and The county code has resulted in many existing homes in the neighborhood being considered non-conforming structures And has also led to inconsistency in terms of what standards are assessed When reviewing proposed development projects in this neighborhood over time So the purpose of the seascape beach estates combining zone district is to codify The characteristics of the existing built environment Propose the exist preserve the existing neighborhood character Protect public views from the beach and provide clarity regarding development in this neighborhood going forward This photo provides an example of the unique character of the neighborhood is seen on via gaviata The homes on the beach side are clearly single story compared to the taller homes on the inland side of that street There we go Okay, the combining zone district standards would be applied to the 152 parcels as an overlay to the single family residential development standards special site standards For the combining zone district would include structure height Setbacks floor area ratio or far and lot coverage All other use and development standards in the r16 and rb zone districts would continue to apply to these lots So here's a timeline of the the most recent work on this project There have been multiple attempts to codify unique site standards for this neighborhood over time Most recently in march 2017 staff presented your board with one proposal from Unit one another proposal from units 2 4 and 14 also known as the seascape beach estates community coalition As well as a compromise staff proposal for site standards The board accepted staff's proposal and concept and directed staff to move forward With drafting and ordinance with lowering them, but lowering the maximum height limits on certain properties Following that board meeting staff conducted a survey of existing building heights in the neighborhood And then on may 22nd 2018 staff held a community meeting to convey those results and gather feedback On the draft standards staff has continued to communicate with the seascape residents over time and has Refined the draft standards in attempt in an attempt to best meet the objectives of the zone district So in february the planning commission reviewed the draft standards and recommended approval With additional direction to staff to clarify non-conforming regulations as well as measurement of structure height on upslope lots And measurement of rear yard setbacks and providing clarity on the measurement of side yard setbacks for non-recto linear lots so In response to planning commission direction staff has spent substantial time Looking at a variety of options Today we are presenting recommendations for measurement of structure height and rear yard setback But note that there are a variety of options that are also presented in the staff report that the board may wish to consider Throughout the ordinance, but especially in the case of structure height measurement There are benefits and drawbacks to every alternative and staff has attempted to balance these with the interests and priorities of all parties involved For instance, some measurement strategies may be simpler to administer but may result in creating new non-conformities So this is just a table for reference the proposed site standards before you Incorporate many of the standards in the ccnr's and reflect board direction planning commission direction and property owner input This table presents the proposed site standards on the right Compared to the existing site standards in the r16 and rb zone districts Okay, so now i'll discuss each of the standards maximum structure heights proposed in the sbe combining zone district Are 16 18 and 28 feet depending on the location of each lot within the neighborhood These are the same structure heights that were recommended by the board in 2017 Maximum structure heights of 16 or 18 feet are proposed for lots along the neighborhood's lower terraces in units 1 and 4 The ccnr's for both of these units already limits structure height to 16 feet on most lots As a result most existing homes on these lots were designed as 16 foot height single story homes as viewed from the street There was public comment and discussion at the planning commission hearing Expressing concern that the 18 foot height limit is not appropriate on via malbu and via campania because it does not match The 16 foot height limit in the ccnr's As well as existing conditions Okay, so in terms of measuring structure height the ordinance proposes that structure height in the district be measured from street elevation Rather than from ground level of the structure itself, which is the usual county measurement This alternative measurement methodology, which was in the proposal that was presented to the board in 2017 Is a reliable way to preserve continuous uniform roof heights That parallel the coastal terraces stepping up from the beach, which is an important aspect of the visual character of the neighborhood Also this height methodology is already included in the current unit 1 ccnr's Um, unfortunately the measurement methodology does have a con which is structures on properties with ground that slopes up from the curb May now be counted as non conforming Under the proposed measurement methodology, even though they would be conforming under the standard county code measurement In seascape beach estates most properties have at least a small front yard upslope From the curb to the building pad just to account for drainage Um, the height survey results further highlight the issue with measuring structure height from top of curb Survey staff measured height from the top of curb to the top of structures on each lot And the results indicate that this measurement methodology would cause approximately half of the neighborhood's existing homes To be non conforming structures in terms of height As indicated in this table, it's initially surprising that so many homes would be non conforming With the new height limits in the neighborhood where ccnr is already constrained building height to 16 feet on most lots However, the height survey results show that most lots that would be newly non conforming would only be non conforming by one or two feet So it's likely that most of these uh structures would conform to the maximum height limits When measured from the building pad level I'm happy to discuss that further So given this issue a planning commission directed staff to assess alternative measurement options for upsloping lots So staff consider a variety of options and ultimately is recommending that Any elevation gain from the curb to the front property line, which is the front of the building pad Not be included in height measurement. What this means is that if a lot Has an upslope from the curb to the front property line Structure height is simply measured from the front property line elevation The photo on the right illustrates what we're talking about So this is a lot on via Palo Alto in unit four. There's a small upslope from the curb to the front setback line where the building pad begins This upslope would not be included in the measurement of the building's height And then this modified measurement methodology does better reflect existing Conditions and therefore the number of non conforming structures in terms of height would be reduced There still are a small number of hillside lots in the neighborhood that would still be non conforming in terms of height Even with this modified methodology so for these lots such as the one shown in the picture here Property owners would be subject to the county code requirements related to non conforming structures If they wish to rebuild to that existing height Okay All right, so now i'm going to show a couple of diagrams that illustrate what we're talking about a little bit more clearly So first we'll look at a typical seascape lot and then we'll look at a hillside lot So here again is 948 via Palo Alto, which is a typical lot in the neighborhood Has a small upslope to the building pad and a downslope on the rear of the parcel On the left is a photo of the front of the house and on the right is a section drawing showing how homes like this are situated on lots So in this For this lot the cc and r's limit structure height to 16 feet the cc and r And the cc and r's state that height is measured from ground level The height survey revealed that this home is 17 feet as measured from the curb, which means that the top one foot of the structure Would be non conforming in terms of height under our draft ordinance The red dot indicates the reference point for that height measurement So alternatively by using the proposed modified height measurement to take into account the elevation gain From the curb to the front setback line. The structure would now be conforming with a 16 foot height requirement Okay, and then the second example we have is this is 745 via gaviata in unit one So for this unit the cc and r's stipulate that height is measured from the curb But this home was built before the current cc and r's were in place The proposed height limit on this lot is 28 feet as measured from the curb along a large portion of the structure is non conforming In fact, the structure measures 47 feet from the top of curb to the top of the structure But when you measure from the front setback line the height of the structure is still non conforming The property owner would need to follow the non conforming structure process to rebuild a home to this height or to build an addition That would further increase the non conformity However discretionary review May be appropriate on a highly visible site such as this The property owner could rebuild up to 65 percent of the major structural elements under our non conforming code Without going through a discretionary review. However Okay, and then one other point I wanted to make regarding height with the adjustment of measuring height from the front setback line Homes along via malibu and via campania will be able to build even taller Because they will have two different allowances for height in the code height limit of 18 feet rather than 16 feet plus an allowance for elevation gain on these properties From the curb to the front setback line means that Um height as measured from the curb to the top of structure could be 20 feet or more on some properties Which is taller than most structures today So this is just a diagram illustrating that concept. This is along via malibu the height survey for this home Determined that the home is about 17 feet tall measured from the curb. So it does already conform to a height limit of 18 feet Um now with a proposed measurement from the front setback line The property owner would be able to build taller for this reason if the board decides to proceed with the staff recommendation for Height measurement it may be appropriate for the board to consider reducing the height from 18 to 16 feet on via campania and via malibu With the allowance for the elevation gain from curb to building pad it's likely that most properties on those streets would be conforming with the the recommended Measurement methodology Okay, and then I'll briefly touch on setbacks and far and lock coverage So in terms of setbacks the proposed front yard setback is 20 feet This is the same as the setback already already required in the r16 zone and would not create any new non-conformity The proposed side yard setback is 10 percent of lot with which is similar to but not quite the same as county code And also would not create any new non-conformities At the planning commission hearing there was a question about how side yard setbacks are measured on non-recto linear lots Such as flag lots or pie shaped lots. This is explained in the staff report the same rules apply countywide for those types of lots The staff recommendation for measurement for rear yard setback has changed since the planning commission hearing The previous staff recommendation had been an averaging of the rear extent of homes on adjacent lots This works well for some parts of the neighborhood But does not work well on cul-de-sacs and hillside lots Where the rear extent of neighboring homes varies So for this reason we are now recommending that the combining zone district simply codify what's in the ccnrs for these lots Which is quite detailed and that the rear yard setback should be 15 feet, which is the usual county Code standard for this for the single family zone district On any lots that don't have a ccnr requirement for rear yard setback. So this Closely matches what exists on site Okay, and then in terms of far and lot coverage the proposed district includes a more generous far and lot coverage standard than Is allowed by the underlying single family zone districts with the attempt to Achieve a balance between limiting structure heights and providing flexibility for residential development Um most homes in the neighborhood are non conforming with county code In terms of far and lot coverage because they were built to 60 percent far per the ccnrs These two aerial photos show examples along via concha and via companion So the proposed far and lot coverage would provide an opportunity for most of these properties to be conforming Um and in some cases would allow for small additions within the constraints of height and setback Limits the coastal commission initially had expressed some concerns with The potential for increased mass and volume as a result of these far and lot coverage standards But after further discussion with staff coastal the coastal commission has recently submitted a letter of support Which should be in the late correspondence for this item And however note note that per county code section 1320 projects on properties in this neighborhood Do require a coastal development permit in any case If they are increasing building height or floor area by more than 10 percent Um, so staff recommends that the board review These items open a public hearing Affirm that the proposed amendments are exempt from sequa and adopt in concept the resolution ordinances and minor variation After the board of supervisors approves the district staff will post Post the sequa notice of exemption and the final step in the process Will be a public hearing at the coastal commission Thank you. Thank you. So first I'm going to ask if there's any questions from board members Supervisor fran have a couple of brief questions before I definitely want to hear from the community on this You had mentioned on the six on the 18 and 16 foot on malibu campania Unit four just had a ccnr vote correct to reupler ccnr's for the next 50 years that set that back to 16 or didn't set back but continued the 16 feet, correct? That's correct. So in essence, you've got a Neighborhood there or a unit specifically asking us to maintain a limit At 16 feet and not actually go up to that. Okay. Yeah, specifically for for via malibu. Okay, which is in unit four We've received a lot of correspondence on that Great. Um, I do have a couple other questions on the on the non conforming I mean look my entire district is non conform the entire county is non conforming if we're honest with each other about things I mean in fact most things are unpermitted, but but more specifically I don't have the same concern on non conformance that I recognize Um In an elegant world in a simplistic world everything would be conforming, but we don't live in that reality in centa Cruz county Is there a way though? In on non conformance specifically when you're creating a new zone district actually lower the level of review of If it fits within so we're setting us an established parameter that then creates new non conformance Although ostensibly on there are things with 40 feet that are in non conformance or 28 foot limits outside of the scope Anyway, is there a way to to lower that from sale a five to a four or something as part of these actions Um potentially If it was specified within the overlay district you could modify the other section of the code that speaks to non conforming I mean I recognize that there's a concern from community members about non conformance And I think it actually comes from a lack of of knowledge about what that really means As I said, I mean we're all basically non conforming living in this county anyway sort of In general not just in our homes, but with that said I think that there is a A concern that was expressed both on the lower Units that were concerned about whether they'd be able to rebuild I think that's been clearly addressed through the planning commission language They wanted us to restate that language today. I think that's an easy thing to do but if I'm trying to to determine what in essence would be a compelling public interest to a higher level of review If the board has already made a statement that the it has to fit within these parameters anyway And you have cc and r is it also saying it has to fit within these parameters anyway Because I would just assume a higher level of review would just be sort of more Cost or time associated with the homeowner coming in on a rebuild So if there isn't a compelling public interest associated with that I think I'd like to explore the possibility of a of a lower level of review to kind of address that Sure. Yeah seems like a doable thing. Yeah Regarding the the upslope I recognize creates some some challenges on the measurements a very unique topography It's a beautiful area. It's a it's a remarkable area I think that there's been an overarching interest both from the coastal commission on the first letters They sent back when the millers had submitted their Uh proposal for a remodel to now they they just don't want anything to be bigger They don't want they don't want taller buildings They are supportive of what we're doing now because it's a it actually simplifies the process B provides clarity to the the neighborhood right now The neighborhood does not have any clarity of what would be approved either by the board or by The coastal commission Well, what I want to be sure of Of is that there isn't a capability if you did something different on The upslope properties that there would be a capability in essence of a little bit of gamemanship to go above on some of these components I recognize that you do need a permit for fill In theory But as evidenced by the fact that when you go through the survey, it's not it's not an official survey But you go through those height surveys that we did basically Very few people fit under the current cc and our requirements now You've got 16.2 feet 17.1 feet. So it just makes me recognize that this is an imperfect situation So I don't want to create something new by doing an upslope measurement that would actually allow for additional feet to be gained Uh for something other than an emergency basis So if you were just to remodel it, we don't have an interest in that if if your house falls down We want you to be able to build back as built right and how do you allow for that criteria? Not maybe a kid inheriting a property and saying I want to go up two three four feet because I now can under the structure So how would you respond to avoiding that component? Well as part of our existing non conforming ordinance, you may rebuild in the event of any kind of catastrophe You could rebuild exactly what you had previously and we've Restated that in the draft ordinance um We could put some parameters around uh rebuilding And adding a foot or two with the you know an exception process or something something like that. That's a little bit I'm not advocating for that what I what I'm asking it I'm sorry that I apologize. I didn't probably ask a very clear question But I don't think that anybody in the board or community cares about somebody being able to rebuild a non conforming structure to its current height in that area period And there's been concerns in that neighborhood about whether this action would prevent preclude somebody from doing that I think that we're taking that off the table I think the concern is would the board be creating an action by which somebody could be able to go up Not just on an emergency basis on a rebuild, but just somebody buys the house And they want to go up because they're now in an upsloping property and based on our new measurements in theory As you noted on some of your drawings, you could either by increasing the fill and so you do it sort of on a backdoor way Or just directly that's not I don't think that would be the intention of the board To allow any sort of height component So I just wanted to know how we would address that if we're not doing a top of curve measurement How would we address that specific concern? Yeah, so actually one thing I didn't mention in my remarks, but we did get um Some public comment and concern about What if someone were to add fill And increase the height of their their grade and then they could feasibly You know if you're measuring from that point have a taller house with a better sight line to the ocean Um, so we actually did provide a memo for the board um Proposing to add if if you want to go with this measurement from the front setback line proposing to um Add language that it would be measured from existing or finished grade whichever is lower And that's actually how our height is measured in the county anyway Our usual height measurement. We always go from existing or finished whichever is lower So even if you didn't add fill there are some properties that based on Even if I were to go from 18 to 16 or the board would go from 18 to 16 There would still be some properties on the upslope that in theory could go up even without the addition of fill under the structure, correct? If we approved what's being recommended Yes, so how do we prevent that using an as-built language would be my question And so i'm not putting this onus on the county I mean to me you have to as a homeowner would have to show that your property was x you would have to have a survey done Pre disaster that would show it this isn't shouldn't be a county responsibility But I think that there is a compelling interest here and the coastal commission has also expressed this to not have those properties just go up And so how would we ensure that? Moving forward with doing an upslope measurement that's different from the top curb Well, we we don't have anything in the draft ordinance To address that other than the proposal for measuring from existing or finished grade, whichever is lower If you look at the topographic contours for the neighborhood The vast majority of the lots and I believe I have a table in the staff report also indicating this The vast majority of the lots are between have between zero and two feet elevation gain from the curb To the front setback line So when we're talking about being able to build taller, it's it's Not a lot of additional feet that we're talking about also Most homes in this neighborhood were built Based on a height standard measured from the ground adjacent to the home. So that's why so many of these Homes would be considered non conforming with the draft ordinance as measured from the curb The unit one ccnr's Current ccnr's measured from the curb But those those ccnr's were modified to add that provision in 2001 most of these homes were already built So What the the height measurement from the front setback line does is it Does a little bit of a more accurate job at Matching the existing conditions But it does allow for some properties to build higher one to two feet And just to to add to that Many of the applications that would come in would be they'd be subject to coastal zone permits anyway And coastal zone permits are level five permits by definition So we don't have a lot of room on the level that we process this. Okay. I appreciate I appreciate that but I still this still goes back to How do we maintain it as built as opposed to allowing it to go up If what we're doing is changing that understanding that that would be a concern I would have specifically that that some of these would increase height The very most conservative way I think to deal with that would be to measure the height relative to the street but To take that measurement at the highest point on the street itself and not at the front yard setback So at the top of curb at the top of curb So it just means that we have more non-conforming structures Yes, you have the process that they have to go through because of that and again that I mean that doesn't particularly concern me If it means that somebody's allowed to I mean there's going to be a whole host of other concerns coming down They're living a coastal zone coastal commission is making changes the wants us to change things on lcp and rebuilds I get all that but with that said I want to ensure that people can rebuild. I just want to ensure that people can't rebuild Based on actions that we're taking particularly higher because that's that's I think that's been coastal commissions Made it very clear that they wouldn't support that in the first place. That's that's why we're here in large part We're here to create Something that provides clarity that everybody knows that they can come through and get a permit from us get it through Coastal and be done and it doesn't change the overall character of the neighborhood It's a significant amount of work to get there But I think that top of curb may be the better solution to that than as a result even though I think it makes For a slightly more complex component on the end user Okay, so let's now open it up for public comment Those who wish to speak I ask you to please line up if you can And we'll give everyone two minutes To submit their comments Good morning. Dan Orlando from 9 30 via tornasol. I'm also one of the arc members in unit four we would like the board to know has Mr. Friend pointed out that we had our vote and 98 percent We're in favor of extending our ccnr's for an additional 60 years and 20 years thereafter The height for via malibu remained at 16 feet It would be very confusing for our unit four owners to now be given an 18 foot Height so we respectfully request that you be consistent with our ccnr's Uh top of curb is not perfect But it's the best approximation of what the original developers attempted to do We know unit one explicitly added this measurement to its ccnr's in the 2000 early 2000s and our unit four Will be using top of curb for all height measurements In the future as it's the best best method for moving forward to support unit one in the use of this measurement Introducing a completely new measurement such as height at the front setback line adds a new element of confusion and will And will reduce clarity We are trying to eliminate any and all confusion In fact, when we renewed our ccnr's we removed the ability Of the arc to make an exception to the 16 foot height limit Clarity is crucial I would also like to point out that any existing heights above 16 feet On via Palo Alto south of clubhouse or via Malibu are due to construction errors A home would not be permitted to be built any higher At any height over 16 feet. I suspect suspect. This is true in unit one as well The fact that via Campania and possibly via Malibu is treated differently Than the other 16 foot streets could create animosity and confusion You know, I'd like to uh, okay, that was it. I was gonna thank uh, Paya and uh, daisy for all the help they've done on this Thank you Good morning My name is hal garish. I'm also a uh with dan a member of the arc In unit four and uh at the risk of being redundant here Uh, I thought it was important to just to reinforce the enthusiasm that our neighborhood seems to have We started this on may 20th. The votes went out the proxies 22 days later, which is last thursday. We received 40 ballots legitimate ballots 39 of those equally distributed between via Palo Alto Via Malibu and via tornasol were Practically anonymous in favor of this so We were very excited about that Something we actually couldn't predict in advance I guess I wanted to also mention the process we used was uh, we as dan mentioned We did extend them not only uh for 60 years with 20 year automatic Recurls, but we we eliminated the we prohibit the arc now for making any exceptions to that We're very keen on the height thing and it's as illustrated by the the feedback from the owners We hired an independent organization access association To manage the process for us. We had an inspector of elections Who presented and opened the ballots for us? Did a nice job doing that and we're just very hopeful but based on the speed with which our our owners responded and the enthusiasm that they They showed as we talked to each of them in this process Kind of reinforces the idea that we're really very interested in Making sure that the combining district in fact can reflect our ccnr's because it's a It's a very clear statement to us that there's a preference for owners at all levels there to do that So thanks very much. Thank you Next speaker Hello I've met many of you on Different occasions and I've been very impressed with our county supervisors and our county board of supervisors so I want to say that It would be important for me that the county align their Zoning with what our ccnr say I'm in unit four and In my name is al petrocelli. I don't think I introduced myself and Guess I'm a little nervous up here and I want to thank daisy for the hard work that she did and I think that You know, I guess I'm naive, but I would like Not to find my property as I bought it 25 years ago to be non conforming when I've lived there all that time And any little things that I did I went through the planning process and got a permit To suddenly be non conforming just doesn't sit right with me So I think that Daisy's proposal to measure the height from the front of where the house was built is a better process Yes, it can be gained, but it should be obvious when somebody's gaining it Um, and uh We have lots of photos. We've got lots of measurements We we sort of know where the front of the property line is and we can do that before they pull the permit So I I think that that would make my house no longer be non conforming which is important to me But I think it also would take down the percentage of homes in the neighborhood that are non conforming and so I I Agree with what daisy's proposal is that we should Measure from the front of the property line And that's how it was built and the topography of the street, which is flattened out Is different than the three-dimensional topography of the lots as it goes down Thank you so much for listening to me. Thank you Hopefully I won't take two minutes. Uh, tom such this 10 58 via malibu Um in aptos and I'm in the unit four area All my neighbors And as how indicated we've all voted to extend our cc and ours again removing Any exception beyond the 16 foot level? So most of these Homes try to comply with that when they were being built Again as they indicated it may be an inch or two different But when these homes were all built and the setbacks were all set They were all in compliance and so if any person purchased the property or Passed on to family in different generations The proposal of keeping it at the existing height levels would keep us in the compliance even though we're not technically By your views in compliant or properties are in compliant in our view when those homes were being built And the measurement standards have changed from that standpoint So again, I would recommend that we Review again to make sure that we can only replace as Originally sat on the property very similar what mr. Fran was Stating is that replacements cannot go higher than what they existing. Thank you. Thank you This be our final speaker is there anyone else who'd like to speak to us today Okay, this be our final speaker. Okay. Um, hi first of all, I'd like to thank daisy and paia They've stood with us for the last what two three four five years and to thank your board for coming up with the idea of a combining district So we get this resolved once and for all. I'm going to try to make it quick. I'm sorry I'd time this for three minutes not two, but I think I'm the last speaker. So hopefully we're okay Um supervisor cap that you'd refer to this as camalot the last time we met and they're just reminding everybody We want to preserve and protect so thank you supervisor friend for saying we don't want to go higher What i'm concerned about is if we do go from measuring at the front setback instead of at the street Oops, um that they will go higher. That's what the pink's trying to show Our measurements using the gis web or that the average property would go up 2.3 feet Most of them would go up one to two quite a few of them would go up five or six feet So we would encourage supervisor friend to do what you said we don't want them to go higher We just want them to stay the way they are um These two charts which I sent out to you guys and i'm not going to bore you with it The big thing here is that most of the homes are gabled they're peaked And so if you take a home that's a 17 foot one that means the eaves are around 13 or 14 feet If you raise the height to 17 the edges will fill in and you're going to end up with Houses that look like this guy on the top Where isn't it posed to just keeping that little tiny tee piece up if you raise the height to 17 the entire house can get bigger So it sounds oh it's only going up a foot or two It doesn't matter gentlemen every inch does matter and if we don't want to increase the bulk Please leave them the way they are and we have it right now There's a wonderful process in the existing county code that says you can rebuild up to either 60 or 65 without it So that's my big speech and then um, there's one other speaker behind me I think that's going to talk about a licensed surveyor We've all talked about the reason the homes don't comply by a foot or two is because of construction errors And currently the building department says that if you're building reasonably close to the maximum There's an informal process Where they have a licensed surveyor come in and measure the height We'd like to ask you to codify that and to put that into the ordinance That says you do need to have a licensed surveyor So if you're off by an inch or two or three or a foot or two It doesn't have height creep. Thank you. Thank you Okay, this will be our final speaker Yeah, I'll just say I won't speak because she just said what I was going to say Which is the inclusion of the informal rule that planning currently uses. So thanks. All right. Thank you All right, so that closes public comment And I'll bring it back to the board for deliberation and discussion. Supervisor friend So I have a question to address Dr. Petricelli's concern regarding Nonconformance if it's true that you need a level five permit because they're in the coastal zone anyway Explain to me then what the fundamental difference to the end user would be if they're in conformance or not a conformance The coastal permit is required if they're Increasing height by more than 10 percent or floor area by more than 10 percent And there's some other parameters as well that would throw you into needing a coastal permit Um, so walk me through again what the difference would fundamentally be Between somebody who's experiencing. I mean, I I don't know his home specifically but based on your current Chart a lot of these homes are not in conformance already even before we take the action So this puts more homes in but I think that it's important for unit four unit one to recognize You're not you're non conforming now. So Tell me then what would fundamentally change then for somebody That's coming in trying to rebuild So, yeah, so the chart the height survey results that's that's for if If we adopted this ordinance with these these height standards, but it's true that we have Standards outside of this we have 28 foot height limits within the county writ large correct So if you're a 40 foot house irrespective of where it's measured or a 33 you're out you're already non conforming That's on the gaviota side But I mean there's a number of homes that are I'm saying are non conforming with standards before we even establish this So I'm not I don't understand the compelling public interest to care about Theoretically quote-unquote adding more homes in a non conformance if it meets the overall compelling interest that the units are trying to seek Which is a specific Height limit. I mean to me that's the over that's the compelling public interest right overall that we're trying and this is What the coastal commissioners also stated they don't want things to go up So well the trade-off for that is that you're going to have more Non-conforming homes. I mean that's so that it doesn't sort of you don't really get both ways But I just didn't know what the fundamental and change would be if I had a home those conforming versus non conforming within the coastal zone Is it a significantly more expensive process or more because it feel like the board's going to put in a set of explanations and standards It'll still provide clarity for when you come in to get that permit For any home that would not otherwise For any change that would not otherwise require a coastal permit. The process is a level four process Okay, I think the difference is that there are some additional findings that have to do with neighborhood compatibility And noticing so that is more process one of the I think the key is what you said, which is that it's a matter of trade-offs One of the goals was to have a more straightforward more process more clear rules So less there will be less issues bubbling up through the process that created headaches in the community So there may be a little more potential for that on the other hand It sounds like part of the experience of being non conforming is the feeling like you built to a certain standard And you should have sort of that entitlement going forward But really the nature of non conforming is that that's what happens as the code changes So legitimately built properties go into non conformity all of the time for lots of different reasons And so could that not be solved in part by if it doesn't trigger a cdp That you would just do it at a level four. We would specify that within the sp. E That's actually how it's specified in the non conforming section of the code now. It's a level four process Which doesn't require the noticing and the other the findings correct or does require the noticing it doesn't require public hearing Okay, it's non-appealable other than theoretically through coastal if it A level four is is repealable to the next level Okay, what would be the bill what would be the justification for appeal if it falls within The guidelines that we're establishing today though Meaning it matches the ccnr's and matches what we say. So why am I allowing somebody to appeal that? Well, you're allowed you're allowed to appeal There's not a first finding you there aren't certain bases on which you can appeal So somebody could appeal and then it would come out through the appeal hearing whether there was that there's no basis for that Right, okay, um if I could clarify one question If you don't need a coastal development permit then it would not be appealable to the coastal commission if that's the concern So it would only be that's not my concern. No, I'm just trying to okay. I'm just trying to address a concern that I think is more about A sense of feeling about fear of non-conformity than the reality of what it actually means I mean the reality is as I said, we're basically already all non conforming This is the reality of going through the county planning process in general so I'm sure there's others may have questions or comments Does anyone else have any questions? Okay, no, I I just want to congratulate people for working this out It seems the more complicated than I thought it was when I first started reviewing this but I just want to congratulate you seems like we're We're doing something that's going to be on the same page that people can understand and Won't have to an SS tear down their home because it's non conforming or something So I appreciate the work that's been going in gone into this Sure Supervisor Caput, right a little more on the history of it. I know it goes back. I believe to 1968 That was before the coastal commission was formed. Is that correct? How many years before just a few years before yeah But yeah, we would the current coastal rules would certainly not have allowed allowed that terracing of the coastal bluff Sure, so under the Conditions now they would probably never have been built So what we're doing now is kind of just Making sure it stays close to what it is today. Is that my that's the understanding I get correct. That's the goal Okay Thank you. Thank you. So so I just have one final question which is in regards to that license survey or comment that was made I mean, I'm not It's the first I've heard of it and I don't feel prepared to have knowledge about it So is that would that be something that would you would be supportive of concerns with or? Staff feels like we have a robust process for measuring height and and making sure that plans and buildings are in conformance with the plans The building inspectors do that routinely Okay Well with remarkable gratitude to Ms. Allen Ms. Levine and Ms. Miller for your work over what seems like 88,000 dog years on this project, but at least at least we're doing it right I mean, this has been an issue for a long time and it hasn't been addressed by previous boards And I think it says a lot about This staff and my colleagues that they were willing to do it. So with that, I'd like to move the staff recommendations with the fine with the following clarification of modifications the clarification is just reiterating the rebuild language It's already within the planning commission, but just to make that very specific To modify the 18 feet to 16 feet on Malibu and Campania and to do Top of curve is the measurement Okay, so we have a motion by a friend a second by I think there's clarification What what Modification were you requesting to the non conforming? Text that was added by the planning commission. Oh, just I was reiterating the rebuild language Yeah, I was what's already in there. That's correct. Just reiterating. Thank you Okay, so is everyone clear on the motion? Great, uh, all those in favor, please say I I Opposed that passes four to zero and thank you Okay, we're now moving on to a schedule item 10 45 schedule item, which is item number 11 to consider alternatives evaluated by the Santa Cruz coastal reuse plan Davenport cement plant Uh, prefer select a preferred alternative direct staff to seek funding to complete the required environmental review Of the proposed local coastal coastal program amendments to implement the selected preferred alternative And to direct staff to revise the permitting process selection based on coastal commission comments as outlined in the memorandum of the office of the cio We have Andy constable here From the economic development department to briefly Present this item. This is an item that had been previously brought to the board delayed to allow for more community input and is being brought back today for consideration Good morning chair Coonerty and board members. I'm Andy constable is The economic development manager for the county of Santa Cruz I'm returning today At your direction from the February 26 board meeting where I Did the presentation and received public comment on the Santa Cruz coastal reuse plan Davenport cement plan At the close of the presentation the board deferred the selection of the preferred alternative to today's board meeting With that in mind, I'd like to refresh your memory Of the coastal reuse plan the economically feasible alternatives provided therein and the future steps forward So originally the purpose of the plan was to identify three financially feasible land use options Alternatives I should say to stimulate the redevelopment of the close c-mex cement plant in Davenport Let me pull these up. There we go The team that was assembled for this effort consisted of the rrm design group which helped with land use Eps or economic and planning systems Inc. Which was Helped with the financial excuse me. Yes the economic feasibility and the wood group which was for Excuse me environmental services County staff coastal commission staff and community input including the grant funders Got ahead of myself. Sorry Funding for this project was provided by the simper virons fund the state coastal conservancy resources legacy fund and the gordon and betty moore foundation There we go So today i'll be taking you through a review of the reuse plan or process And the timeline that was necessary to do that And what we've completed to date reviewing the various alternatives that include the staff's recommendation of a preferred alternative And providing you with a revision to the follow-up permitting section within the plan that was recommended by the local coastal commission staff Before we get started. This is just for reference. This is an aerial view of the site of the Davenport cement plant And as this slide indicates the plan process or timeline began in fall of 2016 and has progressed Over the past two and a half years to today's board meeting Within that time period we've conducted several stakeholder meetings three community workshops Numerous meetings with local coastal commission staff Produced a draft technical background report the draft reuse alternatives a draft coastal reuse plan And revised the coastal reuse plan which was presented to your board on february 26th And it's being reviewed here today As i indicated the original plan was to produce three economically feasible Reuse alternatives however after significant public input and interest from a local clean technology company Two additional alternatives were brought forward which are represented here and rather than get into the detail here I will as we move forward Before I do though as far as identifying it all of the uses that are within the Alternative uses do contain these particular uses which were I think integral to the process They can they exist as a visitor center museum. I'm sorry exist They include a visitor center museum restrooms and parking public trail heads To provide access to national monument and sam basin t redwoods Camping and or cabins emergency service storage and staging agriculture and open space The first alternative is a eco lodging and visitor serving use It's similar to the coast and no lodge that's in the north coast also It's approximately 100 rooms 75 cabins 25 tent cabins 100 campsites A spa Approximately 15 000 square foot of event retreat space A restaurant and family employee housing of about 30 units Alternative two which is the largest of the five uses Is similar to a silamar which is in pacific grove? It's about 200 rooms 75 cabins a spa 25 tent cabins 75 campsites 30 000 square feet of conference center recreational activities similar to all of the Alternatives a restaurant and a family employee housing of about 50 units Alternative three is a age restricted housing and visitor serving use It's about 100 rooms 100 cabins 50 campsites a spa And then the age restricted housing which is about 300 units Family employee housing of about 30 units and about 226 000 square feet of light industrial artist maker space Alternative four was a clean technology and visitor serving This use was under consideration as a result of interest from a local business entrepreneur But was removed when the company which is joby aviation determined to have more immediate needs The alternative use consisted of these uses the clean technology the visitor center Some employee housing of about 50 units artist studios some cabins and a restaurant And lastly there was alternative five what this slide represents was what we did to modify Alternative one which was a descoping To bring it into alliance with what the community had indicated as being desirable So it was significant reduction in rooms cabins campsites And affordable housing We did add however about 20 market rate units in order to make it financially feasible There still is a small event space of about 2000 square feet I'm going to switch to that slide Which ended up with about 75 total lodge rooms 55 cabins 25 tent cabins 39 campsites The 60 affordable housing and 20 market rate housing and about 225 000 square feet of flexible space And then lastly a market rate, excuse me a neighborhood market a restaurant and a small wedding venue So as you consider the various alternatives, I believe it's important to highlight that this is not a project This is simply A process that we're trying to bring forward this really a planning process It's lengthy in its nature and it's basically a pathway to the future development of the site And while the reuse plan will help facilitate Reinvestment redevelopment any future proposal will require review and approval of development permits by the county and coastal commission And allow additional opportunities for community input With that in mind this last slide represents a very high level Upcoming steps to the process and these steps include are not limited to The selection of a preferred alternative by your board Identifying funding for environmental review. I think it's important here to Notice the fact that we don't have a path forward for environmental review because we do not have the funding as yet Once we do an eir would be necessary Followed by county review of the various committees that are identified here Lastly ending with coastal commission review and approval So finally at the request of the local coastal commission staff and with the approval of the accounting planning director We recommend the revision and follow-up permitting process in the future steps and implementation section On page 9.3 of the reuse plan to include the following texts, which i'll read into the record After final approval of the plan future development will be required to undergo the discretionary permit process That will include the preparation of a planned unit development Which will require a separate local coastal program amendment pursuant to county code section 18 0.10 0.184 as allowed under the visitor accommodation zoning district and coastal development permit That is appealable to the coastal commission because the project is located within a sensitive coastal resources area As defined in county code section 13 0.20 0.0 40 And that concludes my review of the reuse plan and the alternatives if you've got any questions. I'm happy to help Thank you. I'll guess I'll ask if anyone has any questions to this moment Um briefly. I just want to again remind members community who may be Just starting engaging or have been for several years really actively and contributed contributing to this process The point of this is this site is one of the Uh, most unique sites on the coast of california. It's also one of the most challenging sites on the coast of california and maybe uh, anywhere Uh, it is uh, and the purpose of this was to take this grant funding and begin a conversation With the community with the coastal commission with the county as a whole as to what could happen at this site We still would have um years of studies and process ahead of us If and when we get a project, but the purpose of this was to really look at what's the regulatory environment What's the economic environment and then what are the community? What's the community want in terms of benefits? Uh, and then try to come up with a plan for what this might look like, but again, we don't have a project in front of us Um, and even if we did we would still have many many opportunities Uh for public input for analysis of water and sewer and traffic And all the various things uh various elements that that happened with any project And then and then a project would be brought forward So with that i'm going to ask members of the community if they would like to come speak On this about this item I have a pretty big voice but i'm not big enough I'm no bok 30-year resident of davinport and um on the dnca davinport north coast association And we thank supervisor coonerty and his staff For your commitment to considering the options of the community of davinport on the cement plant reuse Everybody in davinport that i've spoken to about the alternatives Are united in one opinion and that is the proposed scale would completely overwhelm the community We have about 100 existing homes and we could absorb about 30 percent more housing units but not 80 more housing units pacific school could possibly take on about five 50 more Davenport students by replacing the santa cruz transfer students But we couldn't take more than that. They're simply not enough playground space or parking Over the years with a population of 400 in davinport the balance was established with a cement plant employing about 125 workers However, it would be completely out of scale if visitors hotel employees flex space employees Tripled the daily population as outlined in some of the alternatives and in alternative five The rrm consultants correctly state that davinport's primary primary economic asset is quality of place Created by exceptional coastal environment local recreational opportunities and acquaint and quaint roadside businesses However, this quality of place could easily be wiped out if the scale of new visitors Employees inhabitants inundate the environment thereby destroying the very attractions that draw people to the north coast in the first place So I urge you to recommend a more balanced cement reuse plan Which preserves the environment and cultural integrity of the north coast. Thank you for your consideration Thank you. Good morning. My name is john barnes. I'm a board member of the davinport north coast association Have been on the board for 25 years I also was um In charge of physical and environmental planning at ucsc for 17 years and oversaw Too long-range development plans for the main campus as well as the coastal science campus, which is in the coastal zone in looking at the reuse report and And the process we did not get a clear information on the population the semics redevelopment would attract Davinport is a small town as no one has pointed out And the alternatives all included some pretty intensive development, but no way of understanding the population breakdown Population drives environmental impacts and the ways they are mitigated And then in many other ways that are not regulated by a sequa Population also affects The very nature of davinport So we put together a best guess analysis ourselves of the population that would be on the site At peak summer times and that's included as an attachment with our letter from the davinport from dnca That analysis is based on Or the visitor serving element of that analysis is based on costanoa in the same way that the report Some of the assumptions in terms of the kind of visitor serving uses On the site was also Costano was used as a model in the report The calculation was purposely conservative But it does project a very large spike in the number of people who would be living in davinport and on semics Up to 1,300 people Which then when you add that to 400 is Quite a quite a spike in the number of people that would be in the town of davinport at peak times When I was at ucsc During the last LRDP and ryan will remember this The campus was accused of being the 800 pound gorilla Sitting on the city of santa cruz and I Urged the board to consider the fact that this Project may have the same Kind of reputation for davinport and let me just close also by thanking ryan and his staff for Meeting with us as as often as necessary and also working with the community and all of all of the Work that you and your staff have done on this complex project And we look forward to continuing that relationship. Thank you. Thank you Good morning. My name is mark lipson. I'm a resident of davinport since 1983 and member of melena creek farming collective Producing organic vegetables on the north coast there since then Uh, and I am a member of the davinport north coast association Board I just want to comment very briefly on the reuse planning process I was trained at ucsc in environmental planning Many years ago and You know, I don't feel like the state of the art has proceeded very far. This process has been conspicuously Lacking in terms of integration of cumulative impacts And just just sheer discussion Of the number of things that are happening on the north coast major significant land use changes The rail trail national monument designation San Vicente redwoods All of these things are combining to You know this slow-motion tsunami that's approaching davinport Not so slow-motion as it gets closer So I really feel like the process is failing the community in that respect in integrating The discussion planning about all of these Events that are occurring on the north coast in the planning sphere I also just need to note that I just think it's fallacious to say that Alternative five reflects the desires of The community or that the process has effectively Tried to elicit that. I don't you know, I'm not I don't want anybody to take that personally. I think it's a function of just the difficulty of the process but You know, it's It's been crammed together and The consultant checked the boxes in terms of community meetings and sticky dots on the butcher paper But that's only a first-order Approximation and I really feel like our community deserves a better effort by the community or by the county and its Instruments its planning instruments to Have a more integrated process and a deeper look at How we're developing the whole north coast area And finally, I just need to say that agriculture is getting very short shrift in in the process there's just a very sort of one-dimensional Sense of agriculture as brussel sprouts on the north coast and We we could have a lot more imaginative approach to The future of agriculture in in this planning process. Thank you Good morning supervisors and staff Thank you, Ryan Coonerty My name is Jessica Wolfe and I'm a seven-year resident on the north coast in Davenport and member of the Davenport north coast association board and a lifelong resident of santa cruz county and today I would just like to sort of reiterate what noel has said about scale and I do believe that the the scale of This final Option or preferred option is is going to be overwhelming for Davenport, but also I would like to Speak to this as part of the county. I care a great deal about the vitality of our community and our Not just the community of Davenport, but how it rests within the county and I see us not on the Davenport north coast association board As trying to hold back change keep the community exactly the way it's always been In fact in many ways, it's much better than it ever has been We don't have a large industrial presence Anymore there's vast potential for the some excite to be a gateway for visitors That really makes sense that integrates all the different Access points from rail trail and Chardonnay coast dairies to San Vicente redwoods We're excited about the visitor serving possibilities And we would like to see Future planning and if at all possible this plan take more into account of how those Different various actors on the north coast all the different planning processes interface create commuter Community cumulative impacts and how those impacts can be mitigated. And so I would just say That would be what I would request And I would also just like to say that as far as the basics of the alternative five A lot of it sounds great and will be potentially very beneficial to Davenport as a community and we we just hope that the overall Vitality of the community the character of the community can be preserved And the environments carrying capacity The capacity of the roadways Our emergency services on the north coast etc Can also be sustained at a reasonable level and we don't just create hazards and attractive nuisances And problems. So thank you very much for your time. Thank you Any other speakers anyone who would like to speak please line up and we'll come then come forward Good morning. My name is Joe Ben Bevert. I'm the CEO of jobe aviation 45 year lifelong resident of the north coast and I care very deeply about the north coast and and trying to Continue to have it be a spectacular place to to live. I also have dreams of having my My company Based at the cement plant and I've been working with Semex in the community for many years To realize that dream It's not yet clear whether there will be a win-win for the My company for the community And for Semex and but we're continuing to actively work on it We we have a presence in bonny dune and we've also leased a significant run of space at the airport in marina near Monterey But we we still have a a dream of being able to one day bring a plan Before you and before the community that everybody can be really excited about and support For having our our corporate headquarters located in bonny dune. Thank you very much morning My name is collin hannon. I'm a resident of newtown along with my wife and my two kids who attend the school Pacific school and I have very little to say I just wanted to Voice my support for what the dnca has has put forward in their their most recent letter And just reiterate that that we're all concerned for all my neighbors and everyone I've spoken to In town it's concerned about the size of these plans So As everyone had I just support what what folks on the dnca have said and hope that you will consider all of that Carefully as you consider continue to move forward with this very complicated process, which I know Takes a huge amount of work and thought to go into it We just hope that it won't ruin What is there because it's so so beautiful and and wonderful and we want to keep it Something like that instead of having it be overrun kind of And I another thing that I think the integration of all these plans would be a good idea And something that I mean we're all concerned about already is is the impacts that are already happening with with tourism and without any kind of Supervision or or enough rain no rangers or anything like that I mean there's none of that is there and it seems like that could be a part of what's going to happen In these plans, but it just It's worrisome that it's already the traffic is dangerous There there's trash that all of us go out and pick out huge bags of trash and stuff There's a lot of impact already and this seems like it could impact it more if it's not done carefully Thank you for your time Thank you becky steinbruner. I'm a resident of aptos, but I've taken an interest in this project Because I I think it's a very beautiful area, but also because of my interest in the plan to close the war now a Private at-grade railroad crossing Which is the safest ingrass egress for the new town area and would certainly serve What is being discussed here today? That is a plan for closure by the county in order to grant a new crossing for the aptos village developers So that's why I've attended these community meetings. I would like to urge you to keep that crossing open The residents of new town have been very strong in their opposition to closing Speaking about the item before us and that is not on the today's agenda It is part of the service for the traffic and the mitigations that could come from this So i'm going to continue I am concerned about the possible water impacts of this and so I hope that is very well considered in any Eir work that is done as the traffic safety and the war now a crossing And I ask that our rail passenger service be included in any Examination in an eir. I understand in reading the documentation. I'm sorry. I was not able to be here for the presentation But in reading the documentation The the process would be stalled until the county could find the money to do the eir and correct me if i'm wrong But to me this seems backwards That on the county is willing to take on the heavy financial burden of an environmental impact report That should be showed by semex in the In the presentation. It was clear that we don't have we aren't going to fund it and we're going to be seeking outside funding for it The the county will or the semex property owners will Whoever whoever wants to pay for it Can step forward and pay for it, but the county will be seeking outside funding. It was in the presentation All right. Well, thank you I understood that in the documentation too, but I do not feel it's proper that public monies be used for this I think it should be paid for by the property owner as should be all mitigations and hazardous materials cleanup That's my comment. Thank you Thank you any other speakers Okay, that closes public comment. I'll bring it back to the board for consideration Just a couple brief statements One is the big picture as was noted the north coast Is has been sort of discovered and is feeling tremendous impacts From growth and a number of projects which by themselves are all exciting But what could cause more impacts to Davenport of the San Vicente redwoods north coast rail trail The Tritone coast dairies national monument And you know It's correct that that there is a lack of infrastructure to deal with The influx of people one of the challenges or one of the reasons we went forward with this plan was because This is the this property and the potential resources that come with it Are the are the way to address some of those and that to have this plant sit Fenced up and rusting for the next two generations will both be a lost opportunity as well as a real Limitation on the infrastructure to reduce the impacts of this community on this community And so in order for it to be To be reused it needed to be economically viable in order for it to be economically viable It needs to have the project needs to be of some significant When you look at the four components of the proposed alternatives there is the visitor serving aspect which I think the is really driven by the coastal commission and the coast commission actually wants more than what is proposed in Scenario five but since the final approval of anything that goes here will take coast commission approval that visitor serving will need to be And of a significant component to any project Brought forward the second part is the flexible work live space Or not work live space but flexible rnd space that rnd space Was a really important component for the community in terms of transitioning this property from a old economy to a new economy in terms of providing jobs and opportunities and vitality To the community the third piece is the housing 60 units are for employee housing so to reduce those units Would be to reduce would be to reduce employee housing and also increase traffic Because you'd still have the same number of people working there. They just wouldn't be living on site And so that could have a negative impact on the jays community and then the 20 units We're added to try to make this project Uh Economically feasible the last component is the community benefits and whether it's a parking lot To access the various New properties that are opening up restrooms the various things that the north coast is really feeling Is an important component, but it only happens if the redevelopment happens and so Trying to balance all those different components into a plan To then look at whether there's the available water whether there's available sewer Whether there's available what the traffic impacts would be what the various other impacts would be Is where we landed on this alternative five and so This is far from a final plan. It's far from a perfect plan But as I've said before it's the beginning of the beginning And hopefully we have somebody come forward with a project At some point and we have a lot more opportunities for members of public to talk about What they want and how they maintain the character of their community while also balancing this opportunity Finally, I'd be negligent not to point out that um over the last couple years this community of Davenport Has borne some of the highest water and sewer rates in the country We've been able to attract tens of millions of dollars in grants To offset those costs That the designation that allows the county to go get those grants is going away in 2020 So the residents of Davenport By themselves without without something on the site we'll be looking at significant costs going forward to maintain their sewer and water system that the county is unable to Legally backfill and if there's a disaster potentially tens of thousands of dollars per household If if the water sewer system needs to be replaced And that finding a use for this could be a tremendous benefit to reduce some of that burden On the community and that's just a that's just a reality going forward That that makes redevelopment of the site And a potentially important benefit to the community So with that I'll ask if any of my Colleagues have any comments or questions? Seeing none I'd entertain a motion Yeah, I I think I know a lot of study has gone into this or review of this and I think your your explanation of the four components and of course the basis of For whatever that decision may be if and what the EIR will show it is needed or what's What's If there are shortages, I think that we it's proper to move ahead I'm interested to hear that joby joby aviation is still may have some interest in this property and And doing something there, but I would move to Approve alternate five And I do not know that I mean just because that's what it says right now today It doesn't mean what it's going to be we have a long way to go But I would make a motion to approve alternate five. Thank you So you're moving to approve the staff recommended actions and that includes The items that mr. Counsel will read into the agenda from the coast commission, etc I'll second the staff recommendations All right, so we have a motion and a second all those in favor. Please say I I That was opposed that passes four to zero and thank you everybody for coming out today um, we're now moving on to Item number nine Uh, which is to consider a final appointment of karmann herrera Manseered to the workforce development board for a term to expire june 30th 2022 I'll move to approve second motion by Caput second by mcpherson all those in favor. Please say I I Opposed that passes four to zero Item number 10, which is considered a final appointment of ferris sabbat to the first five commission as as an out large representative for a term to expire April 1st 2021 I'll move to approve. All right a motion by caput second by mcpherson Any discussion all those in favor. Please say I I Opposed that passes four to zero We're now going to move into a closed session And I'm going to ask the county council if there's going to be any reportable action No, all right. Thank you very much. Uh, and uh, we'll be moving into the closed session. Thank you