Good morning everybody like to call to order the August 28th meeting of the Board of Supervisors if we could begin with a roll call Please Supervisor Leopold here Coonerty Capit here McPherson chair friend here And if everyone could please join us in a moment of silence on the Pledge of Allegiance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all Good morning Mr. Plasio so are there any changes or additions to today's agenda? Yes there are two changes to the consent agenda On item 38 there's additional materials there's a revised memo packet page 372 And on item 53 there's a correction the item should read adopt 10 resolutions accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of $1,401,851 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the California Office of Emergency Services for storm related projects for various county service areas as recommended by the Deputy CAO Director of Public Works Thank you We are going to begin with a public comment this is an opportunity for members of the community to address us either on items that are not on today's agenda or on the consent agenda or on items that are on the regular agenda but have not been heard yet If anybody would like to come up and address us you'll have three minutes to do so please feel free to step forward Good morning and welcome thank you I just wanted to say thank you for all the work that you do as supervisors in this county I'm really grateful for the work and the commitment each week so Thank you I am I have worked at a program called second story for about eight years and I'm the manager of the program currently We were informed last week that our program is no longer going to be funded by the county of Santa Cruz and so we're just setting a framework for Coming here each time you guys are gathering and we're going to just basically be putting up a petition for standing for our community needs The program that has served people in the mental health system for eight years now and is a flagship of California and the nation We're going to be giving you information each time you're here to sort of make the cause and state the cause and see if we can help you to make a decision to save our program Save the community needs and as a peer respite we're all people who have worked there as a part of the system itself So I've also gone through the system at some point when I was in my early days and still struggle with voices and paranoia and all of these things And so we worked to share that that sort of mindset allows people to accept their own experience so people who work with these states of consciousness Are very adept at being able to navigate and negotiate new realities for people Our program offers a place of recovery and an exit door from the system So we in spot we work with people to gain freedom to gain liberty in their own lives and have to be able to regain work to go back to school To go back to to community that they thought was lost So this this program I didn't consider a program it's a house and it belongs to the entire community and not just to the peer community Providers have spoken highly of it family members love it We're all we're all in this together and there's not really a separate us and them as a result of this with this landmark and foundational program So I'll stop there for now and you'll likely see me again in a couple of weeks. Thank you Thank you and even though I know your name. Do you mind stating your name briefly? My name is Adrian Bernardo. Thank you Good morning and welcome Hi, my name is Jeffrey Ellis. I'm here to comment on item 19 on the consent agenda If I understand the instructions earlier, this is the appropriate time for that At the risk of saying the obvious First of all a youth homeless shelter is a homeless shelter And the sighting of homeless shelters has been a difficult and sensitive issue A decision that needs to be made by this board not by a county administrative agency However, when you look at your agenda packets for item 19 Recommendation r5 the last recommendation is that the human services department should identify the location For the homeless youth shelter and for the unaccompanied children's shelter This looks to me like a delegation of authority and if that's what it is that that's a mistake You should not delegate such authority to the human services department With all due respect to those folks, they're not elected to make this kind of decision that that's your job So I ask you to clarify the wording that the human services department will recommend a location Perhaps recommend several locations rank ordered for your consideration And you will make the final decision after providing the public with an opportunity for input Thank you Thank you Good morning and welcome Hi there, my name is Tracy Kennedy and I'm here today to address you regarding the recent decision made by Santa Cruz County Behavioral Health Director Eric Riera and in conjunction with Encompass Community Services To close down the second story Peer Respite House The second story was opened in the fall of 2011 and was the first Peer Respite House here in California And only the seventh in the country The second story model has been so successful that over the past seven years many other organizations Seeking to open a Peer Respite in their area have come to meet with the staff and tour the program Most recently we had visitors from out of the country even coming to take a look at our program Second story is seen as a model to be emulated Second story is not just a program but a culture of recovery and mutual support And among those who walk through the doors are people who are struggling to hang on while searching for permanent housing Those who would otherwise be hospitalized Those for whom connections and friendships blossom People struggling with home environments Those changing medications and needing to be in community while doing so And so many more Guests go into the house alone and come out with friends that they can call on for support Hope for their future And renewed energy to carry on with their battles There's a huge concern surrounding homelessness in our county And programs such as this one support people in getting housing Staying stable through that process and also regaining shaky stability Which is threatening their current housing Connections are also made creating an opportunity to look for housing That they can share with new friends expanding the available market to them But enough of the benefits of this program I can spend the entire morning telling you all about how wonderful it is The announcement of this decision was trauma inducing And our program's been utilizing trauma informed systems for years In an effort to ensure that people are not traumatized nor re-traumatized Well, in the house This decision has created trauma for all involved And some may think that we're simply a community of peers And therefore would have nothing to add to the conversation And that's most definitely not true We've begun to organize to find solutions in a way to save the valuable program So I ask you this morning to consider the great loss to our community And the real implications that closing second story will have on it The obvious financial savings are not the only ones It may indeed be false savings Think about the trickle-down effect, the increase in hospitalizations The increase in homelessness, the greater demand on the remaining beds available And we think that losing six more beds At a time where beds are very difficult to come by Would be a great loss to the community Thank you Thank you Good morning Good morning Chairman Friend, Board of Supervisors Gary, Richard, Arnold An unelected majority met with secret meetings in no minutes That changed the rules of this Board of Supervisors The unelected Carlos Palacios, the county administrative officer Submitted the so-called change Not only that, he got it on the agenda Carlos Palacios recommended it So in fact, you are rubber stamping something that you've never initiated at all It's a political protection plan for the incumbents The censorship reigns high in Panetistan Where you recount the political incumbency Has always been endorsed by the Sentinel Ryan Coonerty shut down one third of the member of the public To talk before the City Council of Santa Cruz And that still remains in effect He's stifling public comment The threat to the people and the property of the grains Were made by the Board Chairman here and John Leopold And apparently, that's okay with the other three members that appointed Zach Friend as chairman of this Board That can threaten property in people's lives Zach Friend and this Board honor the Chinese, Communist, and Russian spy, Hugh DeLacy With two plaques on the courthouse steps out here The United States Congress, the State of Washington And the democratically controlled state legislature of California Said Hugh DeLacy was a communist enforcer Apparently this enforcement and censorship is reaching East German proportions The head of the CIA, Leon Panetta, sent this Russian spy Military and policy information Panetta also founded California Forward Of which Mr. Bruce McPherson has been a member For a long, long time It's funded by huge foundations that don't pay taxes Like Packard and Irvine and Haas and Commonwealth It is basically a shadow of government while the authority Of this Board of Supervisors and the City Council Are moving their authority to a Soviet called AMBAG Association of Monterey Bay Area Governance In which the Sentinel or any of the media Never reports to the people People here have the slightest idea what you're doing to them You adopted the Rosenberg laws Which belong in North Korea Together by the League It's endorsed by the California League of Cities Which is nothing more than a politician's lobby It's interesting to find that it was The police stood down last year at UCSC When the almsbudgment on that campus were calling for help It was also interesting that Zach Friend I believe was a policeman's spokesman Years ago when Antifa type mass people Went through the city breaking windows I think you need to change your chairman Fire Mr. Palacios Or either quit yourselves as he's running the whole Bag together This is a Soviet and you know it Good morning Good morning My name is Sholaka Banas I love Santa Cruz And I have the privilege of serving as the chairperson Of the Mental Health Advisory Board Elected by John Leopold And under the leadership of Greg Put Which has just been an amazing privilege To have and serve with other people That you've elected Who are amazing people Who are really passionate and involved I'm here to make an announcement and invite Is there a way I can hand you guys flyers? I'll take it September 10th Is World Suicide Prevention Day And we'll be having candlelight remembrance At the clock tower at 6.30 Conan from Suicide Prevention Hotline Will be there as well There'll be a moment of silence And a moment for people to speak And remembrance of people lost to suicide Thank you very much Any questions, sir? The veterans will be there too They've been invited? Yeah, they've been invited It's open to everyone in the community I've made more flyers I'll put up on the hallway if anyone wants I want to thank you For everything you're doing With the Mental Health Advisory Board You're doing a great job Thank you Thank you Thank you all for your service very much Thank you Good morning, welcome Thank you for waiting Good morning My name is Menera Crawford I live in San Mateo County I came over to your nice wonderful county To tell you that I've discovered Tax fraud, property tax fraud At your county recorder's office And nothing is being done about it In fact, the law states There's no statute of limitations When you alter the public record To steal tax money Now this person stole Filed five forged deeds And has been doing this For over 20 years We have contacted everybody In this city Senators, supervisors The DA's office Who has a thing on your thing Number 32 today They have not investigated it It's a loophole That allows anybody To walk into your county recorder File a grant deed Even if it's fake Even if the notary seal is fake No one checks They tell us It's not our job to check to see If this is a fake document And he did it intentionally To steal property tax Okay I tried to contact somebody About the property tax Who goes after property tax evaders I was told it was the board of equalization I submitted all the documents to them Six months later They said We don't investigate property tax fraud There's a big problem going on Because this law is being ignored Even by your DA Section 115, the criminal code Section 6200 of the government code Says theft of public money There's no statute of limitations You can prosecute them 50 years from now Also filing of a forged document Which we can prove So that's what I'm coming to talk to you about That you need to start paying attention Because this affects every taxpayer In Santa Cruz County It affects all your homeowners I walked into the police department I said What if I take steal your property What are you going to do?  You have to go down And hire a lawyer Paying $15,000 or $20,000 To go get your house back That's ridiculous Also filing the forged deeds Five of them in a row And there's Right now If you go into the tax essential office That forged deed is Right now on that property Okay He has not paid Correct tax for over 20 years So that's what I came to talk to you about And if you Any of you want to see the deeds We'll be glad to show them to you Thank you Good morning Thank you for waiting Hi I'm Cheryl Poland I'm a 20-year resident of the Fifth District And I'm here to talk about two things Starting off the new Santa Cruz Santa Clara County Roundtable That's being put together I think you've all seen the letter From Congresswoman Eshoo Congressman Panetta Regarding joining Or participating in the Roundtable And I just wanted to make sure That all of you understand that The select committee had unfinished business At the end of it There are residents in Watsonville Residents in Scots Valley Los Gatos, Los Cumbres Who are suffering from San Jose Arrivals and Southern Departures Out of SFO in Oakland They need representation on the Roundtable And our expectation is That you all will participate The other thing I'd like to speak about Is I'd like to understand what The Board's plan of action is Regarding the lack of progress On the select committee recommendations It's been two years We've seen no progress whatsoever Outside of our congressional reps I've not seen any activity From this Board Amplifying their message That people are suffering here And things have gotten a magnitude order worse Over the past couple of years Since the select committee I'm sure you're aware Surfer 3 is a lower, louder procedure It's dropped 1,000 to 1,500 feet Over Surfer 2 That in turn has pushed Bricks' arrivals down to Less than 5,000 feet When they cross the summit The Southern Departures have dropped 15,000 feet They're down to 12,000 feet When they cross the summit So it's awful 400 planes per day 24 by 7 And we don't see any action From the Board of Supervisors We'd like to understand what the plan is And it would be great To get answers at the next Board of Supervisors meeting Thank you Thank you Good morning Thank you for waiting Good morning My name is George Silva And I think you've already heard From my caregiver, Monera Crawford I'm up here for much the same reason Number 32 on your item To your Justice and Public Safety I have a problem where In the process of what we've been doing I have gone to the District Attorney's Office of Santa Cruz The Sheriff's Office in Santa Cruz The Legislative Office up here On what, the fourth floor And they have looked at our evidence And the lady that I talked to said Isn't that against the law? I said, thank you Yeah, you're right And she enumerated These are all prosecutable offenses She sent us over to Jim Hart I went over there And I found Mr. Durer in the lobby Investigated that we asked the first time To investigate this To this date We have not gotten any satisfactory input What's happening? We're kept in the dark Any people we call in the offices here They point a finger somewhere else Call this guy, call that guy It's a run around What I'm asking from the Board of Supervisors Is to establish some kind of criteria For our offices That when someone comes in with a problem Address it Treat them like a citizen That they have an interest in what's going on The law is there We have good laws on the books But if they're not prosecuted Why have them? Why should I sit there and say Oh, I'm protected The law here says If this guy does this to me He's going to be arrested Oh, no He's not even going to be prosecuted And he knows that So why not do it? Even if I'm caught Nothing's going to happen The Court's too busy I called Paul Ramos From the Sheriff's Department Called me back and said That the District Attorney says They're too busy That's what he told me They're not going to prosecute this We gave them the evidence My question to you is Can I be involved in Line Item 32 here When the time comes To talk to Craig Wilson To Jim Hart And find out and get something in writing Why I can't have my issues addressed I'm a veteran of 40 years in the Marine Corps I was in Vietnam and Desert Storm I fought for the justice for everybody Why can't I get it? That's all I have to say Do you have any questions for me? No, sir Thank you Okay Good morning Thank you for waiting Hi, good morning My name is Debbie Hakeem I live in the 1st District in Soquel The reason why I'm here again today Is because of the flight pass That I'm enduring my family, my neighbors And everyone were really suffering quite a bit I lived in Boulder Creek for 14 years Under the old flight path Enduring that time I never in my life had heard Air traffic like I do in Soquel 24 hours a day Woken up several times throughout the night Back in April I was diagnosed With a stomach disorder In the last two months I've lost 20 pounds And they couldn't find anything Physically wrong with my body So it has to be from this lack of sleep And not giving my digestive tract Chance to heal throughout the night With them sleeping And I really need help I don't know what else to do I sleep with a fan on at night I still hear the planes I've tried earplugs I get ear infections I mean I'm ready to have a nervous breakdown I am losing it I don't know what else to do I would have never bought this forever home If I would have known That I was going to be in a flight path I am struggling and I'm begging you To please help us I don't know what else to do anymore I can't even, I don't know But that's all I have to say Thank you Thank you Good morning Good morning My name is Ed D I'm a resident of District 5 And I'm here to express my displeasure At the support from the Board of Supervisors On the plane issue Like the woman before me You know this has been going on For over three years now We are getting extremely sleep deprived I apologize if I'm at all Rude or out of bounds today I'm going to do my best But you know the planes are now flying Below 5,000 feet above my house I live at 2,300 feet And all day long I'm reporting it Reporting it Reporting it And we are just, as your constituents Growing extremely frustrated Tired of trying to move this action forward We worked with the select committee We had everyone out We got our recommendations And nothing is happening We're not getting any relief up there It's getting louder It's getting worse I invite any one of you To come to my home And just sit there for an hour And listen, I mean it's like We're on the landing path to the airport I mean it's like We're on Heading Street And they're flying right over And that's not the homes we bought I am a real estate agent here In Santa Cruz County My buying clients are resisting Buying homes that are directly under Everybody's asking about it There's enough press out there People are aware it's a disclosure item now On our homes in the mountains And it's a real tough situation We want your support We voted for you guys We want you to stand up for us Okay, we've already got The select committee recommendations We just need to push them through We just need to get everybody To do what they said they were going to do Thank you for listening Thank you Good morning Good morning I'm Stefania Pietraszak And up until three years ago I never stood in front of anybody Talking about anything Because I don't like doing this And I had a little list Of what I was going to go through And where I was going to start But let me start with trauma Mental health, loss of sleep And PTSD There have been other members Of the community talking about The support they need For people that have this And how important it is And I see the heads bobbing up here No disrespect intended And you have thousands of people That you have promised to help Under these jetpads Who have trauma, mental health Loss of sleep, PTSD And it is getting worse Some of you sat on the select committee It was a democratic process What was the select committee Was it a puppet show? Was it just a great reason To sit in traffic And go up to Palo Alto And eat at an overly expensive restaurant We need you to follow through We need you to contact Our congressional reps They should not be the ones going Wait, there's even a discussion As to whether or not We're joining a roundtable It might not be your constituents Right now But are we going to let this continue Is there any question About the validity Or the sanity Of joining this roundtable That we've been invited to I understand there's some discussion About maybe we don't want to do that They came for us three years ago They'll come for your constituents too Do what you said you were going to do Don't make fools of all of us That took time off from work Got in there, drove up to Palo Alto Sat there for, I don't know How many dozens of hours Worked through the process And now there's just Rip, roaring silence We need these things addressed There is a solution there It needs to be pushed through Please do your jobs Thank you Good morning, thank you for waiting Hi, my name's Jill Boatwright And I live in Las Gadas On Zionty Road Right under the plains I'm also here for the plain issue We need your help with returning The surfer route to Big Sur Suggested by the select committee I agree with the person in front of me That was all that time wasted There were a lot of people Spent a lot of time in that Went all the time What was that all about? I just think it would be a waste Of a lot of important people's time To go through that process And not respond to any Of the select committee recommendations It's been three and a half years Since this started And we're still suffering This is sleep deprivation That you're seeing right now Because I couldn't sleep last night And I have constant exposure To planes over my house I can look in one of my bathroom windows Skylight windows at night When I get woken up And walk in there And see the planes go right over me Surfer 3 was supposed to be An improvement or something That was touted as that It is lower, it's louder And there's more speed brake So that hasn't helped anything Actually I believe there's More planes going through The number of planes are quicker as well Please remember it was the fault Of the Board of Sleep Advisors That neglected to let the public know About the planes coming That forced us to be in this mess To begin with Therefore we are asking for your help To try to get this problem resolved I'm here to ask you to participate In the South Bay Roundtable And I'm hopeful that you will Appoint John Leopold Who is the one person in here That knows the most about this Extensive process That they had to go through To even make select committee recommendations Thank you Thank you Morning, thank you for waiting Good morning, my name is Erica Miranda I'm the former behavioral health Court Peer Navigator And I currently work for Encompass But I'm here as a private citizen In a resident of the third district I'm lucky enough to work with Tracy At Second Story And I came here because I read That life gives us the same lessons Until we learned from them And since I've recently learned A very difficult lesson I wanted to share that with The Board of Supervisors Ten years ago I gave up I know I did because that's when I applied for disability I flunked out of college I left a full-time job Because of my panic attacks And I decided to stay home forever I still cost the place that I lived Lots of money because I had Seven surgeries, three chronic illnesses Due to my lifestyle And I spent weeks in the hospital I honestly believed that I was Totally sick and I would never Get any better or live any differently What made a change in my life Is that I learned about recovery Peer support, peer respites Places I could have gone And learned how to take responsibility For my own life and take control Instead I was involuntarily Hospitalized and over-medicated By the time I started working as a peer I had tried over 35 different Psychiatric medications And I was currently taking 12 When I moved to Santa Cruz County I loved my job I worked full-time The funding ran out and so In the end I had to reach out I had to learn that I got through Those tough times of feeling like I was back in that abyss By learning to reach out And by leaning on my peers And co-workers at Second Story They taught me how to do that Because when peers come together There's nothing about us without us As we learn to recover We teach others to recover It's what we do Peers will recover from the closing Of this facility However I don't think that Santa Cruz County will easily recover From the loss of those beds The space, the wealth of Knowledge that is there And the recovery culture that Second Story has been First in the state of California To implement. This is the way forward This is the direction of our Future and the fabric of what I do and what Is meaningful to me. Please fund the rest of our Fiscal year because we can Recover. We will find a way to Continue this program but we Can't do that in the emergency Shutdown that's happening November 30th. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for waiting. Good Morning. My name is Anne Steilhoff. I live in SoCal And I'm also horribly affected By the jet flights that we've Had over the last three years And I'm here to Urge you to approve And join the new SFO roundtable that We've been asked to join the Santa Cruz hopefully Santa Clara Santa Cruz SFO roundtable. I mean I can't understand Why we wouldn't want to be part Of this. We have this hideous Problem. I won't go through All the suffering you know That I've had as well as the Community. So essentially I want this roundtable I want to be part. I want us To be part of this roundtable And please carefully think about That and vote in favor of that. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. Welcome. Good morning. Becky Steinbrunner resident of rural Aptos. Continuing on With the previous speaker. I want to know why as I've Been told by a number of people Supervisor McPherson and Supervisor Coonerty you have told The FCC proposing roundtable Discussion. Santa Cruz County Is not interested. I don't understand that. And if it's not true then please Clarified but that's what people Are being told by the organizers. I also want to protest The combined public comment Of consent agenda items And on non agenda items That effectively reduces Public comment. And also that members Of the public must now beg you To pull off items on the consent Agenda. To that end I wrote Supervisor Leopold And Supervisor Coonerty Yesterday to ask you to take off Consent agenda item 62 Which gives exclusive Contract agreement with Barry Swenson builder to build a hotel At the upper harbor at Seventh And Bromer. I got no response From either of you. So how Effective is this process that You have instilled to shut up The public and that's the Criteria that the CAO is going To use how many times Consent agenda items will be Pulled off that will measure The success of this new measure Policy on public input that you Have put in. It is a gag Order for the public. I want To say that I'm against this Contract with Swenson for A hotel at Seventh And Bromer That is not at all what the People said they wanted At the public hearing that The county held on April 27th, 2017 I was there Every time a hotel picture went Up and the idea was floated People booed in his. So why Are you doing this? And why Is the planning department Ignoring the initial Redevelopment contract To make that area a park and Open space. This is not Acceptable and your policy is Disgusting in the way you're Shutting up the people. I Also want to take issue with Numbers 37, the great key Software that will allow the Sheriff to unlock iPhones And Apple products and Extract data. I think this Could be used as an invasion Of privacy and needs Your needs a good public And I would like to ask that Commission be formed to do so. I also I want to support The action on item 29 To go against The state SB 3157 that Will allow a Multitude of public Right of way cell towers Many cell towers Because I'm running out of Time I also just want to Point out that on item 44 The MGA amount For the county is Over double of what it is For the Santa Margarita Thank you. Thank you. I appreciate the brief Opportunity to speak. Thank you. Mr. Chair just real briefly I wrote you back Becky I Wrote you back this morning I Apologize that I didn't get You sooner I said that Since this is not a contract To build a hotel as a contract Hotel forward or a project For potentially a project forward That have lots of public process That I wouldn't I wouldn't support Pulling at this time. Would anybody else like to Step forward to address us during this time Please. Okay. Thank you. Hi. I'm here to talk About second story Encompass community services Three weeks ago I was ready to kill myself I was having constant panic attacks I was having Horrible mood swings However, when I went to Telecare I was told I didn't meet The qualifications for a hospitalization I was absolutely A danger to myself I Heard about second story through My case worker at the county And Since I've been there My mood has genuinely improved Right now, but I I feel hopeful and I feel confident And I'm enrolled in school now And I'm alive And I'm happy to be alive And it's because You can't replace the wealth Of knowledge and information That peer counselors can give to you Me trying to find Help through my friends and family Didn't work Because they don't understand what it's like Encompass Knows what it's like And I can credit them I think I can credit them For the fact that I'm alive today Yeah And that's all Thank you Good morning, thank you for waiting I'm Karen Fagundis and I am the Victim of the identity theft And fraud, forgery and everything That Manira Crawford and George Silva were explaining And we sat in front of you and talked And you said you did nothing for the DA And the sheriffs except for their money But according to the county Structure that I read, you guys are over them So when we talked to you, you could have Given me a little more guidance, I think Well, let me just, I just want to interrupt Because a couple of people have spoken on this The DA's office have declined to file your case The board of supervisors does not have Authority to require that the DA's Office file a case The sheriffs office has investigated They passed it on to the district attorney's office I'm happy to meet with you again And have this discussion outside of Here, I mean I'd be welcome to do that But it is Can you explain something else to me then? Outside of that What goes on in here? Like I had to go through a FOIA act to get all these Forgeries or some of them And your county assessor sent me this PCOR, do you know what a PCOR is? Preliminary change of ownership So if I sell property And somebody else buys it They don't generally get recorded Yet this one is, this got sent to me By Sean Saldavia If you read the front, I am the seller And there is a buyer And on the last page It gets signed by The buyer, and look at My name is there, the seller Why would I do that? And this came from your assessor's office And when I confronted him and county council About it, they looked at me and said I don't know, I wasn't there Why? So how do you How do you expect me to accept this? And everything else that's going on You don't want to investigate it, why? These are felonies He's a felon, this is criminal And it's not just me, how many more are out there We don't know because people are afraid to come forward Because nothing happens As we see And I'm not ready to sit down yet I said I will carry this to the end I'm not done yet, you guys do nothing now I'll keep going But you know what, we're going to find out What happened to Kennedy, and we're going to make sure That this comes to justice just as easily Because this is not acceptable to say It's too long ago He's still a felon, I'm still finding forgeries So how many more are out there What happens if he dies and I find out My name is everywhere else, but we didn't find it Because we didn't look How do you expect me to accept that? Well ma'am, I don't think anybody's Asking you to accept it No ma'am, please When we sat with you We believe what you're presenting You have a lot of information But the board of supervisors cannot compel The district attorney's office to file a case That is, they're right, ask a lot of law enforcement Agencies too, I mean this is Anyway I'm happy to meet with you again But the authority of the board of supervisors Is not to compel the district attorney to file a case We do need to meet again because I did finally Record the deed that he never recorded Because it's not a law in this county Therefore that's how people steal You guys have a fraud team But you don't do anything Why aren't they jumping on this? I appreciate it, I will meet with you again Good morning, welcome Good morning An inconvenient truth here And thanks to all the previous speakers We Are being assaulted By microwave radiation From various sources And listening to the people Who live under the flight path Horrible This needs to be halted A factor In the With the noise and the flight Is that these planes Have transponders And I was with a friend In the Santa Cruz mountains Who lives isolated because The smart meter radiation nearly killed her She's also Under the flight path This is right near the border Santa Cruz county So I have my detector up there And she has one As the planes are going over This is pulsing Up So there's also Radiation exposure Each time these planes go over This is an acoustic meter One device to measure it It has a sound component This is what is hitting Our cells And I'm going to give you another Paper here One of the problems is These are pulse microwaves Here's the effect of Pulsed microwaves Which is what these wireless devices do They pulse It's kind of like being punched Repeatedly Causes leakage in the Protected blood brain barrier Affect the Opiate dopamine neurotransmitters Affect sex hormone Levels Shown to decreased sperm production In men Shown to affect heart rate And heart rate variability EEG EEG changes Also in sleep Reduction of learning Memory problems Lower hormones Melatonin, pineal gland Hormone effects Sleeps Pulse EMS Electromagnetic fields Were estimated to have Two and a half times more Adverse effects Than continuous microwave Radiation While Supervisor Leigh Imposed you Express the opposition Now planned on the federal level At the same time The county is rushing Through more of these Radiation emitting antennas That cause these effects In the public right of way And again You are not doing anything To protect the public It's roll out for the telecom Corporations And you need to be protecting public health Not corporate profit Thank you Good morning, thank you for waiting Hello, my name is Susan McKinnon And I've been a resident of Santa Cruz County For 29 years And I'm here today speaking on behalf Of Second Story as a guest Of this respite house In February of this year, a series of Events in my life caused me to be Hospitalized for psychiatric reasons I was brought to telecare A 16 bed facility in Santa Cruz They didn't have an empty bed So I was sent out of county To Sacramento I was without a change of clothes I was without toiletries Or any personal belongings I was also too far away For my family to visit me Or friends to visit me The treatment I received at this facility Was beyond subpar They withheld my asthma And my seizure medications And as a result I suffered Asthma attacks in a seizure For their care When it came time to release me I was shown the door 160 miles Away from my home I was told when I left telecare That transportation would be provided Home Eventually the hospital sent me home By greyhound bus For someone who has never needed Acute psychiatric care I was shocked and appalled As well as further traumatized By the whole ordeal I have since become aware of second Story and I have stayed there A number of times I believe it has helped me To avoid further hospitalizations And move my life forward In a positive direction Second story offers our community A unique resource For people moving through difficult Circumstances And helps them possibly avoid Costly hospitalizations That are not only difficult on the patient Are difficult for their whole family I'm here today to ask That The emergency Some emergency funding May be provided to Keep this resource available To our community because I believe it Is valuable Thank you. Thank you. Good morning. Thank you for waiting. Hi. Good morning. My name is Jessica Brown And I've lived in Santa Cruz County I'm here today to speak to you About the second story respite house program Last week it was announced That this program would be closed December 1st of this year I've worked at second story as a counselor Now for over three years And previously I stayed there as a guest Twice People who experience mental health Challenges and need Support have very limited options At second story All staff are peers People with lived experience of mental health Challenges As staff we relate to the second story Guests as equals And we provide a supportive environment That encourages growth and self determination And builds community As a single parent I was afraid to lose custody Of my child So I never sought help for any mental health Even though I needed it Excuse me After my child 18 I did seek help I went to the hospital And it didn't do anything for me And I was sent home And at home There was nothing I went to the hospital again And it still didn't work for me I decided to give second story a try And at second story I found a place Where I could be around people And people that were peers And they were welcoming And it was easy And it provided me community And I no longer felt lost And people saw the value in me When I hadn't seen any value in myself For years I was encouraged to apply for a job And I received one As an on-call counselor I hadn't worked a regular job In probably five years And today I'm at the healthiest place I've ever been I think it's a huge loss to the community And it is service to close our program People come and find Relationships that are lasting And build a community of support So thank you for listening And I hope that we can find a way To fund our program longer Thank you My name is Cindy And I have been the resident of Santa Cruz County For almost 10 years I'm also here as a concerned member Of our community and to share my experience With Second Story, Peer Respite House I've been receiving Mental health treatment for 18 years And I've been hospitalized 30 times In locked facilities for mental health crises Related to being a trauma survivor I've been A part of the Second Story community For about six months And after a recent crisis And have found an irreplaceable Community, hope, healing And strength Within the walls of this Respite House I've also avoided crisis hospitalizations While growing and participating In the Second Story community I've been able to maintain my housing Which While receiving support from my peers Which is not something that is always possible In times of extended crisis And hospitalization Second Story is a unique program In our county That truly sees and values Each individual that walks through Its doors And relates to each of us as peers As equals This genuine connection fosters Agency and one's own healing And recovery It is one of the only places that I felt so seen Heard and valued Where I am at at any given moment And welcomed into their home Hearts and minds without judgment This place of acceptance And transformation has opened up a space To me to begin To share my story and to heal In a long-term sustainable way As a trauma survivor and a peer Second Story has made every effort To meet me where I'm at And to help me pave my road in recovery As a valued member of the Second Story community I do not know what I would do Or where I would turn If this Respite House was closed And our community was dismantled Thank you very much for your time And openness to hearing my statement Thank you Morning, thank you for waiting My name is Serge Cagno, Organizational Consultant for Homeless Services I think I've met a few of you guys I think I saw you yesterday at the day services Grand opening for Salvation Army in Motsomil Three things One that I'd like to say For Second Story I deal with a lot of clients Who have a really positive Experience with it And peer-driven things is really a best practice thing There aren't too many in the county right now Two other things Homeless Action Partnership Which I'm a part of There's a general board There's an executive And there's a governance board I was wondering if you could look into Whether the Brown Act covers those two things Other counties do have the Brown Act Covering their Homeless Action Partnership So I'm thinking it's probably Just an oversight And that county Homeless Coordinating Committee That covers that If you look into those Good morning Good morning Carol Williamson from National Alliance On Mental Illness For Santa Cruz County I've been the volunteer president for 10 years And what I see is the Tremendous support we have here For Second Story And holding it precious and open To meet the needs that No other program in our county can meet So not only is Second Story Beloved by peers But I want to speak on behalf Of the family members Who find it to be their only respite Also from being 24-hour caregivers Sometimes To someone who might be suicidal Or in really dire straits And I have a Single mother who just told me That Second Story is Her only respite when her son Is suicidal And she's too afraid That she can't care for him And he's too Afrightened to go to the hospital So I hope that you can Find the funds to keep Second Story Open Thank you Good morning, welcome back Good morning, I'm Catherine O'Day with Save Our Shores I'm going to shift gears here But first I want to Speak ahead of me And I was happy to step back And step back in line So that they could speak as a strong group It does sound like Second Story Is a program that should be funded Although that's far outside Save Our Shores wheelhouse I can't help but comment on that After hearing the passion From these people But I'm here today For the cause of our ocean And our coastal health To keep alive and in front of you A letter that we sent to you A couple of months ago And then had signed by seven other organizations Which is requesting Further action on The ubiquitous plastic pollution That has become a crisis in our ocean Worldwide I'm very pleased to say That there has been interest From a number of you on these issues And I thank you for that And here to Support any action that you can take Again For people in the audience What we have asked this Board of Supervisors To consider is action On the single use plastic toilet Tree bottles In the hospitality industry We've asked for Filters to be mandated For commercial laundry facilities To capture micro plastic Fibers before they are washed Into our waterways And we have asked for Consideration of banning The sale of non-recyclable K-cup coffee pods That are thrown into the land waste By the thousands daily And also to look at The potential to Ban the sale of Single use water bottles And that would be the sale of water In bottles under a gallon We realize some of these are more Difficult than others And we know that we have Community Support for these Among our constituents As well as the other constituents I'd also like to mention that We are looking to add balloons To our list of plastic items For consideration As well as Contact lens Which we have learned recently Are now being flushed down the toilet And also into our waterways In and of themselves Or micro plastics before they even Begin to break down. So thank you for taking up some of these issues And look forward to working with you On them. Thank you so much. Thank you. But anybody else like to address us? This is your opportunity. I just want to remind members of the public What it is to be a good flag waving Americans Because we are good people. I believe that. I believe you guys are good people. We're able to hear members of the public In here and Get a feel of the moral impulse of the community From the planes to the mental health issues All this affects me as well And I would concur with their Plead because the American public Is looking for strong leadership That would show strength of character And moral fortitude to stand up Against the corporate powers That would always want the benefit And privilege of government I want to be able to say this That the American public The praise majority Is rising up And I want to be able to say These are trying times and we do get it We do get it And I want to be able to say this Chairman Friend I want to be able to thank members of the public In Gary's Arnold leadership And Becky Steinburners Becky Steinburner came in here And she divulged that She emailed a couple of the county board To pull a light item I thought that was very disrespectful She did what you guys asked for Of her in manifesting to nil Gary Arnold took time to call up The board of the clerk And they refused to pull anything I want to be able to share members of the public My imperial experience today You know, on the fly I just asked Chairman Friend If I can talk to one of his staff So we can pull one of the light item consent calendars None of his staff are here Very mind boggling How I'm going to be able to consult with your staff How much is the American public Deverting their income and their labor To support your leadership And yet you can't even have your staff here So I can dialogue with them Or make themselves available So I can try to persuade them To pull something off the light item Consent calendar to speak on it Once again this goes to show The tyranny of the status quo That they're receiving all the benefits That the public is tired of the political shenanigans We don't want censorship We don't want devitalization And we don't want deculturization Of our constitutional republic We want to come in here as dignified rivals And be able to speak liberating truth To political power It's imperative Chairman Friend That you review The conduct of the board Because it's a violation of the Brown Act Talking the consent calendar With the light item Consent items Is only convoluting The whole political process We need a public spirited perspective People like myself, Gary Arnold, Becky Steinburner, and Marilyn To come in here and illuminate members of the public Because we want a county out of the 58 counties We want one county that's going to rise And show the American public what it is That we have a great democracy here Thank you Thank you, Mr. Alexander Is there anybody beyond this individual Who would like to address us? Thank you Hello, my name is Mary Rawl And I'm very nervous And I've never I don't know if I'm going to just Completely go Brain dead But I would like to speak on behalf of Second Story And I would like to become Better prepared next time With something written So that I can Really draw your attention And to the importance Of this program not closing down So thank you For Thank you for being here and listening And I look forward to seeing you again And hopefully we can work together Thank you Good morning Welcome back Good morning, Board of Supervisors Benjamin Cogan here And I just wanted to During open communication To address my concern For the underground water aquifer How To my belief the plan is to pump Treated sewage water in To prevent the drainage Of all the water because if the Water goes down salt water intrusion Is a possibility And so I actually want to learn How I can be in communication with you And see if there's any other options When you pump water in Even though it's treated Things that we don't know Could be in the water And so we actually lose our authenticity Our purity, our cleanliness And So I just kind of want to really be in the conversation With you guys on how to Other alternative Measures to make a difference For a water supply So I just thought I'd voice that To you guys And maybe I can Accept a time to meet with you guys Or find out the information And learn with you guys So just a concern of mine Well I got a lot of time I normally take up all the time But See that's been on my mind Just if we pump stuff in Or do desal We're gonna not have the fresh water So how can we think about Saving water, conserving water Pumping in treated sewage water And losing our authenticity as Santa Cruz And then just really figuring out How do we strengthen the pipelines And stuff like that So thank you for your listening on this one I got a minute and 20 seconds left I yield for your time Anybody else like to address us Okay Seeing none we will close The public comment period Ms. Hall do you just have One minute to just very briefly say I think that the discussion on second Story is important for my colleagues To be aware that It's a switching of how that will be provided It's not a although it's basically From a facility based to a community based program It's not that the services won't be provided They're being provided in a different way And I think it's important for the community To be aware of what that plan is Thank you for being here Sure thank you chairman friend Yes so I'm not sure how many people are aware With encompass to try to figure out How we continue the services So pure respite as a set of Services is not ending And We have a model that we're transitioning to So effective December 1st The program will transition To a community and an Outreach based model where we meet people Where they are I know it's not the same Thing as how it's been Continued before but We have exhausted every avenue Of trying to figure out how to keep the program Going in order to save the house So this is Our effort to continue the services To Honor the model of pure respite services To honor the work that the peers have done As well as the benefit for the community And It was Not an option for us to simply Completely close things down So So that is what's going to happen And for the people who Are working in the program currently We have a landing place For all of you there are seven FTEs more people than FTEs And we have a place For all of you to continue the work That you do And we're saddened just as you are In the closure of the facility But We're looking forward to working with you So that we can continue building this pure Based model in the community And meeting people Where they are And we have ideas as well as how We can open up the potential Of having facilities and maybe Even beds in a different kind of model That's sustainable and affordable Thank you Miss Hall You're welcome We will now move to the board For the action on the consent agenda These are items 8262 Supervisor Caput are there any items You'd like to briefly comment on on the consent agenda? Supervisor Caput if you Wouldn't mind your microphone it believes off Thank you I'm happy to see Item 55 Adopt a resolution Authorizing a highway Safety improvement program grant Application And it's good to see So thank you Thank you Supervisor Caput Good morning Supervisor McPherson Thank you Mr. Chair I do have several items I wanted to comment on Item number 18 I think This recommendation is the correct one Regarding cannabis nurseries We need to maintain our ability At the local level to set limits And I think this is something that Is the right decision that was made By our staff Item 21 I'm glad to see That the homelessness system Performance measures that were strengthening Our outcome Measures and comparing our outcome Measures comparable to similar counties Such as Monterey and San Luis Obispo And I look forward to getting our report Back in October I'm very pleased to see On item 23 the completion of the Ben Lohman basketball court resurfacing project It wasn't a huge project And it came in under the engineer's Estimate It may seem like a small project but It's going to mean a lot to the community In the Santa Rosa Valley and particularly Ben Lohman By the probation department Case load I'm glad to see that Thank you Fernando Our chief probation officer for bringing This request to us This puts us two positions Back that were eliminated to balance To balance the probation Department's budget And it's also important that we Reduce the case load with probation For So we can see Consider how critical those officers are To the folks out of jail So I do appreciate that effort And I'm glad we're able to do it This is Something we've been waiting for For a long time on item number 52 We Are able to Accept the contract For building the Felton library And first of all I'd like to Thank Assemblyman Mark Stone For securing a million dollar grant From the state budget First of its type Possibly in the state for a library And park to be combined And for the The general staff For getting the state grant funds Those two funding streams Supplement the measure S funding That was passed in the library measure Four years ago and thanks To our Felton library friends For all the work that they've done The public works department, the CAO's Office we're ready to go ahead And groundbreaking is set for September 21st at four o'clock Ten years ago that library Was probably going to be closed So it's nice to have it up and running And really be a model for The combination of a park and a library Number 53 Was pleased to see the additional 1.4 million dollars in funding From FEMA and the state emergency services This will help us address Repairs on six county service areas In the fifth district in particular And throughout the The county as well And The finally number 57 Felton is going to celebrate its 150th birthday There's going to be a road closure And it's going to be on Highway nine, it's going to be a great Great time October 6th And we invite everybody to participate Thank you Thank you Supervisor McPherson Hi good morning. A couple items To add additional direction on The first one is Item number 21 which is the Homeless performance measurements which we Asked for so it was mentioned in the staff Report but it wasn't in the recommendation That the staff return on October 30th With details on performance Measures compared to similar agencies And then I'd also like to direct it On December 4th staff will return To the board with additional performance Measures just to make clear that When we'll be getting those That information back And item number 41 this is the Encompass contract for Drug Medi-Cal These contracts are for nine months And I'm okay with moving forward with them today However the next time When these contracts come up I ask the board Direct that there be meaningful outcome measures In this To make sure that we're seeing Impacts for the people in need In the community On item number 46 Which is a cab contract I want to take a moment and appreciate HSD and cab for having Meaningful outcomes there So we can really see the results And how we're doing And then finally on item number 52 Which is the Felton Library I want to congratulate Supervisor Fierce and the whole community For really sticking with it On this project to get this important resource Available up in Felton Thank you good morning Good morning chair Just a couple items I'd like to make comments on On item number 29 I encourage our Board to take a stand In opposition to the U.S. Senate bill 3157 This board took action last year On a state bill 569 Or 659 That would have taken away any local control Over the placement of wireless facilities This bill Is opposed by both Our state association of Counties and the national association Of counties is taking away Local control on land use And even limiting the ability To When corporations use public Right of ways to engage In a fair contract So I hope we will All broadly support this Opposition to this bill On item number 35 I think this is A good idea to have this Overhire of Deputy probation officers This is something that's clearly needed As our system Of criminal justice changes And more people are Not placed in jail but are under supervision We need to ensure That we have adequate staffing To be able to effectively supervise People who are out of jail And I think this is a good solution On item number 36 I appreciate that We received these reports And I appreciate that the percentage Of people who are Being held in custody Before trial has gone down But we should not accept 66% of our jail population Who was being held In our jail But haven't been convicted of anything As an acceptable number And I encourage Our partners to work together To continue to bring this number down The legislature is currently Considering SB 10 Which was a bail reform Which could have impact as well But I think we need to I appreciate getting the detail in this report And I think we shouldn't Be satisfied with the status quo We should work To reduce this number even more Lastly on item number 41 I'm glad to see that We're using the drug Medi-Cal Program To provide millions of dollars Of services and increased number Of hours for young people who are Suffering from substance use disorder I think this is a good Effort to meet a pressing Community need and I'm glad To see you working with a community Partner that we can use this new Funding resource to provide these Services. So thank you for that. That's it. Thank you. I have a few comments. I mean a member of the public Could express concern on item 19 Just regarding the language. I mean operationally we would never Do it without a board vote but it Strikes me that that's a very simple Modification so I'd suggest that the Modification on item 19 be the HSD I recommend locations replacement As was requested. And I'd also like To add my appreciation On item 41 for encompasses work In regards to this element We'll use this method to Support them. Is there a motion From the board? I move the Recommended I move the consent Agenda as amended. Second. We have a motion from Supervisor Leopold And a second from Supervisor Coonerty All those in favor. Aye. Opposed. It passes unanimously. We'll now move on to the Regular agenda. We have item 6 Which is to consider approval And concept of an ordinance amending Chapter 7.1 3.0 Regulating the cannabis retail Industry related to mobile delivery Services restrictions and signage Requirements and schedule final Adoption for the next available Agenda as outlined in the memo of the C.A.O. With the ordinance amending Chapter 7.1 3.0 and the Amendments of Chapter 7.1 3.0 Ms. Bolster Grant welcome Thank you for waiting. Good morning Thank you Supervisors. Over the past several months our Enforcement team has seen a number of Complaints regarding illegal Non-local retail delivery services Operating in unincorporated Santa Cruz County. This activity represents Unfair competition to our local Licensed dispensaries and the Resources that they have put into Obtaining and keeping those Licenses our enforcement team is Preparing to take aggressive action Against these unlicensed Businesses and the proposed Amendments to Chapter 7.1 3.0 We are also recommending Changes to the signage Restrictions contained in 7.1 3.0 which we believe Unnecessarily restrict the size Of dispensary signs The revision if approved would Treat dispensary signs the same as Other commercial signs in terms Of size while maintaining Restrictions on the content Including prohibitions on the Use of cannabis imagery or Other images such as cartoons Or toys that could appeal to Miners. Therefore we Recommend that your board consider Approval in concept of an ordinance Amending provisions of Santa Cruz County Code Chapter 7.1 3.0 Regulating the cannabis retail Industry related to mobile delivery Service restrictions and signage Requirements and schedule final Adoption for the next available Agenda as outlined in the Memorandum of the County Administrative Officer. CHAIRMAN BERNANKE I just want to thank our Licensing office and the Fairgrounds for getting together To put this together. There was An example that didn't go off very Well at first, but I think we Have a program here that's Being suggested That this is a Requirement by the state. These shows only happen at Fairgrounds. CHAIRMAN BERNANKE I just want to thank the Comments that you just made and Apply them to the next item. You jumped ahead. Don't worry about it. It's okay. There's a lot of Cannabis being discussed and Maybe it's having an effect on Your clarity here. CHAIRMAN BERNANKE We call that a contact hot. CHAIRMAN BERNANKE I was looking straight at it. CHAIRMAN BERNANKE I think these are good changes. I think that the Signage requirement, the signage Changes are also good, but I Appreciate that we are keeping the Prohibitions, which has been a Concerned by community members and Community prevention partners. CHAIRMAN BERNANKE But now open it up for the Community. Is there anybody that Would like to address us on item 6 regarding mobile delivery Services and signage requirements? CHAIRMAN BERNANKE I'll just add a few comments Via the website, but I've Brought some along. CHAIRMAN BERNANKE In case you... CHAIRMAN BERNANKE And I also included the next Item on the agenda in these Comments, but I'll just address The two that you're On this agenda item. As far as delivery services, We support the notion Of a little apprehensive, however, About the ability Of the county to enforce To take Any kind of enforcement action Against Unlicensed or Illegal Delivery services or Licensed outside of the area Delivery services. The state is Considering Legislation or rule changes That would permit Licensed Delivery services to operate In any jurisdiction in the county. I mean in the state. And That would put That would create a situation Where you have both Licensed and Unlicensed delivery Services operating and The ability to distinguish Between the two is going to become More and more difficult. I think to consider is that Currently about 70% of the population of the state Reside In areas where There are no Retail outlets Permitted. So that is a disadvantage For Santa Cruz County cannabis producers. In other words, we're locked out Of 70% Of the state because Of these local bands And so we would Well, we support A local license for delivery Services. We think it might be a better Approach to create a local License To identify those people Who are licensed by the state To deliver And permit them to deliver In Santa Cruz County as well. As far as signage We support the Bringing cannabis businesses Into the same Regulations as any other business. We think that makes good sense. We'd also like you however To look at the previous Section in that ordinance Right before Section 11 That prohibits Pretty much any kind of advertising That uses a description Of the cannabis product That we think Is Too onerous and we also believe It puts local producers At a disadvantage Out of its area producers. Thank you. Morning, welcome back. Hello, Pat Malo. Just a couple of things to clarify What Jim was talking about about the deliveries Because I think there's some nuances Is that for a long time There has been unlicensed deliveries All throughout California In Santa Cruz County and I know That you've heard from the licensed dispensaries How there's putting them out On unfair playing On the unfair playing field And we agree with that 100%. What we're thinking about this There's been proposed changes At the state level That would allow any license Delivery service to deliver To any county And if we are saying that These out of county license Services can't come into The county to be able to Deliver to customers Here, that's great with me I've never lived anywhere from Santa Cruz I don't want anyone else making the dime here. But the Issue is Those two things are different issues And I think that the real Solution to this Is that we might have trouble Preventing those licensed Deliveries from out of the county Coming here. I think it's a much Better idea to Require them to pay Our CBT tax If they're going to do deliveries here Putting them out of situation Where they're probably paying their local Tax as well as ours when they're Doing deliveries. I think that's Different because I think that You're going to have a really hard time Going after these licensed delivery Services who are delivering To Santa Cruz County And it's a much different task than Unlicensed Businesses in General, so I just want to clarify that. Appreciate it. Good morning and welcome back. Thank you all for waiting. Good morning. My name is Jenna As you know, I come with the lens Of Youth cannabis use prevention Specifically environmental prevention strategies Which will create a healthy environment For youth in Santa Cruz County I came specifically to make sure that In the signage code We retained not including cannabis Imagery, so I'm really Excited to hear that that's Going to be the case. It's really great news that the state is continuing to Strengthen cannabis advertising Regulations But in Santa Cruz County we still Have stronger advertising regulations So I want to It makes sense that our signs Will also follow those. We have these restrictions because you Are particularly prone to influence of Advertising symbolism and brand recognition And I know our local dispensaries Work hard as responsible Community oriented businesses, but It helps to have this clarifying Language Present and there is also a precedent And took a look And saw in Washington state They have those restrictions As a statewide level of not having Cannabis imagery Other things and Also I want to Comment on the strength And language about non-local deliveries We wrote a letter about this in the past And believe it will reduce You've accessed through these services Which may not follow the same strong local Standards that are tied to our Local licensing system So I think that this Movement towards greater Enforcement of delivery services And looking at how they operate And staying to the strict standard of Allowing delivery only through our Brick and mortar businesses Is wise, so thank you always For your constant balance of Different community needs, looking at Business, youth prevention, and public health Thank you, ma'am. Welcome back. Great to be back. Thank you. We lost one. So my concern Is You know Distribution Of cannabis has been going on Since Ever since I've been a kid from Reading California, and my question Is what is the punishment system That's put in place, because there's Always going to be legal and illegal Deliveries, and so There's a portion of our youth That get caught up in this, there's a Portion of other businesses and all this And what role does kind of Freedom kind of have to play in just Letting people be fully self-expressed And being able to kind of just choose The lifestyles I want to live And so my concern is that like This puts more people in prison More fines, it's more regulatory action And could cause Maybe just more disruption And maybe there's a Convenient or better way that we can Work together. So I'm learning With you guys, I appreciate you guys Taking actions that you're taking And I just wanted to voice What came to me. Thank you guys. This will be our final speaker. I just want to be able to Remind members of the public that When you're being asked this trip And you can't sleep because the planes are flying over And you're having a difficult time Even coming in here and weighing in On the political issue, it's important That we have license and delivery Services even coming from the adjacent Counties. We need it to open it Up so it's fair competition. That's what free enterprise is all about. I want to be able to say this that Most members of the public do use Cannabis. And remember I do suffer from PTSD. I can't get treatment at the mental health Services. Having a nice delivery Service that I'm able to have a report With is important. Free enterprise allow other people that Are having a good system Delivering 24-7, it's a good thing. Taxing them, making it hard It's just more privilege, right? Just for this Santa Cruz County. We want it open up so Other people can be able to enjoy that. Thank you. Thank you. That closes public Comment and I'll bring it back to the Board and hand it back over to our chair. Are there any additional questions Or comments or a motion would be Appropriate at this time? I would Move the recommended action. Second. We have a motion from Supervisor Leopold A second from Supervisor Coonerty To your political comments. I'm trying to work with Ms. Galloway To make sure I be clear of my My motions. One thing We've seen Is this question about delivery Services. There is a bill in the California Legislature right now, 1302 That Would allow delivery services Anywhere in California. I've written a letter Against this legislation because While there might be some areas Which don't have any Services and don't Have any dispensaries here in Santa Cruz We have worked very hard To have a Fully regulated and I think Successful system of Retail sales For cannabis and I think That the delivery services Threatens to upset that That Legislation and so I think I didn't bring it to the board today Because I thought the bill might Be voted on by the time it got here But I think that Enforcing our regulations Against delivery services is important The other thing that I'll just point out And supporting the work Of community prevention partners And good news is it was in today's Sentinel is that Cannabis use among teenagers has Actually gone down according to surveys Of legalization Not gone up and this is We've seen this in other states I think only Alaska is a state Which saw a modest bump up But Colorado Has been No more than steady Since 2014 and Washington it's gone down So it's interesting to see How legalization has affected Or not affected Use in California But I support these efforts Move a motion and a second all those in favor Aye Opposed Passes unanimously Thank you for that we'll move on to item seven Which is to consider a status report on Cannabis license being Office operations adopt resolution regarding Temporary cannabis events located at the county fairgrounds And take related actions is outlined in the memo The CAO have the letter from the fairgrounds CEO the draft sample Authorization letter draft cannabis special Events application form draft cannabis Special events tax form in the resolution Resolution for temporary cannabis Events as opposed to grant thank you for waiting No problem So this is the first regular Status update on the non retail Commercial cannabis licensing program Following the adoption of the implementing Ordinances in May of this year Our update will also Include a discussion of the request For authorization of Special cannabis events at the County fairgrounds When the ordinances took effect on June 8th our office created The forms and procedures Necessary to begin the use permit And licensing application process That process begins with The pre application consultation This consultation allows our Staff to review the commercial cannabis Development proposals and meet With the planning department to make sure that We have consistency in the application Of our new ordinances and policies That everybody's still Trying to understand As of this morning we've had 20 pre application consultations come in And one discretionary permit application Which has been submitted to the planning Department This first application I'd like to note is Would actually allow up to 20 Perspective Manufacturing licensees Of edible products to operate In a shared commercial kitchen So this one permit Has the potential to benefit Different businesses locally As the cannabis industry and The regulatory agencies become more Familiar with the new ordinances And permitting process we expect A steady uptick in the permitting Activity over the next few months The other major program update Is enhanced enforcement action Based on complaints From the general public Referral from our partner agencies And proactively identifying cannabis Cultivation specifically using Aerial imagery the licensing Office staff has now responded To 55 potential violations Of the ordinances of those Nearly half have been resolved The majority through Voluntary compliance By removing plants And in some cases small manufacturing Equipment a few of those Have been determined to be Non-commercial medical grows And we've Posted three notices Of violation for folks that were Not able to come into compliance The remaining unresolved Complaints are largely Registrants who are in our system They're either preparing to apply For their permits or they are Still in the process of trying to Find compliance sites and we Have given a date of June 2019 For all registrants to Find a site which meets Their needs that complies with So there is some safe harbor That we've talked about in the past For folks who have every intention Of coming into compliance But have not yet found a place Where they can do that On August 13th two Sheriff's deputies joined our Office and in short order they Have accompanied our investigators On visits to all of our licensed Dispensaries and to many Cultivation and manufacturing sites Around the county they have been Helping to identify and Investigate potential violations Performing background checks And ensuring safe site inspections And they're also part of our Education effort because Enforcement really in many cases Is about educating both the public And the industry about what our Rules are and how we are Implementing them. An issue That was not on our radar when We formulated our licensing program Is the issue of temporary cannabis Events and the state recently Added regulations creating a Separate license type for such Events which allows for the sale And consumption of cannabis And cannabis products on county Fairgrounds subject to Authorization by local jurisdictions. The issue was brought to our attention Following an event that was held At the fairgrounds this past spring Without our knowledge or Authorization as a result Of that event we met with the Secretary of State and he Would allow future events with A number of safeguards to ensure Compliance with state and local Laws and payment of our cannabis Business tax. In addition to Payment of taxes our operational Conditions include different Security measures, insurance Requirements and so forth. We believe that subject to These operational conditions Temporary events could create Economic benefit to the county Also promoting the local cannabis Industry and we are supportive Of providing authorization for These events. With that We recommend that your board Consider the status report on Cannabis licensing office operations Adopt the resolution regarding Temporary cannabis events located At the county fairgrounds and Take related actions as outlined In the memorandum of the county Administrative officer. That's All I have, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. I want to thank you for all the Work you've done in the last Month, actually putting them All of this together. And I want to thank The Fair Board Also for stepping forward And being so cooperative That would be Mr. Cagabine and the Board of the Fairgrounds Now I'm going to I'm going to check off some stuff That I wrote When I think Of the fairgrounds I think Of variety. I think of The Friday night races I think of Circuses that come to town I think of little league baseball That's located Out there on the fairgrounds too Equestrian events Horses and Everything And also the fair itself So When I'm getting here Taxpayers in general Pay for everything And it's how we spend Taxpayer money is what's important So they're taxpayers In the past created Fairs and fairgrounds and all That. So I'm In favor of What we're going forward here I guess what I'm okay About four events are we talking About four weekends or four days Four separate events Either two or three Days per event is how How we propose this. Okay so We're talking actually about Up to 16 days Possibly I think 12 Days total Is it 12? I think That's how it's written I can check again But I believe that we accommodated For long weekends I'm sorry Mistating that But I thought that it was two or three Days so a weekend or a long weekend I think I'll check again I guess the concern I have And we can even Maybe allow Mr. Cagabine To make a comment too What I don't want to see Is This becoming a cash cow Or where it makes a lot of money And then it becomes a priority And then it affects everything I mentioned in Variety Okay a little league baseball Is not making any money out there Okay so the event comes in Are they going to get Bumped out? Are we going to start moving Will it go beyond Four events? Will it be up to four events? And what if It doesn't go well Are we able to say Only two or maybe three What's our authority up here? That's directed At me We're trying for We're starting out with four events Anything Beyond what we've outlined here Would need to come back To your board for authorizing More conceivably But as a point of clarification It's up to four events Those events would need to still be approved By A position technically moving forward You will be missed And the board always has the ability To review, revoke, reduce Or increase Moving forward and the fair As you know books out Quite a distance in advance So there aren't necessarily that many Available weekends as it stands So it's an authorization of up to four But there's also a reality that four Might not even be possible In a given year based on their calendar Okay, up to four But what, it could go beyond four If we were able to change that? If we decided to change it, yes Okay, that's a concern I have I'd like to have a number And make it You do have a number So what we would be approving today is up to four It would require the board, something to come back To the board to amend This action to make it more than four In the future should that be Something that we desire There's a reality here that four Is an unlikely High number for how the fair Schedules in advance This is just the possibility that at some Point it would be up to four in a year And then the other would be We're talking about outside vendors When we say outside Can they be, that's any county In California, does they come from? Licensed retailers So folks that have obtained state Licensed They would not qualify For a license from the state That's clear in the resolution It is, okay And then That Variety also, events, rentals How they would be How they would be affected The concern I have And Mr. Cagabine If we could ask him You're doing a great job out there We trust you But then what I'm getting at Is down the line Somebody else takes Over a years from now I just don't want to see Money And One particular thing That makes so much money Affecting all the variety Of the fairgrounds Maybe you can answer that, is that okay? Thank you for being here this morning Good morning Dave Cagabine CEO of the Santa Cruz County Fair Currently You know, our schedules Typically we don't book Events more than a year out We have a lot of regular Ongoing events that happen annually And then we fill in the schedule With weddings, kinsanettas Private parties A variety of different things So our current Plan going forward We have three potential weekends Where we could do an event If we figured out the proper way And we get them licensed And we're able to move forward Our thought process is perhaps Two events a year, one in the spring And one in the fall But we don't want to be coming back To the Board of Supervisors every month Asking for something different So we put it out as four potential events So some years down the road Perhaps I don't Look at this particular business Pushing out Any other business we do You know, we're looking at We have certain events that regularly happen On certain months every year And have for a long time We continue to try to add new events In those categories So I understand your concerns I think most events will probably be Two days And there might, you know I'm looking around at other events That are conducted throughout the state Might good sense So it's quite possible they could turn into One-day events Okay, so let's say they had Yet another event, let's say Little League Baseball Playoffs or something Would that be affected If something was scheduled Like this on that weekend? Well, our little league We have a singular little league field So all Sort of playoffs competitions And stuff are done at other fields In the community And when we kind of have A unique situation in the little league In that all other little league fields Throughout Santa Cruz County Are supported through Taxpayer funds And the little league field at the fairgrounds We're in the situation Where we have to charge some rent And little league has to pay for the utilities The water and that sort of thing Because we don't have that government Subsidy to support that The league field is not going to be impacted By these events Their season, you know, potentially a springtime Event might be on a weekend We might have to make a little adjustment To their schedule, but we're not going to push them Out And their season ends in June Potential events in July or October Would not Impact Little League I guess maybe in a way To the revenue That you get from the Cannabis event Would be able to keep other Programs actually running Well, as Hopefully everyone knows, the fairgrounds Is an unsubsidized Or unfunded agency That lives on its own Economic generation, so it's Just like an airport or Some of these other economic enterprises We operate based on the revenues We can generate, so in the last Well, I'm about to undertake My seventh fair, and in the last Seven years, we have really Restructured, reorganized, rebuilt A lot of different things With the revenues we can generate So we're simply looking at We have an aging facility Purchased in 1935 We were just talking earlier about Our buildings that are built in the 50s and the 60s and the 70s With all the same infrastructure issues You're dealing with in the county On a much smaller scale, but No taxpayer funding to pay for those repairs So we're simply looking for the opportunity To try new things, do different Things, serve all The different aspects of our community Right, and I realize Some don't make money, so what I'm looking At and I do trust you Is that money that comes From this actually does help Keep the fair open and Allow the variety of other events That are taking place there Correct The last concern I have Is, and this is A little bit unrelated, but I've seen This happen with different things When you have so much cash There's a tendency to want to get More and more and more So four events, maybe What, maybe five, maybe Six, maybe ten I don't want to see a cash cow Take over the fairgrounds In the future, so I've seen It happen with Well, just for example I've seen in the past Maybe a veterans building And pretty soon there's so many events In there that on Veterans Day Veterans one time In Watsonville couldn't have an event Because there was something scheduled That was making more money than they That they were going to be able to do So what I'm getting at Is all of these things that you do The wonderful things That you do at the fair Hopefully cannabis Will fit in with it Not take it over, but actually Help it out So we're currently doing about 400 events a year annually At the fairgrounds, so if we Do four of these events We're talking about one percent Potentially Of our total overall Diverse business I'm for it, I just want To make sure it doesn't become It doesn't affect All of a sudden next year We talked to you and it's We had four cannabis events And only 250 other Events instead of 400 But I think I made My point that I trust You 400 events Is because of the hard work You're doing out there at the fairgrounds Thank you. Thank you Chair. I just had a couple questions About some of the aspects Of the report and one of the conditions First of all I think The state legislature Put it in this Roar the regulatory Agency as a way of Supporting fairgrounds And made that a smart Choice it's And Meeting with fairground Board members it Was clear how serious they are About this to be well managed And they have a great history Of doing that and so I'm glad to see this Happening and I Prove this process There was One part which didn't Completely make sense to me and I just wonder if you could Clarify on the conditions Number 19 it says No weapons of any kind Well that I strongly support That and then Is included but not limited to guns Knives seems okay And then it has drug paraphernalia And I'm wondering How broadly that covers I mean first of all I don't know Why that would be under weapons But Trying to figure out what that I mean it's a cannabis event or rolling Papers or pipes Part of that or Not so much probably rolling papers I think but you know It's something that could be Construed as a weapon And maybe paraphernalia Not related to cannabis But giant pipes Or things I've been in a couple Of these dispensaries I have a number of them in my district And so I see what they sell And there are pipes There are Different vaporizers There are water pipes All seem to be Connected to this To the sale of the product Are they not going to be allowed In something like this? I mean they're not weapons Unless someone breaks the water pipe And uses the glass I would agree with that I would not consider most paraphernalia to be A weapon And I'm not 100% sure I'm sort of trying to check the state To see if that language mimics Anything in the state ordinance You will be able To buy paraphernalia Anything that's associated But bringing in your own I think was the object Why it's Lumped in with weapons I don't have a great answer What I'm trying to get a sense of Maybe I look to a council There are associated products Let's just say To cannabis Does this prevent those from being sold No It's to prevent them from being brought in And forcing people to buy What's being provided there You can't enter with a weapon You can't enter with your own With your own pipe But you can purchase them inside Right That's a lot clearer I will let people know Not to bring their water pipes To the event The other question I had Had to do with the enforcement piece Which is During the course of discussions We heard a lot about environmental Degradation And hundreds of Complaints And I'm trying to get a sense I don't know where all those Stand has now been a couple of years But do we really not have that many complaints We have to go out and look for More complaints We have a planning department That is a complaint driven We don't go out and look for problems When I hear about aerial photography I'm trying to think Are we really that short Of complaints that we need to do that No, I think that We promised the community Enhanced And robust Enforcement There is certainly Still some skepticism About our Ability to take enforcement seriously And I think There are other issues about Why people don't report complaints But part of the discussion that we've had All along was That we wanted to identify Particularly environmentally Injurious kinds of Grows of which there are tons And your board has heard presentations On those over the past years So we don't want to necessarily Wait for complaints When we know that somebody is Chopping down a bunch of trees Or doing a lot of clearing So they go hand in hand What is interesting to me so far Is the majority of The complaints and responses To our efforts Tell me that There are lots of folks out there Who really want to comply Even if they're associated with Some actions that we're not Supportive of in the past People are coming in and being very responsive To direction that's coming From our office and Lining up to make their applications Trying to figure out What the rules are and how they fit to them But there's still a lot of Bad stuff out there and Some of it is not able to be Easily reported by citizens And not able to Be identified in any other Way other than looking at our Aerial photography. But we go through the same basic steps Of trying to contact folks and bring them Into compliance. Thank you, I appreciate that. I support the All the pieces here. Yeah, let me repeat myself. It's excuse Sorry about that for being premature But first of all I want to thank Robin Bolstergrant for the tremendous He's done in implementing our Cannabis ordinances in this county. I think we have spent a long Process and you were here When we really had to face some We'll really make the decisions And with your leadership And recommendations and all It's really been a pleasure to work with you. I'm sorry to see you go. I know we all are as cannabis licensing Officer but congratulations On your future in the Courtrooms and on the right side Of the courtroom but I just Wanted to also thank The fairgrounds for They had an event And there were shortcomings That they really weren't aware of I don't Think and it's pretty clear that they Said hey okay we didn't know That and we're going to step the plate And meet your recommendations so I really want to thank the fairgrounds For its proactive efforts In this area. As far as the shows go It's hard for me it's difficult for me to see Exactly how they're staging but I'm sure There's going to be a main door or a couple Doors is there any kind of a local Preference that we can give to our Local growers I think that would be If it's allowable I think It would be a really good thing To be a benefit to Our local growers and our And our county tax base for as a Matter of fact possibly too is that possible Yes we have Included that in the The wording and the Fairgrounds also has concluded That in their response that Local retailers would be Given Locational preferences to some Degree but invited to every event For sure. Very good I'm Supportively measured. Thank you we'll now open Surveys community did you have Okay we'll now open it up for The community if there's anybody I appreciate everybody waiting on this Item. Yeah thank you I think this is a good thing I do Appreciate your guys leadership and I Want to be able to thank the fairgrounds For their innovation and finding creative Ways to sustain the fairgrounds Because I want to be able to share Members of the public Santa Clara County Fairgrounds it's poorly managed And it's all it's on the verge of Just going out of business Because they're afraid to adapt To the changing times This is a society right this is A need and a want that many members Just like drinking some good wine And eating some nice cheese right People want to be able to go to a festival And enjoy that you know the cannabis I'm part of the cannabis community You know dealing with my PTSD I drink CBD water right I use a lot of the products And I even smoke the cannabis And I enjoy it so I'm looking Forward and be able to participate In this spend my hard-earned Just it's a good thing right We have to have the moral courage To try things and bring healing To the community and this is one of the ways Thank you. Hi Pao Milo again So I'm very very happy About this event license I went to the You know the unofficial One that was happening under you guys's Noses and was really disgusted Because I've been you know Our growers Locally five years ago Were you know saying well we need a farmers Market we need direct access To you know our patients Similar to organic foods And this and we're told You know that's one of the reasons We can't keep you guys seriously Because you want a farmers market And now we've come here and we've got You know a licensing Possibility for these four Events and this could be a Lifesaver for local Cultivators if they're able To go direct to customers Because this is our biggest Challenge that we're facing Right now with our local You know cultivators manufacturers Is there is a lack of shelf Space available to them In you know Santa Cruz County but there's a lack of shelf Space throughout the state And so if we can provide another Avenue for our local businesses To be able to provide directly To their consumers now We're going to go a long way In making sure that we still Have small businesses here The organics foods movement Never ever would have gotten on Safeway shelf until they were Able to go direct and build that Market there same You know so and just to Clarify we have We have an ordinance and because Of the state rules in order To be able to sell at this event You're going to have to have a 12 local retailers and all the Other out of town retailers Would be available to go or you're Going to need a micro business License which allows you to do You know manufacturing Cultivate small manufacturing Small cultivation and be Able to have a retail License in that you're Able to you know Potentially have a dispensary But if you were able to use This as your retail these Events then we would be able to Have actual growers You know participating at this Thing that might be a little Complex about all these things All I'm saying is that we have Opened up the door for that Consumer direct model and That's a big deal there's still A couple of steps that we're Going to have to take as far as Getting these local cultivators To band together under a retail License or a micro business Events and offer Their products there and Then one last thing while I've got 17 seconds is that there we're So happy that there is something About local business preference In this but we want local Promoter preference as well Because I can easily see a situation Where out of town financed Folks come in and sell out of town Weed at the fairgrounds again Thank you Mr. Malo how much Is the micro business license You mentioned how much does it How much is the state charge for that I think that it is substantially Cheaper than a retail license I want to say $10,000 But that might be completely Well that's amazingly cheap In the world of expensive Cannabis which is another problem I mean my joke while I'm Completely off the time scale is That all of my friends have lost Their jobs they just don't know it Yet and now they're starting to Have thousands and thousands of businesses Here and now we have 15 people Who have started a pre-application Process but that's mainly because Of the high state fees not because Yeah I mean we've had Major major issues with A lot of the state things Local things we're getting There on our own timeline And that's getting better so Mainly the state Thank you welcome back So Jim Thanks again and I'm not I do support the event license I would I'd urge you to Actually consider more than Four events I don't think there's any reason To limit the number if there are If there's interest they should Be which you consider them But I'm going to speak Specifically to the reporting That Robin did and I want to also echo Supervisor McPherson's Comments about Our own notorious RBG who we're going to Miss tremendously And we wish her the best I'm very happy That the board has requested and That the CLO has provided a report I think that this is something That the board should particularly At the onset of this Should be stay in touch With to know what's going on I'm A little sad that Some information was Missing from this report for instance Retail cannabis Tax revenue Has been down for The last three quarters I think that might be a reflection on the Tax rate That I would hope you Would take into consideration And maybe bring back and discuss In the future I'm encouraged We were encouraged by the inclusion Of the cottage license in the Non-retail cannabis ordinance But unfortunately We're not seeing too many of those Applications Be submitted And I Be curious why we think that's happening Likewise I noticed The consent agenda item about The nursery license where The recommendation is to maintain The status quo and not to create a Specialty nursery license like The state has I would urge you to Reconsider that I think that the reason you don't have More interest in the nursery license At the local level is because People see it as Not viable And until we create a license Type that speaks to the need Of nurseries We won't get any Finally I think that the I was kind of dismayed By both agenda items I noticed that now All agenda items Or action items Reference the Strategic plan And in neither of these items Is economic vitality Mentioned And I think until the board Look at cannabis as an economic Development issue We're going to keep running into roadblocks And I really would urge you To begin to try And focus on local Cannabis as an economic Driver. Thank you. Good morning, Becky Steinbrenner Resident of rural Aptos Mr. Bolstergrin, I'd like to thank you For your good report and I'm going to Miss you too. I know you to be a Very fair and trustworthy person I thank you for your good service to our community In the vein of the Agreement with county fair I support the county fair grounds I've spent a lot of time out there with my Kids over the years and I really support The good work they're doing I would like to Know that there's Some sort of notification to youth Groups who may Have a 4-H work day or an Equestrian event to let Them know when these cannabis events Are going to happen so we don't have to worry About the youth getting Into trouble or getting the vendors into trouble Or anything like that so I would like To ask that that happen I would also Point out that really this is no different Than A wine and beer Tasting event that happens all over The county and in fact at The rural level Many events Are being licensed with commercial License out in the rural areas to Have wine tasting events so this Is really no different and We need to really look at it differently Than perhaps we have in the past And consider Looking at Something similar to the community supported Agriculture Packages that people can buy Getting door service Of organic produce Every week that Is really allowed for the cannabis people To I would like to address The report that Ms. Bolster Grant gave in general In my neighborhood The redwood cathedral canyon Early this month there was a huge Bust That when I learned about it It was shocking it was The largest Marijuana and Honey oil extraction In the county it took The officials three days to clean Up and Three tons Of material were removed with guns And $40,000 worth Of extraction Equipment this is in a rural Neighborhood this is next To an outdoor education Science camp that Every weekend Hose youth groups And it is in a Area that has Had red flag fire conditions It is in a Area that has a box canyon with One way in one way out And next to nice in mark state park So I Want to again point out That it's difficult for the public it Was brought to the attention by a Concerned public member Often out in there people see things Going on and they don't Speak out because they don't know Whether it's legal or not so we Need to come up with some way to Make it easier and to encourage the Public to report these kinds of Dangerous activities and thank You again miss bolster grant Thank you for waiting welcome back Thank you good morning Shout out to Hawaii little league They needed it after the storm So I love little league and And I'm really happy For that community I am very Happy That the fairgrounds Has is working together To bring these sort of events What I'm not so happy about Is The continued Ignoring Of the small heritage Cultivators in our county And I think that this might be a Wonderful way to help those That are suffering you know This has been and will continue To be a huge economic impact For the small cultivators in The county including myself I Happily Registered I wanted to be a Part of cannabis Becoming legal and Moving forward I paid my Taxes I don't happen To be in the right zoning I have a small medical garden But the Ability to sell excess Help me pay my mortgage And my taxes I don't know If I'm going to be able to Continue doing that Because of January 1 I have nowhere to Sell my excess cannabis So as I heard you say Before you know part of Your board's Responsibility is to Continue looking at how Things are going whether Trust me you Trust the fairground people I'm a trustworthy person Cannabis is not A cash cow for most People we're just paying our rent Paying our mortgage paying Our taxes and supporting our families We need to Get back to Gathering in As many people as we can That I think is really important And I know it's a process To keep coming up here And advocating for The smaller grower that mean And I'm so happy that the cottage license Was included that was something that I Have worked hard For but we need to have More tears to that We need to have we need to Bring the people in That we said we were going to bring in What happened to that It's a smaller grow It is Better than all these larger Ones and we need to keep Working towards finding a way To have that happen we need To get rid of the biases and So I want to work with you And I will continue to come here And advocate for the smaller Heritage farmers in the county Thank you morning welcome Good morning board Don Dietrich Santa Cruz County Fair board is our Community We are an unfunded state agency And our goal is to provide Our mission is to provide a safe Place for community Events and educational opportunities That's what we do as board Members we provide vision And oversight to make sure That we're providing a variety of things For the community to come and enjoy And we try and keep the doors open We do do that 365 days a year The fair is an event that happens At the fair grounds it's a big event And it generates about 60% of our Revenue the rest of it is Generated through the rental business Where we rent out our buildings and our Grounds for people to come there and Enjoy and use the open space and the Buildings that we have so In that vein I think what I can assure you Mr. Caput is there's nine of us That sit on that board and we've had Very spirited debates about whether We involved in issues surrounding The cannabis business Before the state made the regulation Where the fairground is the place That has to host these events We were in some sort of a A declining mode to have those Events at the fairgrounds now that That's the place where these people Can come and gather we do have A responsibility to provide those Events for the community And I want to thank each of you That met with us and talked to It was very important for us to Understand what the county Has gone through it's thoughtful and Ardentist process to come to What I consider to be good public Policy on how to regulate the cannabis Business and we want To follow those rules We're not necessarily looking to Turn us into a cash cow but to Provide another kind of event for People from the community to come To enjoy and supplement our Income because we do have to Keep the facility open and There are a lot of people that rely On us to do that there's Private parties as mr. Kegabind said he's done a good job Of opening up to diversity and To providing 400 events a year Both public and private for people To come and use state owned Property and that's really what We're there for to do so once Again I really appreciate all of You taking the time to speak to Us to educate us about cannabis And the thoughtfulness that you put into Your ordinances and we're happy to Follow along with us thank you One question briefly supervisor Caput mr. Dietrich the cannabis Event the marijuana event It brings in more money than Any other event no other Than the fair itself no the Cannabis events will be a Rental opportunity that and The reason that it works for us Is in selective weekends where We have those that have In a couple of year two three A year is that you rent the Entire building structure Structures there's you know Four primary buildings are that Are rental buildings to one person And so what happens is it takes Us less staff time to prepare And unprepared when people leave Those buildings for the next People so in a sense the Reason it does it's Attractive to us is because One it provides an opportunity For something different at the Fairgrounds and number two That we can secure those Buildings away from everything else We do that you know Through fencing and other things In security so that All the buildings are rented To one one person one promoter And we deal with one promoter To deal with the facilities When you have four different Events occurring in four Different buildings on a weekend And sometimes multiple events on a Weekend what happens is everybody Needs different things it takes More staff to prepare those Buildings for rental it also Takes more staff to then clean Them up for the next building Sometimes we have events where A building's rented on a Friday Night and it's rented on a Saturday Night and then we have to turn Those buildings over so if you Have a two-day event at the Fairgrounds with one person We don't have to engage that much Staff time into preparing the Buildings and turning them over for The next people that are coming in So I wouldn't say that it's Going to be the cash cow because We rent all of our facilities and We rent them year-round our Horseshoe facilities are Buildings the lawn area the Race track all of those things Generate the revenue that we use For our general funding The last one that was held I don't I can off the Top of my head recall what our Revenue generation stream was But it Generates more revenue than if you Rented out to a private party But I do want to say that if we Generate more revenue from events A few times a year it helps us Regulate the cost for renting it To the citizens that need to Come and use those buildings for The events that they have and so It keeps our cost structure down Just many benefits I could go on and On and on and I know I can't There's many reasons why this Will work for us very well and We're happy to follow and follow The county's rules because I think You've done a good job of Establishing very thoughtful Rules for cannabis thank you Thank you we have one more Does anybody else I'd like to Speak to this after this okay Good morning board thank you for Your time we'd also like to Thank Robin for her leadership Not just over the past Year so that she's been the Head of the cannabis licensing office But also several years that she's been Involved in this process from the Beginning so thank you for that We just had a couple quick questions Regarding the event thing we are in Support of events at the fairgrounds We've been contacted since before The end of the last year Regarding events at the fairgrounds Other groups outside groups looking As conduit by which they would be Able to host events of course Our first thought whenever that Would happen was to call Robin And say who are these people and Where are they reaching out to us So we haven't been doing any of that We would be interested in doing that As one of the licensed retailers Here in the county also as one of The licensed cultivators actually No longer here in the county just In the city of Watsonville where We've consolidated all of our Preparatory issues and taxes But we'd love to sell Our products that we produced in Watsonville at the fairgrounds that are Also in Watsonville With that in mind And with regard to the revenue that That could generate I have a question Regarding the cannabis business tax And the fairgrounds Would that be the only tax that The cannabis businesses are paying Would that a tax apply just to cannabis Or would it also apply to any other Accessories or apparel Or anything like that That was also being sold at the fairgrounds With the cannabis business tax apply to that And if it wouldn't why does it apply To paraphernalia and accessories and apparel That's sold in dispensaries currently And if that's not the intent of the board Would you mind changing that Other than that we are in support Of this and we thank the board for taking The time to consider this Thank you nobody else Alright we'll bring it back To the board supervisor Leopold Well I think there were a couple questions there Maybe Robin you could answer about the Who's going to pay what tax at this event My understanding is we would simply Apply the existing ordinance 4.06 that regulates Which includes paraphernalia And other cannabis related items So similarly like the dispensaries That they would have to pay it on That 7% on all On all sales Well I'm Sort of of the recommended actions here You know I think We have a very good partner In the Santa Cruz county fairgrounds Board I will put a Shameless plug in here that the fair Is going to be happening from September 12th To the 16th And if you're lucky enough to go I do have a collection In the fair This year please check it out It's very colorful But I saw some other collections there Like anyway I would move the Recommended actions I'll second that I have a small Additional direction if it's a And I'll make it and see if it's okay Which is that the cannabis licensing Officer submit a report to the board Within three months of each event With the information on the number of vendors Who participated the amount of CBT Collected local business participation And overall evaluation of the event I'm acceptable to that We have a motion and a second And a supervisor I'll go along with that also But the Concern I guess I still Have is somebody from the County will actually be looking And seeing how this is being Run Who is that? There's a provision That allows it doesn't Designate a specific person but It could be somebody from our office It could also be potentially from The auditor's office but Yeah looking at The collection of taxes And general conformance with the rules Yeah and the concern The concern is we're talking About something that is federally Illegal I mean The state of California it's Legal and I'm sure That the fairgrounds has backing From the state but they're not Going to get any backing from the federal Government if something goes wrong And the other We'll talk about later I'm Still concerned whether or not We've settled anything with packaging And let's say they're Selling brownies they're selling Something that looks like candy And whether or not it's in a Package that Is not put on somebody's kitchen Table and kids are going to look At it and think it's something To eat after dinner The state has very stringent Rules about packaging and labeling And every licensed vendor would be Selling licensed That would be a concern also for Your vendors that They're not selling things that Are going to end up doesn't have Some kind of a warning or something The kids can't get into so Otherwise and I guess The other last thing is I just Don't want to get a call from The Boy Scouts saying they can't Have their jamboree there because This event is going to take Place and I know you're not going To let that happen so thank you Very much. Can I ask our point of clarification For the advisor Coonerty on your Intention on this because since we Get a regular update from the CLO already I just wasn't sure If there would be a way that so We're not adding additional work On to that position that we just If we could just be wrapped into That. I remember how regular the update Is quarterly quarterly quarterly So yeah it can be wrapped into that Okay thank you All those in favor I Opposed passes unanimously Thank you all for waiting today Thank you community TV the register Pavarone in the Sentinel for covering Today we are adjourned