Good morning and welcome to the October 5th 2021 regular meeting of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors Please call the roll Supervisor Koenig here friend here Coonerty here Appet here McPherson here. Thank you chair. You have a quorum. Thank you We will now have a moment of silence and then the Pledge of Allegiance. Is there anybody that wants to mention anybody? We'll have the Pledge of Allegiance I Consideration of late additions to the regular agenda in addition to your deletions from the consent agenda Morning chair and members of the board On the consent agenda item number 24. There is a correction the item should read Accept status report on the proposed development of an adult crisis residential program at 2230 Soquel Avenue Authorize the director of the health services agency or designee to submit all application materials for the capital grant to construct the adult crisis residential program Authorize the health services agency to participate in an additional funding opportunity through the mental health wellness for children and youth grant program and Authorize the health services agency director or designee to apply for funding to support the development of a crisis residential program for children approve agreement with Gensler for master planning services in the amount of 329 thousand two hundred ninety six dollars and take related actions as recommended by the director of health services an Item number 24. There are additional materials submitted a revised memo packet pages 230 to 233 clean and strike out underline Versions and on the regular agenda item number seven the staff request to continue this item to the october 19th agenda And that's all Well, thank you Any announcement by board members of items removed from the consent to regular agenda? Say none We'll move to the public comment portion Stephanie Okay Now it's the time for public comment if you wish to comment and are joining us through the zoom link Please find the hand icon at the bottom of your screen and click the icon to raise your hand This will place you in line to speak when it is your turn I will call you by name or the last four digits of your phone number and you'll see it pop up on your screen Please accept the unmute option Once you begin speaking the timer will start if you're calling from a phone Please dial star nine now. This will virtually raise your hand to unmute yourself Please dial star six at the end of your two minutes your microphone will be automatically muted Ahora's el tiempo que la junta directiva de supervisores recibirá comentarios del público Si gustaría dar su comentario en español tenemos servicios de traducción disponibles para asistir Si deseas comentar y se ha unido a través de zoom busque el icono de la mano en el fondo de la pantalla y hace click para levantar la mano Esto lo colocara en la fila para hablar cuando sea a tu turno de hablar Te llamaré por tu nombre o los últimos cuatro digits de tu número de teléfono y vas a ver una ventana emergenta en tu pantalla Preguntándote si quieres activar tu micrófono por favor accepte y comienza a hablar al fin de tus dos minutos tu micrófono Se Apagará automáticamente si se ha unido a través de uno por favor marque estrella 9 para levantar la mano para activar su Micrófono sería estrella 6 gracias Any person may address the board at once during public comment not exceeding 2 minutes comments must be directed on today's Consent or closed session agenda jet to be heard items on the regular agenda or a topic not on today's agenda But within the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors We'll take now a comments now for up to 30 minutes and if necessary add additional time for public comments Will be allowed after the last item on today's regular agenda Morning sir welcome I'm here in a Jackson to the illegal existence of the second story program in our residential neighborhood and the ongoing funding program Through the contract with encompass community services on the consent agenda today in a letter from Julie Conway Housing manager and Kathy Malloy former planning director dated September 2nd 2020 in response to my administrative requests for administrative action They make the explicit argument that second story is legal under Senate bill to as transitional housing This species legal interpretation is in direct contact contradiction to the original program description and the original Legal arguments that were used to fraudulently take state grant funds to purchase the property How's housing the second story program? Today's nowhere in today's agenda does it say anything about transitional housing? quote second story provides an alternative to subacute psychiatric care and ultimately divert people who will who would historically without this type of relief support Utilize an acute inpatient hospital and or subacute programs Most disturbing is the contract mandates that the program accept guests from the criminal justice system Quote peer support services will be provided to individuals engaged in mental health diversion For felony cases where mental health is the driver to individuals engaged in county behavioral and or felony or misdemeanor prohibition Probation, excuse me. Does this sound like transitional housing and compass community services was forced to pay back the original grant used to purchase the program Because they knew that it was Illegal and that what they were doing was a cover-up Everyone should be outraged by what's going on There was a promise made to us that there would never be anybody diverted from the criminal housing Our criminal or probation departments and now it is a mandate Here's the letter from Julie Conway Thank you. Thank you. Anyone else like to address us on public comments morning. My name is James Ewing Whitman Well, not a whole lot of people here for public comments. Hopefully they're on the phone And now it's recording, you know, hopefully you guys are all getting set up for the Bolshevik winner that we're having Excuse me if you in the audience put on your masks, please It's a requirement Thank you, excuse me miss Whitman go ahead, you know, if a thousand people showed up here without a mask They could each to the county for a hundred and fifty thousand dollars So be careful what you wish for You know, I thought as I said, I hopefully people are all getting ready for a Bolshevik winner I thought this was an interesting quote diseases will and are absolutely progressing post V Chronic fatigue syndrome erectile dysfunction heart attack stroke inflammation of all sorts Cancers up 40 fold enjoy your synthetic codes and new diseases. The Hippocratic oath is obsolete You know, it sure would be nice if the Hippocratic oath was not obsolete, but it certainly seems to be very obsolete It's very unfortunate that most of our medical professionals And our politicians in the United States and around the world seem to be behaving like shepherds Not good shepherds like Jesus was described to be You know, what's the what's the purpose of a shepherd a shepherds protects its flock It protects its flock because at the end it's going to shear off all the will and swatter the flock So unfortunately, I wish I had more positive Things to say in front of this board, but a mistake does not become an error unless you refuse to correct it And there's a lot of work to do in this county to set a better example than it does. Thank you What else would like to address us under public comment? Yes, ma'am Oh, my name is eddie califado. I'm a public health nurse and I just wanted to say thank you to the board of supervisors for The proclamation on children's environmental health month. I know this is A little bit different from what the former gentleman said, but you can pull that mic down just a little. Thank you. There we go Um, however, as we know, there's still a lot of work to be done Not only in this county, but just as the united states as a whole to ensure that the safety of children whether Black, white, Hispanic, latino, whatever may be still requires a lot of Additional support. And so I think you To make sure that children have access to clean water air and just as a whole a safe space to grow up and be Healthy just as a whole and again, this is a thank you for the proclamation. Thank you for your service. Thank you Anyone else like to address this under public comment? Um, okay Here's on soon. Excuse me The phone how many do we have There are seven currently seven. Okay Carol your microphone is available Good morning. My name is Carol Bjorn. Um last night project veritas released a stunning video of undercover recordings From three scientists who work at Pfizer You can find the full video at project veritas dot com Here's a clip of chris kochi a senior associate scientist with Pfizer talking with a woman About natural immunity versus getting the vaccine And I have monster immunity after eight months. So I just got checked last month for antibiotics I mean, that's no worries. Same thing with my brother Should I get the vaccine? Wait If your immunity starts to wane then get vaccinated I'm well protected Like as much as the vaccine probably more So when we came out with right now we're seeing increase in the delta variant mostly not because of the variant because uh They're Basically their antibodies are waning. Um, so they're They're still protected but not at that 95 percent Advocacy it's more like 70 percent. So you're being your protected Most likely for longer since there was a natural response So basically they're trying to keep track of everyone that's been vaccinated versus the census of how many people are actually reported So, I mean, they're trying to get their numbers, but still you shouldn't have to show anything Which is basically in my opinion, you know, the violation of HIPAA Hey, no one has the right to ask you Maria Maria cadenas your microphone is available Thank you. Good morning, everybody My name is Maria cadenas. I'm the executive director of Santa Cruz community ventures Ventures partners with our working-class families in california center coast To implement transformational programs that ensure a shared and prosperous economic future for all One of these programs is the migitas or little seats Which invests in santa cruz county kids education of future by providing an automatic college savings account to all santa cruz county newborns and making an initial seat deposit Studies show that children with these type of accounts are three times more likely to go to college And four times more likely to graduate regardless of how much is in the account Just as importantly these accounts have shown to increase the social emotional well-being of the child and mother Educational and medical care are primary social determinants of health that affect the wide range of outcomes throughout a child's life Investing in both early on can improve their well-being and social emotional development Which has been proven predictor of increased academic achievement later in life As of july we have opened almost 2,000 accounts and invested over 130,000 dollars in our kids Last week, we were honored to announce that the entes has committed $300,000 to ensure kids with semi-guitas accounts get a head start on a bright future and bright smile And this week i'm honored to share the salud para la gente Is following dientes's lead and has also stepped forward with a commitment to provide a milestone contribution for oral care Our ability to be here today as we navigate a pandemic to provide hope and a sensible longing towards families Would not have been possible without the support of our partners across the county I think the county and our community partners including dientes and salud For their support of semi-guitas and commitment to our kids All in user one your microphone is available As a reminder on the phone it is star six to unmute yourself Yes okay, i'm recommending you all read a document titled The vaccine death report Scientific data shows how millions have died from the coveted injections And hundreds of millions have serious side effects often permanently disabling the victims This is by david john sorenson and dr. Vladimir Solenko and you can look it up at stop world control dot com There's a section here on dangerous toxins Graphene oxide in the vials alters the electromagnetic field And and and the pictures are quite Disturbing There's a section here lethal toxins. This is what's in the shots Research by world renowned scientist reveals the presence of highly toxic subsystem vaccines That alter the body's electromagnetic field which disrupts The normal functioning of the human body The injections also dramatically alter the human blood With even more serious health risks There is self-assembling nanotech and some vaccines and other vials show complex crystals being formed On top of that is the human genome is permanently modified Changing the vaccinated into trans humans who are no longer considered original humans And or who and who are owned by those who own the patents patents of the dna modifications stopworldcontrol.com The document i'm glad to give any one of you a Paper copy if you want it the vaccine death report very well documented Thank you caller 8204 your microphone is available My name is diane betten jones And i'm just curious. Can you hear me? Yes Yes, okay I live in a close proximity to a proposed cell tower out here in watsonville And i'm opposing the cell tower and that my statement is as follows i'm against this Tower because uh, I live very close to it here in 21 concerning emf radiation There are mountains of evidence as to the biological harm being done to all living things on our planet On august 13th of the year Children's health defense expose the scc's guidelines are not based on evidence and are no longer an assurance of safety Unfortunately, all of our policies have been developed On these under reported guidelines regarding health and safety to people and the environment that are being exposed to it And need to be addressed I feel that we live in an era of uninformed consent I am personally having to forfeit the sanctity of my home of 38 years for improved coverage for AT&T Their promise of more extensive coverage comes at a cost of harm to the health and safety to all of us Who call this area home? Citizens are mostly uninformed as to the risk and harm of living among the ever-increasing onslaught of wireless Radiation without agreeing to it. We have no say in how our airways get used and I for one don't want them to be harming me I'm trying to stress that if we do nothing different We are allowing the continual degradation of people's health and the harm to pollinating insects that our agriculture economy depends upon So heavily You our local governing officials have become input and players in the ability to govern for what's appropriate for our local condition We the people need your help to bring greater flexibility and discretion of these proposals back under local control We need you and to go With other zoning departments in other counties throughout our state and then nationwide to push back and use your lobbying efforts in Longers to get it back Many citizens of Santa Cruz county Realize the potential harm of wireless technology And we are ready to support you in those lobbying efforts to bring these important issues back under local control The health and well-being of all of your time balance and we need your support Thank you For sender your microphone is available Thank you. Can you hear me? Yes Good morning, uh, chair mcpherson and board of supervisors. My name is dory rose indah I am the chief executive officer of salu para la gente and it's an honor to be here this morning And to share how proud salud para la gente is to partner with santa cruz community ventures and dientes To give children a head start in health and on their education By contributing $50,000 this year to send to the semi test college and vocational savings accounts We want every parent with a child born in santa cruz county this year to know They are eligible for a semi test account and that when they come to salu para la gente during their child's first year $50 will be contributed into their child's account At salud, we know the evidence shows that child savings accounts positively impacts parents mental health and children's health and developmental outcomes We are thrilled to add this initiative to our preventative and comprehensive primary care services in our patient centered health home Salud is committed to working with our invaluable community partners santa cruz community ventures and dientes to ensure health equity for our community and our patients Together we improve the health outcomes of our patients Salud Semi eat us as part of our commitment to a healthy and equitable community through semi eat us We afford our patients to build a strong foundation and future for their child's education Access and success and higher education supports higher earning potential and a viable Economic future and good health for our patients and the community. Thank you Lila Epperson your microphone is available Hi. Yes. Good morning santa cruz. Watsonville. Uh, this is dalila epperson And I wanted to take this opportunity to speak out against uh critical race theory in our school system And that there is now an opportunity for critical for a school choice to be on the petition That is coming up for november And I wanted the parents to know that there will be a school choice option on the petition $14,000 per child every single year where you can use this money To take your child and put it in put them into a school of your choice You can also use it for home school And if you don't use the money you can collect the money every single year And use it for their college So, uh, you do not have to leave your child in school To be educated By the government which there is an agenda that we're finding out Um, I also wanted to take the opportunity to announce that and I announced it last week and I'll be attending these These uh supervisor board meetings That I am running against panetta for the congressional seat for district 20 That's all right. Do you don't need to make thank you very much for your time And uh, thank you for letting me speak Thank you Mila your microphone is available Hello Hello, we can hear you Yeah, so I would like to speak up about in support of the first comment about the second story And um, I knocked every door in a county for years since 2014 when my daughter was kidnapped By mental health system. It's behavioral health division that eric riera is a director And I'm asking for the criminal investigation. I asked to assign a special investigator That one available in the county because the Investigation appropriate investigation Is necessary as soon as possible The mental health system in a county heavily criminalized Second story It's mhkn It's even nami who Supporting all of them supporting that mental health system. No one Speak up against anybody at the behavioral health division It's a lot of people who does not have california professional license, but they call themselves Mental health client specialists This is a violation of the hiring process. They hire people who does not have Enough education who are not professional, but who just act as robots and do whatever they instructed to do And my life is in danger because i'm fighting that Criminalization and mental health system My daughter's life in danger and they continue to terrorize my daughter and me And i'm asking for help again because the court in this county is heavily corrupted 10 judges Appointed by governors. They are not elected by people and they are also dangerous. The system is Everywhere it's dangerous. Please Do something right for people There are no other speakers It's I didn't know that somebody come in later that wanted to speak. I thought I saw two ladies come in Uh, they left. Okay. Uh, there's no more public comment. I see. Um We will go to item number six action on the consent agenda items 10 through 31 uh supervisor conic Thank you chair on item 23 I just want to thank the sheriff for bringing forward this recruitment and referral incentive pay program for correctional officers we're facing a serious shortage of correctional officers in the county and The proposal to provide a $10,000 bonus for new correctional officers as well as the $1,000 of incentive pay for anyone who refer on Who is a sheriff's office employee who refers a correctional officer is going to be the best way that we can Find more correctional officers as quickly as possible I think that every county department can probably learn something from the sheriff here and in terms of the innovative ways of dealing with this Shortfall we may even be able to use a similar referral strategy as we look for our new health services agency director On item 24 The mental health services building. I think it's great that the county that we're Reading plans that were shovel ready for 16 new beds for adults at the Former harbour vet building as well as 16 new crisis residential beds in south county And these will definitely be much appreciated. I've seen firsthand the extreme need for youth mental health services in our county I'm looking forward to adding more capacity And finally on item 29 The termination of the SoCal village parking program I have spoken at length with the public works director about this this program has has not been able to cover its basic costs Let alone meet the needs of SoCal village businesses and area residents And so i'm fully supportive of abandoning the program and seeking a different way to maintain those lots Thanks Thank you. Mr. President friend your comments on the consent agenda Yeah, thank you. Mr. Chair. Just to brief things on item 19. Just appreciate or three's work as they continue with the uh wildfire alert cameras and also Are appreciate that they're taking into consideration our recommendation of mount madonna's one of the potential locations I recognize these are not guaranteed locations, but it's a very important location Uh, not just within my district. It also covers supervisor conic's district as a viewpoint up there That would be very valid also an item 30. Just appreciation. I mean a lot of people Have been living with this storm damage repair. We're into year four here And to see a couple of these projects continuing to move into a fruition and appreciation to our public works in particular Steve weasner who's been Working on this and hasn't let it go for the last four years. A lot of communities are still Down to one lane or have other access issues as a result of it So these projects that that traverse mostly my district but do touch a little bit of supervisor captain's district Are very important storm damage projects. Thank you. Mr. Chair. Thank you. Supervisor Coonerty Uh, yeah, thank you, mr. Chair first um on public comment the announcement From community ventures about the similitas college savings accounts In partnership with salute and dientes just an amazing opportunity where we're making investment in kids And then a secondary investment in kids after they complete wellness checks and dental Appointments, it's like a just a wonderful thing that's happening in this community That's uh, that's a real change and thank you to those organizations for partnering to make it happen my only comment is an item number 28, which is uh, the CDBG grant that the planning department was able to get For the north coast residents for low-income folks up there who've been impacted by covid I just want to express my appreciation For that investment into that community at a time when they need the most Thank you. Supervisor Caput. Thank you Yeah, so uh, just have a comment on number 30 Uh, it's good to see some money coming in for the san andreas road and browns valley road and mount madonna road Which borders between district two and district four? So, uh, it's good to see uh, we're finally going to do a little bit. There's a lot more that needs to be done But at least uh, this is the start so Uh, we're looking forward to that. Thank you I'll I'd like to make just one comment on item number 19 the wildfire fire alert cameras I want to thank supervisor kunig and the office of response recovery and resilience for this item Um, the use of cameras to increase our resilience by catching fires quickly Really can't be overstated after because they ignite How they ignite and how quickly they grow our cz u fire I think grew from 7 000 acres overnight four or five times that much So it's critical that we get to them early and that's that's being recognized statewide as well Uh, that's the only comment I have on the consent agenda. I entertain a motion to approve the consent agenda I'll move the recommended actions Second Move in second, please call the roll Supervisor kunig Hi friend Hi Coonerty Hi Caput Hi McPherson Hi Thank you much to pass this unanimously Thank you. We'll go to item number eight and this is going to be a public hearing. I we do have a scheduled item for 10 o'clock. It's just about 25 to 10 right now I do want to Complete the discussion on this item before we move to that 10 o'clock scheduled item if we can Okay This item number eight is a public hearing to consider an ordinance amending the county code Chapters 1310 and 1320 regarding the accessory dwelling units And he demanded a waiver for coastal development permits affirmed sequa Notice of exemption and take related actions as outlined in the memorandum of the planning director We have a resolution uh sequa notice of exemption an ordinance amending 1310 and 1320 an ordinance amending it put the strike out underline Playing commission resolution 21 20 21 dash 0 5 And the public comments since august 10th 2021 This is a public hearing Open it to members of the board if they would want to comment on this Anybody want we're still waiting for the presenter Somebody come in we're still waiting for the presenter for this item supervisor I don't try to get into contact was no one we'll try to get into contact with planning. Okay. Give us a moment We'll just wait a moment before we proceed Thank you. We're we're kind of quick today here on the board. So it's okay. Just take your time We'll get there That's all right Get your breath and introduce yourself and please present the item. Thank you. All right So there's a PowerPoint All right. Um, thank you very much chair mcgerson and supervisors Daisy allen from the planning department Um, I'm returning today to present changes that staff has made Since the public hearing that was held on august 10th Regarding proposed uh, the proposed ordinance updating the county's adu or accessory dwelling unit regulations And adding a de minimis waiver for minor projects with no impacts on coastal resources Um, the changes have been made to the ordinance in response to direction from your board As well as communication with coastal commission staff On changes that will make it more likely for the coastal commission to approve the ordinance without any further changes The wheel Okay Okay Um, all righty So at the public hearing on august 10th your board voted to direct staff To return with three changes to the ordinance The first change was to modify the definition of conversion adu To clarify that an existing structure Can be demolished and be built in place and be considered a conversion adu But only if it occupies the same footprint as the existing structure With an additional 150 square feet allowed And staff did confirm that that is the intent of the state law. So this language does add clarity to the ordinance The second change that your board directed was to add objective design standards Or adus that would address neighborhood cohesiveness Without adding substantially to applicant requirements Um objective standards have been added as section 13 10 681 f1 Those standards in more detail in just a minute The third change that your board directed was to retain the existing adu owner occupancy requirements In section 13 10 681 g4 And i'll discuss that change as well in a little bit more detail Um, so this slide presents the objective standards that staff has added into the code Staff is proposing That these standards would only be required To be met for adus or junior adus that were visible from a public road or other public area And that applicants would be able to choose three standards from a menu of six options Um four of the standards address compatibility with the primary dwelling So roof pitch roof material siding and window or door trim The fifth standard addresses facade design And the sixth standard addresses landscape and fencing buffers This menu approach allows applicants to address various situations where it may not be appropriate For an adu to exactly match the design of a primary dwelling. So Examples would be prefabricated adus county pre-approved adus And primary dwellings that are not necessarily That attractive to begin with Um, so staff does not anticipate that these standards will require substantial additional submittal materials With the exception that applicants choosing the landscaping option would need to submit a landscaping plan Um Okay, and then in terms of owner occupancy Um owner occupancy refers to the concept that the property owner must reside In the primary dwelling adu or junior adu on the property One of the adu state laws that actually went into effect in 2020 Prohibits local jurisdictions from requiring owner occupancy as a condition of adu approval With two caveats. Um, this provision only applies to adus permitted in a five-year period between january 1 2020 and january 1 2025 And on the property state the state law says that owner occupancy can be required Um, so before that state law went into effect the county code had required deed restricted owner occupancy Um as a condition of approval for all adu projects In response to the state law in 2020 We, uh, did update the county code to meets the state law minimum requirement By continuing to require owner occupancy As a condition of approval for junior adus and for adus permitted outside that five-year period So at this point per board direction staff has added the existing code language back into the proposed ordinance Um staff does suggest one change to the ordinance And that is to change the word owner to owner or relatives of the property owner This idea was previously discussed at the planning commission As an alternative to removing the owner occupancy requirement This would allow the common situation where an owner's children or parents for instance occupy Either of the units while the other unit is rented Will not allowing the scenario of corporate ownership or ownership with no local Owner or family on the property slide Um, okay. So in addition to the direction we received we received from the board Um, we've also had recent coordination with local coastal commission staff Um, and as a result several additional changes are proposed to the ordinance In order to make it more likely that the ordinance will be approved as written by the coastal commission Um, so state adu law um as a reminder does not supersede or lessen the effect of the coastal act Um, so therefore local agencies can enact different adu rules within the coastal zone From what is required by state law Um If these state state laws will have a negative impact on the application of the coastal act Um, so after the board of supervisors approval the ordinance will be reviewed at the coastal commission And will only become active after certification by the coastal commission Um, first it is proposed to keep in the existing discretionary approval requirements for adus in the parks and recreation timber production And future park dedication districts um In order to maintain consistency With the coastal act coastal staff would like to retain the discretionary findings for adus and on properties in these zone districts Um to ensure that the residential use would not negatively impact the primary intended use on these properties for timber production and parks Uh, the parcels in the zone districts within the coastal zone are indicated on the maps on this slide The map on the left showing the urban essential coast area at a larger zoom On the second change that was proposed by coastal commission staff is to add Opal cliff drive to the designated areas where one parking space would be required for all adus And replacement parking would need to be provided for garage conversions The area in question is shown on the map on the top right Finally, it is proposed to add clarification in the ordinance that correction of illegal encroachments Into the right-of-way can be required for adu projects Uh coastal commission staff requested this provision because it is important for administration of the coastal act that the county Can require property owners to remove illegal barriers to public coastal access Such as the one shown in the photograph on the slide Um, so with that staff recommends that the board hold a public hearing To consider the proposed ordinance Take public comment and then affirm that the Proposed ordinance amendments are exempt from cqa Adopt the resolution and ordinance with the expanded definition of owner to include relatives of the property owner And direct staff to submit the ordinance to the coastal commission and direct the clerk of the board to publish a notice of adoption That concludes my presentation. Thank you, miss allen If you come from the board before we go to the public uh, supervise a friend But thank you, mr. Charlie, I'd really like to take a second to appreciate planning staff's work on this. Um, really understanding the board Concerned about adding some additional direction while not impeding progress in regards to accessory dwelling units And I believe that you did exactly that especially on the design review. It seems very Um, a very reasonable approach that you came up with uh to ensure that this doesn't but this continues to incent The ability to construct ad use Without also creating additional challenges moving forward, you know in the last five or six years The board and and then the state Has made adu construction As significantly deregulated of the construction process or the permitting process for ad us and it's right now in our county the easiest A habitable structure that one can construct Is significantly faster cheaper and easier to build native you on your property than would be to construct a new home or even some sort of multifamily unit and I think that While I recognize that there's been some concerns about The county introducing some minor changes on design review I think that realistically What's being proposed really will not impede any sort of construction And in fact, we also have to look at this on a continuum over the last five years As to how many changes have been made to improve the processes You know the the county was recognized by the state as a leader with the adu toolkit and some of the other regulations That we've passed in advance of the state's deregulatory process. The state has continued to deregulate. Obviously we are Um matching not just what they're doing but adding on in other respects So I think that that this is an absolute essential tool for affordable housing as well as for people to have an opportunity That would like their family to live in one of the two units while they either age in place or Just to provide an opportunity for families to get a start here within our community And I think that that adu construction as has been evidence, obviously We could do a lot more from the construction side But the numbers of adus Year over year are much higher than than any sort of single family or multifamily construction that we've seen in the last Five years, so I think that that the process throughout the The not just the unincorporated county with some of the local cities has been working as well But but I really just wanted to top line. Thank Ms. Allen for her work I recognize that it's a difficult process to keep up not just with the state changes But also when the board introduces some of these modifications, and I feel like you did a very Um admirable job on this. So I appreciate your work Thank you. Supervisor Coonerty I just want to echo supervisor friends comments. I think we're uh We've been moving in the right direction and then I'll let some state help In recent years in an increasingly even better direction And then I'll just add for the people who may be listening or interested in this issue The county does have Forgivable loans that it offers. Uh, we'll give you cash to help Construct the adu if you maintain a level of affordability for a certain period of time And so I encourage people to reach out to the planning department To look at that effort as To explore that opportunity as well if financing is one of your One of your issues Thank you. Supervisor Caput Thanks a lot Yeah, thanks for your report and all the hard work you put into this And clarifying all of the, you know, different little angles that Uh, you have to deal with so anyway, thanks Thank you. Um A building affordable, uh My design abd us is probably our best hope to increase our housing stock in the santa Cruz county Certainly in the short term and I really appreciate the work of you miss allen and the others in the planning department The work that went into this zoning update and hope it provides the results we hope for It is should be pointed out that state law allows that local agencies can impose Standards on excessive accessory dwelling units that include architectural review So I think that's an important Aspect of it to supervisor conic Yes, thank you chair I want to start also by thanking staff and particularly miss allen for your uh, you know, this has really taken Most of the year and this represents a you know, a lot of good work on your behalf And I also think you've come back with some pretty good Solutions to the direction that this board gave you at the last meeting You know, I voted against some of those changes at the last meeting and frankly, I intend to do so again I have some serious concerns with the restrictions That will put on adu development if we require owner occupancy And we also have these design standards I see that the design standards I mean four out of six of which and we're requiring that three are met four out of six require consistency with the existing Building and one of the biggest opportunities to create new housing with adu's is prefabricated units or factory built units Whose design may vary from the existing structure That can be installed quickly and easily that is the best way that we can take advantage of technology to add more units In our more housing units in our community And we should be allowing everyone to do that Not just owners who live on the site. What about people who are currently renting a home? Why should they not be able to provide two? Additional units an adu and a junior adu to create two more rental units Why would we cut out investors from helping to add to the housing supply in santa cruz county? That is how so that's how most of the housing in our county was created because investors decided to build housing I mean look at so many developments that today, you know Our beloved communities places like santa cruz gardens, you know One time you might have called this a track home development behind dominican hospital and it flourished into a wonderful Community, but it was made possible by investors all just about all housing is made possible by investors And we should not cut them out of this equation You know, I just want to reiterate the problem we're facing I mean Some of my colleagues supervised a friend and cunardy said, you know, we've we've really improved adu construction in the last few years I don't see that in the numbers. I mean looking at the Growth goal report that we saw at our meeting last week If I'm reading it correctly, we built 37 adu's and we're permitted 20 37 adu's in 2020 so far 36 this year We haven't cracked 40 adu's per year since 2007 That is not a great record and we haven't seen a bunch of improvement recently even with some of the changes we made so I mean unless we're willing to take Different measures if we just continue to take half measures We're not going to see significant improvement in the number of adu's built in our community We're just not we are we are in a deep deep hole when it comes to housing in our community And with these changes, you know, we're just going to be handing our community a teaspoon We need to hand them a shovel. I mean to get everyone involved digging ourselves out of this deep Hole that we're in and provide more housing for our community thank you, um, like we'll Open up to the public for comment Good morning, uh, honorable board members My name is D. Murray and I am speaking on behalf of my client who submitted a request to amend section b 3 b 2 Where it now requires that an adu be detached from a multiple dwelling We are requesting that It be allowed to be attached to the multiple dwelling as it is in on the single family dwellings So we're in hopes of your board given this a favorable consideration. Thank you very much The other comments from the public I have comments on zoom Cove britain your microphone is available Good morning I also wanted to thank the daisy for, you know, some extremely good work But we are in a housing crisis and Again, despite the rosy picture of that supervisor community and friend to make about progress It's clear the 1970s concepts of development have failed in california and My apologies to supervisor community and friend you both seem stuck in those concepts And we have the product of them And something that I think particularly cynical Is the idea that we remove thousands of potential adus Due to beat access I mean, that's ludicrous It's the stronger the demonstrate It's Can be demonstrated that that's not something that is correct at all And it's something that specifically is stated that you have to demonstrate that there's an impact And that hasn't been done and there's certainly not impacts to beat access on private roads But somehow those are areas that you're requiring parking It's again a cynical approach to things Also going to the the owner occupancy requirement again Who's really benefiting this can you demonstrate that this is harming people? So again, I can also say where the rubber meets the road The cost in time of getting adus approved is profoundly high One of the ways that could be helpful Is that people are allowed to get private plan check as required by state law In processing these in a timely manner. Thank you There are no other speakers See as you know, there are comments from the public here. Um Any further comments from board members or Entertain a motion You want to make another comment? Uh, yeah, I mean, I'll I'll make a motion And see if there's any support I move the recommended actions with an amendment to item three to eliminate design review eliminate owner occupancy requirements And change site requirements such that the additional parking requirements In the coastal zone extend 300 feet from the coast I want to second that Okay, uh, so you know second we'll move to Entertain a motion to accept the recommended actions I'll move the recommended actions second It's called the rule supervisor Koenig No friend. All right Coonerty Hi Caput McPherson. Hi. Thank you motion passes for one. Thank you Oh, we'll be able to make the scheduled item. Uh, 10 o'clock. Well, actually it's a little before 10 Should we wait till 10? We better wait till Five minutes. Uh, take a five minute break and then we'll come back to Uh, our scheduled item number nine, uh related to zone seven For 10 o'clock and ripe. Uh, we'll go to item, uh Our scheduled item number eight We're going to recess to go into the board of directors meeting of the santa Cruz county flood control and water conservation district is zone seven Uh, supervisor friend is the chair, uh supervisor friend Do you want to open the meeting? Yeah, thank you. So we'll call the order of the zone seven Board of directors regular meeting We'll begin with a roll call, please Director Koenig Here Coonerty Here McPherson Here Caput Here Illicich Olguttson Lucas Gonzalez Friend Here Thank you. You have a quorum We have a quorum. I don't go ahead Um, so dr. Strudley, are there any changes or additions to today's agenda? Uh, no chair from there or not We'll now move on to oral communications an opportunity for members of the community to address us on items Not on today's agenda, but within the purview of the zone seven board Are there any members of the community that would like to address us? There are no members and chambers or on zoom Thank you, madam clerk. All right. We'll now move on to the first item Actionable item of business which is approval of the zone seven board meeting minutes Which includes the minutes of june 8th and august 10th. Is there any discussion on the minutes? Is there any member of the community that like to address this on the minutes? There are no public commenters to this item We'll bring it back to the board for action I'll move approval of minutes second We have a motion from director Koenig and a second from director mcpherson. We'll do a roll call, please Director Koenig. Aye. Coonerty? Aye mcpherson? Aye Caput? Aye Friend? Aye Thank you motion passes Thank you move on to the consent agenda which includes items six and seven Are there any board members would like to comment on the two items like consent? Is there any member of the community that would like to address us on the consent agenda? There are no members in chambers or on zoom Thank you. We'll bring it back to the board for a motion I'll move the motion Recommend the motion from director mcpherson a second from director caput. We'll do a roll call, please Director Koenig. Aye Coonerty? Aye mcpherson? Aye Caput? Aye Friend? Aye Thank you motion passes with the attendance Thank you. We'll move on to the last item which is the only item in the regular agenda Which is the program manager's report for zone seven which is the board of directors of zone seven to consider a status report on the Paparo River flood risk management project as outlined in the memo of the district engineer and we have a board member associated with it Dr. Strudley Thank you chair friend members of the board I'd like to first discuss our progress on the federal side of the equation with the project so As you know, we signed the design agreement last may and Have been working through the beginnings of the design process with the army core In developing a schedule scope And other pertinent items recently They have assembled their project delivery team on the core side and At this point they are planning to go out for a contract to The army core will essentially contract with a consultant to develop the designs for The first prioritized reach which is reach six on salsaputis creek They're also proposing to Conduct design work on reach five up to a 35% level with the option to go to 100% on reach five as well Part of the reason they're doing this is To expedite project delivery, which we're very happy to hear about the other reason they're proposing this This process is so that they can scale costs For the remainder of the project and the reason they're doing this if you may recall is that We had agreed with the army core In securing our director's report that there were certain technical items that would be deferred into the design phase there were certain errors in the hydraulic model That could result in changes to the recommended plan coming from the army core Turns out that we've answered those questions in supporting the army core and the recommended plan looks exactly as it always did But accompanying that process was a series of Correspondences back and forth between the district office and the army core headquarters in washington dc As well as the assistant secretary of the army the end result of all that correspondence is that The model project costs needed to be updated to reassure headquarters and other Folks at the assistant secretary of the army's office that project costs were not going to demonstrably change The other result of this correspondence is a Sentiment from the assistant secretary of the army that until these risk-deferred items are completed We cannot compete for construction funds. So this is the latest debacle shall we say that we're That we're having with the army core That unlike the remainder of projects across the country that are allowed to compete for construction funds Coming out of the feasibility phase with essentially 10 design equivalent documents We're being required to be held to a higher standard of design before we can go compete for construction funds So all the while the local district office of the army core is pursuing design work for us At the federal advocacy level. We're having conversations with the army core about how to resolve this issue And describing to them that it puts us again on an uneven footing with other projects across the country in a pretty unfair manner Again that Reiterates the difficulties that we face Having a project like ours with a low benefit cost ratio Supporting disadvantage communities. This is the problem that this project has faced for a very long time I'm hopeful that we're going to be able to resolve this issue We have been having conversations Thanks to chair friend and his coordination with Senator padilla's office congressman panetta's office as well as other high-ranking officials in omb and the white house To engage with those parties on the notion that this project very nicely Fits into the biden administration's environmental justice 40 initiative As well as fitting into the nature-based features initiative that the army core is championing themselves The setback levy design is an excellent example of Of uh designing with nature and engineering with nature So we're having these conversations and we're hopeful that that's going to result in a capability for us to compete for Construction funds in the very new future and we're going to keep that momentum going On the state side of the equation I am happy to share the news with you although most if not all of you have already heard But there may be members in in the public Or on the phone that are not aware um senator laird along with Assembly members robert revist and mark stone Have authored legislation for us at the state level sp 496 Which was just signed by the governor In late september that bill allows the state to participate In fully funding the non federal cost to the project a non federal capital cost to the project So this is a huge huge Win for the project and more notably for the community Again, my thanks go out to chair friend for coordinating that legislative activity with Senators laird and the assembly members revist and stone and obviously thanks in huge part to senator laird and the assembly members for Authoring this legislation and for championing it amongst their priorities and pushing it through This is going to Have a huge relief of cost share burden to the local community for this project And I feel that it really makes this project a reality more or so than than it even was before And on that note that that cost share agreement And those terms are related to our subventions agreement with the state Right now we are scheduled to have another call with the state later today To discuss the subventions agreement and how we tailor it to Leverage the results of sp 496 We hope to have a subventions agreement signed before the end of the calendar year But hopefully much sooner than that hopefully in the next month or so So that we can start leveraging our partnership with the department of water resources at the state On the local level As you know, we have formed the pahar regional flood management agency at jpa with five member agencies representing The municipalities that are involved and very concerned about the pahar river and the flooding The first board meeting was held on september 8th The next second board meeting will be held on october 13th At 9am in the city of watsonville council chambers We're great making great progress with setting up the agency and Conducting administrative activities necessary for the establishment of the agency And the agency is now that we have sp 496 passed. We understand much more clearly what will be required To fund for the project from the local community, which essentially amounts to Excuse me operations and maintenance costs only and no capital costs So the the agency is moving forward with supporting The creation of a benefit assessment district that will be compliant with prop 218 and a validing Process that will debut to the public sometime early next year in 2022 On the sequest side, we are continuing to work through our draft environmental document and impact analysis And the short of the long there is that we hope to have a draft Uh document available for public review and comment Sometime in early 2022 probably spring time of 2022 With that I am happy to answer any questions and again The recommended action is to accept and file the status report on the pahar river flooding risk management project Thank you chair friend and members of the board Thank you, dr Australia this is an action item and this is an opportunity for members of the board as well as the community to participate in this item with some exciting Some exciting Changes that have been occurring recently. Is there any member of the board that would like to uh speak to this item? Yeah, I uh, super vice friend. Thank you. It's the supervisor McPherson congratulations hearty congratulations on Getting the state requirement to help us fully fund this as much as possible And thank you senator laird and assemblymember stone and rivas fantastic news This thing has been going on a long time. I remember my legislative days as well But uh on the other level it seems like the beat goes on and we're going to have to wait a little longer and get some things Ironed out, but I know With your expertise will be able to reach that goal. So thank you very much for your continuous Uh effort to make this become a reality. It's just critical for that community Thank you very much Thank you any other board members Yeah, uh, uh, supervisor cap it You've answered most of the uh everything I guess, uh You talked about how huge the uh the help is from the state towards the uh the 100 funding To uh, how much do we have any we don't have an idea yet a guesstimate Uh for any cost sharing we'll have to do Uh in the election for uh homeowners and farm owners in the area Uh, it'll be of course much less than we thought it would be before we got the funding, right? Yeah, I don't have uh final numbers for you right now Our consultants are crunching those new numbers as we speak because of because we were waiting on the outcome of sp 496 So we'll have those numbers available soon It is though. Um, I can confidently say that it's a significant departure From earlier estimates of of what might be requested of the community Um, we're well aware obviously of the economic status of many of the residents And proposed beneficiaries of the project And that is one of the main drivers for sp 496 and and we're real confident now that this The rates that are going to come out of this as proposed rates Are going to be much more accessible much more doable with the community and and we're really I mean I'm much greater level of confidence now Yeah, I I what's really Um, uh important to me is uh for the first time Uh that I've heard in the in the years we've been working on pushing this forward Is that uh The lives and the safety of the people for the first time Is actually more important than the money and the cost uh before the more uh the The higher the property value Uh the more protection they got and certain areas in the california even though they had a lower risk of flooding We're we're getting the money because of their Um cost-benefit ratio So, uh, this is a really important thing because we we are talking about the safety of the people of course in senior village And in the poorer community communities of watsonville that are at risk So, uh, anyway, congratulations About how many millions of dollars? Does it actually come out to? So this is this is a 400 million dollar project. Um sp 496 essentially Provides roughly 140 142 million dollars of state funds to be applied towards the project And and you're absolutely right. There does seem to be a shift especially at the state in prioritizing projects like this where The the economic advantage and the life safety aspects are are trumping Some of the nuts and bolts related to the projects That are out there. Um, I will say that sp 496 is um Represents a real distinct singularity for this project It is the only type of authorization of this nature in the state of california And what's even more unique is that I've never heard of a flood control capital project Um army core project in the whole country that's had 100 percent of the capital costs covered by federal and state government That's just unheard of so this is this is a really really unique opportunity for us and importantly for the community You about a great work and uh, it's taken a lot of people. I want to thank zach friend for leading the charge here talking with um The representatives layered rivas and stone so anyway, uh, we we We can't celebrate yet because we still have to have some kind of an election coming up and for me the sooner the better because Uh, the old saying is strike when the irons hot, right? so I'm I'm for actually getting shovel ready as fast as we can Uh before anything might start to unravel Uh, so anyway, uh any idea Uh, we could probably do this earlier than we thought we were going to have to do because it'll be asking for a smaller assessment Is that correct? Uh, I anticipate um that we'll be able to put out a ballot measure sometime in early 2022 Perhaps february or march. That is the timeline that we're targeting right now um So we are moving as fast as we possibly can because I agree that we need to leverage this current opportunity It's been provided to us. It's not that it expires in any any time But the time is now to take advantage of the opportunity that we have and to move forward And to celebrate this this is a win to celebrate with the community and need to make the community more aware of this opportunity Absolutely, and I'll make one last comment. That's it. Um, Yeah, the sooner we can get going because uh, we're doing all the estimates pretty much on cost and everything Uh with 2021 the year 20 21 dollars So if we were to delay and somehow cause this thing to stall, of course the price I I don't think it would go down, right? It would probably go up. So anyway, uh, again It's a time to celebrate but the real celebration will be when the uh, earth movers start, uh, maneuvering in the uh, in the parro river Thank you Thank you director capitals or any other board member that would like to comment on this item I see we were joined by mr. Colbertson miss lucas. Uh, mr. Colbertson, please Hi, uh, actually I've been at the last three meetings and the last three meetings I was unable to join with the computer. I phoned in and was kept on mute was unable to Communicate at all, but I listened to the entire meetings each time Same thing happened this meeting, but I went to my wife's computer Was able to finally get on zoom and join the meeting In addition to listening to the Thank you for all your hard work in your previous meetings And the only question I have on this item is I understand that we have a joint powers agreement That we've signed up with some flood control issues with other counties And I'm just wondering how our our controlled zone seven Uh meshes with this project with those other uh joint powers agreements that we just recently Set up a new organization with Sure. Yeah. Hi director Colbertson glad glad you're with us. Um, so there are two joint powers agencies Related to flood issues on the Pajaro one that was just recently created, which is the Pajaro regional flood management agency The members there are the two counties of sanitaries in Monterey the city of Watsonville Zone seven flood control district and Monterey county water resources agency and that That jpa is strongly focused on flood risk reduction issues in the Pajaro valley so within the jurisdiction of The Pajaro river watershed That is also overlapping with the jurisdictions of the member agency. So the lower watershed The other uh entity is called the Pajaro river watershed flood prevention authority and that was established nearly 20 years ago Um because of discussions between lower watershed flood issues namely the ones that we're talking about here pertinent to the towns of Pajaro and city of Watsonville And the surrounding unincorporated area of the lower Pajaro valley Though those entities communicating with folks higher up in the watershed So in the San Monito and Santa Clara county areas and the projects that that jpa addresses are Watershed wide more strongly focused in the upper parts of the watershed a great example is the soap lake Uh preservation project. So that is one of the main projects that they are working on in order to secure flood easements higher up in the watershed to essentially dampen the flood pulse as it comes down into Uh, the lower Pajaro and and the Pajaro valley And it makes there's a variety of reasons why we didn't Utilize that agency to pursue the federal project and We can go into that at another time But it made the most sense and there was a wide and unanimous consensus and agreement through A consensus building process and a governance and finance committee that was established Probably about five years ago. If not earlier than that and chair friend was the chair of that committee And the consensus was to form a new joint powers agency. Um, and that is the first one I described and that's what we've done Thank you Sure. The only other uh comment I have is I just finished another water supply There's kind of two silos relating to the Pajaro One is the water supply side and the other is the flood control side And they tend to operate separately and I just I think you guys are probably aware that uh, we the power the Water management agency has been working with the uc santa crews to try and divert some water from watershed into Uh ponds that percolate water back into the aquifer in terms of water supply And instead of just diverting all water coming out of the watershed into the river to go to the ocean We've been trying to find Farmers who are willing to allow some of the the water from their watershed to go into a Lowline area that can reperculate into the ground and restore some water to the aquifer So this what you're what we're doing here with flood control is wonderful I I've been following it for many many years and watching the army corps every year come up with In another two years we'll have something and another two years will have something And nothing's been happening. So it's great progress uh, but I'd also like to Keep open some kind of loop in there where we may be able to divert water I know soap lake is an emergency flood zone area to stop Flooding it isn't necessarily beneficial to the farmers that we flooded in the soap lake area But if we can find more ways of diverting water Into storage areas that can go back in the aquifer It's just an an aspect that I would like to just rise up So we're not just thinking solely moving water from chitin past to the ocean But moving water into areas that can can reperculate into our Aquifer just uh just an aspect that I you're probably already aware of But thank you very much for letting me comment Yeah, and director culvers and just just so you know, we are in frequent Communication with brian lockwood general manager of pv water We've had numerous conversations with andy fisher up at ucse about opportunities that we can secure on the pommel river and Really what it comes down to for us is a balance a balance between Providing more space for flood protection that also provides an opportunity for groundwater recharge within a setback levy system so The proposed alternatives in our secret document have a minimum of 200 feet Setback and our project has been specifically designed and we have specifically been targeting opportunities To make that space available for enhanced groundwater recharge inside a new setback levy system and also to provide extra space for habitat and that that's the tradeoff with achieving that kind of flood risk and That are that will be Requesting extra space and extra land from the agricultural community, which is at a premium So we're trying to strike that balance as careful as we can But that multi benefit aspect is the reason why sp496 passed It is the reason why The governor and the state department of waters resources are so excited about this project because it truly is a multi benefit project Thank you Thank you. Mr. Cole. We're sending any other questions or comments from board members Is there any member of the community that has anything they'd like to add to this? In person Thank you Thank you, madam clerk. We'll move back to the board for action I'll move to approve. Uh, Supervisor Caput second We have a motion from director caput and a second from director McPherson. Will this please do a roll call Director conic. Hi. Coonerty Hi McPherson. Hi caput. Hi colbertson Hi friend Thank you motion passes with the tendons Thank you that'll close up the zone seven meeting. I'll pass it back to the chair. Um, McPherson for Uh, resuming our regular board of supervisors meeting Yeah, thank you. Thank you. Supervisor friend and Before I there's one woman here that wants to speak at uh for community communications But before we do that, I'd like to go back As the county council To to reconsider the motion for the public hearing on the excessive accessory dwelling units There was a suggested a amendment or addition to it And we'd like to include that it wasn't specified as I understand it, but we can do that at this point Yeah, if if uh my understanding Is that there was an error in the adoption of the motion on item eight Which is the adu accessory dwelling matter If your board would like to take that matter up again, one of you could Make a motion to take that up again And then explain what the error was and uh, see whether or not an additional motion could be adopted out of it Thank you. I think uh, supervisor friend. You'd be the the proper one to yes. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Chair It was my intention to include the relative language that was provided So broadening the definition of owner occupancy to include relatives. I was under the understanding that was in the motion I was mistaken the recommended actions did not include that additional language Uh, but that was my intent that was the language that was or that was the recommendation provided from planning So I'd like to make a motion to reconsider item eight so that we can make sure that that language is included in moving forward Hey, is that a motion then that is I'd like to make a motion to reconsider item eight I'll second that Um, we just call the roll on the reconsider. Supervisor conic. Hi friend. Hi To nerdy. Hi Caput McPherson. Hi. Thank you. Motion passes to reconsider. Okay at this point I'm going to invite planning staff to come back up to the dais to Um add to any conversation that the board has to answer any questions regarding the issue Thank you. I do you want to make any comments your Um, supervisor friend. Did you go ahead? Well, uh, daisy allen planning again, um, I don't have any specific comments, but I can I can speak to the exact language that is proposed if that's useful Yes, I I believe I uh, I believe that that the issue is with um section 681 uh g G4 for yeah g4. So go ahead and go ahead and speak to that Issue and and uh, and perhaps supervisor friend Would also want to explain in a little more detail Go ahead. Oh, okay Um, so the staff proposal was to amend section 13 10 681 g4 Um to expand the definition of owner to include relatives of the property owner So in 4 a we would amend the first sentence The phrase the property owner would say instead the property owner or relatives of the property owner And then also the purchaser or relatives of relatives of the purchaser And then in section a subsection one um again where it says in the second sentence property owner that would be Um changed to say property owner or relatives of the property owner Thank you for that clarification We have any comments from the board on said ring Yeah, i have one clarification from from council. Um, the recommended actions on item three is is to adopt because This uh was considered from the planning commission. Can we do it with this added language or do we need to accept One two and four and then and uh come back on three if it's not an adoption It's like come back at the next meeting with this added in just so I understand the proper motion to make at this point Yeah, I I would I would I would recommend that uh that the ordinance be brought back With the new language for your board's consideration. Um, so basically I think that the motion should be return at the next board meeting with the entire package Uh with the new language considered Um for the ordinance Okay, thank you. I mean, I think that the board will agree. This was the intention I believe that this was part of the language in a high respect that um supervisor conic's position I may not support sort of the the package in general and I understand that but this does broaden owner occupied um language and that was staff's Well, that was they used the language throughout the report that this is staff's recommendation But it turns out it wasn't actually in the recommended actions I think that just from a procedural standpoint moving forward it might be useful if we have Maybe an option a and b that the board can consider if there is any modifications that staff is recommending so that it's just called out Um, but with that said I would like to Um, well actually I think that since we are reconsidering this item I'll make sure that there's an opportunity for members of the community to still address us on this. Is that correct? Mr. Counsel Yeah, that's that's part and parcel of why I think the entire package should be brought back Is because we ended the public hearing ended the motion and then retook You know are are taking it up again after the public has been gone And so I think that the public should have an opportunity to review the additional changes that the board is making I think that would be the safest approach Thank you for that clarification. So I'd like to make a motion to have this item come back The next meeting with those recommended changes from planning specific to the owner occupancy language um I just have one addition. Uh, I'm sorry. There's one other instance of the word property owner that needs to be changed I don't know if I should read that into the record right now You don't want to Lengthen this process further, right? So it's um 13 10 681 for the um subsection one The first sentence there There's another phrase that says the property owner and that should be changed as well to the relatives of the property owner Okay, and just just for clarification I I think for purposes of the motion if if you're interested in making a motion It would just be to give staff discretion to make whatever additional changes need to be made in order to effectuate the board's intent on this issue That was that was exactly my intent. So I will move um to have the item come back at the next meeting on october 19th And to provide a planning staff the discretion to make those changes under the board's A direction here in regards to owner occupancy to include relative throughout Wherever it needs to be Wherever the changes need to be made second Second That's fine. I'll give people a chance to review this before october 19th. Me. Please call the roll. I do have one speaker on zoom That's a razor hand doing this Color one your microphone is available Hi, I've been listening to There's been also reading here on the agenda item eight of i wanted to comment on the sequa notice of exemption It seems to me in my observation over the years Over 20 years coming to board meetings. I often see this California Environmental Quality Act notice of exemption when it's him Improper to put that in because there are significant environmental impacts and in this case, I think of Ocean rising and erosion problems in the coastal areas Big time and I've also seen where there's a notice of exemption where Um, there's a development that's on a toxic site and um, it proceeds anywhere anyway And also with shell tower Approvals that always shows notice of exemption when There are negative impacts to people's health that's documented property value Be declined So, uh, it seems to me there needs to be California Environmental Quality Act Report that that's my comment. Thank you There are other speakers. I'll return to the vote supervisor Koenig. No friend Kennedy hi Caput McPherson. Hi. Thank you motion passes for one Okay, that that measure will come back on to our board meeting on October 19th We have one person in the audience who uh came in late. Would you like to address this, ma'am? On public comments. Yes It's not regard to the water. I got just fine. It was just okay. Thank you um, I want to talk about the covert and the county's remedy Again, I want to repeat that I've mentioned before There is no purified isolation of the genome of covert 19 anywhere in the world Stanford Cornell dr. Ronald full mech international lawyer Doctors robert young david martin andrew kaufman thomas cowan our department of california of health The eua cdc page 39 no isolation European health departments. They don't have an isolation The sickness we believe came from the swabs up the nose with ethylene oxide nanoparticles and graphene oxide And from the tests the 5g test cities Where they put the gigahertz the frequencies at 60 gigahertz Which takes the oxygen of our body and vibrates it and it doesn't allow it to bind to the blood hemoglobin And people stop breathing cell cultures from Diagnose covered patients from stanford and cornell Showed flu a and flu b Know whatever covert 19 is So there is no need for remedies masking injections isolation closing down society I don't know if you know, but the australian premier She resigned by force recently For taking millions From big fight from big pharma from fizer To inject and create fax passports that are very much like the hitler regime Of the 1940s. So We want to put you on notice. We want you to prove that there is a purified isolation of covert 19 somewhere in the world Otherwise, we don't feel you should go ahead with these very expensive paid injections on our residents Which are contain messenger RNA to transhumanists Lipid spike proteins that travel across the blood brain barrier and all cells damaging the cells Graffinoxine that moves with Which migrate and lots of metals stainless steel copper and so on Read your comments, please Okay, and I just want you can I say one thing about the water conservation? No Real quick the question I have is why are the california water commissioners Allowed to drain the reservoirs into the ocean If we're so watertight And why aren't we looking for prime water, which is under the ground? Thank you. Thank you Any other comments from the public or spoken Okay, this we will adjourn this meeting the next meeting of the county board of supervisors is on october 19th Beginning at 9 a.m. This meeting is adjourned. Oh, we're adjourned to close or recessed into closed session Are there any reportable items? There are no reportable items today. Thank you. Okay, so we uh, And that's we'll adjourn the regular meeting and go into closed session Recording


Hi everyone thanks for joining us tonight. Former Bemidji Middle School Assistant Principal Brandon Bjorkness was sentenced today in federal court to a 25-year prison sentence proposing as a middle-aged school boy to lure students into sending sexually explicit photos and videos to him. The 35-year-old Bjorkness had pleaded guilty to one count of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in sexual conduct and one count of production of child pornography. The sentence is five years less than the prosecuting attorneys requested but ten years more than what the defense wanted. Bjorkness is not eligible for parole. He will have to serve at least 85 percent of his sentence but with good behavior he could receive a 15 percent reduction. The sentencing hearing today spanned more than two hours and parents of the victims spoke of the pain Bjorkness caused the victims and their families. One of the victims' moms released a statement to Lakeland News tonight and that statement reads as follows and again we are not identifying the mother in order to protect the identity of the victim. Here's that statement quote although I was hoping for the maximum sentence today 25 years feels like enough justice that my family can hopefully begin to put this behind us. It is my hope that Brandon's eyes were open today and he now has a better understanding of how his crimes impacted so many people. I also hope his family and supporters now understand the devastation and heartbreak he caused. Bjorkness created fake social media profiles to contact at least 55 known minor victims over the course of multiple years. He also used persuaded enticed and coerced six known minor victims to produce child pornography. He was a sick young man and needs to deal with that and he's had the courage to confront those demons and he's still doing that and he'll be doing them for a long time. I cried with him but I also cried with Brandon and his family. This is a young man that had a great family and a good education and a loving wife and and two young children. Wold says he is told Bjorkness that he should not appeal the sentence Bjorkness will be sentenced for state charges on Thursday, February 8th in Beltrami County District Court. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.