Order the December 11th meeting of the Board of Supervisors if we can have a roll call, please Morning supervisors supervisor Leopold here Coonerty here cap it here McPherson Chairfriend here if you could please join us in a brief moment of silence in the Pledge of Allegiance Good morning, mr. Plosas with any changes to today's agenda Yes, there are a number of changes On the regular agenda, there's an agenda item 16.1 presentation of the 2018 Santa Cruz County annual report as outlined in the memorandum of the County Administrative Officer on The consent agenda item 21. There's a correction to the formal title Ordinance approved in concept on December 4th 2018, and there's also a revised memo packet page 235 on Item 33. There's a correction the item should read adopt resolutions accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of 349,600 in 2018 Homeland Security grant funds and appropriating 110,675 to the Sheriff's Office and 110,675 dollars to general services fleet services division adopt a resolution designating authorized agents and take related actions as Recommended by the director of general services There's also a revised memo with that item an item 48. There's a correction to the formal title Insert direct staff to return on or before February 26 2019 for the award of the contract Before the approved contract amendment with ssa landscape architects and then on item 50 There's a correction the item should read accept and file 2018-2019 capital improvement program report as recommended by the director of public works That concludes the corrections to today's agenda. Thank you. Are there any board members? They would like to remove an item from consent today Okay, see none we'll move on to public comment This is an opportunity for members of the community to address us on items that are either not on today's agenda But within the purview of the board of supervisors that are on our consent agenda Or items that are on our regular agenda if you're unable to stay for the regular agenda You'll have three minutes to address us feel free to step forward if you'd like to address us during public comment Welcome, please Good morning Good morning, mr. Friend. My name is Dennis Navarra I am a resident of the county of Santa Cruz. I wish to speak as to a Concern for the harbor and the property at 7th and Bromer Avenue. I have prepared a Document set which I would like to submit in five copy sets to each one of you if that might be allowed Thank you. May I hand that to an appropriate person? I I Say respectfully Thank you for your service Mr. Leopold You're gonna hear today About a property at 7th and Bromer Avenue Which is a pertinent to the harbor? Which is under consideration for a hotel? I? am a retired accountant and I have a concern about This which I wish to communicate to you today and my concern is that I have a question for the county board I have a ten million dollar question for the county board The property was purchased between 2000 and 2007 in two parcels 800 2000 and 2000 and then excuse me two additional parcels in 2007 for 6.6 million for the total purchase price of 7.4 million This has to do with the county of Santa Cruz develop redevelopment successor agency That property is under consideration for a hotel My concern is that we have a valuation of purchase of 7.4 million But when the study was done in 2016 the market value of the property was rated at 2.9 million That's a multi-million dollar difference. I did some additional checking Zillow which Recommends itself as the leading real estate management research firm as of today 1211 on Zillow comm states that in the next year Property values in the county will rise 2.9 percent Having risen 6.8 percent in 2018 Let's take the lower number 2.9 percent at a compounded rate of 11 years since that property was acquired That property is valued today at 10 million 134 thousand dollars. I do not believe that this board has been properly advised as to the Underlying value of that property and I think you to need to keep that property in the hands of the taxpayers And not give it to private development interests. Thank you profit to pocket 7 million as a profit. Thank you Thank you, and we have your handouts appreciate it Good morning Welcome back. Good morning. My name is Michael Spadafore. I was here last Wednesday talking about the Gateway Plaza So since last Wednesday, this is what transpired. We had the chief of police come down and Threaten the homeless encampments saying that they all needed to stay in line Otherwise they'd get kicked out of the homeless encampment. We met with the mayor Property owner and I met with them with a mayor. The mayor has no idea who approved the bathrooms there Who closed the homeless encampment up on River Street? The mayor has no idea who approved people to be staying in this current area Since then there has been somebody OD in the car a car was stolen from PetSmart employees I had two bikes stolen on my patio PetSmart's has had letters written to them saying customers won't shop there until the homeless encampments closed Office max had a couple of their customers accosted in the parking lot Those are just things that I know of so that Homeless encampment where it is with people walking from the tannery walking across the bridge and The shoppers and everybody else It's just not Understandable my sales are down your rear 10% in that location I should be up after Christmas. We're gonna see what happens everybody Everybody seems to have come there from Coral Street all the tents that were along Coral Street All the tents that are along the railroad tracks are gone all the people that are sleeping by Costco are all gone Now they've all moved in that area there. There's kids. There's everything else. There's The security guard was threatened by a gang of people that were gonna beat him up And he had to stay in Ross for 20 minutes Sunday night until the police could show up.  I go people ask me What's up with that homeless encampment? Why is it there? I mean, I I feel questions on this all the time all the tenants in that place I mean, it's just a nightmare for anybody that's there Office max just barely renewed their lease. I think my landlord was trying to be here I don't think he's here today, but you know when we're not getting any help from the city Not getting any help help from anybody. So anything you guys could do would be greatly appreciated. I thank you. Thank you Morning. Welcome back. Thank you Tony Crane Representing the estates Buregas neighborhood regarding the second story program I want to start with a partial retraction from a comment. I made last week I said after reading a letter that Stated that the county and encompass agreed to return funds to forfeit funds from a grant and I said because you Should never have taken the money. What I want to retract is that I know that you guys were lied to By certain members of the county and by encompass Biomission because they never informed you Zach and we know that that they were going to put the property there Since then By complacency, I'd say that there you do have an obligation to do something in this matter. I have letters stating that the And a promise as you had put it in one of our meetings for that operation to close as of December 1 And that the property would go on the market as of December 9th. I have multiple emails from members Employees of the county including Mimi Hall Alyssa Benson Stating that because of budget constraints. They were defunding the program. I Was provided with a copy of the budget that says that they removed this program from the budget So they were no longer funding this program And we have the performance deed of trust that was signed under penalty of perjury by the CEO of and other people of the county stating that They would promise to meet The terms of the grant Yet they never did they did not meet one term of the grant period And the main reason adding two beds Was the main reason they were given the funds. They've not done that Since then now the property has been is in their possession. They got a gift. They paid it off so They they continue to have possession of this property in perpetuity 30 years anyways And they continue to operate the program and to my understanding the county continues to fund the program The budget what was pretty clear that they had removed it and that they considered the program unsustainable So not sure why you're still funding the program when you there are multiple Emails and letters saying that you felt that it was not sustainable So my my question here and and by allowing them to keep the property In essence you've gifted them this property and any Increase in value that they've had since they acquired it which they acquired in my opinion under questionable circumstance So my question is who is in charge here and and can you please take some action? Thank you Good morning. Good morning. Dana Snyder also representing to the estate's drive and Boregas neighborhood Following up with Tony I think we all have questions as I heard the first person speak today. I think we have an issue with our County with where to put people who may not have the ability or the wherewithal to support themselves naturally And I'm wondering what we're going to do about that. I think I'm probably not alone wondering what we're going to do about that I also live on a stays drive as I already stated and I too am questioning why that facility Housing second story is still there. We have had incidents. We've had safety issues. We continue to have safety issues We have Given all the information that everybody needs to pull this program. We've been promised that the program should be pulled They haven't encompassed has not followed along with any of the laws the regulations. It's not licensed It it shouldn't be there and it has impacted our neighborhood in a very negative way our children are unsafe We have had traffic issues. We have had drug issues We have safety issues to the point where some of the neighborhood kids won't even walk to school anymore in the morning because we have one way in and one way out of our neighborhood and the Guests from in compass are not allowed to smoke at their home So supposedly this is a home, but they can't smoke there. No one actually lives there so they have to walk up to the only entrance and exit of our neighborhood to smoke and They smoke a lot of different things up there So our kids aren't even able to move freely throughout the neighborhood I've had a gentleman urinate on my lawn with my 15 year old daughter sitting there at breakfast in the morning We have reached out to and compass. We have had no replies They do not address any of these issues and compass has lied county employees have lied What are you guys going to do? What are we going to do about this? We have an encampment issue We have meant we have people who need support. This is not the place to do it We need to find a mixed use neighborhood where people can move about it's not It's not working where it needs to be and we've been promised that it was going to go and here it sits So again, who's the boss? Who's in charge here? We need you guys to be in charge. Thank you Thank you. Good morning. Welcome. Thank you for waiting Good morning. My name is Deborah Karshevsky. I'm also from the estates And Buregas neighborhood and I've been asked to read a letter from one of my neighbors Justin DeVilla on the topic at hand so He says to the Encompass Board this was written It is unbelievable to me that we have come this far with a situation That is so clearly a breach of every aspect of due process government accountability and societal ethics and values from the very outset of this debacle our neighborhood was labeled and IMBY's and referred to as the ectosian lion's den Long before it was discovered that Encompass has had purchased the property at 2884 States Drive Rather than reach out to the neighborhood in advance We obtained evidence that the intent and usage of the property was willingly kept secret Despite numerous opportunities for transparency and potential to address our unease in fact I discovered the property was purchased by Encompass only by searching publicly available records Well after the sale was finalized since then it has been one misdirection Misrepresentation an act of disrespect and disregard after another this does not appear indicative of an organization with the best interests of the larger community in mind Moreover, this is clearly an example of taxpayer funding for special interests without accountability and in direct violation of zoning laws The second story pure respite facility is Undeniably a commercial and clinical endeavor shoe-horned into a residential neighborhood Calling it a residence does not make it so from the first time I read the CHF of a grant Application and the grant itself. It was apparent that second story is an unlicensed unregulated uncertified pure run short duration mental health facility that both fully Serves hundreds of individual visuals per year from one to 14 days in fact based on the estimates in the grant application and expressed at the CH CHF Board meeting in May the number of annual visitors to this one residence Surpasses the total static population of the remainder of the entire neighborhood Nobody resides in the property permanently and due to HIPPA rules We can never know who the occupants are why they are at the facility how they were referred Or background checks or administer and why residents are taken from the premises and handcuffs furthermore The program description in the grant application refers to second story management staff and guests I don't know of another house in our neighborhood that has a formal program description or payroll We have been told repeatedly that this program and facility are legal Whoops Anyway, I support my neighbors in trying to move and compass out of our neighborhood Thank you if you'd like you can provide that letter to us as well if you just want to hand it in Thank you for coming in good morning. Welcome Good morning. My name is Marie Thompson and I live on Buregas Drive and Buregas in the states are a circle So this I would like to talk to you about a safety issue that concerned me personally I'm here to tell you that I was nearly run over by a resident of second story Wrecklessly driving down Buregas Drive We have small children riding bicycles and elderly neighbors neighbors walking around the block with walkers and Those walked their animals none of whom would have been able to jump out of the way of this car like I did I Got in my car and I followed this person around the block only to discover She was a resident a guest of second story I lady was told the same driver hit the fence on the top of the street earlier that morning. I Hope this incident weighs heavily on your decision as to why a facility such as second story and compass should not be located At a residential setting. Thank you very much. Thank you Good morning. Good morning. My name is Rocío yantop and I also residence of Buregas. I To keep my time short. I took some notes What I have I wanted to tell you that I have been living in Buregas Drive for the past eight years I am a mother with two young children seven and nine The my backyard fence shares the property line with encompass house Since encompass property began operating on commercial short-term Lodging facility for clients of Santa Cruz County and mental health. I no longer feel my neighborhood safe for my kids to play without being careful to Check on them with us adult supervision. They cannot ride their bikes without around the loop without Our supervision because it's not safe.  I Bet no one of you will be happy that your kids been seeing those kind of things Public donation and incidents exposure as a dana say And I know that I can't protect my kids from these kind of stuff forever But they are seven and nine. I want to keep them away from from this Now I feel like I always I have to be watching them to make sure make sure that nothing weird They they can see when we walk to school. The school is one block away. So they Those kind of things they shouldn't be seen And compact house is totally inappropriate for our neighborhood I know that a six bedroom vacation rental would require a public Hearing before being given permit by somehow the board of supervisors Think that this is totally okay and no permit Hearing or oversight is required. It's not I ask that a board supervision take action today To remove this danger from our neighborhood Appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you Good morning Good morning. My name is Nola McGee and I also live on Buregas Drive And I'm here to ask the county to please as stated and promised that this Business is removed from our neighborhood. It's eroding the quality of life for everyone and Thankfully, there's been no real violent incidents as of now We don't know these people who are coming in and our safety is Being put in danger. Thank you very much. Thank you Good morning. Welcome back. Good morning. Becky Steinbruner resident of rural Aptos I am also concerned and support these people that are coming to you asking for your help. I have I Have witnessed the other side of the benefits of these services through a neighbor of mine But I also want to implore you that you really look at where you where you put these places and that you are completely transparent about the transactions with the communities I Would first and foremost like to protest again that non agenda items and Consent agenda items public comments being combined you have effectively reduced public comment and that is not in keeping with the vision Strategy of Santa Cruz County to promote public input and transparency and government I have written supervisor friend and supervisor Caput asking you to pull item number 53 Supervisor friend. Thank you for your communication yesterday evening So I know that you do not intend to pull it and I I did send you back some questions Regarding the county's lease in the Aptos Village project with the Aptos Village LLC for The Sheriff Center and other community Uses supervise a cap it do you intend to pull this item for me on the consent agenda? He does not we already on item four that was what the question was asked whether any board members want items removed on consent agenda And it was not a pulled item. All right. Thank you. I'm sorry. I'm late because there is no parking out there So I'm late. Did you want to say something cap miss Supervisor Caput? Well, I will make a comment at the end of the Can you stop the clock, please? So this is a supervisor captain. This isn't a back-and-forth right now. I don't want you to lose your time Oh, we did stop the clock. Okay, but if you want to make a comment at the end of public comment That's fine, but but I want miss Steinbrenner to have an opportunity to use for three minutes. So, right? Thank you Thank you very much So I will simply comment on the county's process here And I feel that it needs the county needs to do its due diligence on this I question whether using taxpayer money to lease 3220 square feet from the Aptos Village developers is a wise use of county money at a time when we are Anticipating huge budget shortfalls and you had to just recently go for a property tax increase to meet basic public services I also request that the county do due diligence in terms of the lease agreement that states There is no hazardous material problem on site the county has knowledge of something different and you need to be transparent about this You also received testimony your board received testimony during an appeal of an Aptos Village project sequa process by Expert mr. Stephen Bond that the county fraudulently closed the underground storage tank and cleanup case at the site Finally, I just want to implore that you take action and leadership on 5g It is a massive bomb coming our way, and you have the president of other Thank You miss Steinbrenner Thank You Good morning. Thank you for waiting Good morning, Fox Sloan Soquel Hills Child and Family Rights Advocate for Santa Cruz County also part of the Central California Coalition for Children and Family Rights and National And first of all, I want to say congratulations to mr. Caput.  You are our champion I have came here to talk about the abuse of Power and discretion with CPS, but I ran into Dana Out in the hall, and I know Dana. I know her neighborhood I'm also on a subcommittee to the mental health board here in Santa Cruz And I honestly didn't know where this second story was located when I found it was in a family neighborhood close to a school it It kind of it really took me by surprise because this is totally inappropriate and from the amount of people that showed up here today There's no doubt We need number one facilities like this for a demographic of people in this county that are At risk and it need but it doesn't need to be at the expense of children and families So that being said Dana This moment of silence is what We families Here during the holiday season when we have been forcibly separated from our families from our children our grandchildren This is a season of high risk for suicide especially for elders who have been forcibly isolated from their families because of CPS abuse of power and discretion Our plan for the replacement for the CPS as it is is almost finished We hope you will seriously consider it, and we also hope you will take public testimony To show the overwhelming need for replacement of CPS. It's beyond reform and Listen to the families who have been negatively impacted over and over again over the years So we will be meeting with you our delegation will be meeting with each and every one of you about these very serious issues Thank you. Thank you Good morning Hello, thank you all for your time and your service. My name is Justin Banta. This is the first time I've done this So I apologize. I'm not I haven't written anything down, but I'm speaking from my heart as a parent. I am actually Pardon me a victim of my daughter is a victim of the same thing. I can't speak too much about it But I will tell you I need your help Several children need your help. I have a special needs daughter and During one of her fits as some of them do she was taken Against the law and without Proper investigation from CPS and Jeremy Lansing Ever since she's been gone. She has been begging to come home I've had her for 10 years. She's excelled every day in every year in school every year Even though her her issues and the abuse she had with her mother And in court, I just would like to say this is where I found the problem She has an attorney that was literally with her and that attorney is supposed to be helping her They asked her in court. Do you feel safe? Do you want to go home? And she said yes And she's been begging to come home several times. I find this a problem. I I fought for this country I've been in the fire department and I I help everybody every day I can And when I see the system failing and my daughter Is a victim at 12 years old It upsets me She's not going to she's afraid she's not going to be home for Christmas and I'm asking for help for this CPS is Using her for money. It's a child trafficking system There's there's no proof of anything and she should be home. She's been ignored every day She's been in seven different homes in three months And she has been illegally pulled from her school seven times in three months So she has missed her IEP which is an individual education plan For several months, which I've been getting calls and in contact with the school system to get on this and they have ignored it This is a problem. Now my daughter is going to be not only Possibly missing Christmas with her only parent as I have been for 10 years But now she is possibly threatened with missing this year of school and being held back because of cps um There's been no proof of anything or reason for them to keep her And they've been severely ignored I still only have one hour of visitation a week supervised and the parents enter themselves that this is very unusual I also have been limited to 30 minutes for three days As my daughter's been begging and begging for more time. This is ridiculous There's a 12 year old girl that has been abused by her mother when she was three months old And I took her and I have full custody with the state of alaska. There are cps There are documents of cps of the abuse and I am 100 free of any charges I've never done anything in my life but serve this country and serve my my kids and I was I'm asking for help In clarity because the attorneys did not help and I just ask for you all your help and respect. Thank you so much Thank you Good morning. Thank you for waiting. Good morning. My name is Dave Huntley. I live on varigas drive I've been real patient throughout this whole process From the beginning of the encompass debacle Patient I've been watching it. I've been hoping that something would work out The reason I'm here is because I've got three kids My five year old was almost hit by a car My nine year old is continually finding bottles of booze in our yard And my 12 year old daughter refuses to walk the loop And it's It's horrible What what's happening here? This is there's 60 homes in a loop and it's just Not of good fit and it's a big problem and You know, I've been there four years This isn't what I wanted and this isn't why I moved there I'm a patient guy. I believe that these people need help If it would work I'd be all for it, but it's not working It's a problem Thanks. Thank you Good morning. Good morning. My name is Rocky Snyder. I am Santa Cruz resident for the last 30 years almost a business owner And I live in the neighborhood of estates in Boregas my son jack who just sat down Maybe a little camera shy. I'm not sure but he and I we we homeschool on Tuesdays and we thought Why not come here and learn a little bit about civic duty and government? So this is a great opportunity So I thank you for that Unfortunately the the reason for us being here is to express our other lesson plans that have been kind of changed in our neighborhood where we do our homeschool such as Trying to explain why it is that a man's urinating in our front yard What is it like to Have a choice of using intravenous drugs and where does that get you? In a car that's camped out in our neighborhood overnight Uh, it's pretty exciting for him being a sixth grader to to watch the sheriff's cars come by On a much regular basis and when the fire truck or ambulance comes by It's another learning and teachable moment for me as a parent I would rather spend more time delving into us history civic lessons Science and even surfing as part of his pe program But that has been thwarted in some ways And the fact that part of his pe would be enjoying going out with his friends and neighborhood Riding bikes and doing things that we grew up doing in fairly safe neighborhoods And unfortunately with the program coming into our neighborhood that hasn't allowed that to happen We are very trepidatious about letting him go outside and play being on a blind corner more or less With having dozens and dozens if not hundreds of new guests arriving in our neighborhood About six a week or maybe more So it makes it for a very unsure neighborhood when you have drivers that Don't recognize that there is a blind turn and there are no sidewalks. There are no Places for kids to play necessarily In the front yard, but they prefer to play tag all over the place So i'm encouraging you to to Follow through and have it so that Encompass finds the place that they really need to be and so everybody can be safe. So thank you for your time Thank you Good morning My name is william bruce. I'm a member of the beregas estate's neighborhood as well And i'm just here to say This is not the place for a commercial endeavor and that's what it is. Thank you Thank you Good morning I'm colonel michael max. Why first of all want to present a copy of this to mr. Leopold because he Purportedly represents the interest of socal village Okay, would you have that delivered to mr. Leopold? Sir can you can you speak on the microphones so that people in the community can hear you? Mr. Friend has been promoting broadband in santa cruz county Wide open implicitly Suggesting that 5g should be available in the county You got to read about 5g and how dangerous it is and the fact that senator bloom and fall and other caring honest Uncorrupted public servants and elected office are fighting it and what the telecommunication industry and outfits like forizen are doing I'm here to protest in particular the performance of wanda williams The hearing officer are equivalent for the issue of the socal village wireless application of verizon most recently in this very room And i want to read the following Socal citizens petition to santa cruz county supervisors 11 december 2018 We request that you waive any county fees and costs to allow impacted and concerned citizens to appeal Zoning administrator item decision 171372 To correct the wrongful decision that will threaten the health safety and well-being of younger children many of them And others who must spend many hours in schools and other facilities in the socal village area Who will be exposed to emanating electromagnetic pollution Therefore this board of supervisors votes and directs that concerned citizens of socal And of santa cruz county may as individuals or collectively appeal the announced decision to approve any such wireless Communication facility without any Usual standard fees and costs to be imposed upon those citizens exercising their duty Please do your sworn duty to protect the public. I'm putting this into the public record as well By the way, this good morning. This williams conduct sir. This williams conduct avoided due process. Thank you And she made false statements on the record. Thank you Good morning Good morning bruce canner I'm all in favor of that petition by the way At the zoning hearing in this room last friday Assistant planning director wando williams acting as the zoning administrator Ruled from her chair that a proposed cell site installation in the heart of socal village Would not emit what she called excessive emf radiation And approve the verizon facility Which is under a 25-year contract? So Apparently in the eyes of this county There is no problem with exposing children in the four schools within the range of this antenna facility All of the businesses in socal the fire station that is 175 feet away from the property line of this new cell site All of the high school students who will be captive at the traffic light at socal and porter For the many minutes that can take to get through it when schools out And everyone who visits the village With verisons so-called non ionizing radiation for the next 25 years Among other things This means that electrosensitive people Now approximately three percent of our population or four some people say with numbers growing rapidly Who are determined to be disabled under the ADA act? Will be forced to avoid socal village, which is officially discrimination against the class of the disabled This government which rationalizes its existence with claims that it has a responsibility to protect its constituents Is actually in the business of protecting the interests of corporations That make astonishing profits off of exposing everyone in the range of their products with emf radiation Proven in thousands of studies Which you ignore To cause harm at levels that are a fraction a very very small fraction of the levels this government permits This government is not interested in the levels of exposure its Constituents are suffering There are no studies at any level federal state or local of the exposures the population experiences constantly Not of the frequencies the type of waveforms the energy densities parts of people's bodies exposed nothing The telecom telecom cabal has done testing on the effects of their emissions But they say this information is proprietary and can't be shared with the public They give their testing data to the FCC under its requirements But the FCC which purports to work in the interests of americans has ruled with the providers that the data is proprietary And so can't be seen by the people it supposedly serves There is medical data coming in from thousands of concerned and hard-working scientists That is beginning to show the dimensions of the electro holocaust that is becoming obvious to more and more of us Much of this information has been provided to this board and to officials at the city and county levels But these governments seem much more concerned to maintain cozy relationships with the telecoms Who are now revealed as little more than parasites on the people. Thank you, sir. Thank you Anybody else like to address this good morning. Thank you for waiting. Good morning Good morning supervisors. Thank you for your service Excuse me I am giving you a petition for 240 people signed for the park access to the harbor These people signed in in two days and lasted two days. So I've been working very hard please preserve and improve the parking access for the harbor, please Also as possible Soon as possible giving the deed to the land for the harbor. So I don't have to Continue bugging you. Thank you very much Thank you Good morning. Welcome back Good morning. I'm thomas wheeling from santa cruz I love santa cruz and all the wonderful amenities we have I noticed that Almost everything people presented it has to do with quality of life And I think most of your decisions that you make has to do with quality of life and I think you do a pretty good job I'm Would like to ask your help about the seventh and Bromer piece of property at 8.3 acres It it's it's all about quality of life for the community and for the The guests that come in and and and use the harbor It's um, I think this uh, this is a A publication by one of our outstanding institutions the dominican hospital And I was reading it this morning. It talks about this outpatient rehab center, which is a great thing and it It's it it goes on to say we consider our patients needs throughout the process of building our best center With the highest level of care research Where patients live and choose a place that certainly is located with ample parking ample parking easy accessibility and The current plan that is starting to be implemented for the seventh and bromer Diminishes Parking for the people that use the harbor and and this plan that that the harbor submitted Takes and keeps that parking and Will also take and increase parking and increase access And and and it it has to do with quality of life So I I would very much appreciate if if what you can do to take and and have that Um piece of property now developed into a hotel, but I remain As a A point of access for the for the harbor and thank you very much for your service. Thank you. Good morning Hello Marilyn here at part of wireless radiation alert network because this is a big problem Thanks to Bruce and terry for their comments I was here in this room and the zoning administrator Approved the radiation emitting biologically dangerous cell side If I as I've seen or give the rubber stamp approval over the years to every application For porter and soquel drive on top wilson tires In disregard of approximately 25 people in this room Friday the 7th fine against approval of this location Including the fire chief Of soquel with the you heard the fire station is within 200 feet firefighters in 2004 international association of firefighters canada And the u.s. Passed a resolution to have a moratorium on siding radiation emitting antennas and cell towers On the roofs of their stations or nearby The reason was when a brain scan was done on firemen comparing those sleeping in firehouses with the antennas And those not what they found was damaged to the brain And these symptoms people experienced were like being in a brain fog slowed reaction time Coordination of tremors dizziness headaches These are so that they could not do their Work to help the public and you know if it's doing that to the firemen It's homing the rest of us and you know children are especially vulnerable When a cell site in on calabasas road was Proved by the zoning administrator, but Overruled by the planning commission in march of this year The planning commission actions said to deny the application on the basis that they required findings Under the county code of a significant app sufficient easement and lease rights and a sufficient alternative Analysis cannot be made and direct staff to prepare a written denial on the basis of these findings That applies for this other site indeed if something is dangerous We know this technology is dangerous. It shouldn't be approved period Verizon should not be allowed to harm the community And over thank you zoning codes. Thank you Good morning Good morning. Good morning again You know my name. That's my political pseudonym Aptosian nimby But please spell properly nimby is with two i n i i m b y It means noting illegal in my back yard I'm really residing on 2888 a state's drive and the next house It's illegal With the the business perform they're performing more than one year there so as a reasonable resident and taxpayer and voters i'm Here to look for the government What means government? I have to repress your your knowledge probably Government is especially elected entities which have three main duties and only this Only the government is entitled for these three duties to perform them first Collect taxes you're excellent on this one And My compliment second Implement implement laws and regulations and third Prevent crime and violations So if you are government in the real meaning of these three things, please Perform your duties What's happened? We receive all of my neighbors who receive a letter on the chamber first second story Facility will go from our neighborhood That's the great governmental decision After that appears that there is a unknown donors Unknown entities private contractors maybe russian influence or maybe chinese influence Or maybe mexican drug cartels influence and you are still not implementing your decisions So my question is and I will Say this loudly. Hey government Anybody else like to address us during public comment Okay, we'll see none. We'll bring it back to the board Um We will take action on the consent agenda, which is items 18 through 60 Uh, good morning supervisor cap it Well, we'll just I'll go to supervisor personal come back. There's one item I wanted to comment on that's item number 57 As you all know or most of you know Certainly in the fifth district the felton library is in a construction phase and we are Grateful for both local and state funding for it and those voters who approved measure s in 2016 for the libraries But we also need to work on the boulder creek library. So i'm excited that Um To see this increase in measure age funding for architectural services For the boulder creek branch as well as those in the selvin live oak Our smaller communities really need these libraries and i'm glad that we have more to invest in these renovations And again, I want to thank the voters for who approved the library measure in 2016 Thank you morning supervisor cap it you bet on item 35. I uh I can see it's about administrative leave provisions And i'm wondering if that would extend to All units of the employee units of the county It seems that it's for only one. I don't know if the law the state law Just pertains to public safety or whether or not it's Uh Something we can look at later. I can get an answer to that our personal director will briefly address your question Thank you for being here this morning. Okay. Go ahead. Good morning. Ajita Patel personal director So this is not just for safety This applies across the board to all bargaining units And we have changed a number of those provisions and many mo use upon the expiration of those contracts This contract has has is not expiring for a while. So we did the side letter Okay, and then uh, this will be for everybody in 2019 or is it just uh, this unit right now and then others later So this unit will take effect in 2019, but all the other units that have this provision are Moving to this model here in 2018 Oh, I mean have it starting now Yes, and the only other unit that we still need to accomplish this with is the doctor's unit Which we'll do next and then everybody will be on the same platform. Okay All right. Thank you. You're welcome And then on item 53 I I I've been asked, uh, you know to pull it and Um I I don't see anything wrong with item 53. I mean, it's a lease agreement and it's uh, not in my district, but I In my opinion, I think it would be a good thing for, uh, uh, the mid county area But, uh, just in this case, I am going to pull it Supervisor and allow and allow somebody to Supervisor Caput, we have an agendized item item number four Which is if you have your agenda in front of have it here That is The announcement by board members of items removed from the consent to regular agenda Which is why on that item I asked every board member. Would you like to pull an item and you didn't pull an item? So the the reason that we have that item on there is for you to give that opportunity in advance of public comments So people are aware of this item. It's actually being pulled to the regular agenda. Um, so Since this That this would be the second time that you'd be attempting to pull an item post something as agendized for an opportunity to So i'm trying to maintain a process here And um, so what i'm getting out here though is uh with number four That's before the public gets to speak It's an opportunity for the public to be aware of whether that item is being moved to the regular agenda Okay, but then they're speaking and asking to have it pulled you're saying that It does not apply after item number four I'm saying that if the item is pulled by a board member then the public would have the opportunity either during public comment Or on the regular agenda at that point to be able to comment on the item as opposed to just On public comment that gives an opportunity for the community to know whether this is something that'll be on the regular agenda or not Uh, so what's the technicality on that? Would you say uh county council? Would you say that I can't pull the item 53 or because we already passed item number four It's not a legal question. It's a question of process Okay, so uh, does that mean I can or I can't it means it's up to the chair who's running the meeting All right, i'll leave it uh, then you're the chair and you're saying, you know, I'm just saying I mean here's the I'm comfortable with you if you wanted to pull the item We can pull the item it just should have been pulled at a different time is what I'm saying I'm just trying to moving forward since this is now the second time that I think that that The item is agendized in a very specific way and I know that it's it's new I just want to I just want to respect that so we we can pull it But we also now had members of the community that spoke to this item that in theory wouldn't be allowed to now speak to the Item again because they actually already addressed the item based on on the action that you're doing Because what that which is not something I think that would be the intention of the member of the community Who would have known that she would have liked to have had the full time to be able to address This item individually, so I just want you To recognize that we can pull the item Which would mean that we'll make it item number I guess 13.1 would be the only Place to try and get this in If you would still like to pull the item But what I'm giving then is an opportunity for the community to actually address an item twice Which is not the intention and also isn't fair to other members of the community that would like that opportunity So it's just important that you from a process standpoint moving forward Unless other board members disagree with this process that If you would like to pull an item the opportunity to do it is on item number four So that the community is aware moving forward of when they'll have an opportunity to address it Right, so you'd still like to pull the item Yeah, I'm requesting to pull the item, but I understand I am kind of out of uh, okay I'm out of order. Thank you. So we'll make that item item 13.1 Any any additional items that you want to comment on no no that well the other the only other thing I would say is that on number uh 25 I I I didn't see the connection on item 25 And why we're We're deciding that but anyway, uh I don't want to call too much attention to it because it's uh It seems like it belongs in Monterey county los angeles county and a very loose connection to santa cruz county And to put that whole item in there. It seemed like it was uh unnecessary, but that's just a comment So thank you. Thank you. Good morning supervisor. Coonerty. Hi. Good morning The only item I have to uh, I'd like to add additional direction on is item number 47 This is new funding to help families who are struggling with homelessness and I'd like a report back Every six months on the number of families housed Okay additional direction on 47. Good morning supervisor leopold Good morning chair. Uh, just a couple items to comment on On item number 26. I want to thank the county administrative officer for Drafting this letter to the federal communications commission the The work done by this federal agency to take away Necessary resources to fund community tv Really presents a Challenge for local communities who want to make sure that meetings like this are broadcast on tv and by reducing the fees that uh, that we We get from these peg fees we We might lose the opportunity to sufficiently be able to support this activity I appreciate that we have read a letter protesting this and hopefully You along with many other local government agencies Will be able to persuade the fcc in order to make that change on item number The statement of the vote uh for the november 6th election I want to recognize our county elections office and our county election officer For the fine job they did in this election It presents a challenge every year to make sure because we have such a high number of people who like to vote This year with same-day registration. That was a whole new piece And which many people took advantage of and the fact that we have a good fair Clean elections here in santa cruz county Is a is a great Is a great benefit to us all and thank you for the work of you and your staff For this election On item number 40. I just want to recognize the probation department on This report on the santa cruz county Community connect community corrections partnerships report. This is an important source of funding The fact that we're finding a balance between supporting the sheriffs activity probation activities and treatment services Is a good hallmark of this group since it started back in 2010 I appreciate the work of not only of the ccp, but of all the subcommittees that work to support the ongoing activities On item number 48 This is a great First step in our effort to build a shanna clear park and leo's haven that were going out to bid And I want to thank the parks department for their unflagging support to get this park built Uh Hundreds of community members have participated in thousands voted in this last election To support the construction of this part and i'm glad to see it moving forward And uh, and I this this being the last meeting of the year I just want to wish a happy holidays to all my colleagues and county staff and members of the public We have a lot to be thankful for in uh in this holiday and i'm glad we live here in santa cruz county Thank you supervisor leopold We have So we have one additional direction and one item pulled is there a motion for consent Move to amend uh to approve the amended consent agenda That's all right We have a motion from supervisor leopold for the amended consent agenda second from supervisor akunity all those in favor I opposed it passes unanimously now we'll move on to the regular agenda the first item On the regular agenda is a presentation honoring the board of supervisors executive secretary laura guerrera on her Rit hire mint As outlined in a memo from me but really from the entire Board Uh, laura, why don't you come up here so we can embarrass you on television? Not not like right there like like right in the camera Laura loves the spotlight as all of you probably can tell Well, we have the uh most the great fortune of being able to honor uh laura after her remarkable amount of service to the county But also the great misfortune of having laura leave the county i'm sure you won't mind Not having to do the commute every single day from the south county, but uh Let me just read you a couple of things from our proclamation Of laura to give you a sense of some of the things that she has done Laura has spent all 32 years that she's worked for the county working for the board Of supervisors, which is a pretty remarkable Accomplishment and a remarkable thing for many of you A lot of your first interactions with the board or actually with Laura and some of the other great staff that served upfront during those 32 years And while she joined as a typist clerk after working for yolo county, which we won't hold against you She advanced to the position of executive secretary in november of 1991 and one of the things that is We've had a lot of change during that time not just of board members But also a lot of technological changes a lot of outreach changes a lot of ways that we communicate with the community has changed And laura has been at the forefront of that not just driving that within the office But the one that had to adapt The most associated with it She also is always uh It doesn't say this in the proclamation, but always quick to remind the board in a very classy way when we could do something differently Which is a very unique skill because most in the community like to show us in a in a different way how we could do things differently But you always have this remarkable ability on how you make us feel welcome You make us feel appreciated You make us feel like we're part of a family and a team and every time when we walk back into those offices you And the entire culture that you helped create with terry and others over there Made us feel like this was our home And just like a good home, uh, there were times we needed a good lesson And there were times that you also were there to support us in ways that no one else was and you are somebody that Many people don't realize because we're the face of the organization from the board component But you really are the face behind the organization that has kept us going You're absolutely going to be missed and I want to make sure that my colleagues have an opportunity to make comments as well Thank you. Laura. Thank you supervisor. Coonerty. Sure So thank you for your service and it's been a pleasure to work with you. There are people in every organization who subtly move the organization in the right way And maintain it so that people are enjoying coming to work. They're effective when they come to work They quietly do it and i'm not sure the Management science professionals yet have figured out exactly what how that magic works But there's a there's a serendipity to it and there's a real Thoughtfulness that comes and you you've demonstrated that in our office for for my time and far Far in advance of that and so thank you for being that person And we're going to miss you greatly, but we wish you the best I've gotten I've gotten nothing but good reviews about retirement from the folks I know who have done it and to have more time to spend with your family and more time To enjoy yourself. Uh, I'm very happy to have you to have that opportunity. Thank you supervisor leopold This is uh It's pretty sad actually for me because one of the uh things I look forward to every morning when I come in Is getting a few moments just to check in with uh, laura That that incredible smile that great laugh And the caring you have for me my family Is is really outstanding and I feel it when I come into the office Every morning and I feel like I'm home even though I'm not home You know laura's been around long enough and worked with enough supervisors that I'm sure in her retirement She's going to be working on that sitcom Of about the supervisors because she has plenty of stories that she could tell and if we're really nice to her Maybe she won't tell them all There is uh She's always there to take care of things When uh, whether it be travel whether it be letters whether it be reminders about things that we need to do Um, it's always critical uh to uh, the the support that she provides me my staff all of us Um, and then sometimes she takes care of some other things as well. There was uh Sometimes I get up early to come into the office and before the rest of my family is awake And uh, there was one day I I got dressed in the dark and I came in And I sat here for the morning and then Um, I came out at break and she gently pointed out that I had on two different shoes But she did it in a very nice respectful way And every morning now I wake up thinking of laura thinking I have the same two shoes on The other thing that laura and I get to share is uh, we have a love of some of the same kind of music and In my in my off time I I work with an organization That is preserving uh, mexican-american folk music collection And so as a result I I have a lot of these cds And after I'm done with them because I I do all my stuff digitally I bring them in for laura who gets to share them and uh, we've Enjoyed a lot of great music together and uh, I hope you will continue to enjoy that music Lastly, uh in 2010 I I um, I became a two-wheeler in the sense that I bought a vespa And uh, you couldn't be in a better place to to be a primary rider on two wheels than the board of supervisors office because laura And at that time terry were both motorcycle riders And so we had many great conversations about cold mornings what you wear Uh, and then hearing the adventures that uh, that laura and her husband took on the weekend On their motorcycles. It was uh, we all get to live vicariously through those adventures.  Thank you. We love you. Thank you supervisor mcpherson Yeah, I've um really appreciated as has just been mentioned the kindness that laura shows Whether she means it or not, you know when we come in every day and uh, she she's uh, so does so many facets of the office That really puts everything together and one of them is our travel arrangements and she Gets those arranged. I think in the process. She wants to tell us where to go literally But she doesn't she keeps it calm and collected as usual. She's always really great at that She's always lets us know when we're supposed to pay the staff and so forth and a few things like that as well but It's really a pleasure, you know, it's uh, it makes coming to work It's a big part of my coming to work and enjoying it and saying hey, this is going to be Fun, it's going to be uh, Understandable and people can't maybe don't realize how much Laura and her other team of staff have to put things together to make this all work as well as we can make it work So I just I can't tell you how much I appreciate what you've done I've really enjoyed your professionalism throughout and uh, telling me where to go when I need to And uh, and when to go go to certain places and all but you're fantastic to work with I really really wish you the best as well deserved retirement and uh, god bless you. Thank you Supervisor Caput. Thank you I'm going to miss you a lot. You live in my district and uh I hope everything goes well for you and uh with your You'll have more time now and that's that's wonderful and uh, I guess Looking back on the history. You've seen a lot of Changes and you've seen a lot of different supervisors And I think when when you came came in there was a little bit of Upheaval uh with the board and there was some discord and uh I think uh, I think you had a lot to do with calming everybody down and uh Making everybody behave better as far as supervisors go and I know that you're being in the office Uh, I wouldn't want to embarrass you by uh getting in big arguments like they did about 32 years ago Where you know, uh, it's it's just not a good thing to do But I think you're a big part of that you and terry when terry was here too. I think a couple years before So anyway, uh I'll I'll be seeing you around watsonville. Yes. Okay. Thank you. Thank you We do have a proclamation that was signed by all the board members That's a public action if we could have a motion to adopt the proclamation moved So a motion from leopold a second from McPherson all those in favor I opposed Passes unanimously. I'm going to present this to you you're then uh required to give a significant speech I have a little one so Thank you Thank you for the acknowledgement today Um, I consider it a privilege and an honor working in the office of the board of supervisors The work has been both challenging and rewarding I've been able to witness both progress and history in the making working 32 years for a total of 20 supervisors Along with their numerous analysts Out of the 20 I want to mention the six board members. I've worked with that are no longer with us Dan forbes jan butte's ray bow guard Walt simons marty wormhalt and jeff omquest in addition to former board members gary patten sherry mal robley levy Joe kuchera fred kealy tony compass ellen peary mark stone neal coonerty And of course you five I also want to give a shout out to my president supervisor jillian ridder And current co-worker jessica radriguez. You are a great team And to my former supervisor terry dorsi Who I had worked with side-by-side for 30 years you taught me good My former co-worker patsy mcparlin. We all three did very good work together I want to thank the county family for their camaraderie Here in the building and other county facilities. I visited through the years For the smiles the good mornings And good evening greetings the small talks the laughs the sharing of life experiences and the work we all do together the good work We all do together Thank you for all the wonderful working memories here at 701 ocean as I begin as I begin My new life my new chapter in life Thank you It's an opportunity for members of the community to make comments On this item. I understand laura. I understand your mother is here as well Let's see. Yeah Good morning chair friend members of the board. My name is jillian ridder. I'm a county supervisors analyst I've worked with laura for two years And laura when I started two years ago. I knew this day was on the horizon, but it really has gotten here very quickly And I just want to say what a pleasure it's been working with you for the past two years I know I greatly have appreciated your support Your warmth your kindness everything the members of the board have have already highlighted You know, I wish you the best in retirement. Don't be a stranger. Come back and say hello But thank you for everything Thank you Anybody else like to address us on this item? Okay, seeing none. I know that there is a Reception the board's going to continue, but we will meet you over there at some point. It's in The redwood room it's confusing, but it's the area over by the ceo's office and laura We're looking forward to going over giving you some more hugs and thanking you for everything that you've done for us And we welcome your mom to this Celebration and thank you for coming up. Congratulations again laura We'll move on to item eight Which is a public hearing to consider a report on the 2019 growth goal to adopt a resolution Establishing a growth rate of 0.5 percent for year 2019 in the unincorporated portion of the county and authorized planning staff To file the sequa notice of exemption is outlined in the memo of the planning director We have the resolution the growth goal report the the planning commission the pc resolution and the sequa notice Of exemption Good morning. Welcome. Good morning Uh, good morning chair friend members of the board. I'm stephanie hanson principal planner for sustainability and special projects With me today. I'd like to introduce natisha williams who helped put together this This hanson i just want to can phrase the microphone on or maybe just a little bit closer if it's not on Can't hear can you hear now? Yeah, just a little it's a little closer. I guess. Thank you very much Your board first considered the proposed 2019 growth goal on september 18th And continued the public hearing on the matter till today pending planning commission's review The updated 2019 growth goal report with data included through november 1st 2018 is before you today for consideration This report examines various factors used in establishing the 2019 growth goal for the unincorporated area Based on this analysis the 2019 growth goal report recommends continuing the 0.5 growth rate that was established for 2018 Using estimations for household size and projected population growth This growth rate has been translated into a maximum number of building permit allocations to be assigned for the coming year For 2019 the 0.5 growth goal would translate to 256 market rate allocations That would be distributed between urban and rural areas at a 2 to 1 ratio the same as in past years The 2019 report also recommends as in previous years that the unused market allocations from 2018 Be carried over to 2019 and be added to the 256 allocations As of november 1st 50 market rate permits have been allocated out of the 261 allocations available for 2018 If this rate of demand continues through the end of the year It is estimated that the additional carryover allocations would result in a projected total of 457 market rate allocations available for 2019 The planning commission considered the proposed 2019 growth goal on october 24th The commission unanimously recommended a growth rate of 0.5 for the approval by your board The resolution is included in your packet as attachment 3 The commission's discussion and public comment received during the hearing are summarized under the planning commission review section of the memo before you At the first public hearing in september your board asked whether assisted living or memory care facilities Count toward the residential permits available from the growth goal Noting the concern that we may approach the maximum urban permits allocated for next year Staff responded that units from assisted living facilities do count toward the growth goal allocation However, upon further review staff has determined that the assisted living facilities are considered institutional facilities And are processed as commercial building permits Commercial permits are exempt from the growth goal. So any additional Units associated with assisted living facilities would actually not count toward The growth goal for this year and the allocations available Staff has found that the establishing a year 2019 growth goal of 0.5 percent is exempt Under the california environmental quality act and a categorical exemption form has been prepared and included in your packet as attachment for Staff therefore recommends that your board One complete the public hearing to consider the report on the year 2019 growth goal To adopt at the attached resolution attachment one Recommending a year 2019 growth goal of 0.5 for the unincorporated portion of the county And three authorize the filing of the sequa notice of exemption attachment four with the clerk of the board This concludes our presentation. We'd be happy to answer any questions you may have Thank you for that presentation. Are there any board member questions on this item? Supervisor Leopold I just appreciate the clarification on the assisted living units. I think that's helpful for us. No, yes Supervisor McPherson. Yeah, I just want to thank you again and this is Really a very difficult goal to reach because of a very many A number of external factors that we're facing But I think we're we're trying I haven't seen This urge to have more building units in the county in the last 30 or 40 years as we've had in the last few years We have tried to address that with To streamline our bill in permit process, which is in a continuing effort right now and to further Incentivize more deed restricted affordable housing. I think we have taken some significant steps With state legislation that was passed that we do through We've taken additional steps like waiving adu fees and Providing more density bonuses which are just in in order right now And those are all in line with our sustainable building plan we have in the county So it's it's one thing to be working toward the senate to try to make some moves And we're trying to simplify it as best we can so we can provide more housing that is some more Especially affordable housing that is so desperately needed in santa cruz county We also must work together to assure sustainable water resources here The basis of that of where that comes from is kind of out of our hands But now with some groundwater management base and we have the santa margarita in the fifth district or north county And then there's another that plan that needs to be completed by 2022 And one in the mid county that is needs to be done by 2020 These are very important items and part of the the mix that we have to make all come together in the picture So we can provide more housing, but I think this is a reasonable. I hope I wish we could reach our goal, but We're way behind schedule at this point, but thank you for the effort I want to thank the planning department and the ca was office for putting together this report And for the community input that went into it We have to be realistic But we want to provide more housing for more people that are in desperate need of it in santa cruz county Thank you. This is a public hearing. We're now going to open the public hearing This is an opportunity for members of the community to address this specifically on The growth goal. Is there anybody like to address us on this item? Good morning becky steinbrunner resident of rural aptos. Thank you for the report and um, I want to know Um, it you say they are 457 market rate allocations. How does that blend or Ordinate with the county's newly Approved enhanced density bonus for affordable housing programs. How does how does the market rate number? um coordinate with affordable housing permit numbers I also And and to that issue is the new Our combining district where it will be much easier to establish those With developers driving the bus I also wonder how this affects mixed use. There's no Um Cap on Or this This is the allocations do not affect or the growth goal does not affect commercial So how does that work with a mix of commercial and residential? When it is required that there be a mixed use Development in an area and does this accommodate hotels? Which can also now in the county is becoming Involved with having permanent housing in hotels And how does this growth goal address the ucsc campus long range expansion? Is that a completely separate thing? Then the county's uh projects I again, thank you supervisor mcpherson for bringing up the issue of water My concern always is Are we moving equally along to have good infrastructure developed for adequate transportation? And water resources to serve this growth goal And I I applaud the work of both mid both ground water sustainability agencies in particular the mid county Where in they are working to to blend with pahro valley basin That's doing some very good work and has actually been able to stop seawater intrusion Without pumping treated sewage water into the aquifer. Thank you. Thank you anybody else on this item specifically Welcome back Good morning supervisors Benjamin Cogan here and So just wanted to becky steinberg said some good points Thank you for bringing up the water shortage because every time you build more infrastructure You build more pipes and when you build more pipes, there's going to be Percentage that are going to leak need to be repaired And so that taps into our underground aquifer and so I like how you said the ad use how you're letting people build on the you know I got to look more into that But what I want to leave you guys with is From what I know is housing permits are like 30 000 to start and then you got to do all this stuff for the planning department And so from the home owners I don't know. I always get nervous. Sorry Thank you, you know from it takes a lot to Invest to provide housing for people And so if there's a way you can actually reduce those fees have like an amnesty or no charge Or just just make sure it's up to code then they can provide housing They can accommodate the students for the ucsc that money stays in Santa Cruz I believe I've mentioned this before this is kind of one of the things but You know that way, um, we're not building all this infrastructure and all that and I think the the point The five percent growth is good, but what is really needed? In terms of balancing How many homes are needed, you know and how many uh people can't find homes in Santa Cruz? So we can kind of help that out and if we can lower renting costs Then we can get more people doing these coffee jobs able to survive in Santa Cruz Students able to survive in Santa Cruz and I'm you know, all this infrastructure is going to take a lot of money State money this that and so how can we just? Deregulate so we can give back to the people of Santa Cruz And um, I'm glad you're noticing that there's a water concern and Giving back to people with a use and I look into that and thank you for your leadership and you know Always being here for us listening and keeping the consent going Thank you. You're welcome anybody else during this public hearing specifically on the 2019 growth goal I'd like to see becky steinbrunner's questions answered in writing and near date And the growth goal I have the same worries We know there are so many homeless people The growth goal it seems to me needs to incorporate Housing for all housing that's affordable And that's in a safe environment Just saying a growth goal Without really providing for the needs of the community And the poverty and the homelessness We're experiencing here seems to be a huge omission You brought up the water issue That's that's a big problem with more growth more use of water And actually supervisor McPherson. I have in my hands The press release and referring to water here and this is about Broadband use which is more of wireless radiation all over the community And it says broadband has become You know access to the internet which everyone seems to have has become as essential as water and utilities And I just find that Way Promotional of a toxic industry. Yes, we need water Yes, we need health and safety And yes, we need affordable housing for all and it seems to me That's a major component that needs to be here People cannot afford to live in Santa Cruz many can't so those are my comments. Thank you Thank you. Does anybody else like to address this on this item? I see none. I'll close the public hearing and bring it back to the board supervisor Coonerty move approval Uh, I would second and just had a comment. So we have a motion from supervisor Coonerty for the recommended actions a second from supervisor Leopold and supervisor Leopold Yeah, well, I think it's important to to note that uh as we look at the 64 total building Permits issued Between the affordable units and the ad use Makes up over 50 percent of our permits Uh, that's an important way in which the board has been working to increase the share of affordable housing here in Santa Cruz county We've taken some additional actions to reduce fees And we have some new projects as we think about using our own properties to build affordable housing And there'll be a project that hopefully maybe we'll be on here next year on capitol road With nearly 60 units of affordable housing for families. So Uh, we keep on making that effort and we will continue to make that effort. I appreciate the work of the staff Motion and second all those in favor I opposed it passes unanimously item nine is a thank you by the way Item nine is a public hearing to consider resolution approving amendments to the unified fee schedules outlined in the memo of the C. A. O. We have the resolution in the mid-year unified fee schedule Uh revisions Good morning. Welcome back Good morning. I'm trish daniels from the county administrative office Twice each year in june and december the board adopts amendments to the unified fee schedule On november 20th 2018 the board set a public hearing for today for the latest proposed amendments There are revisions from the health services agency information services the parks department public works and the sheriffs department We do have representatives here from those departments to answer any of your questions Um, it is therefore recommended that your board open the public hearing um for comment Upon conclusion of the public hearing close and then consider adoption of the resolution amending the unified fee schedule Thank you. Are there any questions from board members before we open up the public hearing Now open up the public hearing. It's an opportunity for members of the community to address us on the unified fee schedule Okay, we'll close the public hearing break back to the board. I would move approval of the recommended actions Uh, we have a motion from supervisor leopold second from supervisor cap it all those in favor I opposed it passes unanimously. Thank you mr. daniels So we have a 1045 scheduled item is that the will of the board to take a brief 10 minute break right now? Yes, okay. We'll take a brief 10 minute break and we'll come back for the 1045 scheduled item, which is zone five Zone five The board took a recess and now we're convening into zone five This is the county of sanacris board of directors of flood control and water conservation district Zone five if we could begin with a roll call, please for zone five Hello directors director leopold here good if he cap it He's here Big person harlan christensen Chair friend here. Okay. Are there any Late additions to the agenda or additions or deletions mr. Machado. No, okay, so we're going to begin with oral communications It's an opportunity for members of the community to address us on items that are not On the zone five agenda bar within the purview of zone five. Is there anybody that like to address us specifically on the zone five items not on the agenda I do have One item the board of supervisors had adopted a proclamation honoring one of our own here on zone five which is miss stefanie harlan For those of you who don't know Council member harlan has served on zone five for actually I would assume by looking up here the longest serving member of zone five I by quite some time and you served on the capitalist city council For 28 total years. Is that correct? So let me just walk you through a couple of the things that miss harlan's done And actually I think that this doesn't even do justice the remarkable work and influence that you've had in the entire county Not just in the city of capitola But you moved here in 1972 after accepting a teaching job In watsonville where you taught for six years Eventually you became a registered nurse at the old santa cruz community hospital then watsonville community hospital And then salinas valley memorial hospital before you're retired In 2018 you were first elected to the capitol city council in 1984 and was the first woman mayor of the city of capitol You had 28 years as a council member six of those as mayor And you also served a term on the planning commission Many of us have served with councilmember harlan on a number of local commissions including ambag The national marine sanctuary uh scenic trail committee the sanitation district room Which you chair the integrated waste management task force criminal justice council the capitol warf committee the california league of cities Where you've held some senior positions and as well as the local metro transit polyton district among others You've received a number of awards including the santa cruz county women's commission women Of the year and the capitol chamber of commerce woman of the year twice Um lately especially you've been one of the biggest leaders of making sure that the capitol library Uh the largest advocates is getting rebuilt. Uh, you were one of the founding members So the friends of the capitol library and a long time volunteer at the capitol museum Uh, this just lists out some of your professional accomplishments from a personal level Uh councilmember harlan is somebody who cares very very deeply about this community Always had an open door policy in your house for anybody who wanted to talk to you about any issue at all Is the name behind so much good that's occurred in our community from libraries to transportation to social justice issues Um, one of the founding one of the leaders of the democratic women's club as well You're going to be a mess on zone five, but just as a community leader So the board has a small token of our appreciation Which is the proclamation that's signed by all five board members, which is something we actually had to agenda as this morning on our consent agenda But we would like to present to you This proclamation thanking you for your service on zone five, but more greatly for your service for our county A new job I have a new job I'm an employee at the state of california now I've been chosen as a member of the board of the central coast water board And had our first meeting last week on thursday and friday in san luso bispo So we'll be working on a lot of important Issues there started out with climate change Talked about a lawsuit that we have with pg knee over diablo canyon It's going to be decommission, but it's going to be around for years And they have to do some remediation work because they were taking in too much marine life We have a lawsuit against an oil company for the spill in Gaviota and santa barbara county four or five years ago looking for that We're out inspecting legal and illegal cannabis grows And so we're keeping an eye on water quality water quality water quality sanitation district even got fined When we had the spill in capitol and the the pipe break And all the water came to our central live oaks facility and overflowed there But we did a remit remediation project So we used most of that fine money to to do a really good project to try to avoid that happening in the future So i'm really excited. I was looking forward to having lots of free time But now i'm not going to but i'm this is such an interesting board that i'm really looking forward to To serving on that board and we meet in santa barbara and san luso bispo and once a year in watsonville So please contact me if you have any issues you want to talk about anytime. Thank you very much Thank you. Well, uh, chair if i may add It's been a great honor for me to actually get a chance to serve with stephanie As a member of the board of supervisors on this board on the sanitation board Because i moved to santa cruz in 1986 And i found out about stephanie harland pretty early on and uh, when i moved to the mid county Having someone like stephanie who was a who is a committed environmentalist In a leadership position was always a great aspect of the mid county And when we think about the monorail based sanctuary scenic trail or the or the marine sanctuary It's environmentalists like stephanie that have played such an incredibly important role In making sure that we have these resources But also importantly stephanie cares not only about the people She represents but also the people who serve As staff members and she's found a great way to balance those two Because as when she stepped back on the sanitation board She made sure to connect with people at the sanitation district Think about how the facility worked for the people who work there And concerned about equity for women at the at the sanitation district and others And she's always there. We've walked precincts together She's been a great supporter of so many great efforts here in santa cruz I look forward to continue to working with stephanie in her new role But it's been an honor to serve with her in my in the time we've spent together. So thank you stephanie Thank you Well, we will actually begin our meeting officially now Which is item number two, which is the approval of the zone five Minutes, are there any questions or comments from board members on the minutes? Is there anybody from the community who'd like to address us on the minutes this is item two? Okay, we move back to the board I move approval second We have a motion from director leopold and the second from director harlan all those in favor I opposed it passes unanimously number item three is the board of directors of zone five to accept and file an update on zone five drainage facility ownership and approve a transfer $35,000 from the cap from the capital reserve funds into zone five master plan funds is recommended by the district engineer mr. Machado, thank you, mr. Chairman and directors Item before you describes our recent efforts Zone five staff have met multiple times with capitol the staff To to discuss maintenance and ownership of many facilities drainage facilities within zone five and also within the city of capitol Some of these facilities go back quite a ways in our history and it's a bit unclear on the ownership So we're working through that in the meantime. We've had some success with an agreement with staff To separate the maintenance Issue versus the ownership we have a draft agreement between the two agencies Legal staff is putting the final touches on it now. We hope to bring it back to your next board meeting Which will allow us to do maintenance without having a discussion or or argument about ownership We do continue to work on the ownership issue Our zone five staff are working on updating the mapping of all the drainage facilities And we will hopefully determine that ownership and bring a strategy back to your board to pursue A solution And so with that the recommended action is to accept and file this update on zone five drainage facilities ownership And to approve transfer of 35 thousand dollars from the capitol to reserve funds into zone five master plan funds per The attached form With that I can answer any questions you may have any questions from directors on this item We'll have to see this moving forward Anybody from the community like to address us on item three Okay, we'll bring it back to the board. I move approval the recommended actions We have a motion from director leopold and a second from director macpherson all those in favor. Hi Opposed it passes unanimously move on to item four Which is the board of directors of zone five to improve the payment of zone five share of $1,250 per fiscal year toward the implementation of the county's green business program is recommended by the district engineer mr. Machado Thank you, mr. Chairman and directors The item before you dates back to 2003 when the board of supervisors approved implementation of a green business program The specific item before you is an amendment to the contract with environmental innovations for continued work On the county green business program the zone five share of this contract is $1,250 The recommended action is to approve the payment of zone five share of $1,250 per fiscal year toward the implementation of the county's green business program With that I can answer any questions you may have Are there any questions on this item? We do this every year I don't see any directors questions anybody from the community. They like to address us on the green business program Okay, see none move back to the board. I happily move the recommended actions I think all motions should be said that way A motion for director leopold and a second from director coonerty all those in favor I opposed Okay passes unanimously move on to item five to the board of directors of zone five to accept and file the fourth Quarter report of fiscal year 17 18 zone five expansion construction revenue as recommended by the district engineer Mr. Machado, thank you chairman and directors the item before you is our fiscal year 17 18 fourth quarter revenues They do include $42,234 in drainage fees $9,890 in permit processing fees and $779 In interest and other revenue The recommended action is to accept and file this report on the fourth quarterly report of 17 18 zone five expansion construction revenue With that I can answer any questions Any questions on this item item five Anybody from the community for item five Okay, move it back to the board I move approval of to accept and file the report A motion from director leopold and a second from director harland all those excuse me director coonerty all those in favor I opposed it passes unanimously just trying to get you back in the minutes there director harland So we'll have to get you on the next two So as the board of directors of the santa cruz county flood control district zone five to accept and file the first quarter report of Fiscal year 18 19 zone five expansion construction revenue is recommended by the district engineer mr. Machado Thank you chairman and directors. This item is the fiscal 18 19 first quarter revenues, which include $26,844 in drainage fees $22,085 in permit processing fees In 1024 in interest and other revenue The recommended action is to accept and file this report on the first quarterly report of 2018 2019 zone 5 expansion construction revenue and with that I can answer any questions you may have Any questions Anybody from the community like to address this on this, please feel free to step forward. This is item six again 18 19 05 expansion construction revenue Thank you. My name is becky steinbrunner resident of aptos I just like to point out to your board that none of the documents that you're discussing Is available are available to the public in a convenience copy? It would be very helpful if in future meetings that could be provided in a separate binder And it might actually be required to do so, but it would be very much appreciated by the public I support your your actions and thank you for your time Thank you Justice know the items are available online, but I hear what you're saying in regards to having them in the back of the room Uh, is there anybody that else would like to address us on this item? See none. We'll bring it back to the board. I move to accept and file this report second We have a motion from director leopold and a second from director harlan all those in favor I opposed it passes unanimously and the last item is as the board of directors of zone 5 to approve the 2019 schedule zone 5 meetings is recommended by the district engineer mr. Machado. Thank you, mr. Chairman and directors The item before you is our proposed 2019 zone 5 meeting schedule. We have proposed five meetings one in march june Two in june september and december the recommended action is requesting your approval of the 2019 schedule of zone 5 board meetings Any questions Just a comment. Oh, please Director harlan director christiansen asked that we change the meeting to the afternoon if possible She'll contact you. She has a soak hill creek water board Extra meeting going on for the next few months in the mornings. So but she'll contact you about that Okay, okay. Thank you might be available. Anybody from the community on this item All right, we'll bring it back to the board director harlan. Would you like to make a motion? Move approval second We have a motion from director harlan and a second from director leopold on director harlan's last vote on zone 5 all those in favor I opposed it passes unanimously and that ends our zone 5 meeting with a significant appreciation for director harlan for all Of your work. It's been a pleasure Chair friend if I if I might A copy of all attachments to zone 5 is in the binder at the back of the rail Oh, thank you. Thank you for that clarification A copy of all the attachments are in the binder at the back of the room So We are actually going to we received a request to take an item out of order here Mr. Muchado I'm just going to let you know that we're going to do the pleasure point item We will get to your item before we break for closed session though, however So we are I'd recognize people have been waiting here this morning for this item. This is item 11 Which is a presentation on the pleasure point commercial corridor study including the vision and guiding design principles and the portola drive Streetscape concepts and direct the planning department staff to include these as part of the project description the sustainability policy And regulatory update the santa cruz county general planning county code is outlined in the memo the planning director We have the vision and guiding principles the portola drive streetscape concepts the existing condition summary and the timeline for adoption Ms. Levine welcome back. Thank you. Good morning I'm I'd like to just Briefly say what a pleasure it has been working with the community on this two-year process to Develop the study that's before you today and the chief staff on that has been annie Murphy and she's been coordinating with the community pretty responsive to everybody and has been recognized for that And I'd like to recognize her for that and annie will be giving the presentation Excuse me. Thank you. Welcome back. Ms. Murphy Good morning supervisors We're happy to be here today to share the community work for the pleasure point commercial area Today we'll be reviewing the community vision the guiding design principles And concepts for improving the portola drive streetscape Staff is recommending that your board accept the pleasure point study Into the project description for the sustainability update to the general plan and county code Pleasure point is a unique and vibrant community rooted in its connection to the ocean It is the local destination for dining Visiting unique unique local businesses and socializing Over the past several years there has been an increased interest in development and pleasure point Especially in several large parcels on portola drive that include include few permanent structures This aerial view of portola near 35th Here's portola and this is 35th running north and south shows two auto oriented parcels The left is a auto salvage yard and the right is currently used for auto storage Although not necessarily visible from the street There is considerable amount of land in the corridor with similar uses that is expected to transition to other uses over time You might want to use the keyboard. Yes, it could be troubling Yes, thank you The recent development interest in pleasure point presents an opportunity for the community to meet and create a vision for future development in the corridor And consider improvements to the portola drive streetscape The community planning process for the pleasure point commercial area focused on the commercial properties from 26th avenue to 41st avenue And the portola drive streetscape in this area This shows the 26th avenue at the western end and 41st avenue at the east However, as lower 41st is also part of the pleasure point commercial area The vision and guiding principles in the study would also apply to commercial properties on lower 41st The planning process began with an evaluation of existing conditions The team met with local stakeholders and agency representatives to identify concerns and priorities for the corridor The analysis by the project's economic consultant a e calm Found that there is a strong demand for housing and also some demand for new commercial development as part of mixed use projects At a series of three community workshops each attended by 75 to 150 people and led by the project consultant mig The community created a vision guiding design principles and potential streetscape improvements for the corridor An online survey provided additional community input The study before your board today reflects the input from the community as well as from public works and economic development staff The community envisions the pleasure point commercial corridor as a vibrant and eclectic place New development would include diverse architectural styles a variety of commercial uses and attainable housing Portola drive would be a more complete street the complete vision statement is included in your packet The guiding design principles For the commercial corridor implement this community vision The guiding design principles support economic vitality by encouraging a mix of local businesses and workforce housing A variety of architectural styles and materials are encouraged The principles also support publicly accessible plazas landscaping and public art To improve site design in the appearance of the streetscape parking will be located at the rear of parcels where feasible Regarding parking I wanted to note that page 13 of the guiding design principles States that three-car tandem parking is allowed in the corridor This is an error and the guiding design principles should be revised to read tandem parking is allowed for single and multifamily uses in the corridor This error will be corrected in the final draft Moving on now to building height. This was a key discussion item at the workshops The guidelines would require new buildings to expect the existing commercial height limit In addition the principles would require any third story to be stepped back from portola drive and from any adjacent residential properties Locating taller portions of the buildings at the center of parcels Helps to reduce the appearance of height and provides additional privacy for residences From 26 avenue to 35th avenue includes many residential parcels The guiding design principles support this portion of the corridor Transitioning to primarily residential uses Especially the larger auto-oriented parcels on the north side of portola as parcels are redeveloped The middle and eastern portions of the corridor From 35th avenue to 41st avenue are envisioned as commercial mixed-use areas Building upon the current mix of local businesses The street-shape concepts implement the public realm Guiding design principles The portola drive corridor from 26 avenue to 41st avenue Includes an 80-foot right-of-way that is currently devoted primarily to vehicle travel Bike lanes are narrow and are shared with parking lanes And crossing portola can be difficult for pedestrians as there are a few crosswalks and stop signs In the streetscape concepts illustrated above The portola drive corridor would be repurposed as a three-lane road with a center turn lane The new configuration would allow for wider and cipher bike lanes buffered from vehicle traffic An additional parking along the corridor here you can see the center turn lane the two driving lanes And the buffered bike lane with green paint for improved visibility The configuration would also help to calm traffic making the roadway safer for pedestrians and for cyclists The study provides a near-term and longer-term approach for implementing the vision for the corridor The near-term concepts can be implemented with painting and striping only Whereas the long-term concepts include new hardscape and provide additional improvements and require additional funding to implement In the near-term concept shown above for the portion of the corridor from 35th to 38th avenue Back in diagonal parking would be provided on the north side of portola to increase on-street parking Diagonal parking that is back in is generally seen as safer for bicyclists And for children entering and exiting vehicles than pull-in diagonal parking and has been used successfully in similar roadways in california This shows back in diagonal parking on highway 395 in bridgeport This illustrates the long-term concept for the middle portion of the corridor Additional improvements from the near-term include more street trees pocket plazas at intersections and shortened pedestrian crossings The streetscape concepts also include additional safety improvements to help maintain traffic flow and improve safety at specific intersections Potential improvements include new and reconfigured crosswalks flashing pedestrian beacons and a new stop sign To ensure that the proposed streetscape improvements provide optimum safety and maintain traffic flow These concepts would be evaluated in a traffic study as part of the eir for the sustainability update The pleasure point vision supports larger county-wide goals as reflected in the county strategic plan The vision supports new housing in the corridor The guiding design principles support local businesses and community vitality The transformation of the streetscape will help the roadway function better for all users Support community mobility and increase enjoyment of the streetscape Here are the next steps for the pleasure point corridor study After the study is accepted as part of the sustainability update project description An eir will be prepared In 2020 staff anticipates releasing the draft eir, which will include public review comments and community meetings Staff anticipates returning to your board in 2021 for review and adoption of the sustainability update To conclude it is recommended that your board receive public comment And accept the pleasure point corridor study and further direct the planning department to incorporate the study Within the sustainability update description and evaluate the study in the environmental impact report Thank you Thank you. Ms. Murphy. Are there any questions before we open up the public commenter? Supervisor Leopold Thank you chair. Thank you for the presentation. I really appreciate it. I appreciate the way staff has worked With the consultants and with the community. I felt that the community process was well attended and these This plan Or these guidelines reflect what we heard from the community and I thought that was a nice dialogue That went on and the efforts by staff to incorporate the concerns by the community. I uh, I think everybody appreciates um, the I'll have some other comments at the end, but I wanted to ask a question about um What happens with these Guidelines after we do the environmental review process How do we codify what what's here? There are A lot of different ideas and recommendations and criteria In in this plan and the way We see to implement those will be different for different pieces of it primarily the the Guiding design principles will be part of the countywide design guidelines, which are also They're underway now and will be part of the update We will keep them separate as some kind of appendix so they keep their integrity as pleasure point guidelines But they will be incorporated into that overall guideline And then there are other pieces that may end up in the zoning ordinance or the general plan if their policies And we'll take that one step at a time as we go through the analysis in the coming year Some concern has uh been relayed that that by having things in different places and possibly Repeated in different places that uh, it can result in It being updated in one place but not updated the other or how how can we ensure that that does not happen? um I think we agree with that. It's it's not um It's not helpful to have something repeat in too many places partly because you get virginitis, you know and other difficulties But the character of the recommendations is there's a variety of them So there are some um, they do kind of properly belong in some different parts of the county regulations So we'll be mindful of that as we go forward. Okay The last thing I just want to ask about uh, is the tandem parking that the changes from What's in this writing and what you explained could you say a little bit more about where tandem parking is Would be suggested and how that would work um tandem parking is currently allowed and in fact three car tandem parking is allowed in the pleasure point residential district and in Um, uh manufactured home zoning and there are a lot of manufactured homes in this area But we're not recommending that there be three car tandem parking, you know as a rule in multifamily because it's pretty Some of the comments actually people made we agree with it's pretty difficult to implement. It doesn't work very well so um generally tandem parking as it is in the rest of the county will be allowed and um And we would expect to continue the three car tandem parking that's that's currently in the code, but um The report should not have said three car tandem parking in multifamily. That's was an error. We'll correct it um, there is actually one more uh question um in the the uh the uh period of time between Uh this process and the adoption of the plan uh, what uh Can we say to people who coming in with development projects? Before this process is done to ensure that the community will is is well respected Well, that was of course one of the prime motivations for going through this process was to have the community will Set out prior to development applications coming in So even though everything won't be codified in the very near term because we're going through an environmental review process um, I It it it puts forward a starting point for developers that previously didn't exist They know what the community will is now And it will be the place that they begin instead of beginning in some entirely different place And I think that that's actually very valuable. Um, also similar to the sustainability plan The board will have accepted the document and that also shows the will of the board and these are discretionary projects And there is a lot of discretion in the process and that's where we implement All of this So you will be evaluating projects based on what's in this document as well as our current code Our evaluation will be informed by this process. Okay. Thank you Any other supervisors before we open up for the community supervisor? Yeah, congratulations on supervire leopold and the Participants and getting this plan this far. It's been a long process But I think it's going to be one that's going it is going to be well received One question, uh, I I can't remember the and I agree with that the back-end parking I don't know that that's ever been a part of a major plan like this before and I understand the safety aspects of it Has that been proven to be successful in any way safety implications in particular? And if you're parallel parking, how much is that? Or back-end parking parallel, uh, does that save one space per 10 or something like that? Because I know that didn't open my district, uh, but it's on a highway and the Cal Trans doesn't look favorably on that type of thing of backing into a highway, but I think this is a good good, uh Measure that you're putting in this but how many does it save parking spaces and has it been shown in other communities to be Really improved safety aspects That's what our consultants tell us Um It does increase the number of spaces over street parallel parking and that's why it's being suggested because having there be Adequate convenient parking but not have it be kind of overwhelming to the streetscape is something we heard quite a bit So in order to accommodate the need for more parking We go to diagonal a diagonal system and the back-end parking Will be specifically looked at in more detail by traffic engineers as part of the eir So that we can assure ourselves and the department of public works that um, it does increase safety Now we're going to open it up for the community This is an opportunity for you to provide uh feedback on the presentation here on the pleasure point commercial corridor study Good morning. Thank you for waiting Good morning. It's still morning I'm patty brady a member of save pleasure point Loosely based well supported group of pleasure point residents And business owners our backgrounds diversity and lifestyles Forge our inclusive community spirit Our response to planning's proposal for portola. We're in your study packet. We appreciate you're taking your time to read them While closer, we are still not in full alignment with planning gaps will require ongoing scrutiny of projects and plans Let's avoid that We support reasonable growth. We also want strong guideline language Assurances the development changes will always respect our village's vibrant independent and low key character The word will is repeatedly used in these Proposed guidelines. We ask that will be replaced with shall shall requires adherence Will has no teeth We request a new first sentence be added to the vision statement as follows This vision statement is key for describing how Future public and private improvements shall meet community reflected desires Followed by pleasure point is a vibrant and a collective place where people shop, dine Live, relax and interact reactions to granting fewer On-site parking spaces include it's ridiculous to the county will okay it because they don't move here When did you last move two cars to get to yours three car to tandem parking will frustrate portola residents Many will avoid the hassle of parking in the The part the hassle of parking in their projects And park in the avenues challenging avenue residents and visitors to the already limited on-street spaces At minimum mixed-use Projects should be covered under 13 10 5 5 2 allowing on-site Parking space reduction per in and out traffic Avenue residents should not be forced to subsidize Portola's private developers having insufficient site parking With 15,000 people a day using portola. We endorse a traffic study conducted in peak hours High season with central fires input for emergency exit issues And a one-year trial period before making permanent changes including three lanes Pernera streets and lots of pedestrians only delivery trucks delivering to an avenue should use the avenues Before you move this forward, please advise planning to replace a wheel a shell Add a new first sentence to the vision statement Use 13 10 5 5 3 have a one-year trial For portola streets of gates disallow portola delivery trucks in the avenues and disallow Three-car tandem parking. Thank you. Sorry. I have a sore throat Okay, great. Thank you. Thank you very much Anybody else like to address us on this item, please feel free to step forward I've probably used portola road. I I just sort of figured maybe between three and six thousand times in my life And I looked at that image and I said Portola road Especially when people commute and gets pretty packed and if you Take that road and bring it down to just two lanes instead of four I think that's going to already have a negative impact on especially on high use times in the afternoon and and When people use that road I just when I'm looking at and and to the The difference in parking than there is right now Seems to me that the impact on traffic is going to be which is we have Problems with traffic all over Santa Cruz because such a wonderful place to live. I just think That that is a that just from my initial reaction said that this would seem like a real Good idea for flow of traffic. So some of their ideas seem really beautiful. So thank you Thank you Morning welcome. Thank you for waiting Hi, my name is Barbara Spencer. I've lived on 37th avenue for about 10 years and my husband for about 40 He can't be here. He's probably on his way But we both agreed strongly and wrote a letter yesterday. Sorry it was late But there were two major concerns the first one even though we loved most of the plan looks great I feel like the primary Objective of the plan needs to preserve Portola as a main traffic artery is living on 37th or anywhere around there It's hard to get out of the neighborhood already with a given a traffic and we have with four lanes Is difficult to get out of our neighborhood. We want to go either shopping or to work or whatever And as we get toward rush hour early in the morning on weekends when there's rush peak times is surfing and beach and weekends There's already a long string of cars even just to turn right We have to wait and then to turn left we go around the block over to 38th avenue to get out so Peak times, okay, but I believe that if you squeeze the four Flow lanes of traffic into two flow lanes. This will cause pretty much non-stop string of cars I call that gridlock So even though there's a provision for lanes for people to turn left I think they're going to fill up really fast because it's going to need to be short because You're going to need so many of them moving down that street. There's so many different turns So that was my first issue that both kevin and I feel really strongly about and then the second issue Is on 37th avenue itself A lot of people who jaywalk there we see a lot of foot traffic up and down 37th avenue people with strollers bicycles surfers kids mobility devices and the the primary thing that people do to get across 37th right across portola at 37th Is to jaywalk because most of the draw at the at the shopping mall there the l rangel shopping mall is coffee tophia A cross fit place in a yoga place That's most of the people we see going by with coffee cups and yoga mats And there's also bus stops right there. So even we we're often pedestrians along there We don't see that many people walking on portola, but we do see a lot of people crossing at 37 Are needing to cross more safely So i'm a strong proponent for crosswalks at 37th But thank you. Thank you for the feedback. Anybody else like to address us on this item now is your opportunity Good morning. Good morning. My name is patty ellar rob We own the the family has operated the l rancher shopping center at 38th and portola for 44 years We also have the complex at the corner of 41st in portola pleasure pizza suda 38 years we have 45 Local mom and pop very successful businesses out there that have worked very hard for many many years They all love pleasure point as well as we do so We did send in our comments and our concerns to county planning and also to you the board Two separate letters one from el rancher shopping center one from the welt dollar company I'm asking that you please revisit our comments and our concerns. We've been out there a long time We represent a lot of great local business out there And we're very happy about the proposal with the corridor. We do have concerns About the traffic We hope to meet Reach a happy medium with the road because there is our understanding around 15 000 cars a day traveling those lanes As you enter and exit the shopping centers now you are waiting and so to reduce those lanes down Something there's going to have to be a great compromise because you're waiting now I love the traffic study. I'm hoping that that will be considered The painting that's being done out there for a good 12 to 15 18 month test period Because once those permanent improvements are made as you know, it will be forever So it seems like a really good idea to have a really good test period All the on-street parking that's being created. There needs to be strong funding for major parking enforcement Along the front of el rancher shopping center. We paid to have it painted red years ago because it's cluttered even years ago with four sale cars Homeless sleeping in the vehicles Storage so really heavy parking monitoring is needing there's photos in your packets of the kind of vehicles that are being parked out there now so Again, please Review these letters and our concerns out there and We're looking forward to a happy medium to make that a really more vibrant commercial area out there And happy holidays. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you anybody else You can feel free to also to line up if you would like. I mean to help expedite the process Good morning. Thank you for waiting. Yes. My name is michael radium a 32 year resident pleasure point been in the same place I have a few comments. I fully support the development of our portola drive I have been to all three of the community meetings. Thanks for john lee appalled for holding those They were fantastic. They were well attended and people were very enthusiastic And I think the plan that was collected by meg and the planning department represents What my feeling was of the people that were there Also, I'm an active member on nextdoor.com. I love the comments on nextdoor.com are also incorporated in a lot of that plan So I recommend that you accept that. I do have a few comments. I'd like to make though First there's one mistake in the plan. It shows that there's an existing stop sign at 36 and portola There is not a stop sign at 36 and portola at this point The future plan also shows us a stop sign at 36 and portola I can tell you that we do not need a new stop sign on portola drive And all those 15 000 cars are going back and forth along portola drive every day don't need one more stop sign It really does not serve a purpose What's really needed along portola drive for those residents Is crosswalks and lighted crosswalks that are pedestrian activated. That's what we need to get people across Not necessarily more stop signs and what should be considered in the long term is roundabouts I grew up in a city a very large major city with lots of roundabouts And they're very very I found them very safe and traffic flowed very well secondly, I'd like to Say that Landscaping and the county the county often does landscaping around various parts of the county and it's built it's lit and it's maintained for about a year and then it's let go And I think that when you consider doing landscaping as part of this whole development If it's a if it's county maintained landscaping it needs to be low maintenance and it needs to be addressed every once in a while Am I 33 32 years of living in pleasure point? I've never once seen a street cleaner And also on parking is a major concern for all of the residents in pleasure point And we're all worried about the traffic from those residences and businesses flowing down into the avenue and if in fact the Bonus parking is adopted to some of those businesses. We ask as pleasure point residents that you provide permit parking 24 hours a day 365 days a year to protect our community from all that overflow parking that'll happen because the Regardless of what the codes say there will not be enough parking for all those cars. Thanks Thank you. Thank you for the comments Good morning. Welcome. Thank you for waiting. Hi My name is Lana Lisa. I'm a resident of pleasure point I Pick up trash when I'm walking with my dog in the neighborhood I think I don't think it was addressed at all what the trash Is there going to be pickup? Is there going to be street sweeping 30th avenue is a really good example of A very disrespected street I would just like to know more about What's going to go into trash pick up the trash cans that are on 41st Constantly overflowing with all the coffee cups take out food So just want to bring that to their attention Thank you very much Morning. Welcome back Good morning. Becky Steinbruner resident of aptos. I attended a couple of these meetings Because i'm interested in public process And I enjoy seeing when the community is given in the opportunity To weigh in I was distressed as many were by the process at those meetings That mig used with the little clickers people would ask questions for clarification And the man would just move on So the level of input and the accuracy of that I think was somewhat distorted by The way the meetings were run I do not see that this really addresses fully the neighbor's concerns overwhelmingly about reducing Portola drive from a four lane to effectively a two lane road I think you really need to um what I want to ask is has Have you held a community meeting? In the evening to show them this plan the final plan not just saying this plan Respects their their wishes in addition to economic development and public works Have I I ask you respectfully to have Another evening meeting and show the community this plan and get their input before it moves any further along Because I don't think it really does respect Their input that I heard overwhelmingly at the meetings that I attended I also really question and I remember an issue that the community had is about delivery trucks with increasing the need for delivery trucks by Adding mixed use where will these delivery trucks go? Is that the purpose of this middle turn lane? How will that affect the overall traffic flow? and Access in and out for residents and clients I have as a cyclist a lot of concern about the backup diagonal parking coming through a bike lane Think about that at night already we've had many fatalities with vehicle bicycle accidents because Motorists just don't see the bicyclists If you're backing up you have even less visibility Less attention on who's coming through a bike lane And I think that's a very poor design Accommodating that does not accommodate or address at all the cyclist safety safety in our area I also really want to point out that We need to be mindful of the state's incoming proposition 35 8 857 and I'm sorry if I got that number wrong From scott weiner basically taking away Your right for discretionary approvals of anything. So how are we going to address that and Really hold on to our neighborhood characters Again supervisor leopold. I ask you to hold one more community meeting in the evening and show this plan to your constituents Thank you. Anybody else like to address us. I'm sorry You can actually only address us once on the item apologize about that But anybody else would like to address us. Please feel free to step forward All right. Good middle day supervisors. So I second everything becky strained booner has said And please mr. Leopold. Let's have another meeting for our people One after you know after work so we can all attend You started out ladies presenting about the wrecking yard and another space and I was wondering what the significance of that was In that area I have worked in that area. So I am familiar With the traffic and the flow and and all that being a mechanic and I think reducing four lanes down to three is just a really bad idea There's already traffic as it is and everything is working And I don't see cars super duper piled up and backed up and there are sidewalks and people using that Lady mentioned about the trash. There hasn't been an extreme effort to keep what has been there clean So with this new bill and everything it'll look nice and then it'll get back to being the same way Becky Steinberg made a great point about the parking you pulling in and backing out and there's a bike lane right behind there That is a call for more more accidents and Um For me knowing that this uh, this country is in a deficit The california is in a deficit San Jose is in a deficit and in a pension boom They actually give out more in pensions than they do in taxes and santa cruises in a deficit This proposal is going to cost more state money I mean, I don't know where all the money comes from but you will be throwing money at city beautification when there are other issues Like our water shortage our housing shortage our homeless shortage that should be addressed first And then and then we can get to to the city beautification But I just um, I don't think this plan is beneficial And as you you heard the lady who has All the businesses she doesn't think it's beneficial.  We're getting this taxpayer money. Is there a clause that says that this will be free For the public or all of a sudden are they gonna be parking meters everywhere? And then now people can't park and they have a two hour limit and they can't go shopping and all this and all of a sudden It changes the whole way and dynamic that pleasure point is And uh, what about trees someone mentioned round about there used to be a beautiful tree In front of the boardwalk and somebody cut it down to put a round about So is there any clause that says we'll leave all the wildlife? Especially the trees that are native to Santa Cruz and part of our image and our culture So we won't bulldoze them down for a round about because You know, this is this is uh, this is what we're up to create So, uh, thank you for your time. Thank you An evening meeting seems essential And the comments of the previous speakers have laid out a whole host Of problems that need to be carefully evaluated Reconsideration needs to be done A friend of mine used to say it's not development. It's desecration and dispoilment And having lived in Aptos 37 years with these development projects that sound so good improvements vision Upgrades It's like this is a beautiful coastal area and this sounds like it's going to provide gridlock And uh, going to be much worse and I know that little area personally I know people who live on 38 And I was there on 38th and Portola Uh, a number of times in 2010 2011 protesting the rollout of PG&E smart meters when the previous board of supervisors You were on it at the timely and pulled I think Had passed a resolution calling for Yeah, it was an ordinance saying it was illegal to install These meters but the share of You know escorted Wellington energy on behalf of PG&E But I remember going across the street to the coffee shop I remember there was already traffic then and pedestrians crossing so every Point that was brought up here and about Cutting out those and making it less than four lanes when it's serving the public Even with a lot of traffic now. I think I'll just make it worse. I think this needs to go back to the board I don't you know the whole question. Why is this needed? Why is this happening and and who's benefiting from it? Sounds like these small mom and pop businesses will be Ruin this so happens often happen with big developments. Thank you. Thank you. Anybody else want to address us on this item? Okay, we'll bring it back to the board supervisor Leopold. Thank you chair Thank you for the testimony You know, uh, I just want to say a couple things about why this will work was done because for those who Don't live in the area may not remember Um, what happened is that pleasure point has been going undergoing? a uh, a rejuvenation over the last 10 years Um, we've seen that on lower 41st and as the development proposals started to uh To show up on portola. There was a lot of concern raised by community members about the kind of development that was being proposed Uh, and rather than trying to fight project by project about what those would be um I asked this board uh to and the planning department To support a design a process so we could define what it is we want on the corridor To make it more likely to get that we will get what we want rather than trying to fight individual projects um the county Did the three workshops? And I want to express my appreciation to save pleasure point patty brady michael ready spoke here today as part of that group, but they did an amazing job Amplifying these workshops to people They posted flyers on telephone poles. They used next door. They sent out emails And they ensured that we had Lots of people at these meetings. I think the first meeting we had a Close to 140 people. It was on a saturday morning The next two meetings were both in the evening during the weekday We had a lot of discussion about About what we would like to see what what the community would like to see as in pleasure point We had a lot of discussion about the What would happen with the road? Because one of the things I found in the conversations that we had with people or that I had with people During this process is no one Once pleasure point to change too much and when you ask people what does pleasure point look like what would you like to see? It's hard to describe an architectural feature that that marks a pleasure point. It's Uh There's a feel and one of the things that is fairly consistent Um in pleasure point a lot of other places, but in pleasure point in particular is people like to walk and bike And so part of the streetscape changes is trying to figure out how to uh support Safety and accessibility for biking and walking in the community Um As part of the the suggestions about what to do at the streetscape The idea was to have a test period where it was more striping than concrete to to assess whether Um, this would work out or not I would just say from my personal experience When the city of santa cruz decided to take soquel avenue, uh between branza 40 and uh seabright And turn that in from four lanes down to two lanes with a turn I thought they were completely crazy and I drive that regularly on my way home and I thought I'm going to be stuck in a traffic jam every day But it hasn't happened. It doesn't mean that there isn't traffic It doesn't mean that that traffic doesn't occasionally back up But it isn't like i'm stuck there looking at the whole foods for 15 minutes Why I wait to inch up a few of a few Inches so I would say that there are there are good reasons To think about this road diet that it does promote Safety and biking and walking and I think as we see New developments on there. We will see different uses of the streetscape For pedestrians and bicyclists Um And I think also just during this process we talked fairly extensively about these streetscape changes. So Some said that they came to the meetings, but I went to every meeting a whole meeting Stayed got there early stayed late talked to a lot of people And in this process we're going to go through an environmental review where the traffic study is going to be done To take a look at what the impacts are And then if it clears that that hurdle Then we're going to go through a test period. So we're not We're not rushing into anything And I think it's worthwhile to take a look at it, especially since the beginning and end of these are two lanes as well So I think it's this is a good piece I think that Some of the issues that were brought up we've taken Some work on already The question to parking is a is a big issue. It's a big issue everywhere. It's a big issue in pleasure point It's been a big issue with some of the new developments that have been proposed there So creating more parking on the street seems to be useful Because I've heard complaints that our parking standards don't adequately address the parking needs in commercial establishments And if we're looking at mixed-use housing and we think about Some of the requirements from the state about that, you know, it's going to be a constant struggle. So increasing On-street parking seems to make sense, but parking enforcement is obviously very important as well Right now the county public works is in Conversation with the coastal co