Good morning. I just wanted to give you an update. We're gonna start in about one minute. We're just waiting for the live stream To reload so that the people at home can see us So you have a minute to continue kibitzing amongst yourselves Good morning everybody Thank you. Good morning. We're gonna call the meeting of February 12th 2019 to order and I'll ask the clerk to call the roll Supervisor Leopold friend here cap it here McPherson chair Coonerty here Thank you, and we are now stand and have a moment of silence in the Pledge of Allegiance We're now move on to item number three which is the consideration of late additions to the agenda or any addition or deletions to the agenda Do we have any mr. Plosius? Yes, we have two additions to the regular agenda item 9 There's additional materials a revised attachment a packet page 171 and attachment D grant information work seat worksheet, which is an insert after packet page 214 on Item 10. There's additional materials. There's a replacement page Attachment C which is packet page 225. That's all great. Thank you Now moving on to item number four This is an opportunity for members of the board to remove items from the consent agenda and put them on there on the regular agenda Supervisor friends nothing special Leopold McPherson Supervisor Caput. No, just a comment. Well, hold on. We're gonna have Comments on consent agenda in the next item. This is just the removal part. Thank you Now we're gonna move to item number five, which is public comment This is an opportunity for members of the public to speak to us about both items on our agenda On the consent agenda on the closed session agenda and on the right and the regular agenda If you cannot stay later as well as public comment about items that are not on today's agenda Not on today's agenda, but within the purview of the board of supervisors And I'm gonna ask anyone who is able to to please stand up and we'll and we'll hear the comments and Please begin Gary Richard Arnold Chairman supervisors. I see this as more as a kabuki theater and a punch and Judy show We're oath to the Constitution Are somewhat like a crew chef talked about crackers or whatever they're made to be broken The long-term goals honoring Hugh DeLacy in the proclamation Honoring that communist spies wearing their allegiance at that meeting was Gary Patton and Leon Panetta The Gary Patton was the chairman of the board here and this is one of the resolutions that Like before the board the chairman of the People's Republic of Santa Cruz Gary Patton and his supervisors are much too smart To become host and bootlickers of Marxist dictators in this hemisphere The Soviet war machine is being built in these communist dictatorships aimed at the jugular of the American people a new jewel Movement is directed by the DGI Cuban agents and two Soviet ships were docked in the harbor the morning of the coup M Meg 23s were being uncrated at their new international airport 35,000 men from the Revolut people's Revolutionary Army with Soviet AK-47s were being unpacked That's when this board of supervisors supported the coup wanted the United States to stay out and This board has not changed in their direction since that time just as the support for that communist at that time Another communist Man by the name of Carl Hessler was also put in the congressional Record and praised by Leon Panetta in addition to Hugh DeLacy, which you have maintained two monuments honoring it that Soviet Communist by today. Mr. Hessler ran a Newspaper for the Communist Party William Z. Foster was called the Federated Press League and Like like DeLacy Panetta praised him The same organizations that are involved in this movement We had some high school kids that were attacked on the Capitol building in a phony Crisis actor situation when the when the rest of the videos came out They found it was fixed one of those supporters is a Romero Institute out of Santa Cruz with mr. Daniel Sheehan He also supported the beginning of the green movement and power energy group in this particular area We had one of his members stand here at this podium last week. Mr. Polacios I don't know how the hell a county administrative You know Operations officer is involved with Bruce McPherson who's received thousands of dollars from a triple Chinese red Communist agent is moving and seizing the power of the local organization if I had more time I could give you more information, but this is outrageous There is other deep-state things going on here time and those people would be brought up on Predpole and next door including you chairman. Thank you Next speaker, please Good morning board Benjamin Cogan here and just a request to inform yourselves about chemtrails and geoengineering I know we stopped the spray for the spotted brown apple moth Want to bring awareness to this topic, which I'm very concerned about the health and freedom Of our citizens here in Santa Cruz and this is a global thing geoengineering is the science of weather modification also Request to know and familiarize yourself with agenda 21, which is the United Nations mandate to take over our local politics and create it over a regionalization umbrella we can prove this with ambag association of Monterey Bay Area governments plan Bay Area and in the Bay Area and it's a it's a balance of localization versus regionalization and If we keep losing our local rights, we won't really have a Santa Cruz left and a leg to stand on Also, I'm a firm known request that we don't put treated sewage water into our aquifer and we don't build a desaline plant That will lose the structure. We'll lose Santa Cruz to both those inauthenticities And and also I would like to you know, just create partnership and figuring out how we can solve this homeless problem maybe find a designate a place and land and Sorry, this is public comment, right free speech Well, but if you're gonna be speaking about that those items and then you've spoken about them for today because they're on today's agenda I'm just just clarifying that these you're intending to Homelessness are on today's agenda. I got it. I did not know what you're well Thank you big to right now, but I just want to make clear that you're speaking to them right now. I Was not clear on that. Okay, and so then I will not speak on those right now But anyways, thank you for letting me voice the opinion of this to inform the masses since you are leaders and representatives And if I can support you in these issues that I talked chemtrails geoengineering Agenda 21 And even to reinvestigate vaccines because there are harmful side effects to that That is my request because SB 277 has passed and that's not something I'm all right with For me, it's parents that get to choose what they want for their kids to have and if the the benefits are there Then they can choose freely, but there's a risk right now part of the risk of vaccines is you do the measles vaccines You could get measles and I've met countless parents that have had suffering due to vaccines. So appreciate Thank you Good morning Becky Steinbrunner resident of Aptos I want to first point out that I at the end of the agenda I no longer see correspondence to your board submitted by the public. I Used to see that often and I myself had submitted Correspondence to you as a citizen and I don't see it in your agenda. So I do see communication from receiving Commissions and things like that, but I just want to make it clear that it seems like the public's communication to you Is not being made public the way it used to be and I also want to request that This CAO follow-up on commission on director Leopold's request for the change to public input During bird or supervisor meetings to come back with a six-month Recommendation that those actions were taken the end of June and we are long overdue for that report back to the effectiveness of those Actions. I also want to speak to consent agenda item number 20 specifying complete slurry seal and re Striping of the parking lot and at the five two zero zero shanticle your public safety area This is a new facility the parking lot there is in great shape I go there regularly and so I'm really questioning the wisdom of the expense of this county money When our parking lot out here is in shambles I would like you not to approve this because I think that it is not necessary And I think that the money the taxpayer money can be better spent in an area that truly needs the work I also want to discuss Item number 40 the county's water resources management status report. I Want to take note that it reports the even though last year was a dry year groundwater levels recovered and I want to let you know that in in Soquel Creek Water District their use actually was up 240 acre feet so we have a very resilient groundwater situation here and I have brought legal action against Soquel Creek Water District I haven't joined the county as a party of real interest because you were named on the notice of Determination that was filed by the district for the project. I want to let you know I'm taking this action pro per because I am so shocked at the sham of environmental impact report and lack of public process That the district took to shove this through it will have grave Impacts on the mid-county area not just for the district But they have shut out people and supervisor Leopold. Thank you for your comments at their December 18th Hearing it was not a hearing. It was a meeting. It did not have to be noticed It was shoved through very very much in a surprise So I want to let you know I'm doing this because I care about the community and I'm not asking for money It's a writ of mandate. Thank you Morning Tony Crane representing a community in Aptos regarding the second story program We haven't received a response to our most recent letter requesting a meeting to try to avoid Further actions We over the last year and a half have followed the rules We've been cordial But we need to know If you're going to keep the promises that you had made to us or continue to let Encompass who is a county contractor Dictate the morals and ethics by which you administer the will of the taxpayers We've provided you over this last year and a half actually a year and a half ago with Irfutable evidence of malfeasance by county employees and encompass employees Which ultimately resulted indirectly in the forfeiture of vital grant funds Forfitted because Everybody knew that they never should have taken the money in the first place and that there was Malfeasance occurred in getting the money to buy this property That property does not belong where it is the the program Yet and compass was allowed to retain the property they acquired by defrauding the taxpayers and Lying to the public and they continue to operate that program That you have publicly stated Supervisor friend should not be in our neighborhood and in fact promises were made that the program would leave the neighborhood so here we are in 2019 and We're at which end we've done everything we can we've taken every administrative tact to try to Get you to realize that this Shouldn't be there and that that it arrived there and an improper and unethical and illegal manner So at this point if I have to reveal each and every one of these bits of evidence three minutes at a time at the meetings I'll do that. I don't think anybody wants that the evidence that we have is irrefutable. It's emails People saying things they shouldn't have said And it's very clear that they had no intention of ever meeting the terms of the grant that they received and those Monies have since been again forfeited because they could never meet the terms because it's improper It's illegal so Please respond to our our letter I'd like to have a meeting before we again Begin what we've I've tried to avoid all this time which is legal and public announcements and things like that. Thank you Good morning. Last time I was here. I look like Santa Claus. I'm a great Panther Richard Lewis I know most of you were about this much Particularly today. I have three things. I'd like to share One is prior in Watsonville and in Santa Cruz. We had a youth city council made up a high school Sending emails doesn't mean that somebody even opens it up. So I'm here in person To share and ask you as county as you remember you had six years Where former Santa Cruz board created structure county-wide for youth Not that you're going to tell me but I hope that you did look at as a board What we're going to have in Santa Cruz County that reflects youth voice and student empowerment as an international youth right The other two things I want to verbalize and ask you to do some research of staff One is called carry the vision.  That's an invitation We made it known to at the last no quorum of the Latino Affairs Commission last year They met four times to staff their next meeting is April as supervisors You've particularly John you had interest in Latinos to get them involved How can you have no quorum with people representing Watsonville, Santa Cruz, Scotts Valley? Now the other is very very important nationally welcoming America dot org and the last is out of San Diego and that is welcoming For a s D dot org Please they got a five-year strategic plan to welcome immigrants Ask staff to look at it and see what you can do to compliment whatever your strategic plan is For those who don't have papers that are our residents I'm gonna be 82. I appreciate some of the relationships, but last Create a next generation a commission. That's next generation dot org Come on. Let's listen to that 18 to 40 get them involved unlike the Latino They won't they'll be have a quorum They'll begin to bring the voice to advise you of what young people in our county want to see you do so no more An organization a great panther pretty soon Bruce you may be like me 80 years young LGBT we got 60 plus for that Population and I'm here not to speak to you today, but I'm here because of the homeless issue So I want to say please I can send or get you emails Thank you. Thank you Good morning supervisors. My name is Melissa free Baron. I'm a local mom a local resident and a local registered nurse I've worked for the county before at the jail as a nurse at juvenile hall And I currently work as a nurse at the state prison in Soledad I'm here to speak to agenda item number eight and also the homeless issue we spend a lot of money in this town on programs to help people and Unfortunately, some of these programs that are meant for harm reduction actually harm the community more than they actually do good So what I'm specifically here to speak about is your syringe program and the unintended consequences of Not running that program correctly Okay, your last statistics from December show that 80 of your clients were homeless You're supposed to get a medical exemption if you pass out more than 100 syringes out of those clients that access the service Over 86 of them got over 200 syringes dispensed alone in the month of December So out of 54,000 329 syringes What you're calculating is that only a hundred and ninety one were unaccounted for I'm here to tell you that every time I go down to Seabright Beach and our watershed within five minutes. I can pick up a dirty needle That's unacceptable as a medical professional This is medical biohazard and in my facility if I missed an unaccounted one syringe That would be a seventy five thousand dollar fine from OSHA. So the community is fed up for a reason You're spending money on a program and you're not running it properly You're not collecting meaningful data on these attics to actually show that you're helping anyone or Stopping the spread of HIV or hepatitis C in this county So I'm here to hold you accountable for the money that's spent and I'm also here to speak on The fit program is a great program. So put some money behind it We already spent twenty five million dollars on 64 beds at roundtree. That's half empty So I want chief mills to arrest people that shoot dope in that camp And I want them to get access to meaningful rehab and reentry which we've already spent the money on $25 million for 64 beds half of them empty in our community You have the ability to direct this money These people come to me because of these failed programs at the end and we spend $65,000 per inmate per year Meanwhile, my daughter at Galt school can't go down to Seabright Beach with her class without being harassed by mentally ill people And drug addicts at the Rivermouth. I want you to do something Good morning boroughs of advisors. My name is Pedro Castillo. This is my wife Adriana I'm here to talk about concerns issues that we have in Furker Street Our street is the end The street on a snuggled ride by the highway having one My wife operates a family home day care which provides service for 18 children She we have an ongoing issue with Transients going on the street people with a mental illness and Problems with parking Trash on the streets needles On the morning I get up and go to work and my wife has to go out and clean the street The families they're being a deep concern For the safety of their other cells and their kids Recently direct us from our house. There is a Program day and night stories was open and it's being a it hasn't been a good combination For the service that my wife provides to families and the service that they they they provide We're here to ask for your help not just for ourselves, but for the community on the neighborhood and also for the families for which my wife provides service for The the families have a big concern about their safety and then We the families and are we suggesting for if we get some help providing some Clean up crews that can go and clean out the street. So that way all the we don't have to go into the cleaning or the debris gets Push into the drain and going that into the into the river bank We will I like to have more police patrolling more frequently and then I We want to appreciate you know your help and then taking Considering our request My wife is doing a Wonderful job to provide a great service for the community Providing service for the not just for the children, but also for the families providing parents meetings and then parenting classes and we really believe that to raise a child Requires a community to raise a child and then so we're here Asking for your help and then we can all join as a community and then help us to raise healthy children and families. Thank you Thank you Good morning, Kevin Collins. I live in a fifth district in the Santa Cruz mountains I came down here today because I'm preparing a response to a public utility commissioners Sculpting memo to my adjudicatory complaint that was heard in on November 30th And in order to do that I needed to read Pacific gas and electrics Wildfire a mitigation plan which is which you this county is a party to that Proceeding at the Commission in San Francisco. It's an important meeting tomorrow whether I can attend it I don't know because I am Forced to read this painfully absurd and long document and I wanted you to know what's included here because none of you would have the time for this but Pacific gas and electric in the face of all their terrible fires of 2017 and 2018 has Produced this as a Very method of dealing with their fire ignitions so in this document there is for instance the announcement that they plan to destroy 375,000 trees out as far as 200 feet from the power lines laterally and both on both sides and In regard to actually improving their infrastructure in 2018 they state in this document that they Upgraded 17 miles of the 25,000 miles of circuit that they run Are potentially igniting wildfire and in 2019 they announced they're gonna Do 150 miles of system hardening which at that rate it would take them 200 years to Quote harden those circuits in other words make them less prone to igniting wildfires So I don't know whether the county joined this proceeding at my suggestion, but in any case there are a number of jurisdictions Participating in this proceeding. It's really important that this county take an active role and Turn this around the commission is such a bizarre agency I've never come across anything like it before all the meetings are filled with attorneys rather than engineers So I don't think most of the people even present in the room know why these fires are being ignited But they're there for other reasons like billable hours. I suppose but in any case Please take an active role in this. It's not it's going to close out fairly soon It's called an expedited proceeding and there are a lot of alternatives to the let me just put it silly proposal that Pacific gas and electric has announced here and I would be happy to explain this further to any of you. Thank you very much Good morning, Supervisor. My name is Nellie Good morning, Supervisor. My name is Nellie Cardoso. I'm here to represent to my My people The neighborhood they want to I Make it a petition for them to sign it because They want a park and also low income house to make a full low income house and Also, I want to Have all the harbor people make a little bit money. They will be the first bed to get the end so They can work very close by that the place where they live you'll be more of efficient working the harbor, so that's what a petition I have it for you guys to look at it and Please support me in this. I really need you guys Due to the harbor the land so we can be have more efficient Working with it. Thank you very much. I appreciate it you your time. Thank you very much Just to follow up on what my wife said before you had you have the petitions Which I think we've changed that petition maybe three or four times with input from various people We go around try to get signatures a lot of people would not sign that petition because they wanted low-income housing and parking on at 8.3 acres Before you in that we have the Law that says that you can deed that to the port district I think As I've read it says that that piece of property has to be sold and it doesn't legally have to be sold you can take the And and deed that actually to the port which is something that I would like to see happen I think Nellie feels the same way and I think that they Documented the port submitted to you request that There was interest the article in the paper today. I have a copy of that and that talks about how people Have problems with housing which is just everybody knows that and and it's talks about a bicycle shop and people interview and then they look at the housing problem and What what Nellie would like to see is that low-income housing? Taken be utilized for people that work at at the harbor that includes People that that work at the crow's nest And people that work for the port district Starting to possibly the lowest Sowery person to have the first dibs at the low-income housing it's it's It has a lot of hurdles that idea, but I think it has merit. Thank you Marilyn Garrett retired teacher and part of wireless radiation alert network and I'm here to talk about radiation hazards and This is a Demonstration this is an acoustic meter that detects microwave radiation from various sources There's a sound component The demise of the bee population is largely Caused by this type of radiation When you talk about band Broadband bandwidth means more radiation 5g means more and different and worse Radiation at your last meeting you passed a resolution in support of Anna issues bill 530 that would That calls for a A Stop to the most recent rules of the FCC to roll out the 5g infrastructure an AT&T ad recently showed that AT&T plans to have 5g in approximately a hundred and fifty cities and counties in the near future and Santa Cruz is listed in the Promotional video AT&T shows You see the 4g antennas on the utility poles and light standards Like they're 13 in the area that brought to us by Zach friend and large part on Utility poles and you see the 4g antennas and right below it is the 5g And this is what's what's planned. I'm calling on you to halt this and Halt any negotiations with it. We actually need to remove the Infrastructure that is causing this egregious harm of increased cancer Incidents and heart problems and diabetes a whole long list you have been Provided documented information over and over again The county should put a halt to this negotiation for any cell towers and 5g and Few meetings ago. I gave you a document to halt 5g on earth and in space an international appeal It's essential you sign on to this Arthur Ferguson burgers been working on this as well He had cell phone task force dot org. Thank you So we're a final speaker and before I pivot my public Before I pivot to my public comment I just want to remind the members of the public and particularly members of the establishment From Jim Hart to the DA Michael mayhem to Carlos Palacio to Emily Bali and Ellen Timberlake I want to be able to remind us that we're that we're Americans and we're good-hearted.  I Want a better political life for people of color and I want to be able to say this I'm very thankful for the Japanese Japanese Americans that do work for the system in Santa Cruz County. I see them. I see their diligence I see their hard work and then also to black Americans that do work for the for the for the for the county I talked to them my dialogue with them and I do see their their heart and they're good Americans just like there's good Mexicans that do work for the system So I'm thankful for that and I want to be able to right now Just be able to thank Gary Arnold for his leadership for bringing the Bringing that deep-state analysis Right and connecting the dots. I will want to encourage members of the public to go ahead and read news expo dot org really good news source of plethora Information, but I want to be able to share members of the public My latest book that I'm reading is called killers of the flower moons and the Protagonists in this article in this book actually reminds me of Zach friend, right? We have to learn to take out the corporate cotton out of our ears and serve the American public Because you know, these are trying times and we do get it, you know We want to be able to enjoy self-government where members of the public are able to come in here and Weighing on the political issue and offer the public-spirited perspective If the wrong man says the wrong thing It's wrong To identify with one's neighbors at beginning of love The day is short the task is great all who labor for the master of the house are welcome And I want to be able to apologize for my attitude Being oppressed is not nice Ecclesiastic talks about surely oppression destroys a wise man's reason Political oppression is real No one calls for justice nor do they plead for truth They turn to empty words and speak lies. They conceive evil and bring forth the iniquity Isaiah 59 for So truth fail. He's he that departs from evil makes himself pray This is about pro-animalizing humanity. This is part of the profits what they talk about Let's just come out of right risk McPherson. I'm in your district. Look out for me. Thank you That concludes public comment we move on to item number six, which is action on the consent agenda These are items 13 through 53 and I'll start with supervisor cap it and see if he has any comments or just general direction Yeah, I'm not removing anything the only comment I would have is an item 39 a little bit confused Talking about health Rehabilitation rehabilitation center and the cost of beds I Can talk later and ask questions on that, but how does that money work by raising the price per bed? How does that increase the number? I'm sure Mimi Hall and Eric Riera are in the audience. I'm sure they'd be happy to explain. It's very complicated I was doing the Medi-Cal rates and so Anyway, basically, we're going to pay a higher rate to this private company Which will allow them to have more Santa Cruz residents in their facility. Okay. Yeah, so it is an outside It is a private facility. Yes, okay. Thank you That's it. Okay, surprise my person. Yeah, I'd like to comment on two items item number 22 Along with supervisor friend asking for the creation of a statewide commission on recycling For it's is really needed and this time we have a declining potential solutions for our recycling markets and materials and Local governments are our partners in this and the state Past an integrated waste management act back in 1989 and we've done very well It was first of all, it was to be 50% recyclables and then it was 75% By 2020 and we're there and we're moving forward So I want to say congratulations to our public works department and the county government in general for Having us in good position to meet these new goals. We were one of the first Counties in California to implement curbside recycling if you can believe that and to adopt a zero-waste management plan in 19-2015 so I Want to say congratulations to our staff and what we've done in the past and that We need to be part of this call and I would welcome Supervisor friend who really wanted to bring this to our attention To have the state established a recycling commission under some changing circumstances worldwide and to Comment on item number 39. I am really very very pleased to see that we're increasing our rates So we can house more local citizens in Santa Cruz County In the future, I'd like to even see a higher percentage This is this will double the number of our beds from 8 to 16 in Santa Cruz County But I'm sure that they need is much greater than that. I think we all know that It's just how we can get there to accommodate to serve more people. So if I could I'd like to Provide additional direction for the staff to return to the Board of Supervisors in three months with a report that identifies The need for additional beds in our community and what it would take to provide those I I know I'm really happy with the step we're taking I know that we need to do much more and it's going to be a very costly venture to do that But I just wanted to get a clearer picture of what we can do in the future to serve more that are in this need Great. Thank you Professor Leopold Thank You chair and good morning Just have a couple items that I'd like to comment on First on item 39 the 7th Avenue Contract I want to recognize the staff for their inventiveness and finding a way to use this facility Which is located in our community to meet the pressing need that my colleague just talked about Figure out a way to use reimbursement procedures to help reduce the cost to the county As well as increasing access to bids so families don't have to go out of the of the area in order to seek services We don't have to send staff outside the area For services is a step forward and I just appreciate the hard work that the staff Did to help make this possible and I look forward to the additional information That my colleague just spoke about but I think this is an example of really smartly using the systems that we have To meet the needs of our community On item number 40. This is the annual water resources management status report It's an it's an off-year. So we're not doing a connecting the drops event so we can herald this information But this is a great resource for community members to understand what's going on in And in addressing water issues in our community It really highlights a great example of partnerships that are going on between districts with the county and with the community And I appreciate the work of John Ricker and Sierra Ryan who lead our efforts to help make this happen I look forward to this report every year Lastly on item number 44 This is good to see the addition of this Senior mental health specialists to serve as a court clinician with the Santa Cruz County court system behavior health court The statistics about the success of this are really great And I'm glad to see this partnership with the courts to better meet the needs of people in the community that may result in Better long-term Outcomes for the people involved in the system rather than just more jail time. So thank you for that Supervisor friend. Thank you. I won't add anything to item 22. I appreciate Supervisor McPherson's comments on that I did want to just briefly say that there's about 10 commission updates on this agenda And I wanted to take the time to thank not just the county staff that works on them But all the community members that have signed up for these commissions because the work really does help inform the policy making process here at The board and it's very Useful to have this information and their expertise. So I want to take the time to thank the community that participates in these commissions Great. Thank you. I have two items like to comment on one with additional direction and one just to comment with additional direction It's item number 45, which is a health services agency grant authorizations There's two potential grants that they're seeking authorization for one is authorization for mental health wellness in Wasenville I'd like to make sure or urge my colleagues that we approve that today The second one is a pre-trial felony mental health diversion grant I'd like to continue that to our next meeting and So I can get some questions answered the grant isn't due until April 19th So we have some time But I'd appreciate that additional direction being included in the motion and then the second item is item number 46 which is to accept a Human services department grants for the Cowork home visiting Program and I just want to thank the the HSD staff and Ellen Timberlake who lined the Our county up really well to be in this program that will get more public health nurses Nurses doing home visiting for moms and babies and improve the outcome For not only the moms and babies, but the entire community in the process and this makes our NFP program inertia partnership program and thrive by three program much more Vibrant and sustainable into the future. And so thank you for your work in our county and statewide I'd now be open to a motion. I'll move the recommended actions with the additional direction second Okay, we have a motion by friend and a second by Leopold all those in favor. Please say aye. Aye opposed That passes unanimously On item number 7 remember sister this moves us to our regular agenda Which is item number 7 which is a public hearing to consider affordable housing and property disposition agreement With habitat for humanity of Monterey Bay For the housing successor agency site at 2340 Harper Street Santa Cruz and section 3 3 4 3 3 report as outlined in the memorandum of the planning director And I believe we have miss Conway here to give us an overview Yes, good morning board members Julie Conway housing manager here with Suzanne. He say the principal planner for the housing section As you know the affordable housing project at 2340 Harper Street was approved On January 29th the project has now been named Rodeo Creek Court With the entitlement phase of the project complete The project is now working towards its submitting for its final map in its building application The purpose of today's action is to enter into a property disposition agreement with habitat for humanity Monterey Bay that will define the terms of its use the use of the property for an affordable housing purpose Suzanne he say we'll introduce the public hearing Good morning chair and board as Miss Conway mentioned We are here today to review the affordable housing and property Disposition agreement as well as the section 3 3 4 3 3 summary report that's required for disposal of former redevelopment agency and housing successor agency properties The property is an asset of the housing successor agency and the state had required By earlier direction that the county dispose of it by January 2019 the county did enter into an option agreement with habitat for the Transfer of the site in August of 2018 and that allows us time to now enter into the affordable housing Property disposition agreement to complete the transfer so it gives us a little bit of an extension of that time the board just as a reminder considered the request for proposals in 2016 for this project Habitat was selected in May of 2017 and At that time a number of guiding principles for the contemplated project were discussed and Approved by the board and we tried to really follow those guiding principles very closely in drafting this agreement and the section 3 3 4 3 3 report summarizes kind of the the primary points that are also Described in more detail in the agreement itself as As Conway mentioned the planning commission held two public hearings on the entitlements for the project in November and December 2018 and your board approved those along with the environmental review document on January 2019, I'm sorry 29th of this year So at this time our recommended actions are that you first hold a public hearing on the two documents here attachments A and B Next that you approve the Affordable housing property disposition agreement with Habitat as shown in attachment A accept and file the 3 3 4 3 3 report as shown in attachment B and that you authorize the county administrative Officer or his designate to execute the agreement and related documents necessary to complete the transfer of the property to Habitat I'm happy to answer any questions you may have are there any questions for my colleagues Seeing none, I'll open the public hearing is there anyone from the on the public that would like to comment Good morning David Foster with Habitat for Humanity If I'd like to start by thanking the board of supervisors for approving the subdivision application The new project now is named Rodeo Creek Court Yesterday we met with the public works staff and the fire chief Stephen Hall to discuss issues related to fire safety some minor changes have been agreed to including the Increasing the radius and the turn as you come into the property relocating the fire hydrant so that it's closer to Harper Street and Marking the Harper Street roadway in front of the development site as a no parking area All of these suggestions have been incorporated or will be incorporated into the final plans and the CCNRs for the project The disposition agreement includes a careful preparation of the development timeline for the project And we wanted to have an aggressive timeline But we also wanted to be careful that Habitat can still follow its tradition of using Community volunteers and the home buyers themselves in the construction building process I think that the timeline that we have now is a good one And we want to I did want to correct misinformation about Habitat's performance on the seven unit Losa sterile support project were actually on scale as on schedule for that one We've never come back to the county for an extension And we're in the framing process on the sixth unit there and about to begin construction on the final home As soon as the rainy season ends we will fully anticipate meeting the project's completion date by March of 2020 so We're excited about moving forward with this next project and we'll we'll make it our priority to To finish it and move it forward as quickly as possible. Thank you. Thank you. Becky Stein burner I'm happy to hear that Habitat for Humanity has indeed met with central fire chief Hall to address many of the concerns that I am aware of at the neighbor's half And I really want to point out that when we do dense infill like this that we do Really need to consider the impacts on existing residents We do need to try and follow the sustainable Santa Cruz County plan even though it's still held up an environmental review and And we need to honor the people that are here now While providing housing for those in the future and really with an eye to the quality of life and the public safety That these infill projects bring I Think we need to try even though the sustainable Santa Cruz County plan is not approved I think we need to try to uphold these infill along the transportation Corridors to reduce the need for infrastructure that is clearly broken in our county. Thank you very much Thank you. Are there any other speakers? This year our final speaker chair. Thank you chair supervisors Matt we're through with the Monterey Bay Housing Monterey Bay Economic Partnership About to also say the Monterey Bay Housing Trust Fund because that's certainly one of our initiatives and We're really pleased to partner with the Habitat for Humanity Deal and we want to make sure that we're there as a partner long term. There may be several phases involved There's tons of funding that's needed volunteers a lot of effort here to make sure that the homes are Affordable at the levels that that are required here as part of the this partnership with the county and the redevelopment funds and History of the site as you've mentioned before so it's it's very intense and Again, we intend on making sure that we're there for the short-term financing if they need that and then also to help facilitate any additional soft financing for the home buyers down the line and This should be a very important and again deeply targeted development for the community. Thank you. Thank you That closes I Having been present at the meeting on the 29th to approve this. I Was really taken aback by the approval after hearing the residents Complaints about the negative impacts to this Hold a street Narrow and used supervisor Leopold spoke of how you'd walk that street It just did not seem appropriate and I feel like we're kind of Living in miss here like this is affordable housing When there's so many people who don't have any housing It's yeah, you know, I keep thinking of that bumper sticker It'll be great day when the schools have all the money They need and the Air Force has to have a big sale to buy a bomber that goes for Housing it goes for parks what we could do with over a half of our tax dollars Going towards a military budget Understand there are What do you call it alliances of county and state governments? And I remember hearing of a group share of the wealth campaign. I'd like to see you advocating for Redirecting money that is going in a gargantuan way to the military Does show And I noticed you only interrupt the 77-year-old woman who tries to put things in context and speak for the well-being Of the community. I would like to see real affordable housing for Everyone and this project Unfortunately Doesn't need the criteria in my estimation the other thing I wanted to say when I heard that One of these units is going for veterans Sure veterans need help but people who resist these wars need help too. Thank you That closes the public comment and I'll bring it back to the board for action I'll move the recommended actions second motion by friend second by McPherson. Mr. Leopold Thank You chair My views on the size of this project are well-known. I won't go over that I'm going to be supporting this disposition of of this land to Habitat, but I hope that now that habitat is working as Agent of the county with county land That we see the the purpose of it But that you begin to actually working with the neighborhood in a meaningful and constructive way Which you haven't shown so far and this is an opportunity as you move into the construction phase of your project To work more closely with the with the neighborhood to be able to meet the the needs and concerns they have And be aware That you have an impact on the community and then as a neighbor you have responsibility to the other people who live there So And I'll just briefly say this as I as we mentioned before this habit this project conforms the general plan the neighborhood plan setback requirements Everything else and it provides 11 affordable units In our community which are desperately desperately needed and I'll thank Habitat for their work to bring this project forward in In alignment with the county's policies and goals So all those in favor, please say aye aye all those opposed that passes unanimously. Thank you We're now moving on to item number eight This is to consider a report on the focused intervention team the fit team Pilot to address high-frequency criminal offenders and direct staff to return on September In September 2019 with an update as outlined as outlined in the memorandum of the The CAO share of corner and director of health services. I Wanted to start the presentation today by thanking staff for their efforts on this project There has been quite a bit of work put into Developing this program Any startup is difficult, but the goals of this program which are dealing with a Population that has many needs are have been very difficult and so I especially want to thank Sheriff Hart and under Sheriff Craig Wilson for their work on this and their commitment Not often you'll find a law enforcement officials who have been so Cooperative and willing to work with this population that we will be talking with shortly I really do appreciate it a sheriff Hart also health services agency Eric Riera Pam Rogers Wyman and Mimi Hall They've worked a many long hours on developing this program and from my own office Elisa Benson and Sven Stafford have taken a lead up lead on this as well. So thank you staff for this and Now we'll go into our presentation Good morning, mr. Chair and members of the board. My name is Elisa Benson with the CAO's office I'm going to be Providing sort of the overview to the present presentation today Our purpose today is to provide a report on the fit pilot program launch and receive additional board direction our presenters our chair our sheriff Jim Hart and PhD director Eric Riera We also have Craig Wilson and Pam what Rogers Wyman here if we have more specific questions around operational Details in the program's launch. I will be providing a very brief introduction and then really handing the clicker Over to sheriff Hart and and Eric to go into the details of the program how it's functioning in our first Three weeks of operation and where we plan to go from here So very quickly a bit of orientation more for the watch watching public during our June 2018 budget hearings We asked our departments to talk about any critical unmet needs as we discussed moving into the future sheriff Hart and and Eric both identified critical unmet need in the area of Man folks in our community generally high frequency criminal offenders who were exhibiting Acting out and threatening manners in a real threatening in aggressive manner and don't appear to want help so with that sort of opening description The board asked Carlos to come back the CAO to come back later with with some Proposals to address those needs among many other critical needs and a funding mechanism to do so And that's where we had the proposal for measure G as you all well know That measure was successfully approved by the voters in November of last year at 66 percent and that new funding allowed us to start some different programs Including additional shelter dollars and and investments in our parks so the fit pilot the focused intervention team really is a shared and joint initiative between the sheriff and HSA's behavioral health division to enhance community safety and Really increase our our success in bringing a high-frequency criminal offenders into treatment This I'm going to talk a little bit about Where the basis we're building this program on and this is really a history of collaboration between the sheriff and HSA in particular Around addressing the need for Partnership between law enforcement and behavioral health and where this started was with the introduction of our crisis Crisis intervention team again a little bit of background for the watching public crisis intervention teams is a methodology that's gosh started in the late 80s out of Memphis, Tennessee, and it After a critical and tragic event in their community and it really initiated a program of training of law enforcement Law enforcement and actually many first responders and how to better respond in the field to situations involving behavioral health and mental illness in particular and it really is the start of where that that Team approach between law enforcement and behavioral health began here in County of Santa Cruz that nationally recognized model was customized between the sheriff and behavioral health for a specific curriculum and that training of our law enforcement officers Was then combined with our mental health liaison program So we don't just have a CIT training approach We have a CIT program in this community and and it's extended both to City of Santa Cruz the mental health liaisons there as well as Watsonville and them within the unincorporated area as we talk about fit The pilot it is really building off that What I would call reactive crisis model and taking it to the next level It takes this generalized approach and takes it into a proactive and intensive intensive focused delivery approach with Segment of the population that has demonstrated being resistant to treatment and change And as you learn about the program today I think you'll be level of integration between law enforcement and behavioral health From start to finish in the program that we envision is quite remarkable. So with that, I'm gonna hand it over to Sheriff Hart Thank you Good morning board Jim Hart Sheriff corner And I just want to give you a little bit of a background on the fit program This is a uniquely designed program between multiple agencies and that's sheriff behavior health and CAO and it involves three police officers and that's a One sheriff sergeant and two deputy sheriffs three clinicians from from mental health and an administrative aid who is collecting data and It involves intense field supervision with with this team when people are out of custody and It involves interventions at the jail as these people cycle through the jail system We're working in a fast-track custody assessment service and treatment plan and what I mean by that is is that? Oftentimes when people come into the jail They there's a process they have to Go through a classification process They have to get housed and it takes a while to get them into any level of treatment or or work with clinicians whereas group this group of people Are fast-tracked right into a housing unit and services are delivered within the first 12 to 24 hours of them being admitted into the County Jail The court system is Determining their custody stab status at arraignment and so we will be holding these people in custody until arraignment And then it's up to the court to determine where they go from there and We've done a lot of community engagement and there's been a lot of participation participation from community groups From the very start when we started the measure g campaign. I know that I've I've been to many many presentations and community groups Talks with community groups as well as individual business owners and people and so We've we've received a lot of input from key stakeholders and I think we've been able to design the program around that and then we will have and our Will have independent program evaluation with applied survey research. They're on contract to evaluate this program so I mentioned outreach these are just some of the groups that that we have met with and Then during the measure g campaign where we made very specific promises about what we are going to do We met with a lot more groups than what's mentioned in here And we've taken the time to hear from the community and hear their concerns And people have asked us and when I say us I mean the county to get involved at a higher level So this is a broad list of people warning organizations that we have met with and There's been a lot of support from these groups that are mentioned in here I just want to give you an example of client that is currently on our fit caseload and This this person is in no way an outlier. We have two people who have at least 200 police and deputy contacts and so this person is is just just an example of the kind of Resources that are being used out there when when dealing with people who just won't get help and So as you can see the this person was arrested 43 times in 2018 He's had 11 arrests in the last 90 days 21 citations for local ordinances and municipal code violations 54 stay-away orders from locations around Santa Cruz many callers When they call our dispatch center to report this person they they describe the person as being belligerent yelling refusing to leave challenging to fight Etc. Recent arrests are mostly around substance use drugs alcohol and then also some associated crimes resisting arrest and trespassing The offenders no longer welcome at the recovery center, which is you know It's a it's a place where we divert people who have substance use problems instead of going to jail We try to get them to the recovery center But this person's behavior is so outrageous that not even the recovery center is able to manage him So the person has to go to county jail and Then this offender is also absconded from court order treatment and in many ways This is just an example of the way that these people are calling out for help when they have this many contacts with Sheriff police EMS fire You can imagine the level of resource that takes us to manage as one person When when they are out of custody as far as referrals and capacity You can see on there that we have Three or more law enforcement contacts in the last 90 days And then there's some other information on there, but what I really want to be clear on is that? It's it's way too early to talk about results. We're only on week three of this program we're going to come back to you in September and and Give you some an update on six or seven months of information But for the first three weeks, there's some very positive early indicators that have occurred and I just want to share that with you What we're finding is we're getting a lot of referrals from police from deputies from from the community from business owners So we've received 60 referrals already in the first three weeks of this program We've accepted 20 people onto the fit client list What we're finding with those 60 people is that nine of the excuse me of those 20 people nine of the 20 people are Involved in multiple jurisdictions so they're in the city of Santa Cruz. They're in Felton They're in live oak so Cal Aptos, but they go in and out of jurisdictions We've found that all 20 are homeless all have substance use disorder And that we've already been able to place two of these people into programs And we have an additional person who's pending of the 20 people that are on the the fit So that's the information I wanted to share with you and I'm going to turn this over to Eric Thank you, Sheriff Hart. Good morning board. I'm Eric Riera. I'm the County Behavioral Health Director talking a little bit about our engagement through behavioral health in the fit program We currently provide a wide spectrum of services integrated within our local criminal justice system and Fit is an extension of those various programs Our fit pilot will leverage the integration with law enforcement and also enhance current Mental health liaison programs that we have with multiple jurisdictions Including the Sheriff's Office the Santa Cruz Police Department and the Watsonville Police Department the different models that our Involvement is based on is as Alisa mentioned earlier this crisis intervention team model the CIT model Where we actually embed clinical staff who work hand-in-hand with law enforcement in the community a Collaborative engagement model for individuals with behavioral health conditions And we also include very intensive case management and access to treatment services in the community Our treatment services are based on a needs assessment That's conducted both in the field and at the jail as well as conditions that are stipulated by the court for the individual in the fit program these Programs that we provide access to include outpatient behavioral health services Residential treatment both mental health and substance use disorder residential housing supports psychiatry services Community-based treatment including case management using evidence-based practices of motivational interviewing Trauma informed care and cognitive behavioral therapy We've established a new day program called pathways to wellness Which is available seven days per week and we also have contracted with the River Street shelter for two beds for fit participants We also place a heavy emphasis on coordination with the courts as well as linkages to the two specialty courts the packed specialty court and the behavioral health court From the behavioral health perspective as well as from a law enforcement perspective We're really looking at the use of in custody Services as an intervention to be able to deliver services to this group of individuals It's an engagement strategy Where we're disrupting public safety issues of Aggressive and threatening actions in the community that require law enforcement response We're providing an in-field assessment for the mental health condition or substance use disorder to ensure that these Individuals have access to those services at the time of our first contact with them in the community We believe that this will be a very stabilizing approach when paired with 24-7 medical and pharmacological oversight at the jail and And for many of these individuals we're potentially engaging them for the first time in treatment intervention services Our initial assumption in designing the program is that in in custody Services will be for three to five days before we look for a return back to the community And we're also placing a heavy emphasis on rapidly enrolling those individuals and services As Sheriff Hart has mentioned we've contracted with applied survey research ASR to do an evaluation of the program and we've modeled our program evaluation criteria Against the stepping up initiative their pre and post measures We have various domain areas of system integration and coordination Access to care their number of criminal justice measures quality of life in community measures that are built into the evaluation process and in terms of our next step For the evaluation we will be building baseline data on the program and the program participants since this is a new program And we're still learning In terms of the specific needs of this population and then establishing Specific performance goals for the program based on that baseline data and our first quarter of operational experience There are a number of program risks that we've identified early on a Lack of shelter and affordable housing threatens the stability in the community for all of our participants We don't have access to any additional housing options And as Sheriff Hart mentioned our current fit program participants are all homeless We have risks around treatment capacity particularly substance use disorder residential treatment and withdrawal management treatment in the community We're finding early on that many of the initial referrals are for individuals who have very complex medical conditions as well including acquired brain disorders and Difficulty measuring community perception of safety and harm reduction benefits We're still working with our evaluator to develop some strategies around that Okay, so it's back to me. We as mentioned we have our planning to return to the board with a report on our baseline data and how How the operations are going in September 2019 on the slide? There's a quick summary again of the program and I would want to just summarize our goals for the program It really is to reduce criminal activity and and associated community impacts increase linkage to services and Increased treatment compliance and success for the individuals in the program with that we would welcome your questions And do we have any questions? That's right person. I'm really pleased to see this focus intervention team Being launched and I know it all already has a number of participants as was mentioned This was a critical part of measure G. That was passed by voters last November And I know that our community supports this type of collaboration between the agencies of law enforcement and health services I think it's a tremendous example of how we can get some of our departments to work together And they're very willing to do that and they're excited about doing that and this this pathway Into this program really is through law enforcement. So brief periods of incarceration are Will naturally be part of it. I know that when I was on the campaign trail supporting or advocating or explaining I should say measure G that said this is really an efficient way to address some of our most critical needs and law enforcement in some of the so-called Troubled troublemakers in our in our community but the idea is to work with some of The most challenging people in the community and move them from the jail and into substance abuse and mental health treatment and Hopefully into housing. We have some big problems here. We know There are some folks that we've seen time and time again that are in disorderly conduct out there and I think this is a reasonable and Sensible way to go about it in a collaborative effort and I really want to come say Congratulations to the sheriff behavioral behavioral services and CAO's office for doing this This is one of the most pressing needs that our community at large wants us to address and I'm glad we're going at it Professor Caput I'm glad to see we're Addressing a big problem. That's probably facing a lot of people and not only our community but everywhere Maybe a quickly it is a pilot program and it's what matching funds from where and how long will those matching funds last? Let me speak to that The this this program is entirely funded from the general fund and the additional resources that measure G provided So it's so it is it is a county funded program. Okay, although some of the programs will are funded through Existing programs in the health services agency So when we refer folks to mental health treatment Substance use disorder those are some existing federal and state funds as well that we are leveraging Okay, and that will that's what we have now and we'll continue. Yes, they will and then How does it work we have Let's say Three it says peace officers. Those would be sheriff deputies. We're talking about are also They would work with the city of Santa Cruz Watsonville and Scouts Valley Capitola city police also So there's a supervisor so a sheriff's sergeant and two deputies along with three mental health clinicians and an administrative aid And so they work as a county team In the unincorporated area as well as the four cities Okay, now if there's a call or there's the need a clinician would not go out on his own or Yeah, there's there's been a little bit of confusion on this issue these these people this team is not a first responder team This team is working off of a caseload and a client list And so if if Santa Cruz PD has a call for service Santa Cruz PD is going to handle that these are people aren't going to jump in and take that case that call if they're in the area now Of course, there's violence or the case that more police are needed Of course our people are going to help but on the day-to-day routine calls our people are working on a very specific client list in the county as well as in the cities okay, and In the case of a one person was arrested what 48 time 43 times in 2018 yes Just to give me an example, how is this going to help? Him I'm assuming Yeah, so if if this person can be convinced to change their behavior and go into treatment for For whatever is bothering them whether it's substance use You know what it's drugs and alcoholers primarily is what's what's fueling most of this behavior? But if we can convince that person to seek treatment then the behavior could potentially stop and that's the hope of this group Many of these people have been offered treatment, but they refuse it some have had court order treatment and they have scond or they leave the treatment center and There's been very little accountability for them in the past when they do that and their behaviors continue out on the street and so By using the jail as a resource We're hoping that through our three clinicians and our and our involved staff that we can convince the people to receive treatment okay, and Again, I think it's great. We're actually focusing on this I'm just trying to get a picture of how it works in the sense of we do have an assessment team right now and That's the current assessment of somebody that needs all this treatment and everything How does that how's that going to work with all this I guess? part of the model is pairing a behavioral health clinician with The sheriff's deputy in the field so that when we're having contact with these individuals We're doing an assessment in the field at that time of the individual So that they're not having to come into the office or one of our clinic sites to get that assessment done We're doing it with law enforcement in the field very similar to what we do with our law enforcement liaison program You bet and one last thing I get with someone the difference now with a Person that was arrested 40s plus times Now there We're trying to put a place that person but in the What we're proposing is Is that person free to leave or that person can still say I'm not gonna go to treatment And if they do go to treatment They're gonna be able to just walk away Well, there's certainly free to decline treatment They're not free to walk away while they're in custody And the court certainly has oversight in terms of ordering the person to follow a specific plan Following their release from the jail But we're hoping that by using these various evidence-based practices such as motivational interviewing We're able to better meet the person where they are They've had some time to sober up at the jail and have a discussion with us about What we see their needs are and what they see their needs are and we're hoping that we have a chance to engage them in a Different way that we wouldn't have if we were trying to work with them in the field and they were intoxicated for example And that's why basically I'm part of the program. I think it's wonderful where they're gonna get more attention more professional help and It's something we need to do. Thank you Thank you chair, thank you for the presentation and thank you for the thoughtfulness and putting together the program I've spent a lot of time with staff asking a lot of questions About this to better understand it we invested in a program Focus on the downtown a couple years back and after evaluation We found that the the the one metric that we could Point to was that people spent more days in jail and we decided to redesign the program to better meet the needs of the community because That that doesn't break a cycle that just provides a way station And so when I see that on in this program, we're gonna do some flasks incarceration with folks that Get them help with clinicians inside the jail I'm wondering Mr.. Rear if we'll talk a little bit more the the case that the sheriff brought up about a person who is clearly a repeat offender Also has been placed in a treatment program But hasn't been able to complete that And and has been resistant to our other sort of less intensive Center like the sobering center What might we expect that to happen with that person once inside the jail for the three to five days? I Think to begin with there'll be a new assessment of the individual and a treatment plan developed with the individual in terms of next steps We'll be working with them to get them to the point of treatment readiness And that can take Different periods of time depending on where a particular person is at relative to their substance use for example And one of the key differences is that when they return back to the community will be doing proactive Engagement with law enforcement in the community So unlike the current model where someone might be released and they're on their own in the community and we hope They come into services as as have been set up for them They'll actually have frequent contacts with a sheriff's deputy and a mental health clinician who's working with them to help remind them of The plan that was developed in the importance of engaging in that plan And already we've we've kind of modified our approach in the community where the sheriff's deputy may provide transportation to a residential program with the Fit participant to make sure that they get there for their first day So it's that intensive community engagement that's done on a proactive basis That I think is going to be a key difference and likely something that will contribute to the success of the program and and do we have researchers that says this flash Incarceration model is has been successful and other programs with people who are resistant to treatment there is research speaking to the effectiveness of disrupting Certain behaviors in the community using that model, but for us really the key The key ingredient to a short incarceration is being able to work with the individual when they're sober Because 100% of the referrals currently have an active substance use disorder And it's very very hard if not impossible to engage someone in the community if they're under the influence So giving that chance for someone to sober up after a day or two and then work with them We believe that we'll have more success that way than Community when they're actively using sure That makes sense and you mentioned something about Brain injuries and what role do you think that's going to play with the population that we're that we hope to be serving through this program? I Think when we were developing the program model there were some suspicions around a number of the residents in the community who might have an actual brain injury That was contributing to their behavior either through long-term substance use or Multiple accidents in the community such as falls involving the head and head trauma and It makes it very difficult to have Success using a traditional behavioral health intervention with them It is a population that it has a lot of difficulty accessing services right now Putting aside the whole homeless issue Because the system within the state of California isn't designed to necessarily serve an adult who's had a Traumatic brain injury after the age of 18 There is some legislation looking at a study committee for this specific population and We are hoping to help inform that study committee But also potentially be a pilot site for the state to develop some programming specific to this population Is there an assessment that we can do when someone's in the jail to assess for a brain injury that doesn't require an MRI or something as Intensive of that is that There is and we have access to psychologists who can do neuropsych testing and Help make that determination or help inform that determination So and you talked of that in your presentation that for some of these people this will be the first time that there's an intervention but as the case I'm not sure where we've what we've seen so far with the 20 people who are in there whether they are really people who haven't had the opportunity or haven't been Suggested for Treatment in the past and these are really first-time intervention the the the example obviously wasn't somebody but I'm wondering what we're seeing so far Well, there is one person for example who? It was recently engaged in the program that has been in the community for a while But we've had no contact with this person So we have no history of working with this individual, but It's clear that they likely have some needs that we can provide assistance to them for so They would be someone new to the system and new to services that we haven't had the chance to offer to yet I was interested to note in the in your write-up about connecting people with existing services everything from Cal fresh to health care services and Do we see this the the safety net clinics playing a role of being helpful in addressing the needs of the people who will be in this program? Absolutely, and I think we can expect that the majority of individuals that we come into contact with likely aren't accessing primary care services either And a significant portion will likely have Significant medical issues that haven't been addressed historically So that's that's a key priority is to also provide access to those critical health care services for this group And if we've reached out to those safety net clinics or the HIP council the health improvement partnership council to talk about What role that they could play with these clients not specifically we've done some community Presentations that have involved them but not discussed yet How they can be actively engaged in serving this group as we get more information and we figure out Better in terms of what the needs of this population are will be sure to connect with those safety net clinics to help us The The I'm trying to remember what her exact title is The the courts Coordinator who does all the specialty courts coordinator Recently received a grant to do this system intercept mapping which is one of the things That the stepping up initiative Recommends that that communities do to identify where there might be gaps in services or to how to strengthen services That process will be running in parallel to the startup of this program But it might provide great information about how this program could better effectively meet the needs of the community Are you open to making changes in the program based on that on that mapping? Exercise which I think county staff will be involved in To better meet the need to the community absolutely and we actually participated in providing support for that application so I Think as you know from our history. We're very open to taking a critical look at all of our programs and Strongly emphasizing any way that we can improve them for the future and this will be no exception so the one of the key parts of this which is Beyond the scope of this program, but seems to me plays a critical role in the success of this program you brought up Two things one is is that all 20 people who are currently in the program are homeless and one slide referred to housing support What kind of housing support can we offer those folks as through this program? Well, we will work with them as we do all of our other clients and work to get them into stable supported housing in the community If we're successful with that we'll continue our engagement and our involvement with them in their apartment Or their particular housing program that we can connect them to Yeah, it's a big challenge Just looking at 20 people finding housing for 20 people is gonna is gonna be a big challenge So but it seems critical if we want people to address their substance use or even behavioral health issues Our housing first strategy is say get that roof over that person's head Absolutely, we don't all as I say it's beyond the scope of what this program can do But it seems to play a critical role in whether we'll be Successful in this effort it's gonna be very hard for folks to maintain their sobriety in the community If they're still living on the street absolutely Yeah, I think it's gonna be you know I I've gone round and round with staff you included about trying to figure out some clear metrics about How we would measure success in this program and I will Be asking us to take a look at we know where Whether we're getting people into treatment how long people are spending in jail and whether their Decrease in criminal activity is direct related to the number of days spent in jails That's what we found in the previous evaluation And we said we didn't think that was a good strategy. And so I'm hoping that we have a stronger set of Goals that are measurable That we can look at because as we invest a million dollars into a program It would it would be good to know that that that we are making an earnest attempt I think this is a committed attempt from people who really care About meeting the needs of the community And I think we should be clear about what we might actually expect in part of this program and have some Measurable outcomes that we can show that the investment of the public funds is making a difference in the community We absolutely agree Thank you. Thank you. I'll be brief because I know people have been waiting patiently To speak on this and other items very briefly. I just want to thank Sheriff Hart and HSA staff for bringing this together. It's a commitment that we may end the CAO staff It's a commitment that we many of us went out to the community and made for what is the most single most important issue facing My district which is real fear and a lack of public safety in our public spaces And so the fact that we were able to keep our promise and get this program up and going and already Already showing results. I've already heard from a constituent who was being terrorized in his neighborhood And there's been a fit client and the intervention has worked To reduce it that early indication of success Gives me a lot of hope and I'll just say finally That I'm looking I look forward to seeing all of ASR's metrics the primary metric for whether this program works Is a reduction in criminal activity by these clients in my experience by the time somebody is cited or arrested? There's already been dozens of people impacted by by that behavior People have been victimized. They've been terrorized. They've been repulsed as they're just trying to live their lives or Open their business or work in a business and so Focusing on these efforts so that we have fewer of those Events and fewer of those arrests will be the primary way that Then I think this program should be judged and we should be looking as at the model of success So now I'm going to open it up to the to the public to speak Anyone who's interested please line up if you're able and two minutes per person, please As a former jail nurse, I'd like to offer some more suggestions First of all if you want to talk about metrics, let's talk about Medication being on board within 24 hours of coming into the system right now You contract with California Forensic Medical Group, which is a private for-profit corporation Inmates are not getting their medication They're not getting their psych medication or their medical medication within 24 hours of entry into the jail system Your sobering center cannot offer meaningful detox to these hardcore clients as evidenced by your own program I'm really excited for this program But my suggestion is that you actually put nursing care behind it Meaning the nurse that actually administers the medication Follows through with the client and actually provides mental health nursing and referral So if you want to actually see if the program is working you need to look at medication refusals You need to look at did this client receive their psych medication their medical medication within the first 24 hours of accessing the system Referrals follow up on the referral We have no referral system at the jail to actually connect are these people actually followed through with we don't have Electronic health records you cannot follow through you have no idea what medication these people are even taking Only based on what they tell you when they come into the system Okay Three to five days not enough time. I'm going to tell you right now This is why these hardcore people end up in my prison on five-point restraints and on conserved status Okay, these policies are already out there best practices are already being followed We're under federal receivership for medical and site care for a reason the jail is old prison Okay, we don't need to reinvent the wheel You need to listen to the people who work in these areas to understand you need to get rid of private for-profit CFMG You need to actually put the money in nursing care nursing registered nurse not medical assistant lvm Good morning, michael archer. I um Live here in santa cruz. I came to santa cruz in 1980 was put in a group home So I grew up in the community here with jim in 91 I had the unfortunate task of jim Taking me in on a $2,500 warrant You weren't able to let me go I tried And that was the final time I needed the weigh station To come to grips and so I hear about this program and I go this program is for me I was from a high-risk background. I made high-risk decisions and and From the surface it sounds like you're and if I didn't make Better decisions, which fortunately I did I would be possibly that person in the street waving the sub You know raising hell, but I'm not and I'm just thankful to hear that Jim you put together a program that is reaching out to people that could have been me Compassionately treating me like a human being while at the same time looking out for the community. So thank you Thank you Hello Benjamin Kogan and Yes, this is an interesting topic. I want to acknowledge you guys for Devolging into it and I want to also Consider that these are humans and these are their freedoms and their rights And that's what we're talking about and then being incarcerated And the whole thing starts because drugs are criminal and illegal And what that does is it creates that they cannot get open help open discussion. They cannot go to these programs pre being Incarcerated so there has to be a problem Then the government and this has created the solution And then we have the needles exchange program, which kind of sets the stage up for This kind of thing to happen. They get the free needles. They go on the street. They're doing this and all that Homelessness has been an issue. It's talked in everything One of the ideas I was going to say earlier was maybe we can find a parcel of land Where we can actually designate people to go they can sign on saying they will not do drugs on this property We can have a group of volunteers We can even have the police Chaperone and monitor to make sure that There's no there's no drugs on the property and they can sleep in their cars or they can do whatever to get back on Their feet we can even have like volunteer organizations like food not bombs feed feed them food and stuff like that and really help people get on their feet And and and have this dialogue where it's not a criminal thing because otherwise they're in the shadows They can't come open And there's no places for them to go and then even just Having like, you know, if someone's using they're going to be a public disturbance They'll be disturbing the peace or something like that and just if it's known that you know, if you're doing Let's say you're doing heroin if you know you're going to be in a you know Like you're going to be seven days with food water shelter and detoxing You might not be a public disturbance. You might actually be very peaceful because you don't want to go through that process So these are all considerations. Thank you for your time Thank you. Becky Steinbrenner as a taxpayer I I want to know about the cost of this program that measure g will be funding I heard a figure of one million dollars, but I haven't heard any other figure about cost I'm happy to hear that taxpayer dollars will be going to this and I hope there's this rigorous Conversation about supporting fire, which measure g also is supposed to support I don't see any inclusion in here about peer support and I want that included I want this People like this gentleman that that knows what the street life is like and has come through on the other side of it Those people have the best chances of getting through To the people who are hooked into drugs and are spiraling downward because they've been there Clinicians are great, but they've never been there And in order for a person to agree to go through treatment They have to want to go through treatment and to have peer peer counseling peer support Be it through the veterans. I'm suspecting a lot of them are veterans We've got to include that as a key component in this program We've got to listen to people like this nurse that's come and really Pay attention to what she's saying that's key information from the trenches that you need to incorporate And then the homelessness issue we can keep them in jail All right, and then we return them to the community But what is the community and supervisor leopold you have handily said it We put them back on the streets in in essence back to where they were with no support and and frankly Probably with the big mistrust of the system. So the sheriff's going to pull up and take them to their treatment Why don't we get a small community of tough sheds for these people? It's 20 people We could do that with tough sheds where they would be In a similar community with themselves with peers It would be monitored. They would have a roof over their head Those are $5,000 a unit. It's working well in oakland and we should do it here Thank you Good morning. I'm richard louis great panther. It's not easy to pass on the wisdom Really appreciate this particular model, but there's other targeted within the criminal justice And she spoke of the veterans I know you're not going to answer but is that part of the strategic planning of staff Of this targeted population And if not, where is the bridge to the resources of the state? That really care about services to our veterans I can share a blueprint. We call it Mikey Young's blueprint Mikey is a marine he's out in the community He's my partner in the sense of his his garage is just starting as an individual That's the kind of phd that she was speaking of of having peers Involved in the program. I'll do my best to share that Which I think I may have shared a chip The San Diego everybody that's anybody funded by the chamber of commerce Came up with a blueprint for veterans. Please take a look at it And thank you for what you've done Because we've got to do the same thing in prevention Targeting that kid that's on the path in probation to prison and jail The same time that you who are supervisors and staff have put into this high need of inebriation We've got to do to change and create a new path Again, hope that we can come up with that fight crime investing kids that you speak of knowing And show that this county we can do something different. Thank you Good morning supervisors. My name is chip. I'm the executive of the downtown association and I want to Offer my support and enthusiasm for this program I'm encouraged by the community support as illustrated by the voters In measure g and I'm I'm hopeful for this program. I'm not surprised to learn that the initial participants are all Dealing with substance use disorder and all all experiencing homelessness And I think both of those conditions Required casework an aggressive casework to to make any kind of change in that so I think coupling the enforcement That we have with the sheriff and they in the aggressive casework Will be very helpful. I I hope I think I see a lot of my colleagues around that in other Communities who have similar programs and they seem to be very effective I do want to underscore the the risks that were pointed out in the the lack of capacity in in housing And substance use disorder treatment spaces is is very significant and I think I'm concerned that those barriers will Be indicators that this program is not as successful as successful as it could be So I I hope we can as a community double down and create more resources To house people and to provide support for people as we are Building more cases and understanding what people need. So I appreciate all the support this program's getting and I'm really encouraged to see the The metrics and tweak it as we need to as it goes along. Thanks so much Hello, thank you everyone. My name is Yasmina Porter and I represent the tannery campus Um, I wasn't planning to speak now, but it does seem relevant. I came for the homelessness issue But it's definitely relevant. So I just wanted to say thank you for for creating this. I'm very hopeful about it And also I'm hoping that the county will put more resources towards a homeless abatement and treatment and specifically I want to just Say a word to appreciate the camp that was the river street camp that was really close to my home right now we feel under siege with What we are dealing with in terms of of crime and and you know young teenage girl getting mugged all kinds of bad things are happening Because of the unmanaged camp at at ross, but closer to where we live There was a managed camp that suzio hara managed and I just want to speak up for more of that in the future I think that will help this program if you have supervised and managed camps Thank you. Thank you Thank you. I really appreciate the comments of supervisor leopold and questions of the supervisor cap it You asked, uh, supervisor leopold what housing support can we offer these people? And that this is a critical component everyone's homeless Um, this is a system failure We have such an equity and the society That's capitalist society and it's gotten worse A basic rights I have to do with the right to food Clothing shelter. We've heard this forever and we need is Restructuring so that everybody has that and has You know economic support or jobs And until those problems are resolved We're dealing I think with the consequences of this inequitable structure if these people and you're talking about 20 had Adequate They're at needs met. I don't think we would have such horrible problems Regarding treatment Medications are often substance abuse and the figure I heard is 100,000 people a year Approximately in this country died from doctor prescribed Drugs it's a treatment holistic. I think the basic needs need to be met first Talked about some brain damage I'm going to pass out brain cell damage from microwaves and illustration Everybody's on their cell phones and exposed to wireless big problem with behavior and health Well, good morning board supervisors. I'm andy mills and the chief of police in santa cruz And I just came to offer support for sheriff hearts program We appreciate that a lot of this is centered in the city We certainly need the help in terms of bed space in the jails And this provides the recalcitrant ones with an with an opportunity To get a little bit healthier and so that intervention can take place and so we applaud this effort We supported our officers are already referring people to this team on a regular basis and just wanted off for my support Thank you. Thank you chief That closes public comment and I'll bring it back to the board for action So pleasure friend Thank you. So I also would like to add my support for the program and also specifically say You know, there aren't very many people that actually cause a significant amount of issues for not just local law enforcement before the community at large behavioral health And other organizations And they're well known. I mean, it's not as though it's a mystery Who the people are it's not as though it's a mystery Uh We've had programs downtown. They've worked to address this This is I think a much More holistic program that some of the previous programs we've dealt with that meets the balance of both public safety, but also the human component of what This specific difficult to reach population needs To get back on their feet and be productive members of society and have the dignity that they also deserve So I think that having that balance is an important thing Within our our community But it's also a discussion that we seem to have All the time. I mean, it's a discussion that that has been held in Santa Cruz county for the last few decades, which are How do you solve? Some of these very difficult and complex problems And I think that what we're seeing now is an evolution toward a holistic approach normally exclusively falls on law enforcement Which is we need you to do more enforcement downtown for example Uh, but yet There's a more complex component to how do you actually address the root causes associated with it and every decision that the board makes from Be it affordable housing decisions To funding for behavioral health Where those are located and additional resources for law enforcement tie into this solution That what we asked the voters on measure g was we said this is a complex issue that actually needs a holistic solution But we need additional funding for it and people overwhelmingly said yes Uh, I I really do applaud the sheriff's work as well as center Cruz police's work on recognizing that there are root causes Uh that that need to be addressed on this and i'm fully supportive of this program And I'd like to move the recommended actions So a motion by friend second second by McPherson. I just want to make another comment This isn't the first time our sheriff's office under sheriff heart has stepped up and been a leader on Well, certainly in a community wide basis, but in a national basis It was just four or five years ago and and earlier on even before he got here We got the sheriff's office got into a community policing effort that Was recognized nationally and so I really appreciate the behavioral science services being involved in this and they they were They just as much initiated as anyone else So I really do appreciate this effort from going from a reactive position to a proactive position In trying to help these people that are in need and are Seriously causing a lot of problems in our community if we can get a relatively small number of them Shall we say to be become good citizens? We're going to notice a significant difference in our community. So I just want to thank you for your continuous work And your attention in this regard Yes, I'll echo the comments. I like the way my colleague put it about a holistic approach. I think this is uh An honest attempt to do that I also want to make sure that when this reports back that we have information about who the referring You know some statistic about who the referring Uh agencies are because I want to make sure this is a countywide program During the campaign we talked about the number of mental health calls that our sheriff's office get and I want to make sure That we're doing something to meet those needs as well as the needs in other parts of the county You know 20 people or 30 people isn't you know, it's It's it's limited, but I want to make sure that the the folks who are Helping pay for this program also benefit from the services directly. So that would be great information to have in the future Thank you, and I'll just I'll just make one comment, which is There is a whole system of care and system failures that need to be addressed That that your two departments cannot address But I also want to note I mean we have thousands of homeless people in Santa Cruz county Who are not being arrested? 43 times who are not terrorizing people who are not threatening people who are not committing felonies uh, and uh, and We have to we have to recognize and increase our Our ability to provide services when people need them when they need them But we also need accountability for people who are who are just creating an enormous amount of pain And trauma in the community Through their behavior, uh, where others similarly situated people are not doing that And so just keeping in mind the importance of the accountability aspect of this program Is is in and of itself Incredibly important and then providing the services as we can to help people um Make the changes in their life, uh, that that and deal with uh deal with their conditions Is is important as well So with that, uh, all those in favor, please say I I Opposed that passes unanimously I'm gonna it's 1102. I'm gonna take a 13 minute break and come back at 1115 Uh for the next items I'm gonna call the meeting back to order We're now moving on to agenda item number nine Which is uh to consider a report on the homeless emergency assistance program or heat block grants funding Adopt a resolution accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of nine million six hundred seventy four thousand eight hundred eighty four dollars Into the heat trust fund adopt a resolution accepting unanticipated revenue in the amount of one million one hundred fifty six thousand Dollars into the homeless services coordination budget for sheltering in public health and safety and hygiene infrastructure professional and special services and approve the addition of a one uh full-time equivalent position for heat implantation And take related actions as outlined in the memorandum Of the cio and the planning director Good morning chair coonerty and members of the board. I'm reyne mar homeless services coordinator And before you today is a report regarding the state's homeless emergency assistance program Which is awarded funding to continuums of care across the state Our local continuum of care the homeless action partnership has been allocated 9.7 million in funds to address homelessness within the next two years The county's role is as the lead agency for the continuum of care and planning efforts for the heat program have been led by county staff The state required that heat applicants conduct a collaborative process Our coc carried this out through a very extensive local process Including numerous homeless action partnership and youth homelessness demonstration program meetings A hat priorities refresh meeting with 76 attendees including elected officials Three jurisdictional stakeholder meetings with over 80 total attendees including elected officials And individual briefings with elected officials We had the final approval of the heap allocations and the application by the joint hap governing board and executive committee And we had final approval of the heap rfp and an emergency allocation by the joint hap governing board and executive committee In order to expedite the use of the heap and cash funds The joint hap governing board and executive committee reached a consensus decision to make an emergency allocation of the cocs Heap funds totaling a million dollars in advance of the rfp To cover urgent winter shelter and other costs through june 30th With the express purpose of alleviating human suffering and mitigating public health and safety risks The allocation includes 600 000 for emergency shelter 300 000 for public health and safety hygiene infrastructure And also included is 100 000 for an immediate communications and public engagement process funded out of what's called the other category of heap funds The heap funds also include 483 000 to cover administrative costs And the limited term staffing position requested on today's item is funded out of the administrative costs And will support heap administration activities including grant management Contracting program development and oversight data collection and evaluation and mandated reporting to the state Staff requests board adoption of a resolution to accept and appropriate the full heap allocation of funds into a trust fund on behalf of the homeless action partnership Adoption of a resolution to accept and appropriate a portion of heap funds into the homeless services budget For staffing costs and to fund professional and special services as stipulated by the joint hap governing board and executive committee For emergency shelter public health and hygiene services And a communications and community engagement process Staff also requests authorization to add a 1.0 full-time equivalent limited term position to support implementation of the heap program These allocations have all been approved by the hap governing board and executive committee and are all in alignment With the priorities and allocations established through the state collaborative process And consistent with the application submitted to the state So i'd be happy to take any questions you may have Do we have any questions? Professor caput I'll make a quick comment. Thank you. Thank you. It's good to see you here And uh, i'm looking forward to seeing this implemented Started up your microphone Supervisor cap at your microphone Is it on? Maybe i'm not speaking into it. There you go. There you go I apologize. It's on but i it was over there Anyway, thank you very much. It's good to see us doing this and uh It's become a huge problem Especially in our county and coastal communities We're seeing a lot of problems and It's just it's exciting to see us actually Going in there trying to find a solution I think we're going to have some tough times Because it's kind of new and what we're doing But that's how we learn and that's how we're going to come up with a really good program here And the money is given to us by the state and I hope we spend it wisely. Thank you Thank you, mr. Chairman. I this is an emergency and I I want to thank the staff and so many folks in our community who have Come together to look at this the anticipation of the 10 million dollars coming from the state Was to to come to some solutions and not more study And wisely we have looked at this Before this these funds were were released. So we were ready to step up to the plate and get something in place So I do appreciate that And glad to see that we're assigning a full-time person to facilitate this We have to uh, uh, there's there's pressure on us to spend this money and We need to spend half of this 10 million dollars in just the next 10 months And so we need to spend the rest by The june of 21 or we lose it. So there there is an urgency to get this contract going I think we're in good position to implement a program that will be effective Um, it'll be crucial that the homeless action partnership Works swiftly to award the programs that will have a biggest impact in our county And for me this emergency Sheltering places the county Needs to be placed throughout the county I think that's Pretty evident and what we've seen in the recent months and some of our places here in santa criss county We won't be able to meet everyone's needs 10 million dollars is a lot of money But this is a huge program and a tremendous endeavor for us to address So I do appreciate the forethought and getting us ready to implement a program to get going as quickly as we can And uh, I appreciate especially rainy mar. She's been fantastic at this and lisa benson of the ceo's office from the county Thank you Surprisingly, yeah, I will just say that Given the tight deadlines that we have I hope We're willing to commit all the time And folk is necessary because we can't have deferral letters. So we have to to keep this going we have to We have to hit every mark So i'm glad we're bringing on extra staff to be able to do it and I'm hopeful that that the consensus decision making About the projects will mean that there's broad support For them, and I think that will be helpful in the the success of them as strategies So now I'll open it up for public comment anyone who would like to speak to us two minutes Thank you, becky steinburneris and evaptas. I I am glad that the county's got 10 million dollars. I think it's um We also have to Recall that we have declared a crisis an emergency which allows the county to waive all public health and safety codes So I don't want to see this money quickly spent because we have to spend it and not have Something that's going to really give us a long term Solution So I'm I'm looking forward to the collaborative effort I hope that you include the public members of the general public in that And I'm looking forward to seeing how it comes and again I really want to ask that you look at these tough sheds as something that can be Um a solution and and look to the city of oakland. Um, they've they've been able to successfully house 75 percent of the people who stayed in those into permanent housing So thank you very much No, I would be before the mic is richard louis great panther I never talked with you, but housing is something in my heart Had you visited last chorales on front street? You would have saw 19 homeless sleeping on the floor with no support My coaching is my research says county offices of education Uh, I don't know your rfp. I don't even know if the county is going to be going in for a grant But a gift of a hundred thousand to the leadership and our county office of education To bring together like women rise for peace santa Cruz rises for the homeless would create community action To complement all those people that follow the money, you know building bridges is going to come in I don't know all the players But I want I want to say to all of you if you take on What I shared with you earlier? Framework is the resources to serve the homelessness within cabrillo and what we call ssccc that i'm involved with I just want to say they want to pass a resolution to use the parking space for safe Parkage on the network of 115 campuses. Let's see what you're doing with cabrillo For that safe place to park. Thank you and I do my two minutes I don't know how this works. So Maybe next time I'll watch this But please When you get to be my age You have story Thank you for what you're doing. Thank you for putting up the money and john I hope you're going to be there for the poor people's campaign a thursday night at the Family resource center one hand doesn't know what the other hand is I had suggested that drew talk to you so that if you were there people would come Poor people's campaign. Just know later robin hood project out of new york Craig's going to want to see it happen in his community Because we have to change what it is to meet those homeless who are poor me want to thank you Hello, benjamin kogan. I live in live oak And yeah, I wanted to just second becky steinbrunner's motion and Basically requests that we don't just flush these humans out I know you guys are figuring out a plan. You got to use this money But if they're just kind of like If they don't have another place to go They'll find another place in the city and community go and build up another tent shelter And I have made a request that maybe we can get some land for 10 million dollars We can definitely buy some land and house them there and have them even like sign a waiver rules and saying I will not do drugs or drink on this property and all this stuff And we can have volunteers like food and up arms feed them and all that even that, you know Even other volunteers to make sure there's safety and well-being on the property But I just wanted to say that request and um, you know, eventually it'd be great if everyone had a house and a door So yeah, I know you're working towards that and Thank you Good morning. My name is Serge Cagno member of the general hat board and I wanted to Say my appreciation for county staff and city staff have put a lot of time into Working on this process and getting a lot of voices involved I wanted to make a comment to what you said about Collaborative decision-making and it's something I've said before that I advocate for For the implement for the choosing of the projects and the implementation of the projects The hat board has been asked on their values about projects, but about the decision-making of implementation There is no Group or committee from them that's actually able to talk about programs because we really do want the best outcomes that we can get And as much as I respect the intelligence and dedication and compassion of city and county staff The people who actually do the work the people actually are the non-profits and are doing the services Having them be a part of the evaluation process in an ongoing way to make sure the money is a useful thing I would ask for Some suggestion or direction of the hat to get more voices into the room on those kind of things. Thanks Thank you, michael archer uh santa cruz. Um, I have two points One I I look at you and I see probably you know a group of the smartest men and women here in the county And we know that this is a national problem and I would like in my fairytale little mind for us to Work on a blueprint for the rest of the country To come up with a game plan where we could say hey, we took taking care of this And hearing what this woman said about oakland. It's like let's look the oakland. Let's I mean, we are the smartest people and I think we can come up with a blueprint That we can hand to the rest of the country. My second point is Is that in 98? I was an australian Drove with a friend for about 3000 miles and every now and then we'd see an abandoned chinook Mobile home and I asked him what's that about and he says well you the the government Realized that they disrespected the aboriginals So they thought Well to resolve this, you know taken away their land. Let's give them all a chinook or whatever this model was And they did it without asking them And they got these things and some of them said we don't need this and took it out and trashed it and left it Just as a symbol to say you don't know us and and so with that my point is is that is hard As I know as it would be To incorporate the homeless's ideas into it because you can't understand what the heck they're saying most of time But to try to incorporate what they want You know to find out how how can we take care of them in the in the midst of what they're going through and That's all i'm asking. Thanks Thank you So i'm just going to repeat real quick Because this is what I came for. I'm yasmeena porter. I'm representing the tannery campus that includes residents businesses theater arts council They elected me and some others to represent them specifically on the issue of how we're impacted by the homeless camp I'm so happy that you guys are going to Accept the funds from the state and do something good Basically, we want to just reaffirm that we Have a model here that has worked to As a place to temporarily Housed people that are not housed the camp that was on river street and again We're not nimbies because the river street camp is actually literally closer to my home So i'm not saying get them out of my neighborhood. I'm saying they need to be managed and supervised and The police chief said that there was only one Real incident that happened the entire time that that river street camp was managed and supervised well And had lots of you know rules and order there and and people were able to transition um and then also to look to Transitioning them to housing or rehab or whatever people need and there's a model in dc. Oh my god. I forgot the name of it What's it called? The Those big centers that have everything in them Navigation center. Thank you Thank you to the people who just spoke what great Suggestions and input and references to what other communities are doing to Help with this homeless problem And the idea that people who are most affected by this Should be involved in the planning process is a key component of how you proceed I this gentleman referred to what he saw in australia And I think back to when I was traveling In 1966 And the former soviet union and I visited my mother's cousin and lived in moscow There were no homeless people on the streets. They had housing after the war small But available to everyone um I think she paid like five percent of her income for rent a whole different structure of a system and I In my 20s was able to walk out on the streets at night going to the metro I had no fear. I was very comfortable and pleasant. So we have A big structural problem. So I hope as you proceed that you incorporate What has been suggested here by members of this community that are very reasonable and Giving you good direction. So often I see you have plans for something and you just approve it as it is And I'm sitting here and listening and going wow. What a good idea somebody just put forward That needs to be Incorporated. So please incorporate what these people have said How to proceed with that amount of money. Thank you Good morning. My name is don lane I'm a member of the homeless action partnership board and also chair of smart solutions to homelessness a community organization And I want to just make two quick comments one The staff that that has worked on this to pull pull this all together with a tremendous amount of pressure They have done a really good job of putting something together that can move us forward in a timely way To really appreciate the work that's been done there The other thing I want to mention is this is a kind of an unusually important opportunity moment for the community and I think it's two two pieces about one is The funding that we're talking about and the other frankly is the camp the gateway ross camp Because it has kind of elevated The people the community's attention on the issue of homelessness to an even higher level not to say it wasn't high before But now it's at a peak So we have this great opportunity because of those two things One piece that is incorporated in this spending plan that I want to just call out a little more Is the community engagement part it speaks somewhat to the issues that some others have come up with come up Speaking about having the voices of homeless people involved in decision making But also really just the broader community not only involved in the decision making but having an opportunity to understand What's going on We do not have a very clear picture for the average person in the community to understand what the homeless part Action partnership is where this money came from whether the city what's the city doing what's the county doing? It's a very confusing situation Even for me who's right in the thick of it And we so we really have some work to do to bring create opportunities for the community to both Make suggestions about new things but also understand what's going on now Because there's a lot going on that people have do not see and we need to share that with the community and then have them Comment on that if they don't like it that's we need to hear that But also I think people will be surprised to see some of the good work that's going on already That just can be boosted by this funding So I do really encourage us to Um, you know have real high community engagement as we go forward. Thank you So, uh, I'll bring it back close public comment and bring it back to the board for action Um, actually, I guess let me just state. So one of my concerns Overall, this is really a wonderful approach and I appreciate everyone has been involved in bringing this money back into Our community the hundred thousand dollars. This was just mentioned for Communications We've heard all morning from people who are either worried about not enough housing for people in need and we're in a crisis And a hundred thousand dollars is a lot of hotel bed nights Or first and last month's rent Secondarily, we've heard from people who are worried about impacts near child care centers Or near shelters and they want it well managed and they want security So primarily we are going to be judged on the impacts we create and the environment we create for both people who are unhoused and also for people who are People who are living adjacent or feeling these impacts and spending money on communications instead of action Makes me nervous. And so I want to make sure That if we're going to approve this money today That we're not going to be back at a place when there's a daycare center who says I'm having impacts and I need security that we aren't going to say. I'm sorry. We don't have security or we're going to have 20 fit clients. So I'm going to say well one of them if we could get him into Sle He'd be much more likely to maintain his sobriety and we're not going to say oh We don't have money and we but yet we have money To have community conversations and to to do communications work, which is always important But in an emergency it's not always the most important And so I want to understand how you're going to manage those expectations With that money specifically around communications. And do we need $100,000 communication program? Can we do it in-house for less? Can we hold that money back in order to To make sure that we're providing adequate services for people because I don't want to be in a resource scarce discussion When people are experiencing real impacts, but we can direct them to a community conversation About about those impacts. I want to I want to actually be able to have resources to solve those problems Would you like us to provide a little more background around that? Okay, so the $100,000 that was identified by the HAP government hot board and executive committee is part of an allocation within the heap of about $193,000 that we have identified as other in addition to all the programmatic areas that we the the HAP has Identified as the investments. We want we want to make I absolutely would concur that I think there's every intention on the part of the HAP general membership and then the the existing government structure to utilize every dollar to its best purpose with the Specific focus of addressing The emergency situation and the needs of people Experiencing homelessness We do We will make sure that we use that money wisely if we do not have to use all of that to engage the level of community Conversation that the HAP Has all agreed that it's necessary to do the kind of sightings and service delivery we need We would absolutely redirect that portion back to service Yeah Thank you chair I understand the concern that you bring You know every dollar is precious When we're talking about a countywide effort to address homelessness $100,000 communication plan is Is probably pretty little And if we were thinking about downtown that might seem like a lot of money, but if we're thinking about a countywide response Figuring out how how to best use that money to be able to communicate what the strategies are Seems to be important. I was surprised When we found out that Santa Cruz city council members didn't know that we were funding The the river street encampment before so there's clearly A need for us to do a better job of communicating to the public to our peers Um countywide about what's going on because Do the people in capitol or soquel or or watsonville understand what we're doing Uh, the people in santa cruz or live oak on or san lorenzo valley It um that we all have a little bit of information, but to have some kind of coordinated um Effort to share what our strategies are Seems to be very important and Um, I we should use the money wisely. We shouldn't spend uh, Casually, but I think there's a it's there's clear that there's a real need to be able to better communicate What what is going on around our homelessness response? So I That's not in opposition. It's just uh, it's just trying to find and I agree with that I just want to make sure that when when issues are raised and we're rolling out and spending and building resources That we aren't going to cry poor When we have something that could cost $20,000 to to uh to add additional staff Part-time staff housing navigator or we're not going to say Well, we could have first alarm around that daycare center, which is an experience in real impacts But we can't afford that because there's no money I I if we're going to spend this then we have to make sure That we're that we're clear that we aren't going to then make the excuse that we don't have the money for real things That are the impacts that are stories that are people are having on the ground that are that are a relatively low ticket, right? like we're solving a large large problem that Tens of millions of dollars couldn't fix but but for things that where a small amount of money could make a big difference For an individual or a or a neighborhood Um, I think we're going to be it's going to be incumbent upon us to come up with that money From these funds to address those problems because that's that's people are communicating to us their concerns And if we have the ability to respond, we're going to need to So there's your there's your a big challenge to both tell us everything we need to know but spend wisely And have money available for everything else. Good luck with that. I'd be ready to move the recommended actions Um, I appreciate Supervisor Coonerty's comments, uh, because you're right. We want to spend this well because I want to think give everybody a reality check here 10 million dollars is a lot of money But it is not we're going to be resource scarce at the end of two years. It won't no matter how we spend this We're not going to be able to solve the homeless problem overall but but With 10 million dollars But I think with the the communications we've had and you're going to hear more of this in the next item With the city in the county cooperating We're going to do this as efficiently as possible And I think subject matter efficiently as possible as well We heard some comments about people wanting input from the homeless themselves of what they're need. What are their needs? Believe me, there's been outreach to that to do that in the months past and we're trying to Make that part of the solution that we're representing this that this time But there is a timeline and I'll tell you two years goes very quickly And we want to do this as best we can we have had received some input But uh, it's not going to be the total solution But we're going to do the best job possible and I feel confident with the input we've had from our staff And the outreach that we've had on this board as well that we're going to do a very good job, uh, of addressing our homeless, uh Uh issue that we have here the best we can with 10 million dollars And I just pledge that to you and I feel confident we'll be able to do that Okay, uh subject cap and you've been working with the uh And talking with the veteran services also and a combination of how you know, they're they're willing to help There is federal money in addition to this Uh to help with that But anyway, uh, you know good job and I'll move for approval unless it's already been made or I'll second that if No, I don't uh, so motion. I'll make a motion second second by leopold Uh, so we have a motion a second any other comments? Uh all in favor. Please say aye. I Opposed that passes unanimously um, so let's move on to, uh Item number 10 Which is to consider a report on the unsanctioned Encampment abatement plan and approve an amendment to the to the contract with the salvation army in the amount of $315 $300,000 341 For a new not to exceed amount of 693 427 for the provision of emergency shelter services is outlined in the memorandum of the cao The same team. Thank you. Mr. Cherry. Lisa Benson CAO's office I will take that the lead on this but rainy is going to be covering part of the items As mentioned our purpose today is to provide an update on the city county planning effort to resolve the gateway encampment And get additional direction And we will be reviewing in detail that joint action plan that is Included as an attachment to the staff report and then that secondary action we're requesting is approved The amendment for additional contract services with for emergency shelter services provided by the salvation army at the laurel street facility for single women family with children and mobility impaired Individuals that are experiencing homelessness in terms of the staff report I'm going to be providing a little bit of background on the encampment as well as some Some information as to our ongoing and immediate actions around Public health in particular and Mimi hall our director of hsa is here if there are specific questions around around that I'll then review the joint action plan But the principles and actions and then rainy is available available to address questions around the contract amendment So just again to sort of provide some general context this encampment At where we try not to really try not to label it Ross encampment or gateway plaza, but everyone knows the location at highway hire one and nine It started in late october and really Expanded in in november And and continued to grow through the winter months We did a census a loose census in the beginning of january and and estimate the population there They're somewhere between a hundred and thirty to two hundred people. It's it's hard to really estimate specifically In the time that time we've been working actively with the city to immediately address in particular public health risks And our public health our public health officer has worked From pretty much day one with the city to address sanitation and hygiene considerations at the camp and the city has been very proactive And in increasing those those facilities As the camp has grown as the risks of public see a public health have increased in addition our Homeless persons health care health care project out which team has been on site since december in doing regular engagement and field field delivery and medical services there again with that specific goal of Mitigating public public health risks associated with this type of encampment We started actively meeting with city staff to really talk about how to address this unsanctioned encampment Both from a public safety and public health risk standpoint in just in I want to say mid december and and had articulated a number of Joint actions to both address public safety and public health with that i'm going to move actually to the the The action plan that we put before you today And this is something we crafted with a full collaboration of city staff and under the guidance of a two by two committee to provide us increased perspective on what principles we should be moving forward in this The action plan, I will say it's probably most important Targets march 15th for fully transitioning Are providing opportunities for those people at that camp to move to alternative sheltering options and with the Focus of abating that camp and and the abatement of that camp as people leave is really a city responsibility But we're fully working with them to support that transition In the action plan it really can be focused in two different areas principles and actions the principles that we We integrated into it really reflect that guidance of the two by two committee And that balancing between Getting services and shelter alternatives to the people who are at the camp and addressing the broader community impacts public safety impacts And public health impacts that I think we've already heard quite significantly about from the public in many meetings here The next principle is again Prior to actually being able to transition people to alternative options really addressing health Health and sanitation concerns as the size of that camp has grown And again the city has been very fast to comply with with public health Guidance on how to minimize public public health risks there and a weekend We are we moved from ad hoc outreach from the hb hp staff to regular outreach monday wednesday friday The next aspect was the idea is how do we prevent this? 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