BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

Thank you and good morning everybody to this regular meeting of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors of February 7, 2012. Mr. Allen would you call the roll please?

Ms. Wolfe? Here. Ms. Gray? Present. Mr Lavagnino? Here. Mr Carvajal?

Here!

Ms. Farb?

Here thank you would you

Madam Chair, we have four requests to speak and we'll start with Dr. Jones to be followed by Matthew Margulies. Dr.

Jones.

First of all, I'd like to welcome everyone here, especially the folks from the Black History Group. And we are going to be celebrating black history throughout the month and I'm sure that there are some events that are planned and I'm sure they'll be telling you more about that. Of course, there are other issues here and I'm very concerned about this mayor of Montecito.

And I'm sure the Montecito community is concerned about this also. It seems though Rick Caruso, the developer of Miramar Hotel by the way he gave you $15,000 Supervisor Carpajal and the people of Montecito expect more They have not heard from, according to this article in the Daily Sound. The people of Montecito haven't heard from Rick Caruso and as I understand it Mayor of Montecito Carvajal that is what you call yourself isn't it?

As I understand there are certain issues here about the Miramar Hotel Now I can recall two beautiful tennis courts there, which I played on. I can recall the restaurant in the Miramar, which I've had dinner in. I can recall a beautiful location now it's nothing but weeds and I'm wondering Mayor Carbajal, Mayor Carbajal Montecito you should attend that Planning Commission meeting and explain yourself To the people of Montecito and to the issue directly, why has this project been on delay?

That's the question here. And it not only concerns people of Montecito, it concerns the whole county because if you take $15,000 from Rick Caruso who developed a project And you don't follow through, you can't call yourself the mayor of Montecito. And you can't call yourself a supervisor. So I'm sure some of these issues will be coming forth with, pardon me.

Thank you board members.

Thank you Dr. Johnson. Our next speaker?

Our next speaker is Matthew Margulies to be followed by Judith Everett.

Good morning and welcome.

Good morning, thank you very much for the opportunity to address you. I'm a retired physician and I would like to request an agenda item for you in the near future that's the National Defense Appropriation Act Particularly Section 1031 and 1032, which provide for the indefinite detention of any individual anywhere in the world including US citizens in bed two o'clock in the morning who are considered potential terrorists.

And this sort of lies in the face of the Constitution and the Pledge of Allegiance that we just took. And I look forward to you having this item on your agenda, and I hope you will come forth with a resolution condemning it. Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Judith Everett to be followed by Nico Constantinidis.

Good morning, Chair Farr and supervisors. I'm here to speak especially against the Act NADAA. I think that it would be very appropriate For the supervisors to write a letter to the Federal Government opposing this particular legislation. Indeed, it's draconian and I agree fully with that last speaker And we were rather surprised and somewhat horrified that our representative Lois Capps voted in favor of this particular bill.

We spoke yesterday at a town hall meeting via the telephone, and she said she wasn't entirely happy with it. And then she was going to work on it to make it more reasonable. However, that's by the by. The problems that came up during this town hall meeting were to do with the economy of course people's worrying and for the soldiers when they come back and don't find jobs and don' have proper health care And I suggested to Lois on the telephone that we solve these problems by taking away the military spending and using it for human needs.

And I'd just like to say that there's almost certain to be confrontation in the future, and we would expect the county police force to be well-trained and not to use violence as some of the police in this country have done against the protesters. The protesters are actually nonviolent. That's our motto here, that no harm to people or places and that we solve our problems with dialogue and intelligent actual protesting.

And so on. And as regards to soldiers, the way to protect them is to bring them home. There's no way they can be safe where there are protests and violence around the world. So thank you very much. Thank you.

Our next speaker is Nico Constantinidis to be followed by Patricia Rosen.

Good morning. I've spent most of my life here in Santa Barbara and this will be the first time I will be speaking to you guys. I'm here to protest as well against the National Defense Authorization Act. Please remember that while there's only a few of us here today, there is widespread anger and outrage over this act amongst those who understand it. Nevertheless, also realize that many of our fellow citizens aren't even aware of this act as the media conveniently overlooked its controversial passage.

As someone who's looking forward to a lifetime of struggle and activism against this despicable entity that is our federal government, I'm especially alarmed by this act which, as it was pointed out, was supported by our own representative Lois Capps I'm scared because me or anybody who the government deems a terrorist can be arrested and refused to trial. The power that it gives to the president to indefinitely detain non-citizens is also worth condemning since our government's policies against terrorists are elsewhere known as torture, and to not grant these people even fair trials is something our country should be ashamed of, and this will cause even more anti-American sentiments So we ask that you pass a resolution condemning the NDAA and recommending that Lois Tapps introduce legislation to reverse this dangerous law.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Patricia Rosen, to be followed by Brian Rosen

public comments. We go over to these little countries in the Arab part of the world and people can be taken away and held forever without trial. You know, if they're critical of the government. And I think our Constitution offers us a lot of protection because once we lose that right, we're going to invite the worst kind of abuse. Our right to a defense and a trial. Now if I'm critical of what the U.S. Government is doing, that's my right as a U. S. citizen. Now I may be regarded as a danger to national security or corporate profits.

Maybe that's more accurate. But to give them the power to take anybody away could make McCarthyism seem like the Mickey Mouse Club, when everybody was called a communist. Now if there was no corruption in our government we wouldn't have a problem here would we? And some of you maybe don't think there is much corruption. Often the power elites are congratulating each other on how great they are and the judges, but historically there always has been corruption. There's the good and the bad and a lot of innocent people have suffered I'm asking you to put this National Defense Authorization Act on the agenda for public comment. I think a lot of the public wants this on the agenda and we've got to start here, every single city in the whole United States is going to condemn it, do resolutions and get the country to reverse this horrible Illegal unconstitutional law that where they can just take us away, you know gives the president that much power.

Now do we want our politicians and our leaders to have that much power? Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. That's why the founding fathers thought it was wise to have checks and balances on power Because, you know the World Trade Center after it got blown up why didn't they do this immediately? You know. They had all kinds of warnings, intelligence warnings that Al Qaeda operatives were going to airplane schools and they ignored them. And they took all this time to come up with this law that basically guts the Constitution which is completely illegal.

We all have the right to face our accusers into a fair trial. This is ridiculous. I would argue that in some cases the United States is terrorizing these poor little countries to get their oil and these little countries probably are no better than we are, you know? They're corrupt and they're good people and bad people so please...I'm going to give you a copy of the Bill of Rights and I have this great article on Barack Obama and how he supported this business of allowing military control, military detentions of citizens and non-citizens without trial. So I'm going to leave this right here. Thank you so much.

Our next speaker is Richard Robinson to be followed by Carol Leaf.

Madam Chairwoman, members, Richard Robinson. Genesis 128 says subdue the earth It does not say destroy the earth. When we want to eliminate the usage of oil, ma'am as a weapon, we concentrate Not one, electric automobiles. The greatest consumer of oil on this planet is the American automobile. So as we at this nexus evolve into the pardon me for digressing General Motors is about to become the world's greatest corporation again Evolved into what? The electric automobile.

Dad wants to take the kids from New York to Disneyland instead of stopping, spending time filling the tank every couple hundred miles. One stop plugs into a Motel 6 electrical output. Yada yada yada. I had when I was a kid a bumper sticker Ice the internal combustion engine back in the 60s, it was all the rage. Now we are seeing President Obama brilliantly say no keystone pipeline.

The obvious wisdom is that we won't need that amount of oil when the greatest consumer of oil, the American automobile converts to electric power. Also offshore There are those who will get making noises about drilling oil wells. It seems that after British petroleum disaster, well thank you very much.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Carol Leaf to be followed by Lynn Hendred.

Good morning. I'm Carol Leath. I am really glad that I have all these people to help me with these international and national issues so that I can just concentrate on the things that are going wrong in the county, which are I was actually put in jail for nothing, put in jail for 12 hours and not allowed to call a lawyer for the whole time. It's all on tape at the intercom.

Ever. Seven deputies surrounded me in the courthouse. I've never been arrested in my life, own a house here in Santa Barbara. So you guys can worry about the stuff that goes on out there in other countries. I'm worried about things like that that are going on right here and that have happened to me. I've never been arrested in my entire life for anything. I pay so much taxes it's absolutely obscene. Anyhow but the reason I'm here because I didn't have a tennis game today is I'm wondering if any of you have read the November Stanford report from the Economic Policy Institute that says in detail that the County of Santa Barbara is $2 billion in unfunded pension liabilities. Have any of you read it?

Anybody? Raise your hand, no? Didn't think so. How can you people be up there really and be thinking about putting in 25 new oil derricks in the channel To pay for this excess in pensions, it's the tail wagging the dog. You guys are going crazy trying to find ways to pay for these county public pensions. You've got salaries, yearly compensation, for at least 40 people that's over $200,000.

County employees. Why are you looking at me, Supervisor Gray, like you're shocked? You're the people that passed these things. You know what they are. You pass them! You negotiate these contracts and it's going to tear this place apart so you're getting desperate. Twenty-five oil devs in the Santa Barbara Channel. We have had recurrent recent temblors in the channel It is so dangerous, I can't even tell you. And anybody who was here in 1968 and remembers the worst oil spill in the history of the country happened here in Santa Barbara.

Had there not been the storm, had the winds not been coming in a certain direction this place would have been a wasteland until now. It was favorable time The storm blew the oil in a different direction where it was not so deleterious. But, you know, we've got a lot of problems here and I at one time worried about more national and international. I'm an economist and I know a lot of this stuff but I worry about this county now. Thank you.

Our next speaker is Lynn Hendred to be followed by our final speaker Mr. Caldwell in Santa Maria.

Good

morning, Supervisors. The right to know what crime one is charged with and the right to a speedy trial and the right to know what jail time goes with that trial is one of the most basic of citizen rights as we know. This basic right has been removed under the NDAA. We must tell the President and our representatives in Congress I'm Or write to him at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, Washington DC 20500.

Or call our representative Lois Capps 730-1710 and do put this on the agenda with the looking forward to abolishing this as Judith said, this draconian act. Thank you. Our

final speaker is Mr. Caldwell in Santa Maria.

Madam Chair, members of the board. I'm Andy Caldwell representing CoLab. Madam Chair, I'm going to ask you to seriously consider moving the public comment period back to where it was. It would be nice to have a time certain for public comments so people know when to show up but we feel like it's an incredible waste of time energy and money to have all your staff people including Your highly paid department head sitting in a meeting longer than they need to and having to sit through 10, 15 or sometimes a longer public comment period is just grossly inefficient. Especially in view of the fact that the county is downsizing and some of these staff members may be doing a heck of a lot more work than they were just a couple years ago To make them sit through 15 to 20 minutes of, well actually it's 25 minutes because in reality they didn't need to be here for your minutes either.

It's a waste of time and I'm not sure if you were trying to give the public the time certain for public comment that you can do that another way by just putting a time certain on public comment every week at 9 30 or 10 but to have them sit through this we think is just a waste thank you

Thank you Mr. Caldwell. And that was our last public speaker, Mr. Allen? That's correct. And I think Supervisor Carbajal did you want to make a comment during public comment?

Actually, I'll just hold off.

Okay thank you. Before we leave public comment, I do want to honor a volunteer which we started when Supervisor Gray was chair last year and is Mark Warner here? Somebody needs to... This week we'd like to honor Mark Warner who volunteers in the board office Mark began his volunteer work in 1992 when First District Supervisor Naomi Schwartz was elected to the Board of Supervisors.

Mark first met Naomi in 1981. He had survived a horrific motorcycle accident that left him with significant physical injuries. During his recovery, he and Naomi became fast friends and when she was elected supervisor, he would regularly check-in on her. Still to this day they speak with one another on a weekly basis. Mark's volunteer efforts have now spanned almost 20 years.

Every weekday morning, Mark reports to the board office to offer his assistance. He prepares the dais for the board members including filling water pitchers and making coffee, delivering copies of the newspapers, providing newspaper clippings on subjects he believes will be of interest to board members and helping in the kitchen. In addition to his volunteer work, Mark spends his time collecting rare coins and watching movies. He has an extensive movie collection including two copies of every Cary Grant movie available on DVD.

And one copy stays untouched and the other one he enjoys. Mark is an example of a volunteer who teaches perseverance and the value of commitment to others. We all speak here as board members in expressing our appreciation for your dedication, Mark, for the assistance that you give us. Thank you.

I'd like to thank everybody. Thank you so much for allowing me to do the things that I do. Put the

microphone up, there

we go. I enjoy it so much and it's all because of the supervisors and their staff in the county office. Thank you.

Thank you Mark so much All right, now we'll go ahead and move on to our administrative agenda. And I think we have one speaker slip.

Madam Chair, members of the board, we have one request to speak from Dr. Robert Johns on item A3. Madam Chair members, the board item A3 is from Supervisor Carbajal. The request that the board adopt a resolution proclaiming the month of February 2012 as Black History Month in Santa Barbara County.

Well it It greatly displeasures me, Supervisor Carbajal that you continue to proclaim that you are a liberal. I've seen you in many other incidents events and you are not a liberal so it really mystifies me as to why you continue and there are other board members here who are Who are on the other side and who could better represent Martin Luther King, Black History Month.

And they're also Latino holidays even though you are Latino Mexican American I've seen you I'm only speaking, I've seen you disrepresent your own people. Now-

Dr. Johns, you need to speak to the resolution.

That's the resolution. The resolution is Black History Month and we have a supervisor who portends to represent ethnic people and he does not represent ethnic people. And I am questioning why this is? I'm mystified by it, currently totally mystified by an individual

who constantly disrespects his own people. Dr. Johns, you need to speak to the resolution.

Well, I think you get the point even though I have a minute and 25. I will drop the subject. Thank you.

All right. I'm sorry. Madam Chair,

just to note we did receive a late request from Mr. Caldwell on item A15.

All right, well Mr. Caldwell what we were thinking of doing was just having a motion on the resolutions A1 through A9 because we're having a reception after that but if we want to go ahead and entertain A15 we can go ahead and do that. Supervisor Wolf did you have some other? Oh I was just going

to move acceptance of the resolutions but whatever the chair would like to do.

Okay. Well, why don't we go ahead and hear from Mr. Caldwell? Is he the only other speaker that we have on the agenda?

That's correct

Madam Chair. And then we'll move forward. Mr. Caldwell.

Madam Chair and members thank you. Did they read this one?

Just a moment and we will. Thank you.

Madam Chair item A15 is from planning and development. The request that the board consider recommendations regarding the Strategic Growth Council Proposition 84 sustainable communities planning grant application.

Go ahead, Mr. Colla.

Madam Chair, members of the board, I'm Andy Caldwell representing COLAB. This item has to do with the county applying for a grant to be funded by Prop 84, the Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality and Supply Flood Control River and Coastal Protection Bond Act of 2006. And I have two points on this. First of all, I am not sure that you are aware because I don't ever recall a hearing on this The cities, counties, farmers and ranchers right now are being slammed by the Regional Water Quality Control Board on various aspects relating to quote-unquote clean water. Including farmers being asked to control stormwater runoff capture and treat it before releasing it into a dirt ditch.

Cities are being asked to cover retention basins, which could literally bankrupt the cities if they were asked to do that. And it's just ironic to us and kind of an insult to injury that while one government entity is demanding these things of the city, the county, and our farmers and ranchers Instead of applying for a grant to perhaps help them through this situation, you instead are going down this path that's just gonna make the economy suffer more. And that has to do with AB 32 and SB 375.

That brings me to my second point. I'd like to know right now if Supervisor Carbajal, do you support high-density development in Montecito or Summerlin? Supervisor Wolf, do you support high density development in Goleta or Nolita? Supervisor Farr, do you support high density development in Los Olivos or San Ynez? Well if not, then you're against SB 375. And it really is insulting to us that you're spending general fund monies, CREF monies and now you're applying for state monies for programs that you would never ever implement because your constituency is dead set against high density infill development.

So why go through the ruse? Tell us on the record today that you're supporting SB 375 and you're volunteering your district for high-density infill development. Tell us that please or deny this grant application because SB 375 says you're going to be building high density infill development to comport with AB 32 and SB 3 75 You know, quit playing these games because we already know that you're going to fight against development in these areas. Well, you know what? Our time really is up.

All right. Anybody else to speak on the A agenda?

No further questions.

Supervisor

Gray. Chair why don't we just go ahead and move the entire administrative agenda. If you want

to make that

motion.

I'll still

move.

Motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed? Motion carries, all right. And so now we're going to go to Supervisor Carbajal to present Resolution A-1. And Mr. Allen if you would... Well actually do want make some comments first.

Just very brief. If I could have Mr. John Mainza and Greg Wilson come forward Thank you. Yes,

people can kind of keep it down as you are filing out please thank you

I don't want to shortchange you so I wouldn't wait till they're everybody's left and Madam Chair, today it is an honor for me to sponsor this resolution of commendation honoring John Mainza and Greg Wilson upon achieving Target 3 level for the Innovative Building Review Program Energy Efficient and Residential Building Design. For that category here in Santa Barbara County For those of you that don't know, we have an advisory effort here in Santa Barbara County that attempts to advise builders, individuals seeking to build homes or structures as to how they could achieve the highest level of efficiency. And there's different categories.

Well this particular residential development has achieved the highest rating and it's a testament to the commitment of the two gentlemen in front of us. Not only, I'm sure their desire to achieve this wasn't just to have a little award but truly their commitment to energy efficiency and I think this reflects what people can achieve if they are committed to these standards put forth that exceed California standards so congratulations to you too Mr., I don't know if he could read the resolution please?

Madam Chair, members of the Board. This is item A1. It's a resolution honoring John Manza and Greg Wilson upon achieving the Target 3 level for the Innovative Building Review Program Energy Efficient and Residential Building Design. Thank you. Whereas John Manza and Greg Wilson designed and reconstructed a residence at 1147 Hill Road in Montecito to meet Target 3 of the Innovative Building Review Program The highest level of the program reserved for those projects that demonstrate an exceptionally high level of energy efficiency through innovative designs and technologies. And whereas, the Maines & Wilson Residential Building has earned the highest rating from the U.S. Green Buildings Council Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Homes Program.

Platinum certification. The building incorporates numerous energy-efficiency techniques including 9.6 kilowatt photovoltaic system solar pool 5,000-gallon cistern for storing harvested rainwater and delivering water for irrigation. Two green roofs, spray polyurethane foam installation in the walls, floor and roof, radiant floor heating, 100% LED lighting and high efficiency appliances, and Forest Stewardship Council certified cabinetry, interior siding and deck materials. And whereas the Mains and Wilson Residential Building surpasses California's energy efficient standards by 54.3%, lowering the rate of energy consumption by approximately 9,500 kilowatt hours per year in reducing the building's energy bills by approximately $1,400 a year and the 9.6 kilowatt photovac system offsetting most if not all of the building's remaining energy usage.

And whereas, the county's Innovative Building Review Committee has determined the Mainza-Wilson Residential Building demonstrates an exceptionally high level of energy efficiency. Now therefore be it hereby ordered and resolved that the Board of Supervisors honors John Mainza and Greg Wilson for meeting the Innovative Building Review Program Target 3, and further commends them for their leadership in energy efficient building design. Passed and adopted today.

Thank you very much Supervisor Carbajal. I'd also like to thank Brownstein, Hyatt-Farber and Schreck, Patsy Stadelman and Shelley Collier and Chris Jacobs with whom we could not have achieved this level of energy efficiency they were very helpful in our planning process in achieving the level of energy efficiency that we did

Thank you very much, and I just wanted to say the best part about the whole thing is going and looking at the electrical meter spinning backwards every

day.

Madam Chair?

Yes, Supervisor Carbone.

John and Greg, maybe you could answer or address the most important question in this quest. Oftentimes we hear that one of the reasons individuals don't pursue more energy efficiency Features are because sometimes they could be more expensive and I think that oftentimes. That's a Misunderstanding more than anything, but if you could address that how? Did that Was that a major factor was it really more expensive or is the residual that you get back does it offset any higher expenses that you incurred Anything on that subject would be helpful because I think that's always The prevailing question and concern

Well, I think initially people are afraid to undertake it because they're fearful of what's involved. But the process seems to be daunting but the reality is that it starts with a commitment to doing the right thing. We're long-time environmental supporters and have always wanted to achieve the highest level that we could in any endeavor we've done. To that end, I think that the more people that have the commitment, the more people that act in the smallest ways to improve the energy efficiencies of their homes will see that the long-term benefit far exceeds any incremental cost increase.

I personally think that a lot of effort needs to go into innovative building practices and the development of more economical methods to achieve them because in actual fact it can be, and usually is more expensive because we're still on the front edge of innovation for building

Thank you both for being here and congratulations on your award. In answer to Supervisor Carbajal's question, Supervisor Farr and I recently attended our own county EMPOWER program which works with homeowners to help them get loans so that they can move forward and do energy efficiency projects on their home. So it just kind of gives me an opportunity to plug our Empower program. When we were in Goleta there were many people, homeowners there who don't necessarily have the funds available to do it, but through the loan program that's been set up they might have that opportunity. And just on another note I've mentioned this before but every time we put solar panels on our house maybe six months ago and our bill was you know about $150-$200 our last bill was about two dollars And we know when we made the investment, it's probably going to take us about eight to nine years to get our full return on the investment.

But since we expect that we're going to be living in the house longer than that and it's also even if we chose to move, it is a benefit to a potential buyer so I think Just getting the word out and letting people know of the different programs that are available. There's rebates that are available, and we've got great folks in our town like you two. Architects, builders who are, and innovators who are really ready and willing to do these projects. So we just, like I said, we need to get the word out there. So I'm really glad that Supervisor Carbajal brought the two of you here so that we can highlight what you're doing and what the community is doing.

Thank you very much, Supervisor Wolf. And besides the monetary aspects of your solar panels, I'm sure it makes you feel really good every day that you're actually feeding the grid. Oh, I

do.

And I do love watching the meter go

down. Supervisor Gray? Thank you. We attended the contractor's meeting. This is North County stuff, and Hustle Builders have had to add I think three if not four additional staff members and have a whole branch now that's dedicated to nothing but the Empower. And they've got, I think you said they had 90 backup waiting to cover? So it's really caught on in North County. It's a good thing. Thank you.

Thank you and thank you for the wonderful model that you've set for the community. Appreciate that.

Thanks again.

All right, we will move on. All right, let's go on to administrative agenda item 2, Supervisor Wolff?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Before we read this item into the record I'd like to call Dr. Wada and Nancy Lopola and anyone else, Dr. Salducci if you wanted to come forward too. So we go from energy to energy. This is physical. This is the physical part though. These are the folks from County Public Health. And before we get into the resolution I want to thank you and your team for everything that you're doing educate our community on things that are so important to us, and that's our health. And this resolution is specifically to call out and to let the public know that this is I want to say heart prevention month it's what is the actual name? It is proclaiming the month of February 2012 as American Heart Month I think it's important for folks to know that in the United States, heart disease is the number one killer of our citizens and non-citizens.

And in Santa Barbara County, it is the number one killer of folks in our community. And our public health department works very hard And educating people to change behaviors, to have us work to take on more healthy behaviors. But in this instance you are also providing us with Mr. Mannequin behind you Ms. Coppola to talk about a new program which is hands only CPR program that has been developed and And you're here today to give us a brief explanation about that. And I understand that your group is going out all over the county so that people in the community will learn this pretty basic, simple yet vitally important step to save people's lives. So we'll hear the resolution and again I just want to thank you for all of your work and what you do for our community.

Thank you.

Madam Chair, members of the Board. This resolution proclaims the month of February 2012 as American Heart Month and the day of February 14th, 2012 as Hands-Only CPR Training Day whereas February is designated as American Heart Month by the American Heart Association to increase awareness about heart disease prevention and the behaviors that promote heart health. And whereas heart disease is a leading cause of death nationally and locally with an estimated 630,000 deaths per year in the U.S., and over 700 deaths per year in Santa Barbara County, with approximately 200 cardiac arrest victims being treated locally each year by the emergency medical system.

And whereas the prompt delivery of cardiopulmonary resuscitation more than doubles a cardiac arrest victim's chance of survival by helping maintain vital blood flow to the heart into the brain. And whereas smoking, unhealthy diet and lack of physical activity contribute to heart disease. And whereas the Public Health Department is committed to reducing heart disease through prevention programs and performance improvement strategies. And whereas on February 14th 2012 the Emergency Medical Services Agency in collaboration with local hospitals and first responders will be conducting community hands only CPR training to the public to help increase cardiac victim survivals.

Now therefore be it hereby ordered and resolved that the Board of Supervisors of Santa Barbara County does hereby observe the month of February 2012 as American Heart Month, and the day of February 14th, 2012 as Hands Only CPR Training Day in an effort to prevent heart disease, save lives, and respond effectively to those who experience cardiac arrest in Santa Barbara County. Passed and adopted today.

Dr. Wada?

Yes, Madam Chair, members of the Board, thank you for your support of February as American Heart Month and February 14th as CPR Training Day. Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States and here locally in Santa Barbara County. One in every three deaths is from heart disease or stroke, over 2,000 deaths per day here in Santa Barbara County, 700 deaths per year due to heart disease.

So in 2011, the Million Hearts campaign was launched nationally with a goal to prevent one million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. Key components of this initiative include empowering individuals and families to make healthy choices So to improve their diets with no trans fats, low sodium, more vegetables and fruits, physical activity 30 minutes a day and to avoid tobacco smoke. Also improving care for those who need treatment so daily aspirin for those at risk, blood pressure control, cholesterol management and smoking cessation and education and awareness for the public. And part of that is CPR getting people to know how to respond If they're out on the street and they're the first person there when somebody goes down.

So February 14th, our EMS agency along with hospitals and first responders will be conducting hands-only CPR trainings across the county. Also I want to make you aware that our EMS agency was recently awarded a $25,000 grant from Medtronic to help pay for equipment and training over the next year or two. So I'll now turn it over to Dr. Sal Gucci from the Cottage Emergency Room, he's also the medical director of our EMS agency and he'll speak a little further on cardiovascular disease and do a quick demo with the mannequin. Thank you.

Thank you, Dr. Water. Welcome, Dr. Salvucci. Thank you for being here today.

Thank you Chair Farrar and members of the Board. Angelo Salvucci, Medical Director of Emergency Medical Services. Much of what public health does is to prevent heart disease and to treat heart disease. For emergency medical services we deal with the consequences, the emergency consequences of heart disease, and there are two of them. There's a heart attack and there's sudden cardiac arrest.

Heart attack is when an artery supplying blood to the heart muscle is blocked And when that occurs, that artery needs to be reopened as quickly as possible. Two years ago you approved our heart attack system. It's called a STEMI system. The most severe of heart attacks need the most immediate treatment and since then it has performed extraordinarily well. We have benchmark times to treatment that exceed national standards and we're actually doing quite excellent in every regard in that and thank you for that.

Regardless of where you show up with your heart attack, with your STEMI, you get excellent care. You get immediate treatment or transportation to a place that can take care of your immediate illness. The second is sudden cardiac arrest and that's when your heart actually stops different than a heart attack. In a heart attack your heart is still beating. Sudden cardiac arrest it stops. When your heart stops your brain doesn't get blood circulation and you collapse. And that's true probably the most serious of all medical emergencies So the cornerstone of treatment of that is continuous, uninterrupted high-quality CPR. And we're attacking that in a number of different ways. First, we're training all of our professional teams how to work together to focus on near 100 percent time on the chest, meaning that CPR is never interrupted regardless of what's happening.

That's called the pit crew approach. But we take a few minutes to get there, EMS. It takes four to six minutes for us to get there and before that the community can help us. One of our other programs is to emphasize dispatcher-assisted CPR so if you call 911 regardless where you are, you'll get someone who can instruct you on how to do CPR but better yet is to know CPR in advance. That CPR you provide in the first four to six minutes can make the difference between a brain surviving and waking up once the paramedics restart the heart, or going on and really never waking up or worse yet dying.

And we have two projects for that. We have a community-wide CPR program That's going to start next week on February 14th in collaboration with the Heart Association, again on June 7. The 14th is Valentine's Day. Heart, get it? Clever. And we'll be putting out flyers shortly for that. That involves all of the fire departments, the hospitals, AMR, Search and Rescue and Caltrans.

And the second under a grant project, and I'm going to demonstrate this in just a second. In starting in Santa Barbara and then spreading throughout the county is to focus on the downtown Santa Barbara businesses with Santa Barbara City Fire and AMR. We'll be starting this at the end of March. is to try to, again, get the community to understand what hands-only CPR is. Let me explain that briefly. CPR used to be a four hour program where you had to learn to open the airway and assess in a complex way the pulse and then first breathe for the patient. There was a huge barrier in performing mouth-to-mouth on a stranger. No one wanted to do it. Honestly I didn't want to do it.