BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

I'm not hearing him going up. Good morning everybody if I could have your attention, please Everybody take their seats. We're gonna go ahead and convene this regular session of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors of September 4th 2012 mr. Allen would you call the roll please?

Miss wolf miss gray Mr.. Lavagnino, mr. Carbajal miss far

here Would you all

Thank you Madam Chair if we could have Mr. John Woodward come forward it is a real pleasure and an honor for me to present this resolution to Mr. Woodward Mr. Woodward has sat on the County Historic Landmarks Committee since 2002, he has served for many years on the city's landmarks commission as well. I think when you think of the historic heritage that we have in our community, the landmark buildings that we have it's almost synonymous with in great part With Mr. Woodward in terms of his leadership, his commitment to our historic landmarks in our city and our county.

And again it is a real honor and pleasure to recognize someone who's been at the forefront of making sure that we Don't do away with some of our treasures that we have in our communities. Oftentimes, we reflect back and we say well that used to be here. Well I think that the goal is to be proactive to make sure that we don't say that but rather we say look at that wonderful landmark in this building that's been there since X amount of years.

And Mr. Woodward your leadership has been extraordinary in that regard. Mr. Allen if you could read the resolution?

Madam Chair, members of the board. This is a resolution honoring John Woodward for his dedicated service as a member of the County Historic Landmarks Advisory Committee. Whereas, John Woodward has been a member of the County Historic Landmarks Advisory Committee since 2002 and served as chair since 2008. And whereas, John has provided his time and expertise in the effort to preserve and protect the unique and rich history of Santa Barbara County which includes his serving on the City of Santa Barbara Historic Landmarks Commission from 1974-1982 including three years as chairman.

Drafting and revising the city of Santa Barbara El Pueblo Viejo ordinance in 1977 that strengthened architectural controls in the city's historic districts and greatly enhanced legal protections for its historic landmarks, and managing both El Paseo and El Presidio State Historic Park for the trust from 1972 to 1979. And whereas John Woodward has served As a member of boards for community organizations including the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, the Pearl Chase Society, the Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library, Santa Barbara Heritage and Montecito Historical Archive, and the Santa Barbara County Geological Society. All of which work to maintain and preserve the history of our community and residents. And whereas John Woodward is an author, lecturer and authority on early Santa Barbara history writing and editing and publishing several books and articles that have been preserved in the early stages of our community's past for current and future generations to learn and enjoy.

Now therefore be it hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors honors and commends John Woodward for his service on the County Historic Landmarks Advisory Committee and other efforts to preserve protect and share the history of community with all residents pass and adopted today.

Chair Farr and Supervisors, thank you so much for your kind words, Supervisor Carbajal. It has been a real honor and a privilege to serve on your Historic Landmarks Commission for the last 10 years. The other commissioners that you appointed and I served with are all very dedicated to preserving and protecting our historic resources that are so important in the county's cultural and economic well-being.

Working together, I feel we accomplished a great deal that benefited all of the people I'm also most grateful to you, the Board of Supervisors for your steadfast and consistent support of the Commission and its work that has been absolutely vital to its success. Much more remains to be done. Please continue your support of the Commission and its historic preservation efforts. Thank you again.

The Historic Landmarks Advisory Committee really does a lot of wonderful work in the county, as you heard. And just one of the many boards and commissions that we so rely on in our county always staffed by volunteers who give so much of their time.

Madam Chair may I say one quick thank you to John? I'll recognize you. Thank you. My name is Julia Carr, good morning. Thank you very much. I'm the proud owner of Santa Barbara's latest landmark, the Irene and Francis Rich Cabana. I would not be able to stand here this morning and say that if it were not for John Woodward. I am here to acknowledge that if it was not for John's suggestion in unwavering support to seek that second nomination that you, the Board of Supervisors confirmed with a 4-1 vote this last March there would be no Irene and Francis Rich Cabana to be proud of.

He went beyond the call of duty and I want to thank him profusely on behalf of the riches, myself, my husband and the community of Santa Barbara. Thank you

gentlemen. All right, we'll go on to our second resolution that we're going to present. And I have the honor of presenting that as our September 2012 Santa Barbara County Employees of the Month and this time it is more than one employee because it is the District Attorney's Victim Witness Team and would like them all To come forward, I'm not sure how many of them are here. I'm going to read the names that I have. I am not sure if they're all here or not. Megan Reinschild, Lori Lesage, Joan Fairfield, Mary Hove, Lourdes Negrete, Samantha Zaragoza, Susan Lord, Sylvia Uribe, Stephanie Medina, Beth Bailey, Candace Culbertson, Yvonne Cortez, Terry Lopez, Sylvia Lazos, Teri Zuniga, Maria Guerrera and Tina Spencer.

Although we're going to be hearing more about their work here when the resolution is read by Mr. Allen, again this is one of the many outstanding teams that we have here in the county who help the victims of crime in our county get through the experience and give them what they need. And of course this is something that takes an enormous amount of time and effort and commitment and goes on for many months after the crime was committed the victims of that crime. So thank you so much for the work that you do on behalf of the citizens, the residents of this county and Mr. Allen would you read the resolution please?

Madam Chair, members of the board, this is a resolution of commendation for the District Attorney Victim Witness Team. They are the Santa Barbara County Employees of the Month for September 2012 whereas the District Attorney Victim Witness Team is comprised of Megan Reinschild, Lori Lesage, Joan Fairfield, Mary Hove Lourdes Negrete, Samantha Zaragoza, Susan Lord, Sylvia Uribe, Stephanie Medina, Beth Bailey, Candace Culbertson, Yvonne Cortez, Terry Lopez, Sylvia Lazos, Terry Zuniga, Maria Grada and Tina Spencer. And these are the employees of the month for September 2012. And whereas the victim witness team is recognized for their outstanding performance in dedication to serving victims and their families in the aftermath of crime through court support pardon me Crisis intervention, counseling, financial assistance and resource and referral counseling.

And whereas violent crimes have a devastating impact on the many aspects of a person's life And the Victim Witness Team provides comprehensive services to over 3,100 victims of crime annually in an effort to alleviate the long-lasting physical, emotional and financial effects of crime. And whereas these extraordinary county employees demonstrate consistent dedication, compassion, kindness, and the utmost poise and professionalism in the performance of their responsibilities working closely together to ensure that the needs of crime victims and their families are met.

And whereas the victim witness team members are some of the finest role models to everyone engaged in public service, as their individual efforts make a lifelong difference to the people they assist in our communities. And whereas these first responders initially help victims heal and soon thereafter transform into survivors. Now therefore it is hereby ordered and resolved that the Board of Supervisors recognizes the District Attorney Victim Witness Team as the September 2012 County of Santa Barbara Employees of the Month for their exceptional and continuous contributions to our citizens. Passed and adopted today.

Chairwoman Farr, members of the board. Really I stand here before you today because of the people that I'm standing with. The advocates and the claims specialists and the restitution specialists and support staff that support victims of crime every day in our county. And you only need to read the paper this morning to understand the role that the people in our office play in families' lives, to help them navigate the criminal justice system.

Navigate what is a very confusing process for somebody going through a terrible tragedy And then forging a team with the district attorneys and the investigators in the law enforcement officers in our county to make the experience as manageable as possible. So I thank you for your support I want to thank so much the staff that I have here with me today. I couldn't do my work if it weren't for them, and to our district attorney Joyce Dudley for always being such a support into the board for supporting our program through the years. I really appreciate that and the staff here. Thank you.

Thank you. Ms. Dudley,

would you like to

make some comments? Thank you Supervisor Farr, Board of Supervisors. I think I just want to tell you a very brief story, something that happened in court two weeks ago to bring home what these extraordinary people do and to introduce you to the latest member of our staff. A couple of weeks ago, a man was being prosecuted for terrorizing his bride the night they got married.

She actually thought she was going to die that night. The thought of having to come back to court and face this man and testify in front of a bunch of strangers terrified her. We told her we had a new member of our victim witness staff. Actually, Lourdes Negrete said to her, you know, we have a dog. Would you like to meet our dog? And according to Lourdes she said oh yes so the dog quietly came in sat beside her, she began to pet the dog and Lourdes could see the difference.

All the strength and support that Lourdes and a whole team of people behind me had given her, and now here was another new member of the staff. She walked into court, she testified, and just as Michael just read, she was one of those people who walked into the courtroom of victim and walked out a survivor. And the defendant walked out a convicted felon. He won't be hurting any more women.

And now if you'll indulge me, I'd like you to meet our latest hero, Malvern. Here comes Malvern! Hey Malvern, alright! This is Malvern and his handler Donna Crawford. You might remember Donna has been a volunteer attorney in the DA's office for five years. Malvern came to us at no cost to the county, and Malvern is a $50,000 dog that was donated to this county to make a difference in terms of victims and witnesses in our office. So thank you Donna, welcome Malvern, and thank you supervisors.

Actually, I think some members of the board want to make comments.

Supervisor Wolk? Thank you. Before you all leave, I want to congratulate you for this recognition and to District Attorney Dudley for maintaining such an incredible team and Megan for leading this team. I've been to some of the victim witness events, and I've seen the emotion on your faces and how many of the survivors have really been helped by your advocacy and your love. And sitting behind you are folks from the district attorney's office and many community members.

I know for myself, I just can't thank you enough for all of your work and to Malvern. What a great addition and thank you Miss Dudley for all of your work. Thank you. Thank you. Supervisor Lavagnino?

Thank you, Madam Chair and I think we're all going to echo what Supervisor Wolf said that when we think of the district attorney's office, we think of people you see on TV slamming the gate behind somebody and putting them in jail. And it's- We do that too! I know you do that too, and you do a good job of that. But yeah, it's nice to see that we also have the other side. Like you said, when you see the paper You know, I'm sure these families just get thrown into a state of turmoil where they really don't know where to turn. So we really appreciate all the work you do and I went down and met Malvern?

Malvern. And he did give me some kisses. I have a little five pound Yorkie so I wasn't really ready for the onslaught but that is a great dog and congratulations to your whole department.

Supervisor Carbajal?

He rubbed all the Melbourne's saliva on me earlier. Supervisor Lavarino did. I too want to congratulate you for a great job that you do day in and day out, and I think we could go on for hours up here just telling you how proud we are of you and all the good work you do not only for county government but obviously the citizens and residents that you serve. Congratulations.

And again, as we represent people across the county, we want to represent their thanks to you also that can't be here. That you have helped and are helping now and fortunately will probably need to help in the future. So thank you again for the wonderful work that you do for us and for the county. All right, our next resolution is being presented both by Supervisor Carbajal and Supervisor Lavagnino to proclaim September 12 National Recovery Month in Santa Barbara County. Who wants to go first? Supervisor Carbajal? Thank

you Madam Chair. Supervisor Lavagnino and I jointly are presenting the resolution today if we could have Dr. Ann Dietrich come up as well as Genaro Valdez and John Richards who I believe is the chair of the Alcohol and Drug Commission. You know, we try to do this every year. On occasion I think sometimes we maybe forget but we rarely forget. But it's really important to recognize the disease of addiction and how it's important to recognize that there is treatment and there's a way to recovery although it's not always easy. There is a way to recovery and this month We celebrate Recovery Month, National Recovery Month. And it's really important I think to give this issue attention but in doing so supporting all those individuals that struggle day in and day out to maintain their sobriety and to kick this challenging disease.

Mr. Lavinino?

Thank you Supervisor Carbajal and the theme is for this month is join the voices of recovery. It's worth it. When we see what the history is with this department, that these addictions and disorders are treatable. And I'm proud to live in a county that attempts to tackle these issues and make this community a better place so.

Madam Chair? If we could have the people that are here supporting this resolution come on up or raise your hand whatever you feel like doing. You could also come up there's many of you come on out guys. There's strength in numbers right? Mr. Allen if he can read the resolution

Madam Chair and members of the board, this is a resolution proclaiming September 2012 as National Recovery Month in Santa Barbara County. Whereas substance abuse is considered by many as the nation's number one public health concern. In Santa Barbara County alcohol, marijuana, methamphetamine, opiates and prescription drug abuse are the major drugs of choice of clients being served in a substance abuse treatment program.

And whereas This year's Recovery Month theme is Join the Voices of Recovery, It's Worth It which focuses on opportunities for individuals and their families to regain a positive place in the community through participation in countywide events including trainings open houses and social and family gatherings. Whereas the Santa Barbara County Alcohol and Drug Prevention, Intervention, Treatment and Recovery Continuum of Care.

These providers have a proud history of service innovation and dedication to the substance abuse disorder recovery process. And whereas in Santa Barbara County according to the 2011 Healthy Kids Survey, 14% of 12-year-old youth reported drinking at least one drink of alcohol in the past 30 days, and 19% of the same 12-year-old age group said accessibility to alcohol is very easy. While at age 16, 52% said accessibility to alcohol is very easy.

And whereas research shows substance use disorders are medical conditions that can be effectively treated, yet recovery is impeded by misconceptions about the disease and the treatment. By offering a forum where people can learn about the myths surrounding substance abuse disorders treatment and recovery we can encourage educate and help improve the lives of families friends in the community as a whole.

Now therefore be it hereby ordered and resolved that the Board of Supervisors proclaim September 2012 as National Recovery Month in Santa Barbara County, and encourages all residents to support men, women, youth, and their families who are in drug and alcohol addiction treatment and recovery programs throughout our community. Passed and adopted today by the board

Thank you ladies and gentlemen, supervisors, people in recovery and the entire community. My name is John Richards and I currently serve as the chair of the Alcohol and Drug Programs Board. I was initially appointed by Naomi Schwartz in the 90s and then Salud Carbohol and then I moved to Orkut now I'm sponsored by Joni Gray so I appreciate your support over all the years.

We're currently celebrating the 23rd year of this National Recovery Month event. And on a personal note, I'm celebrating my 24th year, ninth month and 21st day of sobriety. So the reason we do what we do is that we cannot afford losing more individuals, families and communities to illicit drugs or other types of substance abuse. Instead, we must do everything we can to effectively promote Prevention, treatment and recovery programs across our country and communities within Santa Barbara.

Locally I want to share a couple of things with you that you should be aware of in our substance abuse treatment system of care that we are all doing to work on this issue. Santa Barbara currently serves annually a total of approximately 6,000 people in prevention, treatment and intervention and drinking driver programs Addressing both youth and family, perinatal and women's residential programs and providing detoxification from chemical dependency.

Santa Barbara County providers have done an excellent job of screening working with the Department of Social Services in determining drug medical eligibility and accessing funds for folks who qualify. As a result of these efforts, Santa Barbara County is in the top 12% in the state of California and accessing these funds to allow more youth and adults to get the substance abuse treatment they need.

Lastly, in our detox program in South County which is the entry point for treatment to many homeless people. We have assisted CATA in a unique partnership effort with the City of Santa Barbara which opened in July of this year a much improved therapeutic residential facility that's servicing women and men ending some of the controversy down on Milpus, lower Milpus We continue to work with the probation courts, judges and clients and adults and adolescents involved in judicial system provide treatment alternatives to incarceration by offering treatment through our drug court program. So I want to thank you very much for your continued recognition and support of these efforts in our community on behalf of everyone involved in the recovery programs.

Thank you.

I think that this is an issue that probably touches everybody in this room, probably knows somebody who is in recovery or should be in recovery. So we can't thank you enough for the work that you do and it's our job here to continue to work on the system of care that we have so that we really have a seamless network of services that we can provide people. who want to get out of addiction to alcohol and substance abuse. So, thank you. Dr. Dietrich?

Good morning, Chair Farr, Supervisor Carbajal, Lavagnino. Thank you for the resolution. I want to thank our Alcohol Drug Program staff, our providers for all their work and I would just encourage people in the community if they want to learn more about services to call our department or visit our website and now I'm going to turn it over to Genaro Valdez who's our Services Specialist in ADP who is going to introduce some of our providers.

Actually, I think Salud Carbajal just introduced all our treatment providers. So I won't do that but I will introduce some of our staff my colleagues that actually assist in this effort and to better improve the lives of people in recovery first is John Doyle Come on up Asia Ackmiller Amy Lopez I'm not sure if anybody else is here from our staff, but this is our staff that work on a day-to-day basis handling calls making referrals actually going out to providers and Making sure that they do the job that they do in providing technical assistance and training opportunities so that we can improve our system of care So thank you very much. And we do have some a reception next door We do have some coffee and I know We do have cookies and a home, some cake or some pie.

That's right, some pies. So everybody's invited. Thank you. Supervisor Carbajal?

Yes, I just want to echo that we're going to have a little reception in a few minutes next door. But I really appreciate the opportunity to put this resolution forward for a number of reasons obviously one for its purpose but two even within our own county oftentimes I see departments who have a relationship to addressing substance abuse in their department be it law enforcement or otherwise And sometimes we forget that we have our own drug and alcohol division who's day in and day out does all the work for Santa Barbara County. Not all the work, but a good part of the work in making sure that we have providers that are addressing the needs and issues of substance abuse in our community.

All of those issues are being dealt with through our Drug and Alcohol Division in the Mental Health Department. So I just want to recognize you guys for all your good work And oftentimes you're the unsung heroes. We see our providers, we have a network of providers that provide all this network in the schools, North County, South County and we forget that it's you guys who make it happen. So I just want to recognize you for your good work.

Thank you again. So the board is going to take a short break now. Everybody is invited to go to the conference room over here where we have a reception in honor of National Recovery Month, and the board will be back about 945 to resume our rest of our administrative agenda. ¶.

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Music ¶¶ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ Hi. The Board of Supervisors has come back into session here. We had a wonderful reception in honor of National Recovery Month, and now we're going to pick up the balance of our administrative agenda. Mr. Allen, do we have anybody that wants to speak to any particular item?

Madam Chair, I have no request to speak from the public on the administrative agenda.

OK. Supervisor Levin, you know? Madam

Chair, I'd like to pull A11 please.

A11. All right, any other members of the board want to pull any other items? Supervisor Wolf? Thank

you Madam Chair yes I'd like to just speak briefly on A11 and also briefly on A12.

Okay so why don't we go ahead and read A11?

Madam Chair, Members of the Board item A11 comes to the board from the Community Services Department. The request is that the board consider recommendations regarding the MPOWER SBC funding opportunities

Thank

you Madam Chair. I just wanted to, I think we need to highlight this program as much as we possibly can. I had a chance to attend the, I know our staff's been going out from community services and speaking to people throughout the districts. I had the chance to go to attend the one in Santa Maria at the Menami Center and I thought it was very important to come back Let everybody know what a great job our staffs doing in making these presentations.

I wanted to commend Herman Parker, Angie Hacker, Carrie Bierman, Sherman Hanson and Ashley Watkins. I know those events just when you go out and try to do an event like that it's hard to get people out of their homes and attending something like that we ended up with I think probably over 125 people were there they put out a good spread of food for them And what I was really impressed with was, I was afraid that we were going to end up with a lot of people that were there just for the food, for the free food. But we actually had a lot of homeowners that were there that were really interested in hearing the presentation.

They gave an outstanding presentation. We had some of the home builders that were there Some of the contractors that go in and actually do the assessments. One of the builders there was Halsall Builders, he was given away a $200 certificate on a $500 assessment that could be done in the home. And I thought the night was very informative. I've already contacted Halsall, having them come out and check my home. My home was built in the 40's and it's very low efficiency as far as energy goes.

I just think it's a great program and just wanted to highlight our staff. I know some of them are here, and just wanted to congratulate you on a job well done, I thought.

Great. Thank you Supervisor Lavinino. Supervisor Wolf?

Thank you Madam Chair. I wanted to ditto everything that Supervisor Lavinino stated. The staff, the Empower staff has been tremendous. And we had one of these events in my district. We didn't have 125 people. But word got out, and I've heard from those people who have talked to other people. It's one of these chain reactions where it piques people's interest. And I think it's important as we talk about economic development in the county and the issues that Empower was originally structured to do.

We are being successful. One was to bring awareness to the community on the advantages of solar, one was to provide homeowners the opportunity to seek low cost loans to pursue these opportunities And the other is to enhance our construction industry. So a couple of things that I just want to highlight in the board letter is that thus far we've had 550 attendees that were educated at these workshops, 100 and someone just in Santa Maria.

A quarter million dollars in loan applications have been submitted. Which is tremendous. And also, the participating contractors report over 100 leads that were generated. So I think what we're doing for the construction industry has been phenomenal. And I know that even if people are not involved in the Empower program They are at least educated as to the advantages of solar and may look at other financing ways to get solar on their homes.

In any event, I just want to thank you. I'm glad that you have pursued an additional grant because this program could not continue without the grant funding. So you have pursued the grant funding, and I think you're all doing a great job. So I just want to commend all of you and thank you.

Thank

you

Supervisor

Wolf. One more thing, in one of the things that I think came out of the meeting when I attended was and some of it is solar but it's not just all solar. You know its windows, its heating air conditioning ducts, its more insulation, its things that I know I need in my house, you can do. And it was staff laid it out as far as you could do anything from A to Z to your home to make it more efficient and not just more efficient but more comfortable in your home so.

Supervisor Carbajal and the supervisor. Great.

Thank you Madam Chair. Our recognition and congratulations to all our staff for bringing this program to where it is today. I think we're at the cusp of making this a tri-county program based on the board letter that was before us, and the opportunity that brings from a regional standpoint. I will say though that at the end of the day it's how many people we get in the program.

I look to us in the future being able to grow that number so that when we look at all the money and effort and expense that has gone in the program, the number of participants is reflective at a certain percent of value in terms of its return. So I just want to echo my congratulations but also my concern that we do what we can to really grow the program in a way that we had hoped when we envisioned this program early on And I know that continues to be an area that we could do a lot better in and I know we're working on it very hard. So, I really hope to be a year from now to say yeah, we said we were going to be able to grow X amount of jobs in the community by X amount or how have we hit that target? We said we're going to have X amount of participants in the program.

How have we hit that target? And I think that based on the numbers that I've gotten, I think it's commensurate with what was expected based what other programs have done. But still it's a little counterintuitive when you look at the numbers and the average person would look at it and say boy that's a dismal number of participants in the program so I hope that will grow a lot more in the future.

Supervisor

Green. Thank you. I have already had the folks out to do an evaluation of my home, so they're in the first phase of doing that and then they'll come back and redo. And the interesting part was that stuff that I had no idea like Around where the light switches turn on and off that needs to have a backup so it doesn't let air out. And where the lights are in the ceiling, that also does different kinds of light bulbs because I thought that they would just come and say well we're going to put solar on your roof when you're going to save all this money but there were so many many things that I'm in the process of, because I was a bit of a doubting Thomas. I thought ah you know hey another gimmick but I've pretty much learned that I'm going to save quite a bit of money when I get all this stuff put in so but it I think that it's it behooves us to keep everyone knowledgeable about the program and like anytime I'm asked to speak at a function or on the radio I try and mention it so that it just keeps it out in front of people so maybe we just kind of all take that on as part of our job

Thank you. And I have been to several of your events in Goleta and in the Valley, and again, I think we're really building a lot of positive energy around this. And as Supervisor Wolf said, I think that it's kind of being communicated out into the community in many ways. And I think that one of the best compliments that we've had for this program and the work that you've done is the fact that other counties are looking to replicate it or that we want to expand this into a larger regional effort. So, I think that's a great compliment to your work and a great compliment to Santa Barbara County's program. I also want to say that when we had those really hot days a couple weeks ago We had the flex alerts, and they wanted everybody to power down and all of that.

One of the things I read that really didn't get a lot of play was the fact that they thought we came through those so well because people first of all did try to conserve energy when they were asked but also that we were starting to see some benefits cumulatively in our region and in this state with people taking energy conservation Supervisor Wolf, you wanted to speak to 812 as well?

And Mr. Allen,

Madam Chair members the board item a 12 is from the county executive office. The recommendations are regarding the 2013 health insurance program renewal

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just wanted to talk a little bit about item number eight which is in our staff report authorizing the Human Resources Director to explore the possibility of expanding the on-site employee health clinic program and implementing an employee wellness and productivity program through using a portion of the savings generated by the lower than planned health rate increase Which appears to be about $2 million as noted in the staff report.

What I want to say is that, I think this is a positive step. I think pursuing a wellness program for the county is a good thing. I noted that today there's already a wellness program survey online, which is a good thing and I look forward to seeing how the results manifest themselves. I do think it's important that, and I'm sure you will. You'll come back to the board with your report on what you found and what your recommendations are. But I just don't want us to lose sight that we have this $2 million that we have saved. And I look to our CEO to make sure that that money is being, if we're to utilize it I can't imagine we're going to utilize the whole thing in the wellness program. But you know, our employees have taken so many cuts or stayed static and still their insurance rates are rising by 4%.

And we have $2 million that we have saved presumably because our employees are healthier. And so I would just like... You know, I'm just floating the option of if it's not If we're not using that program solely for a wellness program, somehow using it to even if it's a one-time give back to the employees of a portion of that money. Not the $2 million but At least that be a consideration when it comes back to the board or someplace else. We have issues with workers' comp, so what's the best way to utilize that funding that we now know we have? And again I look forward to seeing the results of the survey. Thank you.

Madam Chair, we have two requests to speak. We'll start with David Daniel Diaz to be followed by Shane Stark.

Good morning members chair and board. Santa Barbara County, the victim witness program is great they assisted me this year and they were expedient top-notch very good people and I'm not going to get into the politics of the Republicans living in denial George Bush's way Obama's had such a tough time in the parties. The Republican Party is doing nothing to actually work to make this country a better place to be, but the main reason I'm here is last month I was called onto Hammond's Meadow.

It's the cemetery site for our Chumash relatives and ancestors and what transpired there awhile back the county came and mowed the weeds, and they were supposed to be about one to two inches above the ground. Well, they ended up tilling the ground and as a result last month there was a ghost water pipe that was put in by the Hammonds family It was leaking water out of a one-inch pipe. It degraded, desecrated a portion of the cemetery site down onto the beach and it turns out we figured out there's about maybe up to 10,000 gallons of water that the association lost and they said there was no way the county could account them for losing all this water which is pretty disgusting in my opinion but I went down the next morning with another Chumash member and I discovered a little The tooth that belonged to a bobcat in about five, six inches away was a little bone and we cleared it off.

And my shoemash friend said put it back down. It's a skull. It's a portion of a skull. And the desecration occurred and the association, it's really not their fault. Basically the energy is going to fall on the county because the gentleman who mowed along, If the members of the associations there, in the past they've tried to make our cemetery site a forest lawn green area and we've always said no. So it's been left that way. It's on the federal register so it's already recognized as a national landmark I hope we can rectify this problem and fix it, and cover up and protect the remains that may continue to be exposed. And maybe even consider putting a wall at the base of the cliffs to prevent continued erosion. Thank you very much for your time.

Have a good day.

Thank you Mr. Diaz. Supervisor Carbajal?

Thank you Madam Chair. This is in my district what the public speaker just alluded to and I'm just wondering If CEO Waller, if you could look into this and see which department has responsibility. If any of some allegations have been made I think it's important to look into it and find out what role the county has or not on this matter.

Chairwoman Supervisor, yes, I absolutely will report back to you in that regard.

Thank you very much.

Thank you. All right.

Our next speaker is Shane Stark

Good morning.

Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the board. Nice to see you all again. I'm Shane Stark and I am the president of the League of Women Voters Education Fund. It takes a real man to be a women voter if you don't know it. I just appear to tell you that the women voters are running A series of ballot forums, election forums commencing this Saturday. Four consecutive Saturdays in September the 8th 15th 22nd and 29th.

All of them will be at the Faulkner Gallery in the Santa Barbara Library down the street from 2 o'clock to 4 o'clock. The first one this Saturday will be on the state ballot measures, we're just going to explain them, we are not going to advocate and explain the state ballot measures and a little bit about the local ballot measures in our county. On the 15th we are going to do the Santa Barbara Community College District election which should be interesting On the 22nd, the State Assembly District, the race between Doss Williams and Mr. Walter I believe is his opponent. And on the 29th, the state senate election between Ms. Jackson and Mr. Stoker. Remember Mr. Stoker? In any event we invite the public to come.

We all remember Mr.

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history. I'm sure, I have a lot of confidence in the Board of Supervisors will figure it out. In any event, it's free. It'll be televised on the Santa Barbara channels, channel 17 and 71, I believe is the current public access channels and we hope to enlighten the electorate Remember to vote. Thank you very much.