BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

The The I'd like to reconvene our Board of Supervisors meeting for today. If we could have roll call, please?

Mr. Adam, Mr. Lavinino, Ms. Wolfe, Ms Farr, Mr. Carballo.

Is there a motion to approve the minutes of January 15th? Motion's been made. Seconded. No further discussion, all those in favor? Aye. Opposed? Abstentions? Passes We are not going to recess to closed session till in the afternoon and And so we will go directly to public comment. Mr. Allen, do you have public speakers?

Chairman Carpajal, we have four requests to speak. I'm going to start with Dr. Takashi Wada. Great.

Good morning Chair Carbajal, members of the board. I was here a couple weeks ago discussing our influenza season and some of the things we're doing as a county to prepare. We're continuing to see an increase in the number of flu cases. We've had an additional death here locally within the county which brings our total to two. And so to further increase awareness of the issue Supervisor Lavagnino contacted us that he had not received a flu shot yet this year. And so, he graciously volunteered- The unfortunate notice that we heard, so hopefully not.

And so he has volunteered to receive a flu shot at this morning's supervisors meeting and so we have with us Diane Corey from our public health department who is a nurse who will administer the shot and it's still not too late. So flu season typically peaks in February or March. We're still seeing that upswing if you get it now it still takes a couple weeks to take full effect So we still recommend that people come forward. We appreciate Supervisors

having the volunteering to do this. Make sure you get on a special suit. The way I provided you. This is a family show, I just want to remind Supervisor Robinino as he gets his shot. That syringe does not look

big enough to me personally

And for the public that is watching and seeing our silence, we are trying to raise awareness regarding the influenza that seems to be upon us throughout the country and where Supervisor Lavinino has volunteered to get an influenza shot. Although it seems rather small, we are very thankful that he has volunteered. I see the sheriff. I think he's interested in one too.

And so you can see it is very easy and painless. Supervisor Lavagnino did fill out a couple of questions beforehand, so that we would have it all ready. But again, we'd just like to thank the supervisor for helping us with that and to increase awareness of influenza season. Thank you.

Thank you Dr. White and thank you Supervisor Lavagnino. We appreciate you not crying as well. We will continue on with our public comment. The next speaker, Mr. Allen?

Our next speaker is David Daniel Diaz to be followed by Nancy McCready.

Good morning. We're going to be seeing a little short video here with regards to what happened over in Hammonds last year when the desecration of the land and then the water leak up to 10,000 gallons of water that washed away portion of the cliff where I found one of my ancestors' skull pieces. I've sent this complaint off to various federal agencies For some reason, there have perhaps been some violations and I feel this is the best way to document it is to record it pretty quick. We're going to show the land and when we show them the cemetery site, it's all going to be dirt. We have an agreement with the county, us Chumash, to cut the grasses or weeds down to a certain level but not to go into the earth as it shows here. The ground was cultivated, which was the reason why this leak occurred.

They hit a water ghost pipe and it leaked from 2 30 in the afternoon until 7 30 in the morning. We found an extension pipe in the bushes that went off over the cliff so we could avoid more deterioration of the land. I just thought it would be nice to continue the process on forwarding the complaint that occurred and perhaps we can get together in the near future and try to work out things to prevent this type of activity from occurring again. Thank you very much.

It's just about over, have a good day.

Thank you Mr. Diaz, I know our CEO has looked into this and continues to look into it. CEO Waller, I don't know if you have anything to report but if not today maybe at a later time? I know you sent us some information

Chair Supervisors, I will get a status update on where we're at with that project and provide it to all your board members.

Thank you.

Thank you Mr. Diaz. And can I also receive a copy of that information as well please?

Certainly.

Okay thank you very much. Have a good day. Thank you. Next public speaker.

Our next speaker is Nancy McCready, pardon me, to be followed by Robert Hanson. Welcome Nancy.

Martin Luther King once said, bigotry breeds hatred and hatred breeds violence. When we label our planetary neighbor we can take out the humanity away from that person. We've got to stop it Transient, derelict, hobo all are being used to describe people who are in the throes of homelessness. One might say that oh transient isn't a bad word but it is and the homeless people who become labeled by that word just loses their humanity when a story of them getting killed or falling off a cliff, or just getting a ticket written by the police department.

The news press uses the word transient and big big letters on front pages of the news press. The Centennial, who somewhat is getting it, is now calling everybody nansients rather than transients but I think that's not very funny So I just came here, just like you did at the City Council to please beg us to come up against this labeling and make it stop. Because we all live on this planet together and we're all people, human beings no matter what our status is And through the years, we've had nothing but violence and hatred just because of labels.

And I just don't want to see it anymore. And I'm sure that other people feel the same way. Thank you.

Thank you, Nancy. Our next speaker is Robert Hanson to be followed by Jeff Bard.

Hi. Mr. Hanson? I don't know how many people knew Clifford Bean. He was an older man, used to come down the fig tree every Thursday night and take his pillow and put it on the roots there and count the train cars. That's how I met him. He's Santa Barbara's number one recycler. He started in the 50s collecting bottles out of a dump that was down on Garden Street and he would sell those bottles so people could put turpentine in them because during the war there wasn't tin.

And then later when I met him, he was running around in a blue taxi cab that he had bought from New York and he painted it blue with his own brush and all. It was light blue. That's why we made a flyer up because it was kind of So we'll start, we're going to have a candlelight remembrance of Clifford Martin Bean. Bring your pillow, the candle and stories of Santa Barbara's number one recycler.

Count the train cars. A couple of weeks past the train cars he got up to 50 train cars, that was half a mile! He was an autistic person when he was younger kids teased him and stuff there was an article in The Independent And he used to be teased a lot. I was down at Granny's Field handing out the flyer yesterday and I met a person that I had met a couple of years ago, he was a neighbor and he said hey when I was a kid I teased him.

So it's going to be February 14th, Valentine's Day which is Thursday which is great because that's the day he used to always come down there At the fig tree at 100 West Montecito Street at 5 o'clock. And even if you don't come down, remember him. We all should be like him. He was a kind person. It's amazing, the autistic people do not mean like the rest of us. They just have this thing in them that they just roll with the punches and get a smile on their face. The rest of us we want to have drones and run around the world. I saw a movie the other day with drones and the future of drones is going to be just like Terminator These people are training in modules to run these drones and that's where we're headed, our world.

To have these flying spaceships go wherever we want and kill whatever we want for whatever we want because we are only 10% of the world population and we consume quite a bit probably up to 50% or 40%. So anyway, I've got 11 seconds. It's going to be February 14th, Valentine's Day at 5 o'clock at the Fig Tree. Come and remember Clifford Bean and bring your stories because he always told stories. He was a great man. Thank you.

Thank You Mr.

Hanson.

Our next speaker is Jeff Bard followed by Patricia Bartoli-Wibble.

Mr. Chair and members of the Board thank you very much and particularly thank you Supervisor Lavagnino for Braving the needle. As you know, I won't say I don't like prominent, let's say outspoken with regard to influenza going back to the veteran stand down and the reasons for that are simply because I happen to have the background in public health activism for what it's worth, and after going to a bunch of NIH conferences that I was underqualified to attend but lucky enough to be funded to go to. I took a bunch of pre-med courses with some excellent professors at City College of New York And so here I am being a pundit in the public commenter and an alarmist about infectious disease. Well, guess what? We have dodged the bullet out of all 50 states California has managed to have the least impact from influenza and Santa Barbara County is one of the luckiest counties.

Did you know supervisors that there are 19 dead from San Diego and San Diego from influenza already? You probably didn't know that because the media is underreporting it At risk of being lampooned and criticized and ridiculed, I would like to bring to your attention something of very serious concern in the scientific community. There is an H5N2 influenza that has a 60% mortality rate. You can't get it from people. You can only get it from birds.

Thanks to generous funding from the National Institute of Health there are now two university labs that have perfected The H5N2 influenza. You can now get it from mammals. The H5 N2 is under lock and key, so hopefully Al Qaeda and other terrorists will not get their hands on it. After a one year moratorium they published the H5-N2 results. So now any Idiot with a PhD in some underfunded, shaky laboratory in some obscure part of the world can now replicate the experiments and create a highly lethal H5N2.

So if you actually read the stuff that's available in the public domain, you can see that pandemic planning is going into a new era. We are now looking at some very, very serious players that are investigating the importance of ongoing pandemic planning not for this disease or that disease but just across the board to make sure that outbreaks are contained. There is in fact Some very serious outbreaks in Vietnam and North India right now. And today's world, anyone can get on a plane and bring that here. So please take it very, very seriously. And just going forward you'll be receiving updates from the research that I've developed. Thank you very much.

Thank you very much Mr. Bart.

Our final speaker is Patricia Bartoli.

Good morning, Patricia from Edison. I'd like to give you a quick update on our utility. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Primarily we're working on our Santa Barbara reliability project and it's been submitted for permit to construct in October 2012. It's under environmental review currently And we hope to have construction by 2016. We're also going to be doing a lot of deteriorated pole work in the area, which is gonna require outages and traffic control and I've met with your permits and traffic control people already to talk about the expedition over this work as well as I'll be meeting with the planning department next week. We have underground cable testing that's going to be occurring, which will also require outages. And that will be testing for reliability if we find that there's fault involved in the cable issues and where we'll go ahead and replace it.

We're also looking to bring in renewable power. And as you know, renewable power fluctuates with the sun and the wind. And usage fluctuates with the sun, with the usage of electronics in our electric vehicles. We're trying to stabilize our grid with the consistent, safe, reliable generation. And right now our nuclear power plant down in Santa Fe is offline and that supports 22,200 megawatts so approximately 1.4 million homes. So we are looking and working with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to submit a action plan and will be following their guidance as we move forward with this project and we want to make sure that you understand that our number one priority is safe, reliable power. So we're looking for Santa Barbara to work closely with us on the next year in our maintenance work and we appreciate your support.

Thank you.

Thank You Ms. Bartoli.

Actually Mr. Chair if I could ask Patricia a question Thank you for being here and thank you for the update. I just wanted to ask you, I think that SCA has been contacted by our public works department and UCSB students about street lights in Isla Vista. Do you have any update on

that? I do, I actually met with your Public Works Director last week and a new tariff is in the process of being approved and that should lower rates as well as the cost of the light fixtures. So we encouraged them to gather their information and identify the areas that they want to replace and we gave them the codes to order you know the materials you know the replacement materials were working closely with them so it should be a tariff Finalized by April, so we should have a better rate lower equipment cost and We'll get started on that. So we're working closely with your public works director

Thank you just for the benefit of the rest of the board in the public When it was built out was built out incompletely when it came to streetlights so there are vast areas that don't have any and there are areas that have them that really need to be replaced and updated and And of course, this not only affects the attractiveness of the community but also the safety factor which is a very serious concern. So that's why my office and staff have been working closely with county departments and with your office to make sure all that happens as expeditiously as possible. Thank you.

Thank you. Is that it, Mr. O?

That was our final speaker.

Thank you very much. We are now going to go to our admin calendar and we're gonna deal with our resolutions that we have to present first. Is there a motion to approve Resolution A through 4 or Item A through 4 so that we could get to that? Mr. Adam, so moved. Motion's been made and seconded. Not having further discussion all those in favor? Aye. Passage unanimously we will now turn to these resolutions and I am honored to have the first one The first one is recognizing and honoring our employee of the month from the auditor's office.

It is Stephen Williams, if you could come up to the podium? One of the nicest treats being a supervisor and obviously chair is when we recognize our county employees for all the good work they do, and the exemplary example that they set. So for me it's really great to be able to present this resolution to you. Mr. Allen if you could read it please?

Chairman Carbajal, members of the board. This is A1. It's a resolution of commendation for Stephen Williams, Santa Barbara County Employee of the Month for February 2013. Whereas Stephen Williams, an accountant extraordinaire in the Financial Accounting and Customer Support Division of the Auditor-Controller's Office is being recognized for his professional and exemplary service to all customers of the Auditor-Controller's office.

And whereas, Stephen who started his life in San Diego California began working as a fresh-faced volleyball player at the County of Santa Barbara through the Auditor's Intern Program in 2004 while earning his Bachelor of Arts in Business Economics at UCSB. Whereas, Stephen then subsequently joined the auditor's internal audit division with the auditor controller upon graduation in 2006 where he met his beautiful wife Janelle who was also a new auditor in the new Auditor Training and Development program.

And whereas, Stephen's knowledge of budget revisions and patience with those completing budget revisions while still meeting board filing deadlines is second to none. And whereas, Stephen responsibilities have run the gamut from writing administrative manuals, accounting support for the Isla Vista Redevelopment Agency, preparing highly sensitive tax reporting, to the processing of accounts payable claims.

Whereas, Stephen is a true role model to all new account auditors both personally and professionally by maintaining a positive attitude and always being ready and willing to lend a hand to any member of the FACS team and other county employees or members of the public regardless of the multitude of assignments he may also be handling. It is hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors recognizes Stephen Williams for his exceptional and continuous contributions As employee of the month for Santa Barbara County, February 2013.

Passed by unanimous vote today.

I just wanted to say What is on paper doesn't even begin to capture one of Stephen's best qualities. Not only is he hardworking and smart, but he is one of those people who faces adversity just like a champion and if I could clone him, he is truly not just Employee of the Month, he for the perfect public servant. It's been a pleasure to work with him and I look forward to working with you for many years to come.

And so the public knows who you are? Oh,

I'm so sorry. Well it's not my day but I'm Jennifer Christensen and I'm Division Chief in the Auditor's Office.

Hi and I'm Bob Geis, the County Auditor. You know Stephen's one of 70 employees that we've hired since 1991 and ran him through our new auditor training and development program very successful you know we bring them into the county they're either Gauchos or Mustangs and we both recruit on both the campuses and we've been lucky to bring those young employees into our organization, sometimes through our intern program which really gives them a good background. We rotate them through the office. We really encourage him to work in all the various divisions. Of course we want to get him through internal audit which is some of the best training they can get and Stephen's just an example of where he's gone from internal audit to our administrative division over to our financial accounting And he's just been promoted to go work for Betsy Schaefer in our financial reporting division.

So, he is the kind of person that's growing up through the organization and then eventually they stay with their organization or they might go to the CEO's office. His lovely wife from Janelle went to Bill Cerrone's office. We kinda lost her. And so they do stay within the community and the organization and have good careers in government. So Steve is just a great example of that. Do you want to say a couple words? Yeah sure.

So when my division chief Jen first let me know that I was going to be the employee of the month, the first thought that kind of popped into my head was one of being kind of humbled. You know at a time when our department along with a lot of other departments are doing more with less. I felt like there were a lot of people in the auditor's office that were also very deserving of this award So that being said, I'm also thankful to management for selecting me.

I think very highly of our management team. I think they do a great job of placing individuals and knowing their strengths and putting them in positions to not only succeed as an individual but also to serve the county better As well as the other departments, so I'm thankful for that. So I'd like to thank Bob, our auditor controller and Theo, our assistant auditor controller for investing in me throughout the years.

I'd like to thank all the division chiefs and supervisors both that I've worked for directly and who I haven't had the privilege of working for yet for pushing me and mentoring me along the way. And also a big component I'd like to thank are the people I work with on a daily basis, both within our office and external to our department. They really make my job pretty enjoyable to come to every day. And of course, I'd be remiss not to thank my beautiful wife for putting up with all my late nights at the office or putting up with me logging in remotely at home and finishing up all my projects. So in short, thank you very much, and I look forward to my continued service for the county. So thank you.

Maybe that's what you're being trained for, you just didn't realize it. Next we will go to A2 Supervisor Wolf.

Thank You Mr. Chair the notice in the agenda states that we are commending and honoring Captain Charlie Johnson upon his retirement from the fire department. And actually, that is an error because Charlie Johnson has already retired from the fire department. What we are doing today is honoring his service for his work in EPIC. And when we hear the resolution, we'll learn a little bit more about EPIC Charlie is just the consummate fire safety go-to guy.

He started this EPIC program, he has served as chair for seven years And he's stepping down from that position. This resolution is intended to honor Charlie's service to EPIC and to our community, and for me personally I've known Charlie for many years. I've known his family. They are an exceptional family and contributor to our community. So I'm pleased to see you here with your family and your EPIC Friends and other members of the community, and Charlie we thank you for all of your service. And if you'd like to come forward I'll present this to you and Mr. Allen will read the resolution.

Chairman Carpall, Members of the Board This is item A2, it's a resolution honoring Captain Charlie Johnson for his service to Santa Barbara County. Whereas Captain Charlie Johnson served with the Santa Barbara County Fire Department for 32 years with honor and distinction. And whereas Captain Johnson was the public information officer for the Santa Barbara County Fire Department for many years until his retirement in 2004.

And whereas, Captain Johnson has dedicated his professional life to the field of public information including providing professional training programs for other public information officers in improving public education outreach. And whereas following 2004 Gaviota fire and winter floods, Captain Johnson joined with other public information officers to form the Emergency Public Information Communicators or EPIC.

This is an organization designed to help meet the growing needs for public information during emergencies. And whereas, EPIC has continued to grow in membership having become a highly respected group of professional public information officers from various federal, state, county, municipal and non-governmental agencies. And whereas Captain Johnson now steps down as the chair of EPIC having succeeded in building a highly respected organization after seven years of service to the community. Now therefore be it resolved that the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors recognizes the outstanding contribution and dedication of Captain Johnson, an epic has made to support in advancement of public information education throughout Santa Barbara County.

His passion, dedication and commitment to the community is very much appreciated. Passed and adopted today by the board by unanimous vote.

Okay, give me a real disaster and I feel comfortable. Right now I'm out of my element. We had a vision back in 2004. Kathy Good who was the Public Affairs Officer for the Los Padres National Forest. She and I had this thought that we know all these other information officers but they don't know one another. And that's really where EPIC came from. My passion and I probably would have been a thorn in several people's sides for pursuing this but when you see what we've got today it was worth every effort.

Didn't do it alone, wasn't the sole person up here. My cohorts in the back that set me up for this, everyone of them shares the passion for this group. We now have something that is a huge resource for our county and I would like to thank each one for stepping up and supporting my passion to get this moving. It's on solid footing today, and it's really something I think you guys can be proud of.

Thank you for the recognition. Thank you for the time.

Now we will go to item A3, Supervisor N.

We're going to Honor Sheriff's Commander Dominic Pellea upon his retirement from the Sheriff's Office after 30 years of service. And I have a personal story that I have to tell of how I met Commander Pellea. It was May 3rd, 1999. My phone rang at 630 in the morning. I was still home. Usually I'm up earlier than that but that day I was still home. It was the FBI.

The special agent said that if I didn't come soon to unlock the office door, they would be breaking it down. I asked them not to do that because it's really hard to fix those old buildings, and I called my brother Kerry who was starting the new harvest crew for the first day of our new lettuce season. And asked him to go open that door. Just after I got off the phone with Brother Kerry, my phone rang again.

This time it was Officer Palera. He explained to me that a raid was taking place at our Main Street office and at the alleged wetland ranch near Orkut. He said that the pressure was really high, and that he would like to take me out in a black-and-white cruiser to meet the EPA, FBI, Army Corps of Engineers, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife personnel who were conducting the raid, to convey to them that I was not a threat to their safety.

I met Officer Pereira and we did just that. What I found out later was that Officer Pereira had attended a multi-agency task force briefing in preparation for the execution of a warrant search on our ranch and office the next day, that was performed the night before they raided a local hotel. At that meeting he heard an order given for the team to shoot warning shots Prior to firing on anyone on the property and became concerned for my safety.

Upon leaving the briefing, he called Sheriff Jim Thomas and reported the situation. They decided to make contact with me in the morning and introduced me to the federal officers to diffuse the situation as best they could. I still don't know how Officer Pallera got my cell phone number. It is this concern for their law-abiding citizens that has endeared me to the Sheriff's Department for life.

They may have known our family history in the Santa Maria Valley, but neither one of these guys, Palero or Thomas, knew me personally. Yet they chose to step in between a citizen, their citizen and a number of federal agencies when a legitimate course of conduct might have been to step out of the way and let fate take its course. I cannot express in words how deeply I and my family appreciate the protection and careful and skillful handling of a potentially dangerous situation.

I am forever in your debt, Commander Pallera and to Jim Thomas as well and all of the sheriff's deputies and their whole staff. And so it is my honor and privilege, and with the deepest gratitude and respect that I am allowed to present this resolution as my first resolution to Commander Dominic Pallera upon his retirement. Will the clerk please read the resolution?

Chairman Carbajal, members of the board. This is item A3. It's a resolution of commendation for Sheriff's Commander Dominic Pallera upon his retirement from the sheriff's office whereas Dominic Pallera will be retiring from the county service on February 3rd 2013 having faithfully served the sheriff's office for over 30 years And whereas Dominic Pelaire started his career on January 3, 1983 as a sheriff's deputy.

Dominic Pelaire was quickly recognized for his potential and was assigned to senior deputy within three years of service. He spent four years as a narcotics detective in undercover and plainclothes assignments authoring numerous search warrants and arresting those who sold or transported dangerous and illegal drugs. And whereas, Dominic was promoted to Sergeant in 1996. In 1999 he promoted to Sheriff's Lieutenant and managed the Human Resources Bureau before being assigned to the Criminal Investigations Bureau. Lt. Polaro was instrumental in providing guidance to the unit that held those responsible for serious criminal acts such as burglary, felony assault, crimes against children and homicide.

Whereas, Dominick was ultimately promoted to his final rank as Sheriff's Commander in 2005. He provided strong leadership as the commander of the South County Patrol Operations, Custody Support Division and North County Patrol Operations Division. And whereas, Dominic Polera garnered several commendations and awards during his career. The Santa Maria Elks recognized him as Deputy of the Year in 1998. The Drug Enforcement Administration awarded him several accommodations for his outstanding contributions to the field of drug enforcement. The Orchid School District recognized him for his service, as did the Glendon Association for his outstanding service For raising awareness to mental health issues and suicide prevention, specifically for his efforts for the construction of the Cold Springs Bridge Suicide Prevention Barrier.

He served as the treasurer of the California Narcotic Officers Association Region 4 and was president of the Sheriff's Manager's Association. And whereas Commander Pelares served in exceptional manner He was well known and respected by his community and his peers. His compassion for the line staff, along with his willingness to work hard in long hours coupled with his dedication as a manager stand out as traits that will not soon be forgotten. Now therefore it is hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors commence Dominic Pallera for his faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County, congratulates him upon his retirement, and wishes him and his wife Pam continued good health and many years of happiness.

Passed and adopted today.

Mr. Chair, Supervisor Adam and other supervisors, it's a pleasure for me to be here today to help send off in an appropriate way one of the stalwart employees of the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office. As you've heard in that synopsis of Dominic's career he has done it all. He's been a superb line level employee. He was a great sergeant. He was a great lieutenant. He was a great commander. And he is the type of rare employee and colleague that comes along every once in a while.

That just makes everybody that he comes into contact with a little happier, and a little more pleased that they came to work and that they picked the Sheriff's Office as their career organization. Dominic has always displayed a tremendous amount of courage, a tremendous amount of dedication and responsibility. He has never been one to shy away from letting some people know if he thinks there's a better way of doing things including letting the sheriff know if you think there's a better way of doing things but he always does so in a respectful and tactful manner. He is someone who has garnered a tremendous amount of respect from every level of the organization. He's someone that we are going to miss immensely.

There's gonna be a big void in our organization with his departure. Nevertheless, Happy for him. We wish him and his wonderful wife Pam many, many years of happiness, many years of health, many years of a wonderful retirement together. And we just know that it's been a real honor to be able to work with someone who exemplifies what a peace officer should be and he is someone who I know that I speak for everyone in the Sheriff's Office when I say to Dominic, congratulations on a job exceedingly well done and Godspeed to you in the rest of your journey.

Chair Carver Hall, Supervisors thank you very much for this honor today. But really the privilege and honor has been mine. One to serve on the Sheriff's Department and to serve the citizens of the County of Santa Barbara And thank you Supervisor Adam for that kind introduction. But again, I was what's called just doing the job. But I really came here today is because I needed to thank the many men and women of the Sheriff's Department who without them I would not be able to accomplish and do the things that I was able to do in my career Because it's the men and women in uniform on the streets, 24 hours a day who without hesitation disregard their safety to do what is necessary to protect the citizens of this county.

And it's the men and women in the dispatch center that man the phones and radios that no matter how high the anxiety gets or the stress level gets, that calming voice comes on the air and you know things will be alright. And to the detectives, for they are the ones that always keep the victim in mind in the relentless pursuit of justice never forgetting. And to men and women in uniform who work our jails, for they only see the worst this county has to offer.

They must disregard their feelings because when that individual hits that back door, then you're treated with respect because their security is in the hands of those people that work that facility. And to the clerks that work our stations, who process our reports, to the people that pay our bills, issue our equipment, keep our supplies going. The system tech folks that keep things operating in the cars and our computer systems working. Without them, the organization would not run and I could not do nor the people out on the streets or in our jails could do our job.

So it's those people that really deserve the honor today because I could not have done the things I've done without them And finally, to my partner. A person that's been with me the entire 30 years who when I came home and said I wanted to change careers, said you sure? And I said yes and stood by me. At the end of the 30 years when I came home and said, I think I've had enough, I think it's time to pass baton again and said are you sure?

And I had a theme for a long time, and I finally said yes. It has supported me every step of the way. And that's my wife Pam. Thank you very much. In closing, I just want to say I must commend the board. I've watched with great interest as all the sheriff's managers have done regarding the North County Jail. Sheriff Brown and Under Sheriff Peterson have done everything in their power to bring you the jail where it stands today.

And over my 30 years, I've watched other sheriffs come up from the boards and present a plan to the board And at the last minute, the board chose not to take that plan for the North County Jail. No one has ever disagreed that the jail isn't needed and while those other boards did nothing, I mean they did act, they gave the sheriff what he needed to put a band-aid on the problem. And it was appreciated by those sheriffs, but the game has changed.

The Governor's Realignment Act in AB 109 has changed the name of the game now and as a private citizen who intends to live in this county whose children live in this county whose grandchildren live in this county I am concerned for their safety so I ask you continue to ask the tough questions continue to stay involved, but do not lose your resolve and let Sheriff Brown finally solve this decades old problem and build that North County Jail. With that I say thank you very much.

Congratulations on your retirement. We are now going to go to our last resolution to be presented this morning, and again it's my honor to present This resolution for February 2013 is Black History Month. If we could have the Santa Maria NAACP representative LaWanda Pruitt, her designee come forward. If we could have the UCSB Center for Black Studies Research representative Erin Jones come forward and Divisions of Hope Myrtle Harris come forward.

And again, our board and I in particular have been putting forth resolutions honoring the various groups of people that our nation is comprised of. This coming February it's Black History Month and we recognize the contributions and celebrate the achievements The African American community in the United States, in our communities and in various states throughout our country.

And for me it's always a great joy to do so because it's our people and our country and our communities that really make us the great nation that we are. It's a real joy to be able We should be celebrating our differences and our similarities every day, but to really focus a month for different groups also kind of makes us do it in a much more focused way as well. Not to take away from the need for us to do it every day. So Mr. Allen if you could read the resolutions I'm going to come down and present them.

And then, right after the resolution we're going to have a little reception in the Board of Supervisors conference room next door for about 15 minutes and everybody here in the audience and from the public is invited. Now that I said that, watch us get 100 or 300 people. Go ahead, Mr. Elm.

Chairman Carbaugh, members of the board, this is a resolution proclaiming February 2013 as Black History Month in Santa Barbara County. Whereas, February is recognized as Black History Month throughout the United States and the 2013 national theme, At The Crossroads Of Freedom And Equality marks two significant anniversaries in the history of African Americans in the United States.

And whereas on January 1, 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation set the United States on a path to ending slavery and a century later on August 27th 1963 hundreds of thousands of Americans from all races and cultures marched to the memorial of Abraham Lincoln, the author of the Emancipation Proclamation in pursuit of his ideal of equality and citizenship. It was on this occasion that Dr. Martin Luther King gave his famous speech I Have A Dream.

And whereas, as we reflect back over the last 150 years, we recognize those leaders whose courage, insight and fortitude has brought us to the day where people of all cultures may sit together at the table of brotherhood and work together creating greater common good. And whereas, as our national and local communities celebrate and commemorate the anniversary of two important African-American turning points, the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation and the 1963 March on Washington. We pay tribute to the contributions of past generations and reaffirm our commitment to keeping the American dream alive for the next generation in honor of those who paved the way for us And with great expectations for those to follow, let us continue the cause of making America what it should be.

A nation that is more just and more equal for all of its people. And now therefore be it hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors declares February 2013 as Black History Month in Santa Barbara County and encourages all residents to celebrate with appropriate ceremonies and activities passed and adopted today by the board.

Thank you. Good morning Supervisor Carpajal, members of the board thank you so much once again it is an honor and a privilege to be recognized on in this month of February we know it's not just black history but it is American history my name is Lewanda Lyons Pruitt I am president of the NAACP, the oldest civil rights organization in the nation. We celebrate this year, we were founded in 1909 so we celebrate 104 years of the Civil Rights Organization in the nation.

Our organization was founded by 53 concerned Caucasians and seven African-Americans who were so Forgetting the word, but I'll think of it in a minute. They were so upset over the horrific lynching that were happening in Springfield, Illinois at the birthplace of President Lincoln. Anyway we have been around in the Santa Maria Lompoc community since 1963. We are busy in the community this month. We will be doing town hall meetings on the Affordable Care Act, and we will be going around the county. Our first town hall meeting is February 16th at the Shepherd Hall Library in Santa Maria, and we have two meetings scheduled that day, and we will be going around the county. We will also be doing a series of diversity tolerance Town hall meetings.

I do see a need for that and that is something we will be doing around Santa Barbara County. All this was made possible with a grant from the Fund of Santa Barbara. Again, thank you for this recognition.