Board of Supervisors — 2017-05-09

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Good morning and welcome to our May 9th Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting. Mr. Allen would you call the roll please?

Mr. Adam, Mr. Lavinino, Mr. Williams, Ms. Wolfe.

I'm going to

try it again. Supervisor Wolfe Okay great. And Ms. Hartman?

May I have a motion to approve the minutes of May 2, 2017? So moved. A second? Second. Would you call the roll Mr. Allen?

Mr. Adam? Aye. Mr. Lavinino? Aye. Mr Williams? Aye Ms. Wolk? Aye And Ms. Hartman? Aye Passes 5-0

And

do

we have a CEO's report,

Ms.

Miyasato?

I do Chair Hartman and board members good morning actually two just quick announcements and they're actually recognitions and they both relate to the Public Works Department so one is recognizing and congratulating Scott McAulpin our public works director who was recently installed as the vice president of the National Association of County Engineers as the regional The western regional vice president during its annual conference. This is a big honor for Scott and for us to be recognized in that way. Scott's also done his share to help bring the need for more local infrastructure at the national level so thank you Scott and congratulations.

Also, we've mentioned this other project before but the recognition keeps coming in and that is that the Public Works San Pedro Las Vegas Creek Improvement Project. It won an award recently from the California Counties Architects and Engineers Association as the medium county award and a special jury's award for the project. Mr. Fairham has the beautiful award that he can flash for us.

Like the Washington Monument

The jury felt compelled to issue the special award based on the complexity and overall benefit to the community. So congratulations again Public Works. That concludes my report.

Thank you. Turning to our administrative agenda we have five honorary resolutions today a 14 day 18 May I have a motion to approve those

so moved.

And again we need a roll call vote because we're in two different places

Mr. Adam, Mr. Lavinino, Mr. Williams, Ms. Wolfe?

Aye.

And Ms. Hartman?

Aye.

Passes 5-0.

And would you read A14 into the record please Mr. Allen

Item A14, this is a resolution sponsored by Supervisor Williams. It's a resolution proclaiming the month of May 2017 as Mental Health Month in Santa Barbara County and I think Sharon Byrne is here? Is Sharon here or did we have anybody from the mental health Commission? Okay okay great then anybody come on up And I'll go ahead, I'll read the resolution into the record.

Whereas the U.S. Surgeon General has found that one in every five Americans experiences a mental disorder in any given year and half of all Americans at some time in their lives and that mental illnesses are far more common than cancer, diabetes, heart disease or arthritis. These are real treatable diseases that can affect anyone regardless of age. And whereas the Santa Barbara County Mental Health Commission supports proactive community collaborations to maximize the mental health of all people and with effective treatment, individuals with mental health conditions can recover and lead full productive lives.

And whereas the Santa Barbara County Behavioral Health Steering Committee has adopted vision and guiding principles which represent the core characteristics and service principles for the system that are all included in all system planning activities and service. And whereas, Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness is deploying change agents at all levels of clinical operations and administration to advance system change. Whereas, Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness is developing commitments from all system partners reflecting the system framework for a culturally competent accessible integrated continuous and comprehensive system of care in which any door is the right door for those with a combination of substance abuse or mental health issues.

Now, therefore it be hereby ordered and resolved that the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors does hereby proclaim the month of May 2017 as Mental Health Month. Calls upon all Santa Barbara County citizens to fight stigma associated with mental illness and reaffirm a commitment to supporting the mental health of all people in Santa Barbara County passed and adopted today

So Sharon is not here yet, but we do have two commission members. We'll ask them to come up, but I will tell you that they have been doing some hard work. They've been willing to meet and do all Saturday retreats so that they can get more work done and get to know each other and get to know the material better. So it's a great group of commissioners to work with.

Board, I'm very thankful for this. I'm sorry I'm a little hoarse. I just got a frog somewhere but I want to thank you all for this award. It means so much to all what we do with the director and now the acquisition together of the Alcohol and Drug Board with Mental Health Commission. I think you're going to see some better improvements coming from all areas It's been time that we should have done this a while back, but.

We appreciate all your help. We appreciate all the help from every agency in this county. Because without it. We wouldn't be anywhere where we are. And I appreciated the director we have behind us. She's doing an excellent job. We have a former member that worked in Who gives us another approach to this problem? And I sat on the Mental Health Commission before it merged for over 10 years.

And I think with all this together, I think you're going to see a lot better program coming out of our group together. So thank you very much. I appreciate everything.

Thank you. I just want to thank the board for its past and continued support of the department means so much, I guess I say the department. I'm no longer employed. Um, been retired for two years now going on three and uh, would like your consideration for the Laura's law pilot project also. Thank y'all

I just wanted to say thank you to Supervisor Williams for attending the meetings and being part of this group. It's really amazing to have that direct connection with the board and have him be able to share with you kind of what's going on so we really appreciate that active participation, so thank you

Item A-15 Mr. Allen.

Chair Hartman and members of the board, Item A- 15 is a resolution sponsored by Supervisor Wolf and I believe that Supervisor Hartman is going to fill in here in Santa Maria with the presentation this is recognizing the month of May 2017 as National Foster Care Month in Santa Barbara County and we have Arminia Solario. Is Arminia here? Great! And then we've got representatives from the department and some others so I'll go ahead and read this resolution into the record Whereas every child deserves to belong to a family and resource families are critical member of the Child Welfare Team that allow children and youth separated from their homes through no fault of their own, to live in nurturing and safe family environments that provide a sense of belonging and lifelong connections.

And whereas on any given day in Santa Barbara County there are over 400 children and youth in foster care who need love support and guidance so they can thrive and develop to their best potential. Older youth in foster care need guidance, stability and love that's essential for a young person to thrive and become a successful adult. And whereas the ongoing efforts of resource families, mentors, advocates, social workers and volunteers steadfastly help many children and youth face life challenges without feeling alone or isolated And whereas, thanks to our community's heroes, numerous children and youth who have experienced abuse or neglect will safely reunify with their parents, form lifelong permanent connections with relatives, resource families and adoptive families or be supported into independent adulthood.

Now therefore I hereby order and resolve that the Board of Supervisors Hereby I recognize May 2017 as National Foster Care Month in recognition of the value of resource families providing the children and youth of our county hope, safety and the opportunity to heal. Pass it adopted today.

Madam Chair.

Thank you so much Chair Hartman. Madam

Chair. And I think Supervisor Wolf who sponsored this award would like to say something first

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm sorry that I'm not there with all of you today. I just wanted to reiterate one of the statements that was made in the resolution that these really are our heroes in our community who are working with these children and so I just want to congratulate The family that's before you today and all the resource families that are taking care of our 400 plus children on a daily basis. And to our social workers who are helping to move that forward and provide the support that they need. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you so much Chair Hartman, Supervisor Wolf and Board. I'm Amy Krueger with the Department of Social Services Adult and Children's Services. With me are Ms. Herminia Solorio who we're honoring today our Foster Parent Recruitment Retention Liaison Gustavo Prado and of course our Director Nielsen. We're recognizing Miss Solorio this morning because of the dedication she's shown in her life to supporting children. She's provided over 20 years as a daycare provider, a resource parent and an adoptive mother. She's cared for over 20 children many with special needs and she also provides a home for teens which is a huge need in our community. And because of her willingness to do so we've been able to keep many children in our community who otherwise might have been placed out of county or in group homes So we really want to recognize Miss Solorio for that dedication, and she's also volunteered to mentor other families to help show them the way in caring for the older youth in our community in order to support that effort.

Thank you.

This is an honor for me that I never thought about. I'm very happy to help the community, especially the kids. As a single mom, I raised my three kids since they were little and I have an adopted son that is here with me, Alejandro sitting there. It's you know I'd be so happy to do this for the children and we need a lot of help more foster houses and more help for them too. You know because sometimes In a short time, you know the large years that I had my kids like for two years and they went back to the moms. And sometimes the parents are not ready, you know, to take it back. I see some of the kids that, you know, they need more help, you And doctors and all psychological and you know.

A lot of help they need. You know because they came from a lot of houses that they're not you know well constitution you know and there are very unstable homes so we need a lot of help for those kids. That's what I see on those years that I've been as a foster mom and thank you for everything. Thank you very much.

Item A-16 Mr. Allen.

Chair Hartman, members of the board item a 16 is a resolution sponsored by Supervisor Hartman and this is a resolution to commemorate the naming of the Cedillo Community Center in Guadalupe and Eva Cedillo. Is Eva here? Come on up to the mic and I'll read the resolution into the record Whereas the Board of Trustees of the Guadalupe Union School District have renamed the Family Service Center to the Cedillo Community Center, this happened on February 2nd 2017. And whereas Eva Cedillo has volunteered for over 30 years of community service at the elementary junior high school and other community projects totaling over 10,000 hours And whereas her volunteering at Mary Buren School, the Migrant Program, the McKenzie Junior High School School Site Council and Rigetti High School Migrant Program Region 18 as Vice President and President all provided tremendous support to the education of all who participated in the school projects.

And whereas her voice and leadership in support of providing affordable housing, senior services and advocate for providing bus transportation for Rigetti High School students was extremely important in establishing needed services to Guadalupe residents. And whereas her continued commitment to helping make Guadalupe a better place to live for all residents and is appreciated by all those who have benefited from her unselfish willingness to give back to our community And whereas her love of the community of Guadalupe is reflected by her continued commitment and dedication to positive growth and community betterment. Now therefore, let it be hereby ordered and resolved that the Senate Barbara County Board of Supervisors proclaim that the formerly named Guadalupe Service Center located at 4681 11th Street in Guadaluable as now recognized as the Cedillo Community Center passed and adopted today.

Thank you. Thank you so much. This is a very very important for me if I'm part of your community. It's a big big motivation for my community working together OK. Thank you thank you.

And turning to age 17 Mr. Allen.

Okay. Item A-17, this is a resolution sponsored by Supervisor Adam and this is a resolution recognizing Vicki Anderson as the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission 2017 Leadership in the Arts Award recipient. And if Vicki could come on up to the microphone and we have representatives of the arts commission here and I'll go ahead read the resolution into the record Whereas Vicki Anderson has been recognized by the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission as the 2017 Leadership in the Arts Award recipient for her significant impact on the arts and culture of Santa Barbara County. And whereas, Vicki has provided decades of invaluable guidance and insight to the Lompoc community serving as an officer and member of the Lompoc Valley Arts Council which provides a monthly forum for representatives from local arts and culture organizations to collaborate on programming and share resources that benefit local residents students and cultural practitioners And whereas, Vicky has served as the founding member of the Lompoc Mural Society which represents Santa Barbara County in the Global Mural Arts and Cultural Tourism Association as well as the California Public Art and Mural Society.

She's personally overseen the storage maintenance preservation and promotion of murals including the establishment of a Lompoc arts and cultural weekend which opened the world-renowned mural making program to the public Whereas Vicki is known for vivid impressionistic paintings and tremendous canon of visual art. Ms. Anderson's vast portfolio includes the 12 by 48 foot Mission Vieja mural that depicts and commemorates Lompoc's lost mission.

Vicki has been a tireless advocate for enhancing access to the arts for all residents of Santa Barbara County including residents with disabilities, youth and minorities. As an educator Ms. Anderson has spearheaded efforts to establish summer music theater and exhibition opportunities for young artists that live in study in Santa Barbara ensuring the preservation and future of Santa Barbara's unique cultural signature And whereas, Vicki Anderson contributes to art and culture throughout Santa Barbara County including the St. Is Valley Quick Draw Arts Festival which is now in its 30th year.

Now therefore it is hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors honors Vicki Anderson upon receiving the County Arts Commission Leadership in the Arts Award and commends her for sharing her knowledge talent and passion for the fine arts with all of our communities passed and adopted today

I'm Brenda French, 4th District Commissioner and Arts Commissioner. And I nominated Vicki for all the reasons you heard in the resolution. Mainly my appreciation for her goes back many many years. And she's the go to person if there is an arts organization or a group in the community that needs help they go to Vicki. She's always there if it's to speak before a planning commission explaining the difference between graffiti art and tagging She's there to do it, to help a young artist make his way just for everything and for the murals. I mean she's there organizing everything but mainly it's because she's the go-to person and dependable We couldn't get along without her I don't think.

And any of you that have been to Lompoc and see all the murals, although she's not responsible for organizing all of them, she has done...she has been behind many of them Particularly the mural in a day features and right from the very beginning she saw it as a way to add to the community. And we have many businesses that add to the picture without going through the Mural Society or whatever. And so it's a very colorful place to be and we welcome you to Lompoc anytime you want to come.

And let me introduce Vicki Anderson

I'd like to thank the supervisors and the County Arts Commission for this great award. It's kind of hard getting an award for something that is so close to my heart because I truly enjoy the arts and have been involved in them since High school maybe. Lompoc is a great community, but so are all the other surrounding ones and all the arts in all the communities and all the states in all the world which we seem to be fighting a little bit now as to how much support we're going to get But once again, I'd like to thank you and this is kind of like right when I was thinking about slowing down.

But like I said it's close to my heart. I'd also like to give a special thanks to my husband who's here today. He's kind of always let me do what I want so that's one of the reasons I've been able to do what I do in lawn poke in the arts. Thank you very much

And our final resolution for today A18 Mr. Allen.

Chair Hartman, members of the board item A18 is sponsored by Supervisor Lavinino this is a resolution proclaiming May 19 2017 as honor a hero hire a veteran day in Santa Barbara County and I think Frank Capo's here? And I'll go ahead and read the resolution. Whereas, the people of our community have great appreciation and admiration for the many local men and women who've served their country in the armed forces to protect and preserve the freedoms enjoyed by our community and by all Americans.

And whereas, in war, international conflicts, and peacekeeping missions, men and women have been wounded, taken as prisoners, and died in the line of duty. And whereas veterans possess a wide variety of valuable job qualifications and skills including experience, maturity, leadership and loyalty that make them ideal candidates for employment. And whereas local veterans employment representatives disabled veteran outreach program representatives and other Employment Development Department staff are committed to ensuring that veterans receive the services and programs to which they're entitled and promoting employer interest in hiring veterans.

Now therefore it be hereby ordered and resolved that the Board of Supervisors, the County of Santa Barbara does hereby proclaim May 19 2017 as Honor a Hero Hire a Veteran Day in Santa Barbara County and urge all local employers organized labor veteran organizations and other government leaders to support this worthy campaign to increase employment opportunities for the men and women who have faithfully served our nation in the military. Passing it off today

Thank you Madam Chair and Board of Supervisors. I'm getting old, my eyes are failing me and I'm not quite as old as Supervisor Lavinino so... I am honored to be here today to accept this resolution on behalf the Veterans team at the Employment Development Department. The Honor a Hero Hire Veteran Job Fair was initiative started by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2009.

Subsequently Governor Brown has decided to continue with this project By ensuring that men and women that serve in our military have the necessary tools and assistance to help them transition to civilian life after leaving the military. This year's event will be on May 19th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Veterans Memorial Building here in Santa Maria. The Honor Hero Hire Veteran Job Fair is the second such event in as many years Last year we had 65 employers, training providers and community-based organizations at the event. Currently we have at least 50 employers, CBOs and training providers signed up. If you know of an employer that's looking to actively hire, have them contact myself or the nearest local employment development department.

Although the event is targeted for veterans it's open to the public. I also want to applaud the Board of Supervisors for their continued support for veterans' activities here in the county. It's through the Hire a Hero, Honor a Veteran, Veterans Stand Down and Veterans Treatment Courts that we are able to give yesterday's heroes a hand up and not a handout.

Not only do veterans bring their personal attributes of dependability, reliability, integrity, responsibility, effective communication, flexibility and leadership in the workforce. They also allow employers to qualify for certain tax incentives up to $9600 for tax benefits. They also allow employers to qualify for on-the-job training as well as nonpaid experience.

Most Americans profess to truly love our veterans, especially during gatherings at Memorial Day and Veterans Day. And while their feelings are usually sincere it is important to remember The veterans are defending us 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. The heroes that have been demonstrated time and again by veterans from the American Revolution to the global war on terrorism is sometimes unnoticed by those of us who enjoy the security that your sacrifice has provided. Our debt to these heroes can never be repaid or their gratitude and respect must last forever. For many veterans, our nation was important enough to ensure long separations from their families, miss the births of their children, freeze in sub-zero temperatures, bake in wild jungles, lose limbs and far too often lose their lives.

You can show your support for those great men and women by hiring a veteran in your workplace. Companies should understand that it's smart business to hire a veteran and when members of the Guard and Reserve deploy, it's America's business to ensure that their civilian careers do not suffer. In closing, I ask that you the next time you need to hire for your business consider hiring a veteran. And I leave you with this thought from Abraham Lincoln, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan.

Thank you

Turning then to the rest of our administrative agenda do I have Peter, Supervisor Adam wanted to pull A4 and A8 are there any other items that we want on the board? Do we have any public speaker slips for pulled items Mr. Allen?

Chair Hartman, members of the board. We have no requests to speak on the admin agenda from the public as we get started here today though I did want to note that we published an addendum to the agenda on Friday And this was related to our closed session today and this added an item regarding conference with labor negotiators Regarding employee organizations unrepresented managers and executives

Thank you then would you read a four into the record please?

Chair Hartman, members of the board. Item 8-4 is from behavioral wellness. It's to consider recommendations regarding a behavioral wellness fiscal year 17-18 Coast Valley Substance Abuse Treatment Center contract renewal.

Supervisor Adam?

If Dr. Glughorn would come up that'd be great. You know I usually in fact almost always pull these things because I got a problem in some respect and this one just for an atta boy. Atta doctor girl I guess. I love the performance and outcome measures. I think these are just what I wanted to see, and they're great, and they're honest, and there's nothing in here that is 100-100-100. This is the kind of work we need to see so we can tell whether or not we are getting anywhere. And I thank you very much.

And

then. Don't get used to it.

A8 Mr. Allen. Chair Hartman members the board item 8 is some planning and development this to consider recommendations regarding exempting one administrative professional from the civil service system.

OK go

ahead supervisor Adam

maybe somebody can explain to me why These qualities, I just want to read these qualities here. Highest standards of confidentiality, professionalism, institutional savvy, technical acumen, trustworthiness, individual commitment and compatibility with the department's directors and other executives. Aren't all our employees similarly endowed? Maybe somebody can explain to me why this one's special.

Madam Chair, we have a speaker from the department in Santa Barbara. Thank you Supervisor Wolf. Please

go ahead.

Madam Chair, members of the board Peter Cantle with Planning and Development and Dr. Russell and Ms. Black could not be here today I appreciate Supervisor Adams' concern. I think the key here is that confidentiality is critical, certainly the other attributes that are listed there also critical but confidentiality with regard to employee performance and other elements of personnel decisions that are made certainly key aspects of this job and I think That goes along with the need to have this person as an at-will employee serving at the pleasure of the director and the assistant director.

Well just speaking for myself maybe, and perhaps other supervisors that being said you know we'd all like to have all of our employees be at that level because we deal with some pretty sensitive stuff In our offices from time to time. I'm sure the CEO would like to have people at will all the time because she's dealing with some pretty sensitive stuff, clerk of the boards office.

You know, you could go down the line and I think it could be said of any department head and maybe that's what we need to do is have all of the executive administrative professional classification be at will. I don't know but I'm not going to be able to support this because I don' see how this is different really fundamentally from many other department heads and indeed the supervisors offices themselves

CEO Miyasato would you care to comment?

Supervisor Adam and board members we have Andreas Piper assistant director from HR and he can respond to that but I just want to say that many of our executive positions in your offices, in my office are at will. But on the secretarial the assistant the AOP type of class I'll let Mr. Piper respond to that.

Good morning Supervisor Adam through the Chair. Yes, all administrative professionals they used to be known as executive assistants prior to the Administrative Office Professional reclassification in the early 2000s and all of them except this one are currently at will so the administrative professionals who do support all the department heads This is one of them that we are just bringing in line with the other And then all staff within the supervisorial offices are at will employees currently.

It actually, within section 27 of the code it actually lists and it does list staff within the supervisors' offices are at will at the moment.

Okay so it's not just the, see I was given to understand that it was only the chiefs of staff who

were

at will. Everybody in the office?

Yes everybody in your offices at

will. Alright and so this is a patch to bring P&D up with everybody else. Yes it is. Okay alright I'm sorry I will change my vote thank you. Thank you.

All right so I think that does it for all the pulled items, so may I have a motion to approve the balance of the administrative agenda?

So moved.

Second roll call vote Mr. Allen?

Mr. Adam? Aye. Mr. Lavinino? Aye. Mr Williams? Aye Ms Wolfe?

Aye

Ms. Hartman?

Aye.

Passes 5-0.

Thank you now it's a time for public comment on any items that are not on today's agenda so do we have any speaker slips Mr. Allen?

Sure, Hartman members of the board we have two requests this morning I'm going to start with Mary Bianchi to be followed by Bruce Corsaw

Good morning Chair and Supervisors, I'm Mary Bianchi County Director and Horticulture Advisor with the University of California Cooperative Extension for Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties. It's been with great pride that I have delivered these quarterly report summaries about our accomplishments of our advisors and staff with my upcoming retirement in June.

Future reports will be delivered to you by Dr. Catherine Soule, who has been appointed Director of Cooperative Extension Programs in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties beginning July 1. But briefly I'm here today with an update of activities during the first quarter of this year from January 1st to March 31st. Our programs reached 2,325 adults and 4,223 youth through face-to-face contacts and our web based e-newsletters and blogs reached more than 40,000 readers.

Our advisors are actively creating new knowledge with more than 20 research trials that will benefit Santa Barbara County agricultural producers. In a particular note, Dr. Mark Gaskell and Dr. Ben Faber are conducting research projects to investigate management of runoff water from agricultural tunnels. For small berry production in both the Santa Maria Valley and in Ventura County that will benefit the current discussion of regulations concerning the use of hoop structures outside the coastal zone. We're continuing to facilitate a multidisciplinary, multi-agency rapid response to the presence of Kuroshio shot hole borer disease complex in the Montecito area that threatens riparian agricultural and agricultural trees. And our Central Coast wine grapes planted on their own roots have supported some of the highest numbers of a plant parasitic nematode recorded in California, triggering the general use of resistant rootstocks.

Our viticulture advisor Mark Batney is exploring poorly performing vineyards on these resistant rootstocks for all the factors that may be leading to their poor performance. We continue to provide expertise to inform decisions by the Ag Preserve Review Committee and Agricultural Advisory Committee, as well as collaborating with your Santa Barbara County Planning and Building and Public Health Departments, the Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Programs Santa Barbara County and city fire in the Fire Safe Council, the City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks, Santa Barbara County Food Bank, the Community Action Commission and Dignity Health Supported Nutrition Programs, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the coastal San Luis and Kachuma Resource Conservation Districts.

We believe our programs provide solutions to local problems that result in valuable improvements in the lives of our youth and our adult communities. And we thank you for your continued support of our programs.

Thank you very much.

Bruce Corso Madam Chair, members of the board. My name is Bruce Coruscant with Local 620. I came to discuss behavioral wellness, the issues that we've been having some of the concerns we have. I have been working for the local for 17 years. I have worked with many department heads. I've worked with many departments throughout those 17 years. We've had a lot of issues with ADMHS behavioral wellness In those 17 years, I've never seen it as worse as it is right now. Morale is at the all-time low.

You have a unique group of people employed that cares for their clients. That's their main goal. That has switched. Now their main goal is to watch their back and just try and get along. Daily, I am getting phone calls. My staff is getting phone calls. Over the years, we have worked with the county on labor management collaboratives with every department. We've always been successful. This is the first time that we've actually brought the CEO's office in as well as HR and we failed at labor management collaborative with this department.

Currently, we have a new policy coming your way. It's civil and respect in the workplace. I have shared this with our members. I currently have a list of 22 complaints ready for this policy to be approved so that we can file complaints in this department. We have some serious problems. During closed session today you will be doing a evaluation. The purpose of any evaluation is to improve the employee's performance.

I am hoping that this board will take the opportunity to actually conduct a 360 evaluation process utilizing peers, subordinates and local 620 in the evaluation. Our goal is to improve the conditions so our people can actually conduct their business and care for their clients at Behavioral Wellness. I believe a 360 is warranted, I believe attention by CEO's office more attention by CEOs office is warranted we have a serious problem let's try and fix it let's try and improve the situation thank you

That concludes public comment.

Okay, so I'll close the public portion of our agenda and come back to the departmental issues and would you read the first one into the record Mr. Allen?

Chair Hartman and members of the board a departmental item number one is from Public Works and to the Board as the Board of Directors of the Water Agency it's a hearing to consider recommendations regarding the Quiama Valley Groundwater Basin groundwater sustainability agency formation this is in the 1st and 5th districts

Mr. Farrum are you making the presentation today or is Mr. Young?

We have Mr. Young coming in I think we have a number of members from the public as well with them There we are. Good morning, Madam Chair and members of the boards. Public Works, the water agency is back before you today for establishing the GSA for the Cuyama Basin. We've been working hard for several months on this. I might recognize that both Mr. Young and Ms. Crease have been working extremely hard on getting to this point with obviously with the staff of many of your offices as well. And with that, we'll turn it over to Mr. Young for a presentation and then we'll be available for questions after that.

Good morning. This item is

on the agenda to request board approval to form a groundwater sustainability agency or GSA in the Kiyama Valley Groundwater Basin. Over the past year, the water agency has collaborated with the other agencies that overlie the basin to form a GSA. These include the counties of San Luis Obispo, Kern and Ventura, the Kiyama Community Services District and the recently formed Kiyama Basin Water District.

The Kiama Basin Water District is a new agency formed by the majority of agricultural landowners in the basin to allow them to participate as a voting member of the GSA. Extensive negotiations over numerous working group meetings and significant public outreach have led to the development of a Joint Powers Agreement, or JPA that we believe is acceptable to all parties.

The JPA outlines the composition and voting structure of the GSA Board of Directors which has been the subject of the most intensive negotiation. Representatives of all parties have been able to agree on a compromise weighted voting structure that would allow the Keyama Basin Water District to seat all five of its board members on the GSA Board while preventing its voting power from dominating the GSA.

As shown on this table, the GSA Board of Directors will have a total of 11 members With a weighted voting structure. The Kiama Basin Water District would appoint five directors who would split 33% of the total votes. The water agency would appoint two directors splitting 22% of the votes. The remaining agencies would each appoint one director with 11% of the total vote.

In the interest of maintaining a broad consensus among the agencies, the JPA specifies that a 75% weighted vote is required for all major decisions. This compromise voting structure is supported by staff of all participating entities and has been agreed upon in principle by the Kiyama Basin Water District Board. If your board does not approve this JPA, it is unlikely that a new agreement could be negotiated by the state's June 30th deadline.

After June 30th, the State Water Resources Control Board would designate the basin as probationary and impose fee and reporting requirements on pumpers in the basin until a new GSA could be formed. The JPA allows the water agency to appoint two directors and two alternates but specifies that they be either an elected official or management staff. The basin overlies the first and fifth supervisorial districts based on discussions with supervisors and staff from these districts, staff recommends that first district supervisor Doss Williams serve as one of the water agencies appointees with his chief of staff Darcell Elliott as his alternate.

For the second appointment there's a slight deviation from the staff report in this slide. We recommend that 5th District Chief of Staff Corey Bantland be appointed as the second director with Supervisor Lavinino as his alternate. In summary, staff recommends that your board approve the JPA and resolution to form a groundwater sustainability agency in the Kiama Valley Groundwater Basin.