Board of Supervisors — 2020-01-14

Hello.

Good morning, and I'd like to call to order the January 14th 2020 Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors meeting. This marks the 170th convening of Santa Barbara County's highest legislative body. Will the clerk please call the roll?

Mr. Williams? Here. Mr. Hart? Here Ms. Hartman?

Here

Mr. Adam?

Here

Mr. Lavinino?

Okay,

I will now accept nominations for the position of chair and vice-chair for the Board of Supervisors for 2020 who also sit as the board of directors of the Water Agency, the Flood Control and Water Conservation District. The Santa Barbara County Fire Protection District, the Laguna County Sanitation District. The Santa Barbara Fund for Public and Educational Access and other special districts.

Supervisor Hartman?

Yes

I think I was first thank you because I would very much like the privilege of nominating supervisor Greg Hart to chair the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors.

Is there a second or is there another nomination? No, just kidding.

Second.

There's a second from Supervisor Williams. Okay so let's do a roll call.

Mr. Williams? Aye. Mr. Hart? Aye. Ms. Hartman? Aye! Mr. Adam? Aye Chair Lavanino? Aye Motion passes unanimous.

Congratulations The football. Oh, we also need yes it was that all in one motion or not? Oh okay before we leave how about a motion for vice chair I'd move to nominate Peter Adam his first year

second

okay let's roll call

Mr. Williams? Aye. Mr. Hart? Aye. Ms. Hartman? Aye, Mr. Adam? Aye Chair Lavinino?

Aye and before I move I think I'm supposed to make some final remarks it says on here so I'll make them very quickly not going to do the big lengthy look back over the last year I just want to take a moment to publicly thank some people who make our jobs easier first off to all of our employees whether you're a social worker An eligibility worker here in law enforcement.

Fire probation, the district attorney's office, our deputies all of the 21 different departments I don't want to go through everybody but everybody here plays a role regardless if where you are on the ladder chart the organizational chart everybody here plays an integral role to the success of this county and especially for those that You know, sometimes you're on the lower end if you are AOP or an eligibility worker. You are the face of the county. You're the one that's interfacing with our public and we just really appreciate all the hard work that goes in every day. We know you have very tough jobs and we really appreciate all the effort that everybody takes to make this county what it is.

Next I want to thank Jacqueline Alexander and all the fine staff of the clerk's office. Jacqueline stepped in for a legend which is never easy but you made a really seamless transition and we are provided our hearing materials in an organized manner on time, and you've done a really great job of making sure the public is always heard at the meetings through our public comment.

Also I want to thank Mr. Gazzone And the folks in County Council's office always there to make sure we stay within the guidelines of the Brown Act and providing expert legal advice during and after our meetings. And, of course, a very special thank you to our CEO Mona Miyasato and her team in the CEO's office. You know, Mona came here and instead of just continuing progressing down the road she's really made us take a hard look at what our big picture is and instituting Renew 2022 And asking us to improve efficiencies, look for ways to make the public better served.

And just an outstanding CEO and a great person too so thank you very much Mona. And finally to all of our staffs there's so much work that goes on behind the scenes sometimes people ask me well did you guys work this week meaning did you have a meeting on Tuesday? There are so many other and you'll hear all the boards and commissions that go on But there's so much work that goes on inside the offices, casework and just dealing with the daily grind of the office. I want to thank all of our staffs.

For me my Chief of Staff Cory Bantalon, Yesenia Cuevas and then the other chiefs Darcell Elliott, Chris Henson, Jefferson Litton and Bob Nelson they've all helped me throughout this year with advice Some I asked for, some I was just given. Mostly from Darcelle. But it is a whole fourth floor type of camaraderie that everybody's helping each other. So with that those are my comments and I think now I pass the gavel and we move forward so.

Well, it's really an honor to have this opportunity to serve the county residents as chair of the board. I really want to thank my colleague Chair Lavinino for doing an outstanding job. He has always been a dedicated public servant and has brought a lot of levity and pragmatic focus to our discussions. And I really think that my impression is, and I hope the public agrees, that we do a really good job working together. We have really shown respect for each other And that shows in the work that we do. And it manifests itself, I think, in the public policy decisions that we make and it inspires a sense of confidence, I think, in our community about the deliberations and the fairness of this room and the way that we do our work. I really admire my colleagues, Supervisor Hartman.

I especially appreciate your thoughtful positive detail oriented approach to public policy issues. And most importantly your enthusiasm for public service. It is really an honor to serve with you. Supervisor Adam, I admire the way you directly speak to issues. I do not ever worry about not understanding where you come from on an issue and I particularly appreciate the kindness that underlies your approach to this job. And the fact that you are a farmer is really important to have that perspective on this board so thank you.

Supervisor Williams never shies away from a challenge You think really big and strategically, and I listen really carefully when you're talking about how you develop your policy decisions. And the way that you personally live your values is inspiring and visionary to me, so thank you. And Supervisor Lavinino, as I said, your pragmatic positive approach and enthusiasm, and most importantly the way you so respectfully recognize the hardworking staff of our county is really important. And I think that has really elevated our discussion and our representation as a community. And of course, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the brevity that you bring to really tense moments and how that has helped us many times get to a positive resolution so thank you.

Again, as Steve mentioned our wonderful staff CEO Miyasato, Mike Gazzone, Jacqueline Alexander. The team sitting right here at this table really brings confidence to our decision making process knowing that you've done the hard work to set up the issues and to frame the items for our discussion and it makes our work much easier. I really appreciate all of your complete dedication to the county and to our work together. Thank you.

We're really fortunate to have an amazing group of dedicated county department heads, many of whom are here. I've gotten to know you much better over the course of the past year and you are unfailingly committed to this work, to the residents of our county, and many of you are not As well known as we are, so you don't get some of the grief that we get in grocery stores. But in your own ways I know that you feel that too. You feel the weight of that responsibility and you do an incredible job every day taking care of the residents of our county.

And the county staff who actually did the work is Supervisor Lavinino mentioned. The day to day important work that all of us are here Is truly inspiring, there is no better team. I truly feel now as part of the county family and I'm really fortunate to have this opportunity My team in District 2 makes it really a pleasure to come to work every day. I honestly feel that way when I get up in the morning and I come and I see Chris Henson, and Ashley Cruzell, and Ethan Bertrand. And we work together and put our shoulders together to solve issues for our constituents in our district. It is a fun, pleasurable, honorable opportunity every day and I'm really, really proud of that so thank you.

We also have many citizen volunteers, commission members, people who spent a lot of time looking out for the county, engaging our citizenry directly with county government. And we're really fortunate to have those hundreds of volunteers who are working with us to make county government better. So I'm really honored to have the opportunity represent them as chair of the board, and I particularly want to recognize my own planning commissioner Laura Bridley who is taking on the chair responsibility at the Planning Commission and she'll do an outstanding job.

All of our elected official colleagues Who do a tremendous job, they have the same responsibility as us. They have to face the voters every four years to continue to serve. They are really a great collaborative bunch of people who share our commitment to Santa Barbara County values and show that everyday. And I appreciate the fact that many of them are here in the room today for this occasion. Thank you for your friendship and your professional relationship, I appreciate it.

There are many, many challenging issues that the county faces. Things that are daunting for every layer of government. We're trying to address homelessness. We're trying to address affordable housing, provide better mental health services to Santa Barbara County residents. The important issues that we're gonna continue to focus on, the environment and providing sustainable economic path to the future are equally critical. All of these things interwine. They're particularly vexing, but we're going to do the best job that we can every day.

We're going to try and be fiscally responsible and responsive and transparent which is all important to the public. And the most important job that we have is to protect public health and safety It's a very difficult task. We have a lot of people who are dedicated to that mission, but it is something that we need to engage with our citizenry in a more direct way. We need to heighten our standards for emergency preparedness by really engaging the community in a different way.

Victims of very tragic events over the past three years. I think everyone who looks at these issues objectively understands that the likelihood these kinds of things are going to continue in the future and increase in frequency is a real and present danger. So, I think it's really important to make a connection with the public so that folks understand that we all together have an important role to play in emergency preparedness. So this year I'd like to focus on that issue as chair, and I'd like to take this opportunity to highlight community organizations that are doing that work every day for our community. And on a monthly basis, I want to have a non-profit organization coming to the board, make a brief presentation about the work that they're doing to connect local residents to emergency services and emergency preparedness.

And in that way, I think we can make a better connection between the work that the nonprofit communities and local government is doing to serve all the residents of Santa Barbara County to make us safer. And to be able to live our lives in a well organized way. So the first community organization that I'd like to highlight is the Independent Living Resource Center, which has been in existence for many years in our community serves the tri-counties, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties providing emergency preparation and services to peoples who have disabilities in our community and to seniors. And to kick off the presentation for the first time is the Executive Director of the Independent Living Resources Center, Dani Anderson.

So with that I will hand off the microphone to Ms. Anderson for her to tell us a little bit about the Independent Living Resource Center. Thank you for being here Dani.

Thank you. Good morning, Chair Hart and supervisors. First, the Independent Living Resource Center would like to congratulate Supervisor Hart. We appreciate your emergency preparedness focus and we look forward to being part of it. I'd just like to mention that just behind me is the majority of our Santa Barbara office as well as one of our board members so everybody wave And smile and look so happy. There we go, thank you.

I'm grateful for the opportunity to be here today to discuss all of the work that we at ILRC have been doing and also our plans for what we'll be doing which is a lot more. ILRC serves a portion of those who are considered to be the access and functional needs community which is a very broad definition. We serve individuals with all disabilities And older adults.

As you are aware, ILRC has been a staple in Santa Barbara County for 43 years and we help individuals with disabilities to be more independent by working with them on a goal that may be housing, assistive technology benefits, transportation, personal assistance, advocacy along with many very important things. So what does emergency preparedness look like at ILRC? Like all of our services it's individualized the funding we've been able to secure or have been promised Knocking on wood.

Specific to public safety, power shutoffs will allow us to provide community education that's focused on helping individuals with disabilities and older adults who are reliant on medical devices that require power to understand and get on their power providers' medical baseline programs. Forums in partnership with local legislators focused on disability and emergency preparedness will occur Also there will be a media campaign targeted specifically to medical professionals, to ensure that they're on board with streamlining their certification process.

To minimize the length and the cost to the individual so they're not having to go and pay a co-pay and wait months to be certified to get on that medical baseline program that they really need to be on. Additionally we are going to have the opportunity to hire full time Emergency Preparedness Advocate, and the ability to purchase backup battery sources to lend or give to consumers.

We'll also be working with consumers both individually and in peer groups to build evacuation plans that will work for them. Being told to have a go bag ready and a friend's house to go to just isn't enough for individuals with significant disabilities. Many of us can't drive or even get into those friends' homes. It's been proven that disasters disproportionately affect individuals with disabilities and older adults. Evacuating is harder, alerts are difficult to receive, and there's no clearer time than an emergency for those of us with significant disabilities to see that accessibility has a long way to go.

ILRC is uniquely able to assist local individuals with disabilities and older adults to prepare for an emergency And we have the lived experience, and we know what they're going through. We're incredibly appreciative of this. Our small nonprofit through in-house services, community partnerships and out of the box thinking will be able to make a positive impact to our community. Thank you again for having us for the first month.

Thank you very much, Miss Anderson. I thank you for your real great collaborative working relationship with our county staff too. I know that together we can really make the preparations necessary to protect seniors and folks with disabilities so thank you for coming

today.

With that let's get back to the regular order of business and

So moved

Motion has been made in second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries. CEO Miyasato, do we have a CEO's report today?

We do not this morning thank you.

Thank you. Clerk, do you have any announcements?

Yes Chair Hart and members of the board I just have one quick announcement this morning and we received a request from the department to continue item A1 This is from Supervisor Hart. It is to adopt a resolution of accommodation honoring Ian Mather of the Fire Department as the January 2020 Employee of the Month for Santa Barbara County, and if we can just get a motion to continue that to January 28th?

Motion's been made. Is there a second?

Second.

All those in favor say aye. Aye. Motion carries unanimously, thank you. Can we get a motion now for the resolutions that will be presented? Motion on items A2 and A3.

Second.

Motion has been made and seconded all those in favor say aye. Motion carries unanimously. Will the clerk please read item A2 into the record

Yes, Chair Hart and members of the board. Administrative item number two is sponsored by Supervisor Hart. It is to adopt a resolution of accommodation honoring Christina Perez upon her retirement from the district attorney's office after 35 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. And if I can have Christina to the podium?

And anyone else who'd like to join you? And I'll go ahead and read the resolution. Whereas Christina Perez began her career at the County of Santa Barbara District Attorney's Office in July 1985 as a front desk receptionist, and has held many significant positions since then including program director for the Bad Check Program, legal support supervisor, and legal support manager, performing them all with wisdom, warmth, and integrity. And whereas throughout her career, Christina has always jumped in wherever and whenever she was needed And has approached each new assignment with excitement and enthusiasm. And whereas, Christina has given 100% of herself every day over 34 years with the District Attorney's Office. 20 years of which have been in a supervisory role.

Whereas, Christina is a forward thinker who has consistently developed and implemented department wide opportunities for improvements especially with regard to our case management system. And whereas in her most recent role as legal support manager, Christina has focused on improving legal processes countywide by supporting the district attorney's legal support staff. As well as evaluating planning and developing new and improved procedures within the legal support function.

And whereas Christina has proven herself to be an exceptional employee. A driven self-starter and a critical member of our legal support team in our district attorney family. Approaching every task with tenacity, an unfailing can do anything attitude. And now therefore let it hereby be ordered to resolve that this Board of Supervisors commends Christina Perez for over 34 years of faithful and distinguished service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. And wishes her all the best in her next chapter with plenty of forced relaxation and time spent with her wonderful family and her beloved Yorkie Tiny. Passed and adopted today.

Yes please, District Attorney

Dudley. Well welcome Chair Hart. You're going to do a great job. We're all so pleased and you ex-chair is that what you are now? Supervisor Levin, you did a fantastic job too. So thank you so much I'm so pleased to be here on such an historic day during that transition. I'd like to start off with asking every member of the district attorney's office to raise their hand have Christina take a look Both sides, everybody came here to support you.

Thirty-four years in the District Attorney's Office I'm going to ask Michael Sonderman her supervisor to talk about her work. I'm gonna talk about her heart. Christina Perez is the mother of the District Attorney's Office in spite of the fact that I may be older than her She is the mother. And how do you know that? Because she takes care of everybody and she feeds everybody, and that's what she does in the DA's office. So whenever we were in a situation where somebody needed to raise money for something Be it tickets to the holiday party or somebody had gone through a particularly bad experience, her response every time was let's have a burrito breakfast. Let's raise money with the burrito breakfast and everybody came because I know Supervisor that you have the best sausage but she has the best salsa.

And so we would all line up and happily give our money away to the latest cause du jour and she'd be beaming the whole time. So as true to her form, instead of having a retirement party she decided to have a burrito breakfast and she donated all that out of her funds to show our office how much she loves us. So anybody who can raise money and serve meals and do a brilliant job has got to be a mother. That's what I had to say and now I'm going to ask Michael to talk about her career.

Thank you Joyce, and thank you Chair Hart and supervisors. It's an honor to speak about Christina in her career. Christina's wealth of institutional knowledge will be solely missed by all at the DA's office. Christina is a gifted employee, a natural leader and an invaluable asset to the county. Her skill set is broad with a keen eye for efficiency in problem solving. In addition to her exemplary work ethic one of the most important things Christina did was strive to foster a positive culture in the office.

She did this by organizing special events The most notable for staff were her burrito breakfasts. These events allowed the staff in the office to develop positive working relationships that increased productivity and employee morale. The legal support staff are the backbone of the DA's office, the work is never done. The saying crime never takes a holiday is an unfortunate truth of the society we live in.

Christina took on this challenge with unwavering dedication to the office and took ownership of whatever task came her way. Most people would be eager to put work behind them, but not Christina. She will be assisting her husband in their family business which happens to be coming into the busiest time of the year. We know she will take on this work with the same enthusiasm she has shown us As sad as we are to see Christina retire, we send her off with the warmest wishes of a retirement that allows her to pursue her passions. Thank you.

I will miss the office after 34 years Mother is probably a good word of putting that. I've always felt very much in need of nurturing and taking care of others, and that's one of the things that I've prided myself in doing in working with the office. I will miss all my friends there. We are a big family, and I will miss them but I will be there. I will see them. I will stay in touch.

And I am enjoying, I will be very busy within the next week or so with my new boss who isn't gonna give me any time off. So I've gotta get better. My husband. Thank you.

Thank you, Christina. Will the clerk please read item A3 into the record?

Chair Hart and members of the board, administrative item number three is sponsored by Supervisor Hart. It is to adopt a resolution of commendation honoring Raul Baez upon his retirement from the Clerk Recorder Assessor's Office after 40 years of service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County. And if I can have Raul and anyone else who'd like to join with you at the podium, Joe Holland and Sue Morrison, thank you.

I'll go ahead and read the resolution. Whereas Raul Baez will retire from county service on Friday, January 17th 2020 having faithfully served the County of Santa Barbara for 40 years. And whereas Raul started his career with Santa Barbara County in 1980 as a clerk typist one and throughout his tenure worked his way up to the assessment supervisor and mentor to his staff. And whereas Raul personally met with survivors of the Montecito debris flow to help navigate the complexities of disaster valuations in a digestible and compassionate fashion ensuring that they felt more confident in their next steps. And whereas, Raul has always been accessible to the Board of Supervisors and their staff going above and beyond to make sure all questions were answered big or small.

And whereas while Raul will be missed by our county family he can now take time to relax and enjoy his hard earned retirement Presumably watching the San Francisco 49ers win and enjoying his undying love for the game of soccer. And now therefore, it is hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors does hereby commend Raul Baez for his years of dedicated service to the citizens of Santa Barbara County and for his tireless efforts to improve the quality of life for all residents of our community past and adopted today.

I realize we're all that you were recently recognized as employee of the month, but 40 years with the county is really something special. So we wanted to take this opportunity to recognize your career service. And I know that Congressman Carpenter Hall is a good friend of yours. So we reached out to him and he expressly sent his congratulations and thanks for your many, many years of county service. He enjoyed working with you immensely And you have had a lot of accomplishments in your career, particularly following on now the anniversary of the debris flow from 1-9. All the extra work that you put in really protecting people is very, very important. And despite the fact that you're a 49ers fan and I know what you'll be doing on Sunday because I will be watching the game as well.

I just want to thank you for all the residents of Santa Barbara County for the wonderful work that you've done over your long career. Thank you.

And I just confirmed with role that indeed he a full 40 years. He actually made it to his anniversary. But you know working in the assessor's office reassessing people's property is not you're not always the most favorite person there, but you know if you if you do it and you do professionally and you do In a nice, good-humored manner. That's Raul. He's the professional.

He is a soccer coach and I know that all the people that have worked with him or for him he's really good at building a team and they've all enjoyed working with him as well as myself Raul so thank you very much.

Thank you very much. Working 40 years, it was a pleasure and honor to work for this super county really. What I can say is that I'd like to thank my staff, the whole assessor's office, Joe, the whole management, my wife, my kids. And especially today, I'm honored to have one person that I feel really happy to be with and I think it's very hard when this person works very hard, brought us to this great country.

And be able to work very, very hard times, work hours to put us in our one spot where we're supposed to be. I promised this person that I was going to make her proud and today is the day that I'm going to make her proud and ask my mother

right

there.

It's very difficult for her to walk and it was very difficult for her to come today. But I thought this is a special day, not for me but for her so this goes to her. Thank you very much and have a good day.

The next item is the approval of the administrative agenda. Do any board members have any requests to pull items off the administrative agenda for presentation? I know Supervisor Adam mentioned A13.

Any

others? Madam Clerk, do any members of the public request to pull any items off the administrative agenda?

Chair Hart and members of the Board, I do have three requests from the public and that is A6 A nine and a 21. Okay, great.

Will the clerk please read the items into the record?

Chair Hart, members of the board beginning with administrative item number six this is from the auditor controller it is to consider recommendations regarding AB 1600 mitigation fee annual report fiscal year 2018 through 2019 And the one request we have on that item is from Andy Caldwell, so we'll be going to Santa Maria for Andy.

Chair Hart, congratulations in becoming chair of Supervisor Labanino. Thank you for all the courtesies you extended me in the last year I do appreciate it. This item reads receive and review. And I think it's pretty hard for you to review something when it's on the admin calendar. We've never liked these fee schedules, and one of the reasons why is we believe that they're not based on truth or reality.

We don't believe that commercial industrial or retail development necessarily generates more traffic than would be in the community without them. So for instance, if you have one grocery store versus two it doesn't mean people eat twice as much or shop at grocery stores twice as much. But the thing that you really do need to review is the disparity. It is a gross disparity between the North and South County. So for instance, a 24-hour convenience store in Orchid, the traffic fee is $92,000 per 1,000 square foot. 92,000 in Goleta it's 390,000.

A service station, if you want to know why your gasoline costs more in Santa Barbara than in other places. A pump in Orchard is $28,000. In Goleta it's $110,000 The service station with convenience, it's a four-fold difference. Even a bank, savings alone or a bank with the drive through is $48,000 per 1,000 square foot in Orchid. It's $649,000 in Goleta. Construction costs do not vary between those two communities.

So explain to us, based on your review the disparity in these fees and then secondly take a step back you make all of your money based on property taxes By charging so much in up front fees, are you actually discouraging people from building and developing things that serve the community? And robbing yourself of property taxes in perpetuity along with sales tax. And in the case of hotel transient occupancy taxes, these fees are completely out of whack.

I can remember before there was a Costco in Goleta, I would run into people in Costco from Goleta in the Santa Maria Costco. Building a Costco in Goleta didn't make people shop at Costco more, it saved them a trip to either Ventura or Santa Maria. We need to rethink these things because we think you're cutting off your nose in spite of your face and this is grossly unfair to businesses trying to do business in the South County. Thank you.

All right, Chair Hart and members of the board moving on to administrative item number nine from the County Executive Office. This is to consider recommendations regarding Chapter 50 licensing of commercial cannabis operations ordinance storefront retail amendments and Cannabis Business Licensing Fee Ordinance Amendment. And we have one request to speak on this item and that is I believe Mark Brinkley?

Thank you and good morning. I live at 3375 Foothill Road in the West Valley of Carpinteria, and I'd like to suggest that the board on this ordinance consider having the community meetings that are specified as outlined in the ordinance before the retail ordinance is adopted And also that the meetings be specified to take place in the evening and be noticed to all residents by postcard I'd also like to suggest that the third party evaluator in the proposed ordinance Is not explained in detail who will that person be or the company be and why will they be chosen? And and how will they be screened so thank you very much for your consideration, and I'm supportive of the process, but I think that the detail in this ordinance needs to be further looked at.

Thank you. Thank you Mr. Brinkley.

Chair Hart and members of the board, next item polled from Board Member Adam. Is administrative item number 13. This is from general services, it is to consider recommendations regarding countywide facilities parking lot pavement management program project number one nine zero zero four agreement for services of independent contractor for county wide parking lots

Supervisor Adam. Yeah, I don't need a separate vote on it or anything but I just wanted to take a moment to lament the fact that we have to take $70,000 to go hire a consultant to tell us that we have crappy parking lots instead of throwing the 70,000 bucks directly at the crappy parking lot. And the thing is, we've fought for a long time to be able to get this money over to do maintenance. And now we're going to do a study with it. So and I realize that sometimes those things are helpful because it lets us cover our behinds and make sure that we don't go put pavement on a parking lot that didn't need it. But I think in this case, I'm going to vote for it, but I wish the world was a different place.

Thank you.

All right, moving on Chair Hart and members of the board. Administrative item number 21 is from public health. It is to consider recommendations regarding EMS STEMI revenue agreements for Marion Regional Medical Center and Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital. And we have one request to speak on this item, and we are going back to Santa Maria with Todd Wilson.

Board, I'll start over. Welcome Chairman Hart as chairperson and members of the board. My name's Todd Wilson, I live in Orkut. I just wanted to share an experience with me personally regarding a heart attack. I am in full support of your program for the STEMI. My heart attack happened to be it was a year ago and it happened to be a STEMI On a long walk and run, I've exercised marathoned sports softball volleyball everything my entire life.

I thought that I would be exempt from having a heart attack and And so I was on a long walk As far away from my home as I could get and the heart attack came Upon me. I knew I was in trouble. I knew I would not make it home and I stepped out to the curb as a truck pulled up. He rolled down his window and I told him, I think I'm having a stroke or a heart attack. And he just said jump in.

I asked him to take me home. He said jump in. As we took off, he said well, I just had a heart attack a year ago. I'm a retired battalion chief and we're going to the fire station. He took me to the fire station. We were there in three minutes, the treatments began on the spot. Marvin Moneymaker was that good Samaritan who stopped by. He rolled down his window as you can guess, there are times when somebody approaches your vehicle, you roll your window up. Marvin did not.

He thinks he was just doing what everyone would do. He's an angel to me. Through the ambulance and to Marion, the STEMI program has quick response. I thought the whole staff, hospital staff was waiting for me at the door. I had this stent, the doctor showed me the picture it was 100% blockage received two stents and all of this quick action The totally professional care of everybody that was involved, including the fire station EMT and his crew had zero damage to the heart. And so the STEMI program, please support it.

It's so constructive to the community. Thanks.

Thank you Mr. Wilson. Thanks for making this personal too. Appreciate that. Are there any questions or comments about the items we have polled? Can I get a motion for the balance of the administrative agenda?

Second.

Motion's been made and seconded, all those in favor say aye. Aye. Matter carries unanimously. Now is the time for members of the public to speak on items that are not on the agenda. Madam Clerk are there any requests to speak on the items that are not on the agenda?

As Chair Hart and members of the board, we have 16 requests to speak on general public comment today. And we are going to begin in Santa Maria again with Todd Wilson. And then we will return here in Santa Barbara with Ed Kolaski. Todd?

Mr. Wilson, welcome back. Somehow we're not getting your sound. Could you try the microphone again?

You have that?

Yes, you're on now thank you. Thank you.

Andy Caldwell wanted me to remind you that he has a speaker slip in and did you get that is his question of you. I will check to make sure but thank you. For my issue, I'm here regarding the closed session in the Oasis Community Center that's negotiating development rights. Personally, I am a retired banker and compliance officer. I'm a retired appraiser with the Assessor's Office, Ventura County.

I was a tracked crew appraiser and also a crew leader. I also worked four years as an expert witness in their appeal section. 10 to 11 months of that I was manager of that real estate crew. I also worked for seven years as a Municipal Advisory Council member regarding referrals from the Planning Commission, regarding public safety and other issues in the community.

Regarding this closed session item it all has to do with the document, the negotiating That they're negotiating on is a grant deed of development rights that was recorded in 1981. The document was recorded as a mitigation measure for South Point Estates. My request of you is, in support of our attorney Mark Shatillo to continue this item. Do not continue with the negotiation.

The causes of my request is one of those assessor's parcel numbers that's being negotiated. The County of Santa Barbara does not own the development rights for that parcel. This OASIS project is an extremely complex application. I called Supervisor Hartman's office to speak with her. She has some familiarity with the OASIS project, she was on the Planning Commission.

This development recorded rights deed perfects all of those mitigation measures for the tract approval The Oasis project is attempting to wash it all down the drain. Mrs. Hartman's position on the Planning Commission in 2015 when she supported this project The planning director and department was not even aware of this existing grant deed of development rights. OASIS, as I speak before you this moment does not own the development rights to proceed with this project and the rights that they're trying to sell are mitigated rights. And one of those parcels, the county is attempting to negotiate the sale of rights that they do not even own. Thank you Mr Wilson.

Your time

is up. The parcel number ends in 68. It's not owned. Thank you Mr Wilson.

And we are actually going to stay in Santa Maria with Andy Caldwell and then we will return to Santa Barbara with Ed Kolaski. Andy?

Chairman of the board members, I'm Andy Caldwell representing CoLab. I wanted to draw your attention to something that is I think a product of what's called the post-truth society. And that people are not really dealing with facts, observable facts. And specifically I want to talk about wind and sun. The wind and the sun are actually renewable every day or at least in certain places there's wind and everyday throughout the planet Earth there's sun.