Board of Supervisors — 2024-06-04

All right, good morning everybody. Sorry about that. Technology is technology so we will do our best. Jacqueline's kinda running things old school flying the old way so we're gonna see how well we do but I'd like to call to order the June 4th 2024 meeting of the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors. Madam Clerk can we please get a roll call?

Move approval. I second.

Okay, that's been moved and seconded. The minutes? All those in favor? Aye. Any opposed? Passes unanimously.

No report this morning.

No report this morning. Alright Madam Clerk are there any announcements or changes to our agenda today?

Chair Lavinino and members of the board, I do have a few announcements this morning. We posted an addendum to today's agenda on Friday May 31st amending departmental item number four. Departmental item number four is from the county executive office it is a hearing to consider recommendations regarding a proposed increase of transient occupancy tax TOT Recommendation B was amended to reflect a revision to the proposed date of the first reading of the ordinance from June 25th, 2024 to June 18th, This addendum has been posted online and made available to the board and the public.

And lastly, for the Board of Supervisors methods of public participation and to provide public comment on general public comment or an item on the board's agenda please see page 2 of the agenda. Individuals that would like to provide verbal public comment may do so via Zoom by registering in advance via the link available on page two. If you have any questions please contact the clerk at the board's office at area code 805 5 6 8 2 2 4 0 again that's 805-568-2240 and that concludes my announcements for today.

All right thank you very much that takes us to our administrative agenda would any board items members like to pull any items from the administrative agenda? Supervisor Nelson I have yours written down here supervisor Capps you have 47 and 50.

You bet.

And Supervisor Williams 27 28, Supervisor Hartman any okay and from the public I have A21 any other items

Yes, Chair Lavinino and members of the board. From the public we have A21, A27 previously polled, A43, A81 and A82. And just so I can note on the record for Supervisor Nelson which were those items?

Item A13, 19, 27 and 28.

And Mr. Chair, I'm not pulling 27.

OK, so the public is pulling 27 anyways. So am I. And Bob. OK. So we're still doing 27. All right. OK. So I'll now entertain a motion to approve the balance of administrative items except for 13, 19, 21, 27, 28, 43, 47, 50, 62, 63, 81 and 82. Hike? Yeah. So moved. Moved.

Second.

Second, Supervisor Williams? I was going to pull 62 and 63 just want to highlight that these are part of the flood control master plan work happening. OK. I've got it pulled. Yep. You don't we don't need to pull it now that I just said that. OK

well hope today goes just like that. Let's OK so we're going to include 62 and 63 into the balance of the administrative agenda. So it's all those except for the items they called out Motion? Supervisor Hartman. Supervisor Kapp seconded. All those in favor, aye. Aye. Okay.

Chair, for supervisors the supervisor who pulled 828 is there a particular one so our staff can be ready on the budget revisions which number?

Yeah, Chair Lavino and CEO Miyasato it's a budget revision number 09686. It's Public Works and I've talked to Director Snedden to let him know I was gonna pull it.

Thank you

Okay, next item of business will be the resolutions to be presented. Madam Clerk can we please read administrative item number one into the record?

Chair Lavinino and members of the Board, Administrative Item Number 1 is sponsored by Supervisor Lavinino. It is to adopt a resolution of accommodation honoring Alicia Duran, Kristen Mahiran and Juan Valdez as the June 2024 Employees of the Month in Santa Barbara County. And joining us in person today we have Kristen Mahiran and Juan Valdez And unfortunately, Alicia Duran was unable to join us but we have a few other members from the sheriff's office and I will go ahead and read the resolution into the record.

Whereas custody deputies Alicia Duran, Kristin Maheran, and Juan Valdez exemplify the county's organizational values of accountability customer focus equity and inclusion Innovation, trust and ethics. And whereas custody deputies Alicia Duran, Kristen Mahiran and Juan Valdez model the transformative behaviors of collaborative problem-solving alignment with the county's vision risk taking data driven decision making and strategic thinking. And whereas in the Sheriff's Office unwavering commitment to enhance the mental health and wellness of inmate patients facing mental health challenges The Custody Operations Division in collaboration with WellPath Health Services embarked on the development of specialized mental health housing unit pilot programs at the Main Jail and Northern Branch Jail, designed to offer comprehensive services provided by mental health clinicians, program counselors and community resource volunteers.

And whereas Custody Deputies Alicia Duran, Kristen Mahurin and Juan Valdez have played integral roles working in close partnership with service providers. We're specially selected to lead these new specialty units on a daily basis due to their composed demeanor, constructive interactions with inmate patients, adept de-escalation skills, organizational prowess, sincere dedication to engagement and assistance and their ability to ensure the security of both custody staff and program participants.

And whereas Custody Deputies Alicia Duran, Kristen Maheran and Juan Valdez have been devoted to these specialty units since the July 3rd 2023 inception. And their unwavering commitment has played a pivotal role in the success we have achieved thus far in alignment with the goals of the county and the guiding principles of the Sheriff's Office. Now therefore be it hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors recognizes Custody Deputies Alicia Duran, Kristin Meheran and Juan Valdez as the County Employees of the Month for June 2024. Passed and adopted.

Good afternoon, Chair Lavinino and Supervisors. Under Sheriff Craig Bonner on behalf of Sheriff Brown and we greatly thank you for this recognition of these incredibly valuable county employees. We nominated custody deputies Alicia Duran, Kristen Mahern and Juan Valdez as the County Employees of the Month because each of them has modeled transformative behaviors that are and will continue to be key to the success of both our county and the Sheriff's Office. As it relates to simultaneously maintaining the safety and security of our jail facilities while better utilizing the available resources to better serve individuals in our custody.

Sheriff Brown and our entire sheriff's office team are committed to enhancing the provision of health care within our jail facilities, including the provision of mental health services. Our custody leadership team in collaboration with WellPath, our healthcare provider and other county departments have worked together to create and launch specialized behavioral health housing unit pilot programs at both our main jail and northern branch jail facilities.

These BHUs were designed to offer comprehensive services of mental health clinicians, program counselors, and community volunteers but also required close coordination and collaboration with our custody deputies that are responsible for managing the day-to-day operation of the units. Over the past 11 months, custody deputies Duran, Mahern and Valdez worked in close partnership with service providers, inmates and other custody staff to ensure the success of the behavioral health units.

This has required a good amount of adaptability, flexibility and de-escalation to achieve that success along with a sincere commitment to this important program. Their work within this project was truly in alignment with the goals of the county and the guiding principles of the Sheriff's Office. And we are all very lucky and thankful for their hard work and dedication of Custody Deputies Alicia Duran, Krista Mahern, and Juan Valdez. Thank you.

Can we get Administrative Item No. 2 right into the record, please?

Chair Lavanino and members of the Board, Administrative Item No.2 is sponsored by Supervisor Caps. It is to adopt a resolution proclaiming the month of June 2024 as LGBTQ Plus Pride Month in Santa Barbara County. And joining us in person today, we have Janice Trinidad Coates and Tyson Halseth. And if you can please come to the podium. And I will go ahead and read the resolution into the record.

Whereas, Santa Barbara County is home to a diverse and vibrant lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer plus LGBTQ plus community. Each June, the county of Santa Barbara honors the significant contributions, progress, and culture that LGBTQ plus community and their allies bring to enhance our region. that we all may celebrate in pride. And whereas Pride Month was catalyzed by the Stonewall uprising in New York City on June 28th through June 3rd, 1969 creating a movement for LGBTQ plus civil rights equality and inclusion. And whereas LGBTQ plus individuals have risen above the challenges of their existence and equal rights including the denial of the right to marry discrimination employment and housing the inadequate response to the AIDS epidemic The lack of protection from hate crimes and marginalization in media and society.

And whereas while LGBTQ plus Californians are now protected for many of these issues, challenges still remain especially for LGBTQ plus of all ages including LGBTQ plus elders, transgender and gender nonconforming community members and LGBTQ plus people of color. And the County of Santa Barbara stands against all forms of LGBTQ plus discrimination and hate The county of Santa Barbara wants all LGBTQ plus people to know that they are valued members of our community.

And whereas LGBTQ plus people have contributed greatly to Santa Barbara County, enhancing our communities culture and serving an influential roles in the government business arts and philanthropic I would like to begin by acknowledging the importance of LGBTQ plus community members. Santa Barbara Transgender Advocacy Network, PFLAG Santa Barbara, Pride and Joy Santa Barbara, Planned Parenthood of California Central Coast and the UCSB Resource Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity. And whereas in the month of June is a time for reflection celebration and renewed hope for LGBTQ plus people and everyone in our community The County of Santa Barbara takes this opportunity to provide awareness, support and advocacy for the LGBTQ plus community.

And is an additional opportunity to engage in dialogue to strengthen community build acceptance and advance equal rights. And now therefore be it hereby ordered a resolve that this Board of Supervisors declares the month of June 2024 to be LGBTQ plus pride month in Santa Barbara County. Not this board encourages all community members to commit to being good allies to members of our LGBTQ plus community. I'd like to thank the Santa Barbara

County Supervisors for this resolution. in support of our community's LGBTQ plus youth, adults and families. All of whom live love work learn and thrive by our side making our city county and region stronger more diverse and more prosperous. Recognizing Pride Month fosters a culture of inclusivity and acceptance and it signals to LGBTQ folks that they are valued supported and celebrated Helping create a safe and welcoming environment for everyone. So thank you again to our Board of Supervisors, to your support and happy Pride.

Yeah, thank you Chair Levin. You know I just wanted to thank Mr. Halstead and Ms. Coates for being here and this weekend Senator Tammy Baldwin was in town. I heard her speak and she's the first openly gay senator U.S. Senator in the history of United States and she just made the point about how much she stands on the shoulders of individual community actions like what we're doing today but more importantly what Tyson and Denise do every day of advocating and pushing and making safe spaces And supporting those who go on in their own lives to be comfortable but also become leaders who pass laws that help dispel so many of the challenges and myths. So thank you so much for your work, and it's an honor to I'm proud to kick off Pride Month. Thanks.

All right. Let's go to Administrative Item No. 3 please.

Chair Lavinino, members of the Board, Administrative Item Number 3 is sponsored by Supervisor Caps. It is to adopt a resolution proclaiming June 1st 2024 as International Children's Day and honoring LEAP, Learn, Engage, Advocate, Partner in Santa Barbara County. And joining us here in person today we have Lori Lander Goodman, Kara Shoemaker and Juan Pimentel.

And I will go ahead and read the resolution. Whereas on June 1st, the world recognizes and celebrates International Children's Day as a global initiative for children's well-being and rights. And whereas International Children's Day is a day to make space for children and young people to raise their voices on issues that matter to them. And whereas International Children's Day is a commitment from the global community to create a better future for every child. And whereas since 1971, LEAP, Learn, Engage, Advocate, Partner has been a leader in advocating for children envisioning a community where children are loved valued and respected and families are supported to reach their highest potential.

And whereas LEAP cares for the whole child and their families providing early care and education, support for school-age children in carrying wraparound services for families to ensure everyone thrives and has a healthy future in Santa Barbara County. And whereas LEAP and the critical services they deliver to children and families has positive ripple effects on the entire community breaking cycles of poverty and equipping children and families with the tools to flourish Now, therefore be it hereby ordered and resolved that this Board of Supervisors acknowledges June 1st as International Children's Day and commends LEAP for their work to uplift children and their families throughout the Central Coast. Passed and adopted today.

Thank you Supervisor Caps and to all of the Board of Supervisors for this wonderful honor. I'm Lori Goodman, my pronouns are she her hers. I am here today with Kara Shoemaker and Juan Pimentel. And I wish each one of you could have been at our recent family fiesta. Picture this, 100 people. Babies and grandparents, toddlers and teenagers together at our Children's Center learning about Persian New Year.

As I was walking in one of our preschoolers called to me. Will you play with me she asked? How could I say no? I got down into our sandbox and we played zoo with a plastic lion and a plastic cow The child narrated the action. We're going to the zoo, the cow and lion are pushing each other. The lion can jump but the cow can't. It was adorable but it was also an opportunity for connection, for creativity and for joy all values we hold dear at LEAP.

LEAP mitigates the effects of poverty, racism and trauma by providing high quality trauma-informed child care, comprehensive culturally sensitive family support and visionary community leadership. Formerly Isla Vista Youth Projects, LEAP stands for Learn, Engage, Advocate, Partner. And even though we have a new name for one year now, we've been part of this community for more than 50 years nurturing child development, supporting our communities most vulnerable families and most importantly cultivating joy.

We are deeply connected to the people we serve and responsive to their needs. And this is why we started a diaper bank in 2021, the only one in the county and since then we've provided more than 200,000 diapers to County families. It's why we created attendance rights webinar in April with more than 100 people in attendance And it's why we began hosting bi-monthly family fiestas at our Children's Center so that we can engage with our extended families, not only the children in our Children's Center but their older siblings, their parents and grandparents.

Each month we learn about a different culture in our county and we celebrate that culture with stories and food. In every interaction with our students, our families and our community we seek to create a sense of belonging, of safety and of joy. And Pride Month is another example of that so I'm so honored to be here today Today we are here to celebrate International Children's Day.

At LEAP, every day is Children's Day. We center our work around children providing nurturing high quality care, strengthening families and building a resilient community so that every child can thrive. We are so excited to bring that sense of community belonging and joy to our new center in Lompoc which we hope will open this year. It will serve 52 more students, more than doubling the number of infant and toddler spaces in Lompoc.

So thank you again for recognizing LEAP's vital work on behalf of children and families.

All right, now we're gonna take up the administrative items pulled in numerical order. Madam Clerk can we please read item 13 into the record?

Chair Lavinino and members of the board, administrative item number 13 is from the Behavioral Wellness Department. It is to consider recommendations regarding the California Department of Health Care Services DHCS third amendment to the fiscal years 2021 through 2024 drug Medi-Cal organized delivery systems DMC ODS intergovernmental agreement number 21 10034 A03

Supervisor Nielsen.

I was checking throughout the weekend and this morning it still wasn't online so I thought we could continue that item to a future

meeting.

Supervisors, we apologize for that thank you Supervisor Nelson for pointing that out it was a very large administrative agenda so we will find out what happened and why it wasn't posted and so we would continue that item to next available date thank you. So

my motion would be to continue item A13 to next week's agenda. All those in favor.

Supervisors we have the budget hearings next week so we will look to see you next week or the following whatever is practical or we'll discuss with the department. I'll

give that discretion to staff thank you motion bring back at a future meeting

all those in favor aye any opposed passes unanimously okay takes us to item A19

Chair Lavinino and members of the Board, Administrative Item Number 19 is from the Community Services Department. It is to consider recommendations regarding a sub-recipient agreements for California Encampment Resolution Funds, CERF, to address vehicle encampments.

Supervisor Nielsen. Yes, thank you, Chair Lavender. I just thought this was too big of an item just to pass off with the agenda well over $7 million, almost $8 million of state funding, SIRF funding towards dealing with those that are homeless in vehicles. I had some questions for staff. I thought Joe might be able to answer some questions about how these funds will be used and what some of the next steps are. So I don't know if Mr. Armas wants to be there but I guess my first question is Now that we have this funding, how will it be different moving forward with these services to those that are living in vehicles?

Supervisor Nelson through the Chair. First of all thank you for the opportunity to highlight this grant as you indicated. It's a substantial sum of money approaching $8 million with roughly two-thirds directed toward the county and about a third through a partnership with the City of Santa Barbara. It's a significant effort. As you will recall, the Governor announced this in April and it's been a pretty quick turnaround to actually get a contract from the state in as rapid a period as we are here today.

So we have a number of things that we're going to be doing. First of all, it's important to recognize that some of our homeless individuals live in vehicles and the vehicles may be scattered, maybe located throughout different parts of the county. In January of 23 or so, a variety of staff people and others were involved in canvassing the county to identify potential encampments So that we could begin targeting if you will, let me apologize for that word. That's an incorrect word to select areas where we might lend assistance and we were able to identify and as one of the exhibits in your material indicates a variety of locations in our county We will be through the use of outreach workers reaching out to the residents in those vehicles, try to connect them with services and really develop a rapport so that we can ultimately place them in either interim or permanent support housing.

And so these funds

will be offering Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

And I understand the grant there was already sites that were selected, not targeted. That we are aware of in our county but those spots were just flexible? There's other locations anywhere that's in a county right away within the cities?

We are per the contract with the state

Prioritizing these sites, but it doesn't preclude additional sites. Obviously as our staff and our consultant partner do some work out in the community they may identify additional locations and of course because they are RVs they're mobile and they may go from point A to point B so we will be able to address those locations as well

Thank you for that because looking at the map there was definitely some hot spots in the Santa Maria Valley that I saw were missing and so I wanted to make sure that there was flexibility there to approach some of those areas. With these funds is there anything that compels those that need these services to utilize them?

Well, compel is an interesting word because I'm not sure we can compel anyone to do anything if they're not Motivated to do something and we believe that by making sure that our Outreach workers are developing rapport with the residents and that we can provide meaningful alternatives for them That the residents will avail themselves of those options

And so now that these options would be in place, jurisdictions whether city or the county could then have ordinances in place that might prohibit potentially street camping as one of the positive outcomes from this.

A number of communities not necessarily in Santa Barbara County have pursued those kinds of options and one of the values that we will be pursuing here is monthly meetings of the team that's executing this contract to include Thank you, Mr. Chair. Supervisor Williams? I just want to point out that this is great news but in the past the challenge has not only been a lack of funds but

So we at the county provide one of those vehicular sites, a number of partners that provide vehicular sites. Part of the grant is to resolve vehicular encampments and safe parking is a vital part of resolving vehicular encampments and so you need to not only have money but you need to have It's a good place, good way to have a place after hours only. that has additional eyes on it. In fact, when the program was first started, it was thought of partially as a way for commercial property owners to have an extra eyes, extra security onsite but it's definitely a way to help resolve the homeless problem both here in town and countywide.

Supervisor Nelson?

Yes, I think Supervisor Williams brings up a really important point that I wasn't sure. So is there safe parking funds in here as well? Because I thought this was just housing outreach or is that these funds flexible enough to be used for safe parking sites?

Supervisor Nelson through the chair, so the funding itself actually allocates $3 million to rapid rehousing which is what you're referring to and that's a tremendous amount of money that will really help folks get into permanent residency through lease incentives for landlords, security deposits, utility deposits, movement those sorts of things. We call them flex funds or rapid rehousing. What you're asking about we do have $200,000 that we have to expand formal safe parking lots for operation in those areas that allow them to expand or exist.

And there's also $500,000 in this specifically to help individuals or families go into motels and we can hold them there you know help them stay there until we get them into permanent residency. Understood thank you for that.

Outstanding thank you. So we'll take a motion on that. Yeah, I

can be part of a bigger motion.

I think these are probably we had so many of them. I thought we just package them all together. Okay. How about 821 place?

Chair Lavagnino members of the board administrative item number 21 is from the Community Services Department it is to consider recommendations regarding an American Rescue Plan Act ARPA senior meal program funds update and approval of sub recipient agreements And we do have one request from the public on this item,

okay And who is it?

And we are going to Jennifer Heil on Zoom. Jennifer and Jennifer, we have unmuted you on our end if you can please unmute on your end to provide your comments Jennifer if you can hear us we have unmuted you on our end. If you can please unmute on your end to provide your comments. Chair Lavinino, members of the board perhaps we can trail this item to the end of the administrative agenda?

Let's move on to A27 then please.

Chair Lavinino and members of the board Administrative item number 27 is from the County Executive Office. It is to consider recommendations regarding an agreement for services of independent contractor with Indignant Conflict Defense Council for Santa Barbara County LLC for conflict indignant defense services. Oh, I'm sorry. I read the wrong one into the record.

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I'll blame the technology. A27 is also from the County Executive Office. It is to consider recommendations regarding establishing a neutral position on property owner assessment ballots for a proposed community benefit improvement district located in downtown Santa Barbara and we do have three requests to speak on this item from the public We will begin here in person with Terry Penner to be followed by Kristen Miller.

Well, good morning Board and Chair. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. My name is Trey Pinner and I serve on the Steering Committee for the Downtown C-BID here for Santa Barbara downtown. And I also have the pleasure of serving as a President of the very first C-BID in the County of Santa Barbara that of Coast Village Road. We created that C-bid just almost two years ago A lot of work and a lot of great things have come from it.

And as a result, the city or the downtown area has elected to move forward with the opportunity to create a CBID, a Community Benefit Improvement District for the downtown area. The community has worked very hard to get to this opportunity and we're grateful that we're almost there. We will be before the City Council on June 25th. to hopefully reach a opportunity of enough votes to push us into moving to that district.

We always appreciate the county's involvement with the downtown, and as a result you are property owner in the district that we're involved with and we appreciate those collaborations that we would be having as part of property owners in downtown Santa Barbara. We note that the staff has recommended a neutral position and we appreciate that. But we hope there will be an opportunity here to move from a neutral position to a position of support for the county's role with the C-BID.

We think that would be very helpful in moving the project along and the advancement with the rest of the members, the other property owners in this community seeing the county also being a part of that. As you know, the city has been very supportive of us as well. I appreciate that as well too. So we just thank you for the opportunity to present to you today and ask you to move from a position of neutral to a position of support. Thank You.

Supervisor Hartman

Yes, I had a question. What might be the relationship between the activities of the bid if it's approved and the new navigation center for homeless? I think there may be some synergy there and this would be a bid that would be quite distinctive in that sense so we'd like you to talk about that.

Sure. You know the great opportunity about CBIDS is an opportunity to create collaboration and voice. An opportunity for property owners to get together. There really is no current avenue for that, it's a lot of ad hoc direction and now if you create a C-Board and you've created a board and the opportunity for like the new Navigation Center to dialogue and communicate in a more effective way on how things are happening together Things that the CBID might be doing, a big part of our budget is to deal with safety, cleanliness and operations of the downtown. The same thing the Navigation Center's trying to do so we would be working together with them.

All right thank you very much. That takes us to- We will- Oh there's two more speakers yeah.

Two additional speakers on this item that we will now go to Kristen Miller to be followed by Robin Elander.

Good morning Chair Lavanino and members of the Board of Supervisors. I'm Kristen Miller, President and CEO of the Santa Barbara South Coast Chamber of Commerce. Thank you for discussing this item today. This is the CBID, the Community Business Improvement District. This critical initiative is our self-help Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Santa Barbara downtown economy is vitally important. It's a part of the local economy and jobs on the South Coast, which is a critical part of the mission of the Chamber of Commerce.

The county support of this as Trey so eloquently explained to move from a neutral position to a support position does signal to the business community that we're working together in a public-private partnership to improve conditions in the downtown. Your support of this initiative as a downtown property owner ensures that, as he explained, all voices are heard, all stakeholders can have a say in the future of how we collaborate together. The CBIT is carefully crafted to align with local enabling ordinances providing a framework that is both adaptable and accountable With the initial term of five years alongside structured opportunities for reestablishment or disestablishment, the CBID remains responsive to the needs and priorities of our community allowing for continual reassessment and alignment.

The chamber asks that you vote yes and support the actions being taken by property owners committed to improving the downtown in Santa Barbara. Thank you.

Supervisor Caps?

I just had a question on the motion. So if we just go along with staff support for neutral, but then the CBIT is created, we still are responsible for the amount? Is that correct?

Supervisors to the Chair, that is correct.

Well then in that case, I don't know if our supervisor who represents the actual downtown wants to speak before me?

Do we have one more speaker? Yes. Oh,

I'm sorry.

Sorry about that.

Thanks. Chair Lavanito and members of the Board, our final request to speak is Robin Edelander. Robin?

County Board of Supervisors, my name is Robin Elander and I serve as the Executive Director for the Downtown Organization of Santa Barbara. Over the past several years, as mentioned a committed group of downtown property owners and business leaders has united with a shared vision for a vibrant and prosperous future for downtown Santa Barbara. The focus has been on developing this, what's in front of you, the Community Benefit Improvement District for the downtown area strategically designed to address the areas challenges and foster economic prosperity.

Today I come to you to consider a yes vote on the CBID ballot to help us move forward to implement needed supplemental services including safety, cleanliness, homeless services, beautification and maintenance vital for a vibrant downtown. The Seabed Management Plan and its budget are a result of careful consideration representing significant community effort over the last several years. This plan represents the property owners' experience and input who have come together to collectively invest in downtown's future through this project.

The proposed seabed improves significantly on what the existing business license-based bid I would like to begin by thanking the Board of Supervisors for their continued support Collectively pooled from all property owners in the district, the CBID will fund services beyond existing city provisions ensuring a cleaner and more welcoming environment for everyone.

The CBID will finally allow us to create a very high quality safe beautiful thriving space that our entire community can be proud of. This is a moment in time for our community that we should be proud of, the coming together of diverse stakeholders to help create the environment to support existing businesses and attract new businesses. The proposed CBID budget outlines specific allocations for different Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the board.

are above and beyond what the city currently provides, and do not serve as a replacement but instead a carefully curated non-duplicative service enhancement. These important district services also serve as a complement to the county's work to mitigate issues around homelessness. Thank you for your consideration and leadership.

And that concludes public comment on this item

I had a question about governance. If this is created, how would it be governed and would the county for example have an opportunity to be part of the board?

Can you ask your question one more time? I didn't quite hear the beginning.

Could you describe governance should the bid pass?

Absolutely. So a new board of directors will be created with also a number of committees to support its work, and so if this group, the county or the city or any property owner was interested in being on that, that could be up for consideration and so you could be part of the leadership absolutely.

Supervisor Williams

then Nelson. Well, I do think that the county as one of the larger property owners should step forward and have a representative on the board. You know, I wanna say that I think making downtown Santa Barbara work better, I think it already works pretty well but I think making it work better is important for the county. It is important for us also to be A partner to the city, and it's even more important to the city.

And so while I understand the recommendation of neutral, I am inclined to support the effort. All of the solution. I mean, I think it's been clear from the data that we've gotten over the years that one of them most important parts of the solution is more housing downtown And the work that the county and its partners, including the city's housing authority does on homelessness is a big part of that. But the things that the T-Bid proposes to pay for, I'm sorry, yeah, the C-Bid, I get those confused, proposes to pay for I'm inclined to support it. I do understand You know, concerns and I think it's kind of ironic that we have, you know, not Robin. Her work has been really important for the future but we have some members of the business community that are simultaneously saying that the business community needs to assess itself to deal with some of these problems downtown but that the county I would like The C-BID and the efforts to improve downtown, even though I think that's foolish because the efforts to do the C-BID ultimately will not look successful if the county is not continuing its work on homelessness.

When the state legislature proposing to eliminate the next round of HHAP all of that becomes much more difficult. But it does not, we should not hold it against the CBID effort and the need to improve downtown. I understand that the assessment is not budgeted as part of our proposed budget and that's a problem but I do think that we should ameliorate that and support it.

Supervisor Williams, I mean Supervisor Nelson.

Yes thank you Chair Labadino. I know when we recently had a discussion about parking and we talked about the probation building there was a mention that this might be an opportunity for us to work with the city to secure some parking. Did it get that further along at all? That it come to any type of fruition?

Supervisors through the chair if Mr. Lagerquist is here but I believe it's not because those are two separate entities this would be a CBID board on operating those funds and that would be an issue with the city itself

Yeah, I just thought we were going to try to connect those two in a conversation. And I had hoped that those would connect so that maybe with our support for this, that might help us solve some of those issues that we're going to have now that we're going to make our parking issues worse for our employees and the public by eliminating parking and adding more administrative buildings.