County of Santa Clara Housing, Land Use, Environment, & Transportation Committee August 21, 2025

... ... THIS IS THE DEPUTY CLERK WITH A COURTESY ANNOUNCEMENT. THE MEETING WILL BE STARTING AT 10:05 A.M. ... ... HAVE A QUORUM.

WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 2. AND BEFORE I DO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO PLEASE TURN OFF OR MUTE ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES OR CELLPHONES. WE'LL GO TO ITEM 2, PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS RESERVED FOR PERSONS DESIRING TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE ON ANY MATTER NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE HOUSING LAND USE, ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. MEMBERS WHO WISH TO ADDRESS ANY ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA SHOULD REQUEST TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME. INDIVIDUALS WILL BE CALLED TO SPEAK IN TURN. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING THREE MINUTES FOR FIVE OR FEWER SPEAKERS, TWO MINUTES FOR SIX TO 14 PERSONS AND ONE MINUTE FOR 15 OR MORE SPEAKERS. THE LAW DOES NOT PERMIT COMMITTEE ACTION OR EXTENDED DISCUSSION. STATEMENTS THAT MAY REQUIRE A RESPONSE MAY BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND SPEAKERS YOU CAN COMMENT ON ANY MATTERS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER, THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION COVERS HOUSING, LAND USE, ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION WITHIN SANTA CLARA COUNTY. AS CHAIR I MAY END A SPEAKER'S PUBLIC COMMENT IF IT'S NOT RELATED TO THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON A ON-AGENDA ITEM?

WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS IN CHAMBERS AND, ONE MOMENT FOR THE ZOOM ROOM. THERE ARE CURRENTLY FIVE HANDS RAISED IN THE ZOOM ROOM FOR A TOTAL OF 12. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL ONE. WE NOW HAVE 13 SPEAKERS WHICH WOULD STILL BE TWO MINUTES.

>> Margaret: GREAT. WE'LL START WITH IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

>> WE'LL CLOSE THE CUE FOR ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU.

>> OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DOUG WRASSE RICE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND NOT NECESSARY IN ORDER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LINE UP, THERE IS TIMOTHY, ANJU SHAFFER, PHILIP, SHANA, KATIE AND JAMIE ALVERADO. WELCOME.

GOOD MORNING. I'M DOUGLAS RICE, I'M THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE CALIFORNIA PILOTS ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT I HAVE SUBMITTED WRITTEN COMMENT ON REGARDING THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN AT SAN MARTIN AIRPORT. THIS IS NOW IN EXCESS OF 20 YEARS OLD AND THE USERS AND THE STAFF SEEM TO BE AT A DISAGREEMENT ON WHEN TO ENGAGE AND HOW TO ENGAGE. THE ONE THING WE DO AGREE UPON IS THAT ONCE WE START THIS PROCESS, IT'S A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD TO INTEGRATE AND ACTUALLY UTILIZE THAT MASTER PLAN. THE USERS WOULD LIKE TO START THAT DISCUSSION NOW. HOWEVER, STAFF HAS SAID THEY DON'T WANT TO ENTERTAIN DISCUSSION UNTIL 2030. SO THEY ARE LOOKING AT AN IMPLEMENTATION DATE OF 2035 FOR THE MASTER PLAN. I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE SUPERVISORS' OFFICES, SUPERVISOR KOGA, YOUR OFFICE RESPONDED WITHIN 24 HOURS IN WRITING. SUPERVISOR ARENAS, DESPITE MULTIPLE, DAILY PHONE CALLS, E-MAILS, HAS REFUSED TO ENGAGE ON THIS ITEM. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS TO DETERMINE HOW TO MOVE FORWARD, WHEN TO MOVE FORWARD BECAUSE YOU CONTROL THE POLICY ASPECT BEFORE WE EVEN START MASTER PLANNING OR SOMETHING THAT IS NOT QUITE TO THAT LEVEL. SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT ENGAGEMENT. YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION IN WRITING AND WE WISH TO MAKE THINGS MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE. I'M TIMOTHY. I LIVE IN DISTRICT 2 OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY. ON MAY 22, 2025, THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION PASSED ITEM 6, 124922, TO EXCLUDE NEW INVESTMENTS IN FOSSIL FUELS AS PART OF THE INVESTMENT POLICY. IN THE PAST THIS COUNTY HAS INVESTED IN CHEVRON AND EXXON, TWO COMPANIES WHO HAVE ACCELERATED THE CRISIS CLIMATE. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT CHEVRON IS THE LARGEST PRODUCER OF FOSSIL FUEL FOR ISRAEL WHERE THE SIGNIFICANT STAKE IN THIS SECTOR. IF THE ENVIRONMENT IS COMPLICIT IN APARTHEID HAS HAD AFFECT. CITIES AND SCHOOLS DIVERTED FROM APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA. THIS WAS A TRUE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE ISOLATION OF SOUTH AFRICA. TODAY WE FACE A SIMILAR CRISIS, THE ETHNIC CLEANSING OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. SANTA CLARA COUNTY MUST MAKE THE CHOICE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY. THE ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS OF PALESTINIANS IS A LOCAL ISSUE. SO MANY PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY MEMBERS ACROSS SANTA CLARA COUNTY ARE GRIEVING THE MURDER OF THEIR OWN FRIENDS AND FAMILY, MANY OF US HAVE BEEN DISTURBED BY ACTION BY THE IMAGES OF STARVATION AND DEATH IN GAZA. OUR COUNTY HAS A MORAL OBLIGATION TO INVEST OUR TAX DOLLARS IN AN ETHICAL MANNER. REFUSING TO INVEST IN COMPANIES LIKE CHEVRON, EXXON, CATERPILLAR AND MICROSOFT WHICH ARE COMPLICIT IN THIS CRISIS EVER AGAIN. THANK YOU.

>> NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

I'M ANDRE. I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY. MAY 22, 2025, THE SUSTAINABILITY PASSED AGENDA 6 WHICH WAS THE COMMISSION'S UNANIMOUS PASSED RECOMMENDATION TO EXPLICITLY EXCLUDE NEW OR RENEWED INVESTMENT IN FOSSIL FUELS AS PART OF THE INVESTMENT POLICY. IN THE PAST THIS COUNTY INVESTED IN CHEVRON AND EXXON, TWO COMPANIES HAVE ACCELERATED THE CLIMATE CRISIS AND PROFITED OFF THE SUFFERING OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY ARE NOT VOTING ON THIS RECOMMENDATION TODAY. I URGE THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TO WORK TOGETHER AND ENSURE THEY TAKE UP THIS RECOMMENDATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENSURE OUR TAX DOLLARS NO LONGER CONTRIBUTE TO CRISIS WHICH THREATEN ALL HUMANITY. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

HELLO. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION PASSED, AGAIN TODAY NUMBER 6 MAY 22, 2025. THIS RECOMMENDATION EXPLICITLY CALLS TO EXCLUDE ANY NEW INVESTMENT IN FOSSIL FUELS. THIS IS AN OLD MATTER. BECAUSE OF THE CRISIS, HUMANITY IS FACING TODAY. FIRST IS CLIMATE CHANGE. CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS ALL HUMANITY AND THE ENTER INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL SAYS WE HAVE TO REDUCE BY 2030. WHEN FOSSIL FUELS THREATEN OUR HUMANITY AND LIVES, THE COUNTY CANNOT BE ENCOURAGING THESE COMPANIES AND INVESTING $15 MILLION IN CHEVRON LIKE THE COUNTY WAS INVESTED IN. BOTH CHEVRON AND EXXON ARE COMPLICIT IN THE GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF THERE HAVE BEEN 61,000 PEOPLE MURDERED IN GAZA AND STARVATION DEATHS HAVE SPIKED. WITH MORE HAPPENING IN THE PAST MONTH THAN IN THE PREVIOUS 20 MONTHS COMBINED. THIS IS AN URGENT HUNGER AND GENOCIDE. THE LIKES OF WHICH THE WORLD HAS NOT SEEN IN THIS CENTURY. THIS IS AN URGENT CRISIS THAT EVERY GLOBAL CITIZEN MUST TAKE ACTION ON. I URGE YOU TO DIVEST FROM EXXON AND CHEVRON WHICH HAS PROVIDED FUEL TO THOSE FUNDING THE MURDER. THEY ARE FUNDING THE THE APARTHEID STATE WHICH THREATEN ALL LIVES HERE IN SANTA CLARA COUNTY AND ACROSS THE WORLD. TAKE ACTION NOW AND REFUSE TO INVEST IN FOSSIL FUELS.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M KATE. I'M A RESIDENT OF SAN JOSE, A MOTHER TO TWO YOUNG CHILDREN AND A TRAUMA INFORMED SOCIAL WORKER AND PSYCHOTHERAPIST. SIMILAR TO MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEFORE ME, I'M HERE TO CALL UPON THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA TO STAND IN ITS POWER AND DEMONSTRATE TO OTHER REGIONS ACROSS THE U.S. AND BEYOND THAT IT'S MORE THAN POSSIBLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT INVESTING IN CHEVRON THAT NOT ONLY FUELS THE ISRAELI GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS BUT ALSO HOLDS A LONG RECORD FOR DECIMATING INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AND COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ACROSS THE GLOBE THROUGH ITS CORRUPT BUSINESS TACTICS AND VIOLENT DISREGARD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. IN MY WORK AS A TRAUMA THERAPIST, I WITNESS EVERY DAY THE PAIN AND TRAUMA THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE LEFT TO TEND TO WHEN THE SYSTEMS THAT RULE AND GOVERN THEIR LIVES PUT PROFITS OVER PEOPLE AND ASSIGN LESS VALUE TO THOSE WHO ARE MARGINALIZED RACIALLY. SANTA CLARA COUNTY CAN MAKE THE CONSCIOUS AND CONSCIENTIOUS DECISION TO DIVEST FROM A CORPORATION THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRAUMA. DO THE RIGHT THING FOR PALESTINE, FOR MY CHILDREN, FOR THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES. MAKE THE MOVE TO DIVEST FROM CHEVRON CORPORATION.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING. I'M A RESIDENT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY DISTRICT 3. LIKE MY COLLEAGUES BEFORE ME, I WANT TO REMIND THIS COMMITTEE ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 6 FROM MAY 22, 2025 WHERE THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY PASSED THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS COUNTY TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS. THE WORST HUNGER CRISIS THIS WORLD HAS SEEN THIS CENTURY IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN GAZA. THE AMOUNT OF FOOD IS NOT EVEN ENOUGH TO MEET BASIC NEEDS OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. MORE PALESTINIANS HAVE DIED OF HUNGER IN THE PAST MONTH THAN THE PREVIOUS 21 MONTHS COMBINED. IN THE FACE OF THIS DIRE CRISIS, THE WORLD HAS A DUTY TO STAND UP FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS AND TAKE ACTION WHEREVER THEY CAN. IN OUR COUNTY WE HAVE A CLEAR WAY TO STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS BY PLEDGING TO NEVER AGAIN INVEST IN COMPANIES LIKE CHEVRON OR EXXON WHICH PROVIDE THE FUEL FOR THIS MASS STARVATION. GIVEN THE URGENT NATURE OF THIS CRISIS WHERE PEOPLE ARE DYING OF STARVATION EVERY DAY, I URGE YOU, THE COMMITTEE, TO TAKE UP THE RECOMMENDATION TO NEVER AGAIN INVEST IN FOSSIL FUELS IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

HI, MY NAME IS PHILIP. I AM A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT 3 AND ALSO A STEWARD. I'M HERE TO SAY IN GAZA OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DISPLACED FROM THEIR HOMES AND OVER 250,000 HOUSING UNITS HAVE BECOME UNINHABITABLE DUE TO BOMBING AND 80% OF THE ROADS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED TO THE POINT THEY WILL REQUIRE EXTENSIVE REHABILITATION IN GAZA. AS A COMMITTEE DEDICATED TO HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION, YOU SHOULD ALSO UNDERSTAND HOW DESTROYING HOUSING AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS A DEEP VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS. UNFORTUNATELY FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THIS COUNTY HAS INVESTED IN COMPANIES LIKE CHEVRON AND EXXON WHICH PROVIDE FUEL FOR THIS MASS DESTRUCTION AND HUMAN SUFFERING WORLDWIDE. I URGE THIS COMMITTEE TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND TAKE UP THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION BACK IN MAY TO DIVEST FROM CHEVRON AND FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES AND TO NOT HAVE ANY MORE FUTURE INVESTMENTS IN FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: NEXT SPEAKER.

GOOD MORNING. I'M A LIVE-LONG RESIDENT. I'M HERE TO JOIN WITH THESE FOLKS WHO SPEAK SO ELOQUENTLY ON THE ISSUE. TODAY I'M ASKING THAT YOU JOIN THOUSANDS OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY RESIDENTS WHO ARE CALLING ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO DO WHAT WE CAN ON THE LOCAL LEVEL TO BRING PEACE TO PALESTINE AND ISRAEL. ONE MEANINGFUL ACTION IS TO DO ALL POSSIBLE TO ENSURE THAT SANTA CLARA COUNTY PUBLIC MONEYS DO NOT SUPPORT ENTITIES THAT MAKE THE WAR POSSIBLE IN ANY WAY. ONE SUCH ENTITY IS CHEVRON WHICH LITERALLY PROVIDES THE FUEL THAT RUNS THE WAR. SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS AN INVESTOR IN CHEVRON AND WE CALL ON THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO CUT ALL INVESTMENT TIES WITH CHEVRON AND OTHER SUCH ENTITIES THAT FEED INTO WAR AROUND THE WORLD. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER.

APOLOGIES TO THE CHAIR. WE HAVE CONCLUDED EVERYONE WHO TURNED IN A SPEAKER CARD. THAT COMBINED WITH THE SPEAKERS IN ZOOM KEPT IT AT TWO MINUTES. IF WE TAKE THE ADDITIONAL TWO SPEAKERS, IT LOWERS IT TO ONE MINUTE.

>> Margaret: LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE WHOEVER IS LEFT IN LINE AND THAT WILL BE THE END OF OUR IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.

>> THANK YOU.

HI. I'M ALEX. I'M A LABORER. YOU HEARD THEM. CHEVRON DIRECTLY POWERS THE GENOCIDE THAT IS BEING COMMITTED BY ISRAEL. IT FUELS THE ENERGY APARTHEID IT HAS GOING. IT HAS PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ROYALTIES TO ISRAEL'S GOVERNMENT EVERY YEAR THROUGH ITS EXTRACTION PROJECTS. AND ON TOP OF FUELING GENOCIDE, CHEVRON ALSO SPILLED MILLIONS OF CRUDE OIL AND POLLUTED WASTEWATER IN ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS THE AMAZON RAINFOREST. I THINK IT IS CLEAR WE NEED TO DIVEST FROM COMPANIES LIKE CHEVRON, LIKE CATERPILLAR, LIKE EXXON IN ORDER TO START A NEW TIME OF ESSENTIALLY HEALING FOR OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT BECAUSE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CITY IS CRUMBLING BEFORE YOU. REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ON THE STREETS OR NOT. IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT -- ENSURE IT DOESN'T GO FURTHER, WE HAVE TO DIVEST FROM BILLIONAIRES THAT ONLY SEEK TO EXPLOIT OUR ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU DON'T DO SO, THEN IT'S JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO CRUMBLE OUT THERE. NOTHING IS GOING TO CHANGE. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: IF YOU COULD, SIR, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER CARD, THE YELLOW PAPER THERE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT FOR OUR RECORDS. THANK YOU. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. IF YOU COULD ALSO AFTERWARDS FILL OUT THE SPEAKER CARD, WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

>> OKAY. I ALREADY DID FILL ONE OUT.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS ELAINE. I LIVE IN PALO ALTO. AND I HAVE A POEM HERE FROM ANITA BURROES. SHE WRITES A POEM EVERY DAY FOR GAZA. AND THIS POEM IS NUMBER DAY 682. AND IT IS FOR AMNA. SHE WAS CARRYING WATER WHEN SHE WAS KILLED, AN AIR STRIKE. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT HER? WE KNOW HER NAME, WE IMAGINE HER FINGERS TIGHT AROUND THE HANDLE OF THE CONTAINER. WE KNOW SHE WAS WALKING. HOW COULD SHE HAVE BEEN, A YOUNG GIRL IS ALL WE HAVE BEEN TOLD, 7, 9? WAS THIS SOMETHING SHE DID EVERY DAY? DID SHE OFFER TO GO BECAUSE SOMEONE ELSE COULDN'T? A BROTHER, HER FATHER? WAS HER FATHER LIVING? HAVE THEY BEEN DISPLACED AGAIN AND AGAIN? WAS SHE A CHILD WHO LOVED TO SING, DRAW, RUN, WHATEVER SHE CARED FOR WAS STOPPED STILL AT THAT MOMENT. SHE WAS KILLED CARRYING WATER. WAS HER FAMILY WAITING? WAS WATER THE SINGLE HOPE THEY HAD TO STAY ALIVE? THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW GO TO ON-LINE SPEAKERS.

FIRST SPEAKER IS MUSA. PLEASE ACCEPT THE UNMUTE TO BEGIN SPEAKING. YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.

HI. MY NAME IS MUSA WITH CARE, COUNCIL ON ISLAMIC RELATIONS. ON MAY 22 THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION URGED THE COUNTY TO STOP NEW FOSSIL FUEL COMMITMENTS. TAXPAYER DOLLARS ARE STILL BEING INVESTED IN CHEVRON WHO ARE DRIVING THE CLIMATE CRISIS. WE ASK YOU TO URGE NOW AND ADOPT THIS RECOMMENDATION. TO PROVIDE CONTEXT, ISRAEL HAS DROPPED OVER 10,000 TONS OF BOMBS ON GAZA, THE EQUIVALENT OF SEVEN NUCLEAR BOMBS. A REPORT SHOWED THAT 83% OF THOSE KILLED IN GAZA WERE CIVILIANS. CHEVRON POWERS ISRAELI MILITARY BASES THAT HAVE KILLED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS AND IT PROVIDES ENERGY TO ILLEGAL ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS WHILE DENYING ACCESS TO THE GRID. AS OF AUGUST 11, THIS COUNTY HAS $50 MILLION INVESTED IN CHEVRON. BY KEEPING THIS, THIS COUNTY IS COMPLICIT IN THE KILLING OF CHILDREN. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DRUCI KAY.

MY NAME IS DRUCI. I'M A MEMBER OF SAN JOSE AGAINST WAR. UNTIL AUGUST 11 ANY-THIS COUNTY HAD 50 MILLION INVESTED IN CHEVRON. CHEVRON IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS THROUGH ITS OWN MENTION. CHEVRON SPILLED MILLIONS OF GALLONS OF CRUDE OIL IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST CAUSING CANCER, MISCARRIAGES AND SKIN CONDITIONS IN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. HERE IN THE BAY AREA, THE RICHMOND REFINERY SPILLED 600 GALLONS OF OIL INTO THE BAY CREATING CONDITIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAD TO STAY INSIDE BECAUSE THE OIL SPILL MADE IT UNSAFE TO BREATHE. THE RICHMOND REFINERY CONTINUES TO HAVE REGULAR FLARES AND FIRES WHICH CAUSED HIGH RATES OF ASTHMA AND CANCER AND ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN. I URGE THE COUNTY TO TAKE ACTION BY PERMANENTLY DIVESTING FROM FOSSIL FUELS TO PREVENT THESE FROM HAPPENING AGAIN IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION AND IN LINE WITH THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY AND A SAFE AND CLEAN ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL. THANK YOU.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MARGARET. PLEASE ACCEPT THE UNMUTE.

GOOD MORNING. I'M MARGARET. I LIVE IN SUNNYVALE. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO THE OTHER SPEAKERS IN ASKING THE COUNTY TO TAKE UP THE RECOMMENDATION FROM YOUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION THAT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY FOR THE COUNTY TO DIVEST FROM FOSSIL FUELS. CONSIDERING HOW RECKLESS CHEVRON IS WITH OUR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, IT'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING THAT THE COUNTY HAS CHOSEN TO INVEST MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN CHEVRON. AS OF LAST WEEK, I THINK IT'S A NO-BRAINER, WE SHOULD NOT BE INVESTING IN A COMPANY THAT IS CAUSING SO MUCH HARM TO OUR HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT AND NOT TO MENTION ITS COMPLICITY IN A HORRIFIC GENOCIDE BY CONTINUING TO INVEST IN CHEVRON, THE COUNTY IS COMPLICIT IN THIS GENOCIDE. I REALLY STRONGLY URGE YOU TO TAKE UP THE RECOMMENDATION BY YOUR SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION TO NOT INVEST IN FOSSIL FUELS, OR COMPANIES COMPLICIT IN HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHAHI. PLEASE ACCEPT THE UNMUTE.

GOOD MORNING, COMMITTEE. I'M A STUDENT AT SAN JOSE STATE. UNTIL AUGUST 11 THIS COUNTY HAD $15 MILLION INVESTED IN CHEVRON. THE ENERGY COMPANY COMPLICIT IN THE SUFFERING OF THE PALESTINIANS. CHEVRON POWERS ALL THE BASES OF THE ISRAELI MILITARY AND HAS PROVIDED ENERGY TO ILLEGAL ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS. IN THE FACE OF THESE CLEARLY IMMORAL ACTIONS, THE COUNTY MUST TAKE A STANCE AND ADOPT A POLICY TO NEVER INVEST IN COMPANIES LIKE CHEVRON AGAIN. THANK YOU.

OUR FINAL SPEAKER IS ILLEGAL ISRAELI -- LILLIAN.

THE FIRST GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE ABOUT THE AIRPORT COMMISSION. THEY ARE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING COLUMBUS PARK. THEY MENTIONED HOW THEY WOULD PUT IN GREEN TURF, ARTIFICIAL TURF. YOU SPOKE TO A COUNCILMAN, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAS NO JURISDICTION OVER OUR CITY. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT WORKS. BECAUSE I THOUGHT FOR THE SUPERVISORS DO NOT WANT ARTIFICIAL TURF TO BE PUT IN ANY MORE. THE OTHER THING IS WHEN THE AIRPORT COMMISSION DECIDES TO DEVELOP AND THE CITY OF SAN JOSE WILL BE DEVELOPING COLUMBUS PARK WHICH IS WHERE THEY ARE PRETTY CLOSE, UNFORTUNATELY TO DETAINING AND DISMISSING UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE RVs OVER THERE. MY COMMENT IS THAT WE SHOULD MAINTAIN OUR GREEN SPACES AND THERE IS QUITE A FEW BEAUTIFUL TREES IN THAT AREA. AND THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE, I IF I'M NOT CORRECT. DISTRICT ,- THAT AREA IS REZONED, IT'S DISTRICT 6. IT'S A CONFUSING THING. I HOPE THE COUNTY REALIZES THAT THE CITIES MAINTAIN THEIR INDIVIDUALITY AND ITS BOTHERSOME. IF THEY DO AND SAY SO, NOW WE ARE GOING TO PUT IN GREEN TURF AND NOBODY HAS JURISDICTION OVER THAT, WE ARE GOING TO UPEND OUR GREEN SPACES AND DISPLACE INDIVIDUALS AND TAKE OUT TREES, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. I'M CONFUSED ON HOW THE COUNTY IS SUPPOSED TO GO FORWARD WITH THINGS SUCH AS GREEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE, ET CETERA. AND BY THE WAY, MY FATHER WAS A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR. I CAN TELL YOU WE SUPPORT ISRAEL NO MATTER WHAT. AND I HOPE THE COUNTY --

THAT CONCLUDED OUR SPEAKERS.

THANK YOU. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE NORMALLY DO NOT DISCUSS WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP. BUT I DID WANT TO, FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, ASK OUR DEPUTY EXECUTIVE, IF YOU COULD SHARE WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS REGARDING THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. AGAIN, SYLVIA GALLEGOS. DIVESTMENT FROM FOSSIL FUEL COMPANIES IS NOT A NEW ISSUE. WE HAVE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH THESE ISSUES OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS AND HAVE BEEN TRYING TO REBALANCE THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TO ALIGN WITH ALL THE COUNTY PRIORITIES AND THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES. THE FINANCE AGENCY IS PREPARING A REPORT IN RESPONSE TO THE BOARD'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC. THIS WILL BE SHARED WITH THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE SOON. WE'LL FIND THE APPROPRIATE WAY TO PRESENT THIS TO THE BOARD. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. GREAT. WE WILL NOW GO ON TO -- YES.

>> Sylvia: I WANTED TO, I DON'T RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IT'S HARD TO NOT DO THAT THIS TIME AROUND. I WANT TO LET FOLKS KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HEAR FROM YOU. IT IS APPARENT THAT THERE IS WORK TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT UP, WHETHER IT WAS ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION OR ANY OTHER ITEM. WE CONTINUE TO LISTEN. I KNOW MY OFFICE MET WITH THE SV YOUTH CLIMATE ACTION GROUP AND THE SIERRA CLUB AS WELL AS DOUG WHO CAME IN AND SPOKE. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN FIVE TIMES THAT MY OFFICE CONNECTED WITH YOU. SO WE CONTINUE TO LISTEN. WHETHER WE AGREE OR NOT MIGHT BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I KNOW THERE IS A LOT OF PARALLELS IN OUR OBJECTIVES AND SOMETIMES THERE ISN'T. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3 WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND ANY CHANGES TO THE COMMITTEE AGENDA. SUPERVISOR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA?

>> Sylvia: NO, I BELIEVE CONSENT WITH ITEMS 5 AND 9 AND I CAN MAKE A MOTION TO OFFER THAT.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. SO THAT WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ADDING ITEMS 5 AND 9 FROM THE REGULAR AGENDA TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. AND I WILL SECOND THAT MOTION. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, THE CONSENT CALENDAR?

>> WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS IN CHAMBERS AND NO HANDS IN THE ZOOM ROOM.

>> Margaret: I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. BRING IT BACK, PEGGY, WOULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL. (ROLL CALL) MOTION CARRIES.

>> Margaret: WE'LL GO TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, ITEM 4. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CLERK TO INTRODUCE ITEM 4, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING CHAIRPERSON ABE-KOGA. WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TWO WORK PLANS, ONE FOR THE AIRPORT'S COMMISSION, ONE FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. I DO WANT TO CALL YOUR ATTENTION TO THE REVISED VERSION OF THE AIRPORTS COMMISSION WORK PLAN THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON-LINE AS SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION YESTERDAY. THE KEY CHANGE WAS TO GOAL 9, RESTORED WORDS OMITTED DUE TO TRANSCRIPTION ERROR. WE HAVE ITEMS TO PRESENT TO YOU. WE HAVE DAN CONLEY AND SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION WE HAVE CHAIRPERSON BRUCE PATTON. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY FOR ME.

>> Margaret: I DO NOT. VICE-CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CLERK?

>> Sylvia: NO, GO AHEAD.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONER CONLEY IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND COMING FORWARD AND PROVIDING YOUR UPDATE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING TIME TO BE HERE. IF YOU CAN STAND THERE, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY PICK UP.

GOOD MORNING. NICE TO SEE YOU BOTH, SUPERVISOR ARENAS, SUPERVISOR ABE KOBE BRYANT. I HAD PREPARED A PRESENTATION. THE CORRECTION WAS MADE TO THE WORK PLAN WHICH I DON'T NEED TO SPEND THE TIME TO GO THROUGH ITEM NUMBER 9. I HAVE PROVIDED THIS. YOU HAVE COPIES OF IT, JUST TO BACK UP WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND CERTAINLY I WAS NOT PUTTING BLAME ANYWHERE TOWARDS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. AS THE CHAIR I HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY TO LOOK OVER THE ELECTRONIC VERSIONS AND I FAILED IN THAT REGARD. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT THE CORRECTION HAD BEEN MADE BECAUSE IT SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED THE MEANING OF THAT SENTENCE. I WILL GO ON TO THE WORK PLAN AS WE HAVE IT TODAY. WE HAD A SUBCOMMITTEE OF COMMISSIONER ALVERADO, SOUTHERLAND AND MYSELF. WE PRESENTED IT TO THE AIRPORT COMMISSION FOR THEIR APPROVAL. WE INITIALLY HAD THE WORK PLAN FOR APRIL AND THEN DECIDED TO PUT A SUBCOMMITTEE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE WANTED TO DO GREATER COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN REFERENCE TO THE AIRPORT. I WILL GO OVER EACH ASPECT OF THE WORK PLAN AS YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. I WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE AIRPORT COMMISSION AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THIS IN THE FUTURE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, MYSELF AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I KNOW HOW CHALLENGING BUSINESS CAN BE. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THOSE DOING BUSINESS WITH US AT THE AIRPORT TO NEVER HAVE MORE THAN A ONE-YEAR LEASE. IT MAKES IT HARD FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY GET THEIR FUNDING AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SINCE WE KNOW THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES AT THE AIRPORT UNTIL 2031, WE WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSIDER SOMETHING MORE REASONABLE FOR THOSE AT THE AIRPORT. THE OTHER ITEM THAT IS REALLY NOT BEEN ON A LOT OF PEOPLE'S RADAR IS EVTLO. MOST PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS. BUT YOU REMEMBER THE DAYS OF LYFT AND UBER, NOW WE GOT WAYMO, THE DRIVERLESS CARS AROUND SAN FRANCISCO. EVTLO IS 24 MONTHS OUT. ARCH AVIATION COMPLETED A 55-MILE FLIGHT, THEIR LONGEST FLIGHT. WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT ANY OF OUR AIRPORTS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY. I THINK WE ARE BEHIND ON THE 8 BALL. I WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT TO YOU THAT WE NEED TO LOOK INTO INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THOSE SMALL HAUL DRONE-TYPE FLIGHTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CARRYING PASSENGERS IN 18 TO 24 MONTHS. THE OTHER THING WE WANT TO DO IS TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE UTILIZING THE AIRPORT. YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT PILOTS ARE REQUIRED TO RETIRE AT THE AGE OF 65 AND MAYBE 30 YEARS AGO THAT WAS A BIG DEAL. BUT I'M GOING ON 64 AND I FEEL LIKE I STILL HAVE A LOT OF TIME LEFT THERE. BUT IT'S GOING TO CAUSE HUGE PROBLEM IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY. BY 2030 WE ARE GOING TO BE LACKING PILOTS. THIS IS A HUGE TRAINING GROUNDS. WITH SAN JOSE STATE, WE WANT TO KNOW THE SCHOOLS UTILIZING OUR AIRPORT IN SOME WAYS WITH THEIR AVIATION PROGRAMMINGS. WE HAVE SCHEDULED THEM TO COME SPEAK AT OUR NEXT MEETING TO GIVE US IDEAS. WE ARE PURSUING SAN JOSE STATE. ANOTHER GROUP THAT IS AT OUR AIRPORT, YOU DON'T HEAR MUCH ABOUT, THE CIVIL AIR PATROL WHICH HANDLES SEARCH AND RESCUE, WE'LL HAVE THEM SPEAK TO US AS WELL. THAT'S PART OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT IS GOING ON. WE THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REACTIVATION OF THE REGIONAL AIRPORT PLANNING COMMITTEE OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF THE EVTLO ISSUE AND THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE REGION IS NOT READY FOR THIS. WE THINK IT'S TIME THAT THAT COMMITTEE SHOULD BE ENGAGED AND WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, MY GOAL AS CHAIR OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION IS TRY TO FOSTER A BETTER RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. WE CAN HAVE DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS ON TOPICS, BUT I BELIEVE THERE IS A LOT OF COMMON GROUND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND THAT'S WHAT MY COMMITMENT IS TO YOU, IS -- AS THE CHAIR OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION. NUMBER 9 IS THE NUMBER ON THE WORK PLAN THAT WAS REVISED AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANT TO READ THE WORDING OF WHAT THAT REVISION WAS EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE IT. IT'S TO RECEIVE INFORMATION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL DAMAGES CAUSED BY G100UL FOR 100LOVED TO PAINT O-RINGS AND WHETHER THERE ARE OTHER EFFECTS ON CRITICAL AIRCRAFT COMPONENTS. WE THINK THIS IS CRITICAL BECAUSE THERE MAY BE, WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT THERE MAY BE SAFETY ISSUE. WE HAVE SEEN ONE CLAIM FOR $600,000 THAT AN INSURANCE COMPANY APPROVED TOTALING AN AIRCRAFT. THAT AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS CAUSED BY THE G-100 UNLEADED FUEL. THERE ARE TWO MORE THAT CAME TO MY ATTENTION YESTERDAY THAT ARE SUPPLY INFORMATION. SO I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING WITH THIS, YOU WILL BE GETTING A RECOMMENDATION AT YOUR NEXT MEETING REGARDING THIS, WE LIKE TO LIMIT THE COUNTY'S LIABILITY, IF INDEED THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THAT FUEL. THAT'S WHY AMENDING THE WORDING OF THAT RECOMMENDATION WAS SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEED TO RESEARCH THAT FOR YOU. WE DID CHANGE UP THE WORK PLAN JUST A LITTLE BIT. YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE WORK PLAN OR COMMISSIONER'S ALVERADO AND SOUTHERLAND THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO PUT OUR MUNDANE ACTIVITIES THAT ALWAYS OCCUR ON THE BACK PAGE OF THAT WORK PLAN. WE HAVE CHANGED THE WORK PLAN UP A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPROVE THE AIRPORT COMMISSION WORK PLAN AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE REGARDING THIS PLAN.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE VERY DETAILED REPORT. VICE-CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSIONER?

>> Sylvia: ACTUALLY, YES. I WASN'T SURE, DO YOU WANT ME TO ASK TECHNICAL QUESTIONS OR MAKE COMMENTS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT?

>> I WILL ANSWER TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY ANYTHING THAT I CAN FOR YOU, SUPERVISOR.

>> Sylvia: WONDERFUL. I WAS WONDERING, WHY THE REGIONAL AIRPORT PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE MTC DUE TO ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY OF AVIATION, ITEM 7, WHY WAS IT NOT ACTIVE? THIS IS A REQUEST TO REACTIVATE THAT.

SO SOME YEARS AGO IT WAS DEACTIVATED. WHAT THAT REALLY DOES, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IS CREATES COORDINATION BETWEEN MORE THAN JUST OUR COUNTY, BUT THROUGH THE ENTIRE AREA. AND WITH EVTOL UP AND COMING, AND THE OTHER THING WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT HERE, YOU HAVE GOING TO HAVE A NUMBER OF DRONE DELIVERY SERVICES BEING ACTIVATED AROUND THE BAY AREA IN THE NEAR FUTURE FOR PACKAGE DELIVERIES OPERATING UNDER THAT 400-FOOT LEVEL. THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE COORDINATION. WE WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE COUNTIES WITH CONFLICTING REGULATIONS. WE THINK THAT'S, BY REACTIVATING THAT, WE HAVE ONE VOICE THAT COULD WORK ON POLICY BETWEEN THE VARIOUS ENTITIES, COUNTIES AND CITIES.

>> Sylvia: UNDERSTANDABLY SO. HOW DID WE -- HOW ARE WE DOING OR WE WEREN'T DOING IN TERMS OF WE WEREN'T HAVING REGIONAL CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR COMMITTEE WASN'T MEETING?

IT WAS DEEMED UNNECESSARY SOME TIME BACK. SO THEY DISCONTINUED IT. WE THINK WITH THE CHANGES GOING ON IN THE AVIATION INDUSTRY THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY GOING TO AFFECT US FIRST, BECAUSE BOTH ARCHER AVIATION, AND RIGHT HERE IN THE BAY AREA, ARCHER IS HERE IN SAN JOSE, BUT THERE ARE TEST FACILITIES, SALINAS, ONE DOWN IN MARINA AND OUR COMMISSION TOWED BOTH FACILITIES TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING. WE NEED TO IMPART THAT INFORMATION TO YOU ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT ARE COMING. AND THEY ARE BOTH VERY SPECIFIC THAT THEY WILL BE FLYING COMMERCIALLY IN 18 TO 24 MONTHS. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M CONCERNED THAT WE HAVE NOTHING IN PLACE. WE ARE NOT THE ONLY PLACE THAT'S BEHIND THE 8 BALL. THE FAA IS TRYING TO COME UP TO SPEED ON THIS AS WELL AT THIS POINT. BUT THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THESE WON'T BE OPERATING OUT OF MAJOR AIRPORTS. THEY WILL BE OPERATING OUT OF LOCAL AIRPORTS.

>> Sylvia: ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT MAKES SENSE. MY NEXT QUESTION IS WE HEARD A COMMENT AROUND THE MASTER PLAN.

>> HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU?

>> Sylvia: I'M SORRY. MY QUESTION IS AROUND THE MASTER PLAN. THIS IS ITEM 8, ENCOURAGING THE BOARD TO PARTICIPATE IN FUTURE PLANNING STUDIES, ONE OF WHICH IS THE MASTER PLAN. AND WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS REGARDING THE COMMISSION IN TERMS OF THE MASTER PLANNING? I HEARD THIS 20 YEARS SINCE THE LAST MASTER PLAN. AND I GUESS I WANT TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE IN TERMS OF THE RECOMMENDATION.

SO, OBVIOUSLY, THE COMMISSION HAS DIVERSE OPINIONS JUST LIKE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS DOES. WE ARE RESPECTFUL OF THOSE DIVERSE OPINIONS. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES I SEE AND I BELIEVE OUR COMMISSION SEES, IF WE WAIT UNTIL 2030 TO START WORKING ON A PLAN AND, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU, AS A BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, DECIDE TO CLOSE REED HILLVIEW IN 2031, BUT LET'S SAY THAT YOU DID, THERE IS NO INFRASTRUCTURE AVAILABLE TO TAKE ON THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT, THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS. THERE IS NO CONTROL TOWER DOWN AT SAN MARTIN. THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL NEED TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THAT. AND REGARDLESS OF WHICH WAY THE DECISION GOES, THE SAN MARTIN AIRPORT IS, IN OUR OPINION, VERY MUCH IN DISARRAY, NEED OF REPAIRS -- NEED OF REPAIRS, ISSUES GOING ON DOWN THERE THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. THEY HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED WITH FINANCES. AND ALTHOUGH THERE IS ISSUES AT REGIONAL AS WELL. THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS IS A LONG PROCESS. I WENT THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN JOSE WHEN YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL AND IT TAKES A LOT OF YEARS TO DO THOSE PLANS. WE HAVE INFORMATION AS TO WHAT SOME OF YOU ENVISION THAT YOU WANT TO SEE MOVING FORWARD. EVEN WITHOUT MAKING THAT DECISION TO CLOSE REID HILLVIEW, A MASTER PLAN IS NECESSARY TO BE LOOKED AT OR SOME TYPE OF PLAN PUT TOGETHER. FIVE YEARS DOWN THE ROAD WOULD BE A DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THOSE THAT HAVE AIRPLANES AND UTILIZE THAT AIRPORT.

>> Sylvia: I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE LIST OF CONCERNS FOR SAN MARTIN. DO YOU HAVE THAT AVAILABLE?

I DON'T HAVE THEM AVAILABLE, BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE.

>> Sylvia: I MEAN AS A FOLLOW-UP.

THAT'S FINE. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO PUT THAT TOGETHER AND FORWARD IT TO YOUR OFFICE.

>> Sylvia: PERFECT. I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO PREEMPTIVELY BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL CLOSURE OR NON-CLOSURE. MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD INVEST, I KNOW EVEN A MASTER PLAN PROCESS FOR A PARK TAKES MULTIPLE YEARS TO CONDUCT. AND AN INVESTMENT.

>> YES.

>> Sylvia: RIGHT? MY CONCERN WOULD BE THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH REID HILLVIEW, AND THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS WILL TAKE, LIKE YOU SAID, TAKE PLACE OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS AND HAVE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN IT. TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHING THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN IS OF CONCERN TO ME BECAUSE IT COULD BE EFFORTS THAT MAY NOT BE WELL SPENT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL LOOK LIKE. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WILL CLOSE OR NOT CLOSE. YOU SAID YOURSELF LET'S ASSUME IT DOES, LET'S ASSUME IT DOESN'T, WE BOTH DON'T KNOW.

>> RIGHT.

>> Sylvia: FOR ME THE CONCERN WOULD BE AN INVESTMENT WHEN WE KNOW WE ARE IN A DEFICIT. AND MORE IMPACTS OF DEFICIT COMING TO US. NOT TO SAY I DON'T WANT SOME OF THESE CONCERNS ADDRESSED. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO GIVE THOSE TO ME SEPARATELY. SO I'M INFORMED OF WHAT THOSE ARE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THERE IS A MASTER PLAN OR NOT.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU AS PART OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IS TO UNDERSTAND THAT WITH A MASTER PLAN, LET'S SAY WE PUSH IT OUT AND DON'T DO A MASTER PLAN UNTIL 2030 WHICH MEANS IT GETS FINISHED IN 2035, YOU ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SIMPLY CLOSE ONE AIRPORT BEFORE WE GOT ANOTHER AIRPORT READY TO GO. YOU MAY BE UP TO 2040 BY THE TIME THAT HAPPENS. I JUST WANT YOU TO BE REALISTIC. I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME WITHIN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE AIRPORT CLOSED. WE CAN HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS ON THAT. BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC WITH TIME FRAMES WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO TRANSITION SOMEPLACE ELSE. AND THAT'S WHY I THINK AT LEAST EXPLORING SOME TYPE OF A MASTER PLAN WOULD BE PRUDENT WHETHER THE MASTER PLAN HAPPENS, WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT THAT TRANSITION MAY LOOK LIKE.

>> Sylvia: THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE DETAILS. WE'LL NOW HEAR FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION AND TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT ON BOTH REPORTS AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE FOR A MOTION. WELCOME COMMISSIONER PEYTON. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

GOOD MORNING. I'M BRUCE PEYTON. I HAVE THE HONOR TO SERVE AS THE CHAIR OF THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION. AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT OUR WORK PLAN TODAY. WE HAVE REALLY FIVE ELEMENTS TO OUR WORK PLAN, FOUR OF THEM ON PAPER AND ONE IMPLIED BY OUR CHARTER. I WANTED TO JUST TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT EACH OF THOSE AND THEN SEE WHAT QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. THE FIRST ELEMENT REALLY IS A KEY PART OF OUR CHARTER WHICH IS FOCUSING ON THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA SUSTAINABILITY MASTER PLAN. THAT'S VERY WIDE RANGING AS SOMEONE WHO IS PREVIOUSLY A COMMISSION CHAIR, I'M KIND OF BLOWN AWAY BY THE BREADTH AND DEPTH OF WHAT THE COUNTY HAS TO PAY ATTENTION TO IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY. OUR JOB THERE AS A RELATIVELY NEW COMMISSION IS TO FIRST OF ALL GET TO UNDERSTAND THAT PLAN AND RECEIVE REPORTS. AND WE COMMIT TO MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY SEEM APPROPRIATE TO ALL OF YOU. SO THAT'S A LARGE PART OF OUR WORK. AND WE ARE -- THE STAFF FOR THAT OFFICE KIND OF DESCRIBE THEIR PRESENT STAGES AS SMP101 PRESENTATIONS. SO WE ARE ABOUT TO DO THE LAST OF THOSE. WHICH MEANS WE WILL HAVE HEARD REPORTS FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND UNDERSTAND THE PROGRESS. FINDING OUR WAY IN TERMS OF HOW TO BE USEFUL IS AN INTERESTING JOURNEY. I HAVE SEEN ENOUGH OF SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSIONS TO KNOW THAT OUR JOB IS OFTEN AMBIGUOUS. BUT MY WAY OF LOOKING AT IT IS THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE LIGHT ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE PLANNING. AND EXPLORE, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT'S WORKING, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE SKILL AND EFFECTIVENESS OF THE COUNTY STAFF. BUT ALSO TO FIND OUT WHAT THINGS, RESOURCES AND CONFLICTING PRIORITIES, MAKE IT HARD FOR THEM TO DO. OUR JOB AS ADVISERS TO YOU IS TO HELP YOU BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE AND SHINE A LIGHT ON THOSE. THE SECOND PART OF OUR PLAN IS TO REVIEW SPECIFIC GRANT FUNDED PROJECTS. THERE ARE TWO THAT WE PROPOSED. I THINK AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE IS POTENTIALLY DELAYED BY FUNDING SITUATIONS. BUT THERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE ACTION PLAN THAT I BELIEVE WE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR EPA FUNDING, IF I HAVE THAT CORRECT. AND THEN THERE IS A REVIEW OF THE URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN, I BELIEVE THAT IS FUNDED AND I THINK THAT'S COMING TO US SOMETIME IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE HEARD THE DETAILS OF THAT YET. THE THIRD PIECE IS TO ENGAGE WITH SANTA CLARA COUNTY YOUTH, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES. WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THE WAY THE CHARTER WAS SET UP, SO WE HAVE OUT OF 11 COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE TWO YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES. THESE DAYS ONE NEEDS OPPORTUNITIES TO FIND HOPE, FINDING THE KIND OF YOUNG TALENT THAT YOU SENT US IN THAT HAS JUST BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL. UNFORTUNATELY THOSE TWO HAVE NOW TURNED OUT, SO WE NEED TO BUG YOU TO SEND US THE NEXT TWO, PLEASE. I WILL COME BACK TO THEM IN A MINUTE BECAUSE THEY WERE THE SOURCE OF ONE OF THE ACTIONS WE SENT TO YOU. THE FOURTH PIECE IS TO FOCUS ON EQUITY. AT OUR VERY FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMISSION AS WE INTRODUCED THE COMMISSIONERS INTRODUCED OURSELVES TO EACH OTHER, PROBABLY THE ONE WORD THAT SHOWED UP MOST OFTEN IN PEOPLE'S INTRODUCTIONS WAS THE WORD EQUITY. IT'S CLEAR THAT WE HAVE GOT VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT THIS MEANS. BUT THIS COMMISSION IS VERY CONSCIOUS AS WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE CLIMATE CHANGE THAT THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE WILL NOT HIT US ALL EQUALLY. AND THAT MEANS THAT WE, AS ADVISERS TO YOU, NEED TO BE VIGILANT ABOUT FINDING WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN BE ATTENTIVE TO THOSE EQUITY ISSUES. THE FINAL PIECE, NOT WRITTEN DOWN, IS SORT OF BEING AN EAR AND VOICE FOR COMMUNITY CONCERNS SO YOU HAVE ALREADY HAD THE JOY AND TROUBLE OF HEARING FROM ALL OF US ON ARTIFICIAL TURF. THAT WAS BROUGHT TO US BY A COLLECTION OF COMMUNITY GROUPS. AND THEN MORE RECENTLY, AS YOU HEARD A LOT THIS MORNING, SILICON VALLEY CLIMATE YOUTH ACTION GROUP AND ONE OF THE SUSTAINABILITY GROUPS BROUGHT TO US THE SUGGESTION TO ADDRESS INVESTMENT POLICY FOR THE COUNTY. I'M DELIGHTED TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE WORKING ON THAT AND LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN DO THAT. SO I GUESS THE ONE LAST THING I WOULD POINT OUT IS THAT WE HAVE HAD ONE VACANCY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. AND BECAUSE WE ARE NEW, WE HAD STAGGERED APPOINTMENTS. I DREW ONE OF THE SHORTEST STRAWS. I'M IN MY SECOND TERM ON THE COMMISSION EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR. BUT WE CURRENTLY, WE HAVE AN 11-PERSON COMMISSION. WE CURRENTLY HAVE ONE VACANCY AND FOUR EXPIRATIONS. AND OF THOSE THAT HAVE EXPIRED, ONE WAS ONE OF OUR YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES WHO IS STARTING AT BERKELEY IN THE NEXT DAY OR TWO, SO NOT AVAILABLE TO US. A COUPLE OF OTHERS BECAUSE OF WORK DUTIES HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND REGULARLY. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE AT THE KNIFE'S EDGE OF BEING ABLE TO MEET AT ALL OR, IF WE ARE ABLE TO MEET, HEAVEN HELP US IF WE DISAGREE, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO DO ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU UNLESS WE ARE UNANIMOUS UNTIL WE GET SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS FILLED. I WILL ASK YOUR HELP IN NUDGING THAT ALONG A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE. WITH THAT, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THE CHANCE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT THIS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO ADOPT OUR WORK PLAN. AND I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR YOUR QUESTIONS.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. VICE-CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER PEYTON?

>> Sylvia: YES. JUST A COUPLE. AND A COMMENT. IF THAT'S OKAY, OR I CAN WAIT UNTIL PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M SO SOFT SPOKEN. MANY PEOPLE SAY THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO I WILL START WITH THE END IN TERMS OF YOUR UPDATE. YOU SAID YOU HAVE ONE VACANCY AND FOUR EXPIRATIONS. I'M HAPPY TO ADVERTISE THAT IN OUR NEWSLETTER. I WISH ALL OF THE FOLKS WHO MADE COMMENTS EARLIER WOULD HAVE STAYED TO LISTEN TO YOUR UPDATE BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY RECRUITED SOME FOLKS THERE. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE. I KNOW THAT MY OFFICE HAS BEEN CONNECTING WITH A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATE GROUPS TO CONTINUE TO LISTEN AND BE IN TUNE. ONE THING I WANT TO JUST BRING OUT FROM YOUR WORK PLAN WAS, AND YOU MENTIONED IT IN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU HAVE YOUTH INVOLVED IN THAT. IT'S VERY REFRESHING. MANY COMMISSIONS DON'T THINK ABOUT OR MAY BE LIMIT IN TERMS OF THEIR RECRUITMENT. I SHOULDN'T SAY THEY DON'T THINK OF OUR YOUTH, BUT IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO BRING THEM INTO THE FOLD WHEN THEY HAVE SCHOOL AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. SO THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING OUR YOUTH. AND ALSO FOR ENSURING THAT THERE IS A DIVERSITY. I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. I KNOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER CONVERSATION ON SUSTAINABILITY. SO I WILL REFRAIN FROM ASKING SOME OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ABOUT THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU ARE DOING AND LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY HELPING OUT WITH THE RECRUITMENT.

>> I DO WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT. ONE OF OUR TWO YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES WAS SO EFFECTIVE THAT MY COLLEAGUES APPOINTED HER TO BE VICE-CHAIR FOR LAST YEAR. AND SHE WAS GREAT.

>> Sylvia: WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT.

>> Margaret: ME, TOO. I WOULD LIKE TO ECHO MY THANKS TO YOU AND THE ENTIRE COMMISSION. VERY EXCITED WITH THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING. AND CERTAINLY WE WILL ALSO WORK ON TRYING TO GET THOSE VACANCIES FILLED. WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF ON WHERE WE ARE AND HOW TO GET THE WORD OUT. I IMAGINE WITH THIS COMMISSION, THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST OUT THERE. SO WE'LL DO WHAT WE CAN TO HELP WITH THE OUTREACH, ESPECIALLY WITH THE YOUNG FOLKS. I KNOW THEY ARE VERY EXCITED. THANK YOU FOR BEING VERY INCLUSIVE WITH THEM. I WANT TO MENTION YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER WITH YOUR WORK PLAN, I AGREE, I THINK THE COUNTY DOES SO MUCH, IT'S VERY VAST. I READ THE DOCUMENTS. WHAT I HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR, IT IS A LOT, JUST BEGIN JUST LIKE TAKE SEGMENTS AND I THINK IT SOUND LIKE YOU SERVED ON YOUR CITY'S SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, I HELPED CREATE OURS. WHAT WE ASKED IS WE START LOOKING AT WHAT IS THE LOW HANGING FRUIT WE CAN ACHIEVE IN THE SHORT TERM AND MIDTERM AND LONG TERM. AND THEN REALLY EVEN GET DOWN TO STARTING TO PUT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME FUNDING. WE ARE NOT IN A PLACE RIGHT NOW TO REALLY FUND MUCH. BUT AT LEAST BEGIN TO PLAN OUT THE STEPS AND EVEN ADD COST ESTIMATES TO SOME OF THESE ITEMS. THERE ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES STILL. CLEAN ENERGY HAS QUITE A BIT OF GRANT FUNDING. WE WORK WITH THEM OR A MEMBER AGENCY. SO THERE IS STILL SOME OPPORTUNITIES OUT THERE I THINK. WE JUST NEED TO BE MORE ON ALERT WITH WHATEVER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES COME FORWARD.

>> BY TEACHING CAREER, I SPENT A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT BUSINESS AND POVERTY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TALK ABOUT IN THAT FIELD IS HOW TO INNOVATE WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE RESOURCES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS IMPRESSED ME ABOUT THE COUNTY STAFF IS THE BREADTH AND EXTENT OF COLLABORATION WITH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GROUPS. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S QUITE ADMIRABLE AND SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT AS I READ ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING. WHY DIDN'T I KNOW ABOUT THAT. SO IT'S A VERY BROAD RANGE OF THINGS STAFF IS DOING.

>> Margaret: WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, I REALIZE THERE ARE MANY ENTITIES AND, FOR INSTANCE, THERE IS A SPEED CLEAN ENERGY BUT ALSO SAN JOSE CLEAN ENERGY. MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN BE THE BODY THAT BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER SO WE ARE IN AS LOCK STEP AS POSSIBLE TO MOVE THE NEEDLE. SO THAT WAS MY VISION FOR THE COMMISSION AS WELL. SO YES, AND THEN I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING EQUITY. THAT'S DEFINITELY ON A LOT OF FOLKS' MINDS. SOME OF THE WORK, THE TRANSITION CAN BE EXPENSIVE. I JUST WANT TO SHARE YOUR, AS YOU SAID, EQUITY MEANS A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. MY MIND HAS BEEN THE TRANSITION AND HOW TO DO THAT IN AN EQUITABLE WAY SO THAT EVERYBODY, NOBODY IS LEFT BEHIND.

THERE IS A KEY LEARNING THAT WE ALL GOT FROM THE HEARING IN THIS CHAMBER ABOUT THE ARTIFICIAL TURF. WE, OF COURSE, HAD COME DOWN ON ONE SIDE UNANIMOUSLY. BUT THERE WAS A ROOM FULL OF PEOPLE WHO SAY WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FIELDS. AND WE, BOTH AT THE CITY LEVEL AND COUNTY LEVEL, ARE WORKING NOW TO SAY, WELL, WE CAN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM WE BROUGHT TO YOU UNLESS WE ALSO SOLVE THE PROBLEM THAT BROUGHT THOSE OTHER FOLKS IN THERE. SO WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN. AND NOT MEAN SOME HARD DOLLARS AND SENSE CALCULATIONS, BUT DEEP LISTENING TO FOLKS WITH VERY OPPOSITE VIEWS. AND THAT'S CHALLENGING, BUT REALLY REWARDING FOR US SO FAR.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND THE WORK YOU ARE DOING. WITH THAT WE'LL TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN. WE MIGHT HAVE SOME MORE COMMENTS AS WE CRAFT A MOTION ON THIS. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK?

WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER IN CHAMBER, DOUGLAS RICE. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU AGAIN, SUPERVISORS. A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON OUR COMMENTS AND THE LIKE. NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TWO PUBLIC MEMBERS, NON-PILOT MEMBERS OF THE AIRPORT COMMISSION WHO ARE IN CHAMBERS TODAY. COMMISSIONER SOUTHERLAND AND COMMISSIONER ALVERADO. THEY HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN EXPANDING THE WORK PLAN FOR THE COMMISSION. THE PUBLIC OUTREACH IS BENEFICIAL. NUMBER TWO, YOU MENTIONED THE MTC AND REGIONAL AIRPORT PLANNING COMMITTEE. THAT BODY WAS DISBANDED IN 2014, DESPITE LETTERS, RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO HAVE AN AVIATION ELEMENT OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THEY HAVE IGNORED THAT. I HAVE IN MY HAND PART OF THE REGIONAL AIRPORT SYSTEM PLAN. THEY ARE OUT OF DATE. I HAVE REACHED OUT TO EVERY BOARD MEMBER OF MTC. I GOT POSITIVE RESPONSES FROM SAN MATEO MEMBERS, BUT NOTHING FROM ANYBODY ELSE. FINALLY, I WANT TO ADDRESS SUPERVISOR ARENAS COMMENT, I HAVE HAD ONE OUTREACH, NOTHING ELSE. I WANT TO

MAKE SURE THERE IS AN UNDERSTANDING. THE MASTER PLAN IS 90% FUNDED BY THE FAA, 10% BY THE USER PLAN. THAT'S A SELF-CONTAINED FUND AND A SOURCE OF FUNDING. IT'S NOT ON YOUR BUDGET, IT'S ON OUR BUDGET. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR MOVING FORWARD. THAT'S WHY THE GOAL IS SO IMPORTANT. AND WHETHER IT'S NOW OR IN 2030, THE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED ARE SIGNIFICANT AND THE ERRORS IN THE CURRENT MASTER PLAN ARE MASSIVE. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS IN THE ZOOM ROOM. THAT CONCLUDES SPEAKERS.

>> Margaret: I WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE WE NEED A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE ADOPTION OF THE WORK PLANS TO THE FULL BOARD. ZIGZAG IS IT AS --

>> Sylvia: IS THE PLAN AS IS?

>> Margaret: I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST WITH ITEM 7, MY UNDERSTANDING STAFF HAS SPOKEN WITH MTC ABOUT THIS ITEM. AND THEY HAVE INFORMED US THAT AT THIS TIME THEY ARE UNABLE TO RECONVENE THE COMMITTEE. I'M ON THE COMMISSION. I WILL FOLLOW UP. I KNOW THAT THIS YEAR IN PARTICULAR IS A HEAVY WORKLOAD YEAR. SO I DON'T THINK, FRANKLY, THERE IS STAFF CAPACITY RIGHT NOW. SO FOR THAT REASON I WOULD RECOMMEND WE DELETE ITEM 7 IN TERMS OF EVTOL. I WANTED TO REMEMBER WHAT THAT STANDS FOR. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ACRONYMS ARE CLARIFIED SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE. ELECTRICAL VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING, EVTOLS. THAT'S INCLUDED IN ITEM 3. I THINK THAT'S FINE FOR OUR COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO WORK. FRANKLY, IF WE CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON THAT, THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING. I THINK THAT IS HOW WE WOULD ADDRESS THAT ITEM. DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS?

>> Sylvia: NO SUGGESTIONS. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE I DID ASK ABOUT ITEM 7 AND JUST HAPPENED TO ASK ABOUT THAT. YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AND ISSUE AROUND THE DRONES AND THE REGIONAL COORDINATION CAN BE ADDRESSED THROUGH ITEM 3 IS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY. BECAUSE ITEM 7 MAY NOT REALLY PRODUCE ANYTHING BECAUSE MTC IS ALREADY RECOGNIZING THAT THEY HAVE LIMITATIONS, AND THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, DOES MAKE SENSE TO LEAVE THIS ON THE WORK PLAN. AND, I MEAN, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF DELETING THAT IF MTC ISN'T IN THE PLACE TO WORK ON THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF THE COMMISSION, THE FOLKS FROM THE COMMISSION KNEW THIS OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF ONE OF OUR MAYBE STAFF MEMBERS UNDERSTOOD THAT ALREADY. DID THEY KNOW THAT MTC WASN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO REACTIVATE THIS?

>> LET ME JUST SAY I BELIEVE MRT THAT HE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MTC DID DISBAND THAT BODY.

>> Sylvia: HE RECOGNIZED IT WAS DISBANDED. TO REINSTATE IT OR REACTIVATE IT, MAYBE THERE IS A GAP IN COMMUNICATION ON THAT?

>> Margaret: SOUND LIKE MTC STAFF DID COMMUNICATE TO US. THEY ARE UNABLE TO REINSTATE IT AT THIS TIME.

>> Sylvia: NOT REINSTATE. DID WE LET THE COMMISSION KNOW? I'M GUESSING WE DID, BUT I JUST WANT TO HEAR THAT WE DID.

>> SO TO STAFF, YES, THEY ARE NOT AWARE, BUT THEY ARE TODAY.

>> Sylvia: GOT IT. YOU KNOW WHAT, WE GET TO BE THE MESSENGERS. SOMETIMES THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN SYSTEMS THAT ARE THIS LARGE. AND WHEN THINGS ARE MOVING QUICKLY AND WE ARE HOPING TO GET ANSWERS IN TIME FOR OUR MEETINGS. SO I APOLOGIZE YOU WEREN'T INFORMED OF THIS. I GET THAT THE YOU ARE COMING IN WITH THE BEST EFFORTS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT FOR THE COMMISSION. WE GET TO SAY, GIVE SOME FEEDBACK HERE AT THE COMMITTEE. ULTIMATELY IT'S THE COLLECTIVE BOARD THAT APPROVES OR DOESN'T APPROVE. I WILL RECOGNIZE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM MY CHAIR AND MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE WORK PLANS AND DELETE ITEM 7 IN THE AIRPORT COMMISSION 2025-2026 WORK PLAN SINCE WE HAVE ALREADY RECOGNIZED THAT THE MTC AND THE COLLABORATING COMMISSION WILL BE ABLE TO WORK WITH US. AND FINALLY, I DO WANT TO THANK THE AIRPORT COMMISSIONERS AND THOSE ADVOCATES COMING IN AND SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS, WHETHER WE AGREE OR DISAGREE, IT'S WONDERFUL TO CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE AND I APPRECIATE THAT OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION. I KNOW THAT -- ONE OF YOU SAID THERE IS SOMETIMES NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES THAT WE NEED, THERE IS NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH RESOURCES TO DO ALL THE THINGS WE WANT TO DO. WE ARE CHALLENGED CURRENTLY BY THAT LIMITATION IMPOSED ON US BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BUT I WANTED TO REMIND YOU THAT NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION AND WE WILL NEED TO BE GREAT INVENTORS FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG. BUT CERTAINLY IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IF NOT MORE. I ASK YOU TO WORK WITH US ON WHAT WE ARE DOING, I THINK IN THE SPIRIT OF THAT COMMENT MADE EARLIER, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE ALREADY THE LACK OF RESOURCES. SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I MAKE THAT MOTION.

>> Margaret: I WILL SECOND THE MOTION AND OFFER MY THANKS TO THE COMMISSIONERS, ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT SHOWED THIS MORNING. THIS IS VERY HELPFUL AND PRODUCTIVE INTERACTION AND LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT. I APPRECIATE THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF OUR CURRENT CHALLENGING TIMES. I DO LOOK AT THIS AS A POINT IN TIME, MAYBE SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL ME OVERLY OPTIMISTIC, BUT IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS, THERE IS THINGS TO IMPROVE. AND SO I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TAKE UP EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW, THAT THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITY DOWN THE ROAD TO DO SO. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT. AND WITH THAT COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL VOTE.

(ROLL CALL).

>> MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM 6. THIS IS TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENT YENS RELATED TO THE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ACTIVITIES.

>> AS MS. CASEY HILL, OUR ACTING DIRECTOR AND BRENT JOHNSON OUR NEW RESOURCE MANAGER ARE, WHAT I WILL OFFER BEFORE THEY START, THE VERY SLIVER OF A SILVER LINING OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DISMANTLING PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS IS THAT IT PROVIDED THE OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIRE MR. JOHNSON. HE WAS A NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTER LEADER. BUT GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES WE ARE THE BENEFICIARY AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE HIM AS WELL. I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE STAFF FOR PRESENTATION. THIS POSITION HAS BEEN VACANT FOR AWHILE, SO THERE IS MUCH WORK TO DO TO BRING OUR SATISFACTION UP TO DATE.

>> Margaret: WELCOME ABOARD.

>> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS CASEY HILL. I'M THE ACTING DIRECTOR FOR THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE. I'M JOINED BY BRENT JOHNSON WHO JOINED THE COUNTY A MONTH AGO IN THE ROLE OF INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGER. BRENT IS GOING TO GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE OFFICE'S NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT WORK. AND PASS IT TO BRENT.

>> THANK YOU. CHAIRS, IT'S A BRILLIANT HONOR TO BE IN THIS ROOM WITH YOU ALL. IT'S ALSO AN HONOR TO BE HERE WORKING WITH ANY -- THIS COUNTY. I FEEL FORTUNATE TO HAVE GOTTEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FIND SOMETHING IN ADDITION TO WHAT I WAS DOING FOR 35 YEARS WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE SO CLOSE TO WHERE I LIVE THAT IS SOMETHING BEING ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO WORK THAT I REALLY CARE ABOUT. I HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE UP UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF JULY. I WAS WORKING SUPPORTING PARKS ACROSS THE WEST AND THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, HAWAII, ON THINGS RANGING FROM HOW DO WE PROTECT JOSHUA TREES FROM THE IMPACTS OF EXPANDING WILDFIRE AND PLACES THAT WILDFIRE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE. GIANT SEQUOIAS. WE DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD DIE, THESE GIANT MONARCHS. WE DIDN'T THINK THEY COULD DIE FROM FIRE. AND WE HAVE LOST 10% OF THE GIANT SEQUOIAS TO WILDFIRES IN THE LAST FOUR TO FIVE YEARS, THE BIG ONES. AVIAN MALARIA WITH HAWAIIAN FOREST BIRDS. THINGS LIKE THAT WERE SOME OF THE PROJECTS I WAS WORKING ON. ONE OF THE THINGS I HAVE NOTICED IN COMING AND JOINING ALL OF YOU HERE IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE GO TO NATIONAL PARKS, THEY GO TO THESE PLACES, THEY SAVE UP THEIR MONEY AND THEY WILL GO AND SPEND A WEEK OR WEEKEND IN PLACES LIKE YOSEMITE, GRAND CANYON, MOUNT RUSHMORE. THEY COME BACK HOME AND BRING WHAT THEY LEARNED AND BRING IT BACK HOME. WHAT I SEE NOW WORKING WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE IS THAT WE ARE HOME. THIS IS, WE ARE WORKING ON PLACES WHAT YOU ALL AND MYSELF CALL HOME. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCE. THEY ARE BOTH VERY IMPORTANT. BUT I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO START TO WORK WITH ALL OF YOU IN A PLACE I DO CALL HOME. IT'S EXCITING. WHAT WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT -- I WANTED TO DO A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS, SOME OF THE PILLARS OF IT, JUST A QUICK -- I'M SURE THERE WILL BE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMING YEARS TO DIVE DEEPER AND HOW IT FITS IN WITH THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCE. AND REALLY, THE CENTER COLUMN THERE, YOU CAN SEE IS WHERE NATURAL RESOURCES MAY FALL. BUT IT CONNECTS WITH EVERYTHING. REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, THAT HAS TO DO WITH NATURAL RESOURCES, HOW WE, WITH URBAN FORESTS, TREES, GRASSLANDS, THEY ARE HELPING US WITH CARBON SEQUESTRATION. LOTS OF WAYS IT'S REALLY CONNECTED THAT OUR NATURAL RESOURCES DON'T BEGIN AND END AT THE BOUNDARY OF WHAT WE HAVE ZONED OR PROTECTED AS A NATURAL RESOURCE, THAT OUR RESOURCES, THEY DON'T KNOW THESE POLITICAL BOUNDARIES, THEY LEAVE THE FALCONS, THE RAPTORS, THE WILDLIFE, THEY ARE CROSSING THOSE LINES. SO THAT'S -- IT'S REALLY CONNECTED WITH A LOT OF THINGS THAT TRANSCENDS THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE THINK OF AS HOW WE THINK ABOUT HOW WE MANAGE THINGS. WITHIN OUR GROUP, INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND OSR, ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF THIS GROUP IS THAT WE ARE NOT -- WE DON'T HAVE LAND TO MANAGE. WE DON'T HAVE A FLEET OR FACILITIES OR INFRASTRUCTURE WE ARE MANAGING, BUT WE ARE -- WHICH PROVIDES US NIMBLENESS TO WHAT WE DO, WE CAN TURN AND SUPPORT ALL THE OTHER WORK GROUPS AND DIVISIONS IN THE COUNTY WITH SOME OF THE NEEDS THAT TIER FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY MASTER PLAN AND HOW WE CAN HELP THEM WITH SOME OF THAT. I SEE US AS A FORCE MULTIPLIER. WE ARE HERE TO, WITH A SMALL GROUP, THAT CAN HELP ADD VALUE TO ALL OF THESE WORK GROUPS AND PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTY, AND THAT WE CAN HELP THAT BY BEING NIMBLE, BY BEING ABLE TO MOVE FROM ONE GROUP AND TURN ON A DIME. A SMALL AND MIGHTY GROUP THAT CAN EXPAND AND ADD VALUE TO HELP MEET THE COUNTY'S OBJECTIVES. I THINK THAT'S EXCITING. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT IS COMMUNICATION. WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO -- WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE KNOW WE ARE HERE, WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT STEPPING ON TOES, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE WORKING WITH PEOPLE, WE DON'T WANT TO BE PERCEIVED AS A BARRIER OR ROADBLOCK. WE ARE VALUE ADDED, WHETHER SAVING MONEY, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, FINDING THOSE COMMON VALUES AND HELPING MEET THE COUNTY'S OBJECTIVES. WE HAVE FOUR PILLARS WE ARE GOING TO FOCUS ON IN THE COMING YEARS. THIS IS TIERING OFF OF THE SUSTAINABILITY MASTER PLAN WHICH WE HAVE INTEGRATED PAST MANAGEMENT WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE SCOPE HERE IS COUNTY LANDS, DOESN'T INCLUDE VECTOR CONTROL, COUNTY PROPERTY THAT WITH PEST MANAGEMENT, IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PESTICIDES, IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE FROM PESTS, ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WE CAN FOCUS ON REDUCING PESTICIDE USE IS THINKING ABOUT PREVENTION. JUST AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION, THE THINGS WE THINK ABOUT WITH MEDICINE THAT WE WANT TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF PESTICIDE BY GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF IT, NOT WAITING UNTIL WE HAVE AN ISSUE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EVERYTHING FROM EXCLUSION, KEEPING PESTS OUT, GOOD HABITS WITHIN A BUILDING, HAVING CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS EARLY ON. URBAN -- THEN OTHER THINGS ARE SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPING, WORKING WITH FACILITIES AND FLEET ON WATER REDUCTION AND PROPER PLANTING TECHNIQUES, PROPER PLANTING TECHNIQUES. WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP AND FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH FOLKS THERE. ALSO HABITAT PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION. THAT CROSSES ALL BOUNDARIES. NATURAL RESOURCES DON'T END AT THE EDGE OF OUR PARKS. THEY GO BEYOND THAT. THERE'S BEEN EXAMPLES THIS WEEK WHERE WE HAVE SEEN PRETTY AMAZING NATURAL RESOURCES AT CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. IT'S QUITE INTERESTING. URBAN FORESTRY, I WILL BE TOUCHING ON IN A FEW MINUTES, TOO. THAT'S A BIG PILLAR OF OUR THING. AND THE IMPORTANCE OF -- THIS IS JUST GETTING TO WHY INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT, IS REALLY TO PROMOTE THE CLEAN AND SAFE ENVIRONMENT, HAVE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES. THERE IS AN IMPORTANT HUMAN COMPONENT TO THAT, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CALL THIS HOME AND THIS IS HELPING WITH THE QUALITY OF LIFE. ONE OF THE PILLARS I MENTIONED WAS URBAN FORESTRY. I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT TODAY. THERE IS SO MANY BENEFITS TO THIS. THIS IS WORKING WITH THIS PROVIDING SHADE AND WELLNESS TO ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND THERE IS RIGHT NOW, WE ARE WORKING ON A -- WE HEARD ABOUT IT EARLIER, WORKING ON A URBAN FOREST PLAN. WE ARE WE WILL HAVE DRAFTS AVAILABLE IN A FEW MONTHS. WE SHOULD HAVE A FINAL PRODUCT. THE GOAL IS THIS MARCH IN 2026. THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING ON IT. THERE IS AMAZING PRODUCTS THAT WILL BE A PART OF THAT. ONE IS I HAVE SEEN ON THE LIST IS A CANOPY EQUITY STUDY. I'M NOT SURE, I CAN GUESS WHAT THAT IS, BUT THAT'S COOL. GET A CANOPY EQUITY STUDY. LOTS OF EXCITING THINGS GOING ON. BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT URBAN FOREST PROGRAM. SO YEAH. THIS IS JUST -- I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AND GET TO GIVE BACK TO WHAT I LIVE IN GILROY AND I'M HAPPY TO WORK HERE AND GIVE BACK TO THE PLACE THAT I CALL HOME. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: WELL WELCOME ABOARD. WE ARE -- WELCOME ABOARD. WE ARE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK?

>> WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THE ITEM.

>> Margaret: I WILL CLOSE THAT. MY QUESTION WAS REGARDING THE URBAN FOREST MASTER PLAN, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S ON ITS WAY, YOU ARE DOING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO A DRAFT DOCUMENT SOON.

>> YES, THAT'S RIGHT.

>> Margaret: WONDERFUL. ALSO, MY QUESTION, I HAD A DIFFERENT QUESTION ABOUT HOW YOUR DIVISION'S PARTNERSHIPS WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS PARKS AND REC OR SEPA.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF WHICH IS COMMUNICATION. I'M STILL SEEING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND LEARNING ABOUT EACH OF THE NUANCES OF EACH OF THOSE. WHAT I HAVE SEEN, THERE IS STANDING CALLS WITH FACILITIES AND FLEET THAT ARE HAPPENING ON A VERY FREQUENT BASIS TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS. WE HAVE SITE VISITS. IT'S REALLY ABOUT COMING DOWN TO REALLY STAYING ON TOP OF THAT COMMUNICATION AND SETTING OF THOSE MEETINGS, BEING PROACTIVE, ENSURING THAT WE ARE DEMONSTRATING THAT WE ARE VALUE-ADDED, WE ARE HERE TO HELP. SO REALLY TRYING TO DO THAT. I SEE THAT, HELPING REVIEW, SETTING THINGS UP WITH CONTRACTS, HELPING REVIEW CONTRACTS TO ENSURE CERTAIN THINGS ARE IN THOSE, AND AGREEMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS, THE RIGHT LANGUAGE IS IN THERE, CAN REALLY SET US UP BENEFICIALLY. OFFERING THOSE SERVICES, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. IT COMES DOWN TO JUST BEING STAYING AHEAD AND STAYING VIGILANT WITH STANDING MEETINGS AND COMMUNICATION. WHICH FOR WHAT I HAVE SEEN WITHIN OSR AND WITHIN INTEGRATED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, IT'S ON A GOOD TRACK WITH THAT. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY -- I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH IT. IT'S JUST BUILDING ON WHAT I SEE IS ALREADY EXISTING SUCCESS.

>> Margaret: GREAT. THANK YOU. VICE-CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> Sylvia: I WOULD LIKE TO SAY WELCOME. SOMEBODY ELSE'S LOSS IS OUR GAIN. SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I THINK -- I LOVE THAT YOU ARE UNDER YOUR ENHANCEMENT HAVE, OF COURSE, THE YOUTH CLIMATE INITIATIVE. IT'S ONE OF THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS IN MIND ARE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THE ENVIRONMENT. WE HEAR FROM THE COMMISSION JUST A MOMENT AGO ABOUT HOW THEY HAVE INTEGRATED YOUTH INTO THEIR COMMISSION. AND SO I WANTED TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE AS YOU SEE THEM. I KNOW YOU ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. YOU ARE JUST ESTABLISHING, LIKE YOU JUST FINISHED SAYING, MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS FOR COMMUNICATION. BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY MAYBE ASPIRATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW YOU SEE OUR YOUTH INVOLVED IN THIS COUNTY?

>> YEAH. I THINK IT'S RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OSR WE HAVE YOUTH FELLOWS AND YOUTH FOLKS WORKING WITH US ALREADY. WE ARE ENGAGED ON THAT LEVEL. I THINK THERE IS OPPORTUNITY WITH SOME OF THE ON THE GROUND WORK WE ARE DOING WHERE PEOPLE CAN GET INVOLVED IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES WITH THINGS SUCH AS THINGS THAT ARE ON THE FLOOR LIKE TREE PLANTING. I THINK RECOGNIZING THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK ALL OF US WHO WORKED WITH YOUTH AND THAT I HAVE LEARNED RECOGNIZING COMING FROM MY PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES, UNDERSTANDING IT CAN BE CHALLENGING FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. IT'S A LUXURY TO COME AND WORK AND BE AN INTERN OR BE A FELLOW WITH FOLKS AT WHAT'S POTENTIALLY A LOWER SALARY OR FOR A VOLUNTEER, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD. FINDING WAYS TO ENGAGE THAT MAKES THAT EQUITABLE WITH OUR YOUTH I THINK ARE SOME OF THE WAYS. THAT'S NOT A REAL --

>> Sylvia: I APPRECIATE THAT.

>> I DON'T KNOW, CASEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO WHAT WE ARE ALREADY DOING?

>> THAT WAS GREAT. I WOULD JUST ADD THAT SPECIFICALLY AS PART OF OUR WORK ON THE URBAN FORESTRY MASTER PLAN, CANOPY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF WAYS IN WHICH WE ARE ENGAGING THROUGH PEDESTRIAN - THROUGH EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS.

>> Sylvia: THIS IS A LUXURY. IT TRULY IS. A LOT OF FOLKS AND YOUTH THAT COME FORWARD, I SEE THIS AS A COUNCILMEMBER AND SUPERVISOR, FOLKS ARE GETTING READY TO ENTER COLLEGE, IT REQUIRES FOLKS TO SHOW THEIR INVOLVEMENT, THE CIVIC INVOLVEMENT IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COMMUNITIES. WHETHER YOU ARE MOTIVATED BECAUSE OF THAT OR JUST A PERSONAL FULFILLMENT, I THINK WE NEED A MYRIAD OF YOUTH INVOLVED. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT PIECE. SO I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW YOU PULL THOSE FOLKS WHO NORMALLY WOULDN'T STEP FORWARD INTO THE FOLD. THE OTHER PIECE IS THAT WE HEARD EARLIER HOW SOME OF THE ADVOCATES, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES CONNECT THE DOTS FOR US IN TERMS OF ASKING US TO DIVEST IN CERTAIN COMPANIES. I THINK IT'S A GREAT STRATEGY, IF YOU WILL, TO REDUCE IT DOWN TO A STRATEGY, BUT IT IS A STRATEGY THAT ALLOWS US TO CONNECT DOTS AND TO HEAR A MESSAGE DIFFERENTLY. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET MORE OF THOSE DOTS CONNECTED EVEN BETWEEN SOME OF THE COMMISSIONS. SOME OF THE COMMISSIONS HAVE SOME IMPACT TO OUR ENVIRONMENT. I WILL JUST MENTION THE AIRPORTS COMMISSION COMES JUST OFFHAND BECAUSE WE HAPPEN TO TALK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY AND AIRPORTS AT THE SAME TIME. THERE COULD BE A LEVEL OF ADVOCACY THAT GOES ACROSS THOSE COMMISSIONS OR TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONNECT THOSE DOTS. A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY AND NOT TO BE OPPOSITIONAL IN ANY WAY, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE A DISSERVICE FOR US NOT TO RECOGNIZE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT ENVIRONMENTALISTS TO SOME OF OUR OVERALL PRIORITIES, NOT EXCLUSIVE JUST TO THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMISSION, BUT THAT GOES BEYOND.

>> YEAH.

>> Sylvia: PERFECT. THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. WELCOME ABOARD. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU ARE VERY UNIQUE AND WE ARE JUST REALLY DAZZLED TO HAVE YOU ON BOARD. SO ONCE AGAIN, WELCOME.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Sylvia: THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. WITH THAT, MAY I GET A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT?

>> Sylvia: ABSOLUTELY. MAKE A MOTION TO RECEIVE THE REPORT.

>> Margaret: I WILL SECOND THAT. COULD WE GET A ROLL CALL VOTE, PLEASE.

(ROLL CALL).

>> MOTION CARRIES.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MOVE ON TO ITEM 7 TO RECEIVE A REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE AND DEPARTMENT OF PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT RELATING TO THE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PERMITTING PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS. INCLUDING FOR ALL TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING AGRICULTURAL WORK OR HOUSING.

>> GOOD MORNING. BEFORE I TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MS. ANCIANO, I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SET THE STAGE. THIS IS A VERY SIGNIFICANT BODY OF WORK THAT IS A COMPONENT OF OUR AG WORKER HOUSING WORK PLAN. WE HAVE SPENT I THINK TWO YEARS, VERY INTENSIVE PROCESS, WHICH THE DIRECTOR WILL SPEAK TO. I WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT WASN'T CONSULTANT, CEO AND DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT OUR PARTNER PERMITTING DEPARTMENTS INCLUDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH. I SEE OUR DIRECTOR, MS. UNDERWOOD IN THE AUDIENCE WITH US TODAY. THE WORK HERE WILL BENEFIT ALL TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT AND WILL BE A BENEFIT TO ALL APPLICANTS. BUT I WANTED TO UNDERSCORE, AND YOU WILL SEE THIS IN THE PRESENTATION, THAT THERE ARE SETS OF RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP PROMOTE AG WORKER HOUSING, PRELIMINARILY. MANY OF THEM ARE OUTSIDE THE REALM OF DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE ARE TAKING THIS AND HAVE A PLAN TO REFINE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AND BRING THEM BACK IN THE FALL. THE ONE NOTE WHICH WILL BE DEFLATING IS THAT I HAVE ALWAYS RECOGNIZED AND THE DIRECTOR CAN SPEAK TO THIS, THAT THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS MORE INVESTMENTS. IF YOU SEE THE PEER JURISDICTIONS, IT WAS STUNNING THE GAP IN TERMS OF THE RESIZERS. MY DEFLATING COMMENT IS THAT, AND THE BOARD KNOWS THIS, WE ARE FACING THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY HEADWINDS SINCE PROP 13 DAYS. AND SO OUR GOAL WILL BE TO ADVOCATE FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR ONE-TIME I.T. INVESTMENTS IN THE SYSTEM THAT WILL YIELD ONGOING SAVINGS IN TERMS OF STAFF EFFICIENCY, TRYING TO FIND REPORTS, AGAIN GENERATING LETTERS. THOSE ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES. WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO ADVOCATE THAT. THERE IS VALUE IN TRYING TO DO THIS. WE KNOW WHILE IT'S A SMALL DEPARTMENT, IT GENERATES A LOT OF CONCERN THAT THEN TURNS INTO CONSTITUENT REFERRALS. UNLIKE THE CITIES, DEVELOPMENT IN THE RURAL AREA IS ALWAYS INHERENTLY MORE TIMELY, LESS TIMELY, AND MORE CHALLENGING BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE READY ACCESS TO WATER, WE DON'T HAVE READY ACCESS TO WASTEWATER HOOKUPS, WE HAVE SITE CONSTRAINTS INCLUDING THE CORRIDORS, WE MAY HAVE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, WE MAY HAVE SLOPE CONCERNS. IT'S MUCH, MUCH MORE INTENSIVE PROCESSING ANY APPLICATIONS IN THE RURAL AREAS. WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN OVER THE PRESENTATION TO THE DIRECTOR WHO WILL INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANTS AND WE'LL BE ON OUR WAY.

>> THANK YOU. I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU VERY BRIEFLY, OUR BUSINESS MODEL IN THE DEPARTMENT, OUR PEOPLE CENTERED SERVICES, THE MOMENTUM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH THE TRANSFORMATION MODERNIZATION OF OUR PERMIT PROCESS, THAT MOMENTUM IS SO CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INITIATIVE THAT SUPERVISOR ARENAS MOVED FORWARD RELATIVE TO AG HOUSING. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE BARRY DUNN, THE CONSULTANT THAT OUR INTERNAL AUDIT TEAM STARTED THIS PROCESS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND HAS HANDED OFF TO BARRY DUNN. SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU KEVIN PRICE WHO IS A PRINCIPAL WITH BARRY DUNN. HE AND KHARA DOBBS WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION. OUR INTERNAL TEAM COMMENCED THIS WORKING WITH THE PLANNING TEAM, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT TEAM. WE HAVE CONSISTENTLY WORKED WITH ROADS, AIRPORTS, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND OUR FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO IMPROVE OUR PROCESS. AND THE TIMING OF OUR PROCESS AND RESPONSIVENESS. AND SO THIS HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. WE HAVE GAINED MOMENTUM AS WE ASSOCIATED WITH THE INITIATIVES THAT WERE INTRODUCED BY SUPERVISOR ARENAS. I WILL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO BARRY DUNN AND KEVIN PRICE.

>> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THE COUNTY. WE PREPARED A BRIEF PRESENTATION. LOOKING AT THE AGENDA HERE, WE WILL START OFF ON DISCUSSING OUR PROJECT APPROACH, THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL ON WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE PROJECTS, THE WORK COMPLETED AND WHAT'S UPCOMING. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE WAY WE APPROACHED OUR CURRENT ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT. AT THAT POINT I WILL HAND IT OVER TO KHARA TO SHARE THE BEST PRACTICE RESEARCH. THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THE PRELIMINARY RESEARCH AND PROVIDE AN INTERVIEW AND WE'LL OPEN IT UP FROM THERE AND ANY QUESTIONS WE CAN ANSWER AT THIS TIME. SO OUR PROJECT APPROACH, THERE'S FOUR PHASES HERE, THIS IS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PHASE. PROJECT MANAGEMENT GOT STARTED WITH THE COUNTY MANAGEMENT TEAM AND ESTABLISHED THE SCHEDULE, METHODOLOGIES AND THAT PHASE CONTINUES IN THE FORM OF OUR UPDATES. OUR FIRST PHASE WE STARTED THE ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT GOT STARTED IN 2024 AND WENT THROUGH THIS PAST SPRING. WE MOVED ON TO THE CURRENT PHASE WE ARE IN TODAY WHICH IS PHASE 2 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT. THE POINT IN THE THAT PHASE WE ARE IN NOW, WE HAVE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS, THOSE WILL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW TODAY. ONCE WE SOLICIT ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK, WE'LL BE CARRYING THOSE FORWARD INTO A RECOMMENDATIONS REPORT WHICH DETAILED ACTION IMPLEMENTATION STEPS FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE GO AHEAD WITH. AFTER THAT WE'LL SUPPORT THE COUNTY ON AN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE TO EXECUTE THOSE INITIATIVES. SO JUST BRIEFLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT APPROACH. WE STARTED OFF LOOKING AT WHAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND ANY IN PROGRESS PLANS OR POLICIES. SOME OF YOUR BACKGROUND RESEARCH, WE HAD A FOCUS ON CURRENT PROCESS, CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES, POLICIES AND ORGANIZATION, ORGANIZATION BEING OVERALL STRUCTURE AND STAFFING. BASED ON SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IDENTIFIED IN THAT PREVIOUS REVIEW, WE LOOKED AT THE FUTURE STATE. WE LOOKED AT WHAT CHANGES WOULD HELP US IMPROVE ON THOSE CHALLENGES WE ARE FACING IN THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT. THAT SET THE STAGE FOR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT. I WILL HAND IT OFF TO KHARA TO TALK ABOUT OUR PEER RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES.

>> THANK YOU, KEVIN. I'M GOING TO REVIEW WITH YOU THE PEER COMPARATIVE RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES AND OUR RECOMMENDED INITIATIVES TODAY. SO BEFORE DEVELOPING RECOMMENDED INITIATIVES, WE DO PEER COMPARATIVE RESEARCH AND BEST PRACTICES TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND ALSO IN THE INDUSTRY TO SEE WHAT THE COUNTY CAN LEVERAGE TO HELP RESOLVE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. AND ALSO PEER COMPARATIVE RESEARCH HELPS TO BUILD SUPPORT AROUND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT THESE ARE ALSO AREAS WHERE OTHER JURISDICTIONS HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL WITH IMPLEMENTING AS WELL. SO THESE ARE THE TOPICS THAT WE RESEARCHED. AND THESE TOPICS WERE CHOSEN BECAUSE THEY WERE IDENTIFIED ALSO AS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT WHEN WE DID THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT. AND ALSO IN TERMS OF RESEARCHING THESE TOPICS, WE DID THIS WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY IS STILL INHERENTLY UNIQUE IN TERMS OF ITS LAND DEVELOPMENT. THAT IS BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RURAL AREA IN THE COUNTY WHICH ADDS TO THE LAYER OF COMPLEXITY WITH DEVELOPING IN THOSE RURAL AREAS. THAT COMPLEXITY CAN COME WITH CHALLENGES WITH NAVIGATING ON-SITE WASTEWATER DISPOSAL AND WATER PROVISION. SO WE WANTED TO ALSO PROVIDE THAT AS A CONTEXT IN WHAT WE ALSO TOOK INTO ACCOUNT WHEN DOING THIS PEER COMPARATIVE RESEARCH. TO DIVE DOWN INTO SOME OF THE TOPICS THAT RESEARCHED, THE PREAPPLICATION PROCESS AND ALSO THE APPLICATION COMPLETENESS AND ACCEPTANCE PROCESS. AND AS IT WAS DESCRIBED, PEOPLE CENTERED SERVICES IS A SIGNIFICANT FOCUS FOR THE DEPARTMENT. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICES FOR THE COMMUNITY, BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICES, THERE NEEDS TO BE IMPROVEMENT IN THESE PROCESSES. TO MAKE THE PROCESS MORE CONVENIENT, MORE EFFICIENT, SO PEOPLE CAN GET THEIR SERVICES QUICKER AND WITH LESS HURDLES. AND THAT STARTS WITH A SOLID PRE-APPLICATION PROCESS. WE LOOKED AT WHAT PEER COMMUNITIES WERE DOING IN TERMS OF PRE-APPLICATION PROCESS AND HOW THEY WERE LEVERAGING THEIR ELECTRONIC PERMIT PORTAL SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT THAT PROCESS. AND THEN WITH APPLICATION COMPLETENESS AND ACCEPTANCE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE THE PROPER SEQUENCING IN EVENTS IN THE PHASES OF THE COMPLETENESS AND ACCEPTANCE PROCESS IN ORDER TO ASSURE THERE IS EFFICIENCY IN THAT PROCESS AND THAT DIRECTION IS VERY CLEAR FOR THE APPLICANT AND THAT EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE BOTH THE STAFF AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT IN TERMS OF WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE AND WHAT THE TIMELINE LOOKS LIKE FOR THOSE, FOR THE REVIEW OF THOSE PERMITS. IN OUR BEST PRACTICE RESEARCH WE REVIEWED WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS WERE DOING WITH PERMIT PORTALS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE FROM THE COUNTY OF SONOMA. WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THAT THEY USE THIS PORTAL TO PROVIDE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. WHICH IS A GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE TOOL. IT MAKES EVERYTHING ACCESSIBLE AND CONVENIENT. PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET THEIR RESOURCES BY GOING ON-LINE IN ONE LOCATION. AND ALSO WITH THE SERVICES PEOPLE CAN APPLY FOR PERMITS AS WELL AS LOOK AT COUNTY REPORTS IN TERMS OF HOW THEY ARE PERFORMING WITH PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THE REVIEWS OF APPLICATIONS AND ALL OF THAT HELPS TO INCREASE THE TRANSPARENCY IN THE PROCESS. PEOPLE GET A FEEL FOR AND UNDERSTANDING FOR THE TIMELINES INVOLVED WITH THE DIFFERENT REVIEWS AND THAT JUST HELPS TO BUILD THAT PUBLIC TRUST AND GIVES THE APPLICANT SOME ASSURANCE AND PREDICTABILITY IN WHAT THEIR PROCESS LOOKS LIKE. SO AG WORKER HOUSING IS ALSO A VERY CRITICAL FOCUS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO A FOCUS FOR THE STUDY. VERY FOUNDATIONAL FOR THE REASON WE DID THIS REPORT. AND SO WE WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT OTHER JURISDICTIONS BOTH IN CALIFORNIA AND NATIONALLY WERE DOING AND DIFFERENT STRATEGIES THEY WERE USING TO PROVIDE FOR AG WORKER HOUSING. THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IN THE COUNTY WITH UNINCORPORATED AREAS. WE WANTED TO FIND DIFFERENT STRATEGIES AND RECOGNIZING THIS WILL REQUIRE RESOURCES, TOOLS AND PARTNERSHIPS THAT MAY GO BEYOND THE COUNTY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. BUT IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE RESOURCES COULD LOOK LIKE, THERE ARE OTHER JURISDICTIONS NATIONALLY THAT ARE LEVERAGING THE PARTNERSHIPS WITH HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO HELP TO PROVIDE AG WORKER HOUSING AND ALSO ESTABLISHING THAT CITY/COUNTY PARTNERSHIP TO HELP SUPPORT THIS TYPE OF HOUSING. AND I WILL ALSO SAY IN EXAMPLES WE FOUND, THESE WERE HOUSING UNITS THAT ALSO PROVIDED THE COMMUNITY SUPPORT, TOO. SO THEY WERE ALSO ASSOCIATED AMENITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBER AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AS WELL. AND ALSO, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF RURAL STUDIES, THEY PROVIDE GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS IN TERMS OF HOW TO DO ACTION PLANNING AND HOW TO SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF AG WORKER HOUSING FROM THE REGIONAL COLLABORATION TO INCENTIVIZING OF THESE HOUSING UNITS AS WELL AS PROVIDING PROPERTY OWNERS CRITICAL SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED TO HELP PROVIDE FOR AND TO HELP THE COUNTY MEET THIS CRITICAL NEED. AND ALSO LEVERAGING COMMUNICATION CHANNELS. SO THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO, COUNTY OF SONOMA, ARE TWO EXAMPLES IN WHICH THEY USE THEIR ON-LINE WEBSITE TO PROVIDE A ONE STOP SHOP FOR AG WORKER HOUSING RESOURCES. THIS CAN HELP PROPERTY OWNERS WITH IDENTIFYING THE PERMITS THEY NEED AS WELL AS TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES. SO NOW I'M GOING TO REVIEW THE RECOMMENDED INITIATIVES. SO WE HAVE 34 RECOMMENDED INITIATIVES. THEY SPAN ACROSS PEOPLE, PROCESS, POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY. THIS WILL HELP TO PROVIDE THE SUPPORTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE FUNCTIONINGS OF THE ORGANIZATION. AND TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE, AGAIN, WITH THE SAME THEME PROVIDING PEOPLE-CENTERED SERVICES, IN ORDER TO FULFILL, TO HELP THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT FULFILL THAT MISSION, THERE NEEDS TO ALSO BE AN INVESTMENT IN THE PEOPLE, IN THE STAFF. AND SO THE COUNTY HAS A PERMIT PORTAL. AND THIS PORTAL, THERE IS STILL ROOM TO GROW WITH THAT PORTAL SYSTEM AND FOR IT TO REACH ITS MOST OPTIMAL LEVEL. AND WHEN IT'S ABLE TO REACH THAT, IT BECOMES BETTER FOR THE CUSTOMERS. PEOPLE CAN OBTAIN RESOURCES THROUGHOUT THE PERMITTING PROCESS IN A VERY CONVENIENT WAY AND WITH LESS HURDLES. AND IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE IMPROVEMENT WITH THAT PERMITTING SYSTEM, THERE WILL NEED SOME SUPPORT WITH STAFF AND I.T. STAFF BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM MODIFICATIONS THAT WILL BE REQUIRED. AND ALSO ONCE THOSE HAPPEN, THERE WILL BE SOME SUPPORT NEEDED TO ENSURE CONTINUITY AND THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS CONTINUE TO HAPPEN OVER TIME AND THAT THERE IS GOVERNANCE OVER THAT PROCESS. IN ADDITION, THE PLANNING STAFF, THERE IS NEED FOR CAPACITY WITH THE DIVISION. AS WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING, THREE-FOURTHS OF THE COUNTY IS UNINCORPORATED. THE LAND USE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS IS COMPLEX AND TIME CONSUMING AND REQUIRES A LOT OF FOCUS FROM THE PLANNING STAFF. IN ORDER TO HELP TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE-CENTERED SERVICES CAN BE FULFILLED THROUGH THAT LAND USE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN THE PLANNING DIVISION WILL HELP TO ENSURE THAT THE PLANNERS CAN FULFILL THEIR MOST OPTIMAL ROLE AS PROJECT MANAGERS. AS PROJECT MANAGERS, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WALK THAT APPLICATION, EVEN BEFORE IT BECOMES AN APPLICATION, WHEN IT'S AT THE PRE-APPLICATION STAGE, GIVING GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION TO APPLICANTS, ENSURING THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE CONSTRAINTS THAT CAN COME WITH THE PROCESS AND REQUIREMENTS AND THEN WALKING THAT APPLICATION AND THAT APPLICANT HAND IN HAND THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND SEEING IT THROUGH THE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS AND AS IT PICKS UP IN THE BUILDING, PERMITTING PROCESS. AND IN ADDITION, JUST TO FOCUS ON THE DEVELOPMENT PERMIT PROCESS AND PROCEDURAL MANUAL. IMPROVING DEVELOPING THIS MANUAL WILL HELP TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS CONSISTENCY IN PROCESS AND THE PROCEDURES IN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. WHEN THERE IS CONSISTENCY, THIS SHOWS ON THE OUTSIDE. APPLICANTS SEE THAT CONSISTENCY. WHEN THEY SEE THAT CONSISTENCY, THEY HAVE MORE REASSURANCE IN THAT PROCESS AND MORE PREDICTABILITY FOR THE APPLICANT SO THEY CAN PLAN THEIR TIME, THEIR RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THOSE PERMITTING NEEDS. IN ADDITION, CONSISTENCY HELPS TO SUPPORT THE INTERNAL STAFF. WHEN THE STAFF HAS CONSISTENCY, THEY HAVE MORE REASSURANCE, THEY HAVE MORE CONFIDENCE IN THE PROCESS AND THAT HELPS THEM TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS WHICH CAN ALSO HELP TO GET MORE INFORMED AND QUICKER DECISIONS TO THE APPLICANTS. WE ARE GOING TO NOW DISCUSS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROCESS. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 12 RECOMMENDATIONS. YOU SEE EIGHT HERE LISTED ON THE SCREEN. SO I'M GOING TO HIT ON A FEW OF THESE. ONE WILL START AT THE TOP WITH CONSISTENT TERMINOLOGY. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE FOUND THROUGH THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT THAT DIFFERENT DIVISIONS USE DIFFERENT TERMINOLOGY TO DESCRIBE THE SAME STEPS IN THE PROCESS. SO JUST BRINGING THAT CONSISTENCY ACROSS ALL OF THE DIVISIONS WILL HELP TO SUPPORT THE PROCEDURAL, THE STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES IN THAT PROCESS. AND ALSO PROVIDING A LIST OF CONSULTANTS FOR AG HOUSING. THIS HELPS TO SUPPORT THE PROVISION OF AG HOUSING AND THE APPLICANTS THAT ARE LOOKING TO HELP THE COUNTY MEET THIS CRITICAL HOUSING NEED. PROVIDING A LIST OF CONSULTANTS THAT ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAND DEVELOPMENT, THE LAND USE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THE COMPLEXITIES AND CONSTRAINTS THAT CAN COME WITH THAT PROCESS FOR APPLICANTS LOOKING TO BUILD THIS TYPE OF HOUSING AND GIVE THEM A LEG UP IN THE PROCESS. ALSO, MEASURE EFFICIENCY. MEASURE EFFICIENCY TALKS ABOUT DEVELOPING KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES. THE COUNTY HAS -- THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY STARTED ALONG THIS PROCESS. AND THERE IS ROOM TO TAKE THIS TO A MORE OPTIMAL LEVEL. YOU CAN TAKE THIS TO A MORE OPTIMAL LEVEL BY IDENTIFYING THE INPUTS AND THE DATA THAT IS NEEDED TO BE COLLECTED AND HOW TO USE THAT SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THAT DATA COLLECTION NEED. WHEN YOU IDENTIFY THE INPUTS, YOU CAN THEN GET TO THE DESIRED OUTPUTS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR. AND WITH PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND PERMIT AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES OVER TIME WILL HELP TO IDENTIFY GAP INFORMATION IN THE PROCESS, WORKLOAD CHALLENGES, AREAS WHERE THERE ARE CAPACITY CHALLENGES AND THAT CAN HELP TO HAVE THAT SUPPORT AND TO MAKE SURE STAFF HAS THAT SUPPORT OVER THE LONG HAUL. IN ADDITION, A LOT OF COUNTY DEPARTMENTS POST PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND PROVIDE THESE REPORTS ON-LINE. AND THAT IS AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IN THAT IT PROVIDES TRANSPARENCY FOR THE PUBLIC AND PREDICTABILITY FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. AND THE FOUR ADDITIONAL PROCESS RECOMMENDATIONS, UPDATE, ACCELA WORKFLOWS, THIS HELPS THAT THE PROCEDURES THAT ARE DEVELOPED FOR CONSISTENCY ARE ACCEPTED IN THE ACCELA SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE THE PROCESS IS STREAMLINED AND MORE CONVENIENT AND IT HAPPENS ON A MORE CONSISTENT BASIS FROM FILING TO APPLICATION. APPLICATION TO APPLICATION. WE'LL GO TO POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS. WE HAVE SIX POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS AND WE'LL TALK FIRST ABOUT THE LOBBY FOR TEMPORARY AND SEASONAL AG CHANGES. THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT ALREADY HAS BEGUN TO ADVOCATE FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGES WITH AG WORKER HOUSING AND THIS WILL JUST HELP TO REINFORCE THAT CRITICAL NEED TO DO SO IN TERMS OF LOBBYING FOR CHANGES AND TEMPORARY AG WORKER POSITION TO ENSURE THE HOUSING UNITS CAN BE DEVELOPED QUICKER IN A MORE STREAMLINED WAY THAT REDUCES THE BUREAUCRATIC HURDLES THAT APPLICANTS HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND TIME DELAYS INVOLVED. REVAMPED CODE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM. WITH THIS INITIATIVE, FIRST TO FOCUS ON COMPLIANCE IN THE CHANGE FROM ENFORCEMENT TO COMPLIANCE. BECAUSE IN COMPLIANCE RECOGNIZES THAT THERE IS A NEED TO HELP TO WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT HAD THE VIOLATION TO HELP TO RESOLVE THE VIOLATION. IT'S ABOUT ENCOURAGING THAT VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE. EXCUSE ME. AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LAND USE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS, ENSURING THAT THROUGH THE LAND USE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS THAT APPLICANTS HAVE A WAY TO GET THROUGH THAT LAND LAND USE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS TO LEGALIZE THE VIOLATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE VIOLATION CAN ULTIMATELY BE RESOLVED. CONSOLIDATE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES INTO ONE ORDINANCE. THIS SPEAKS TO JUST ENSURING THAT, FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE GRADING ORDINANCE. THE GRADING RULES ARE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS, CONSOLIDATING ALL OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE UNDER ONE, ALL OF THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS UNDER ONE ORDINANCE WILL HELP GET PEOPLE A ONE STOP PLACE TO LOOK FOR WHAT IS REQUIRED IN THEIR APPLICATION. SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO MULTIPLE DOCUMENTS TO FIND WHAT IS REQUIRED. NOW MOVING TO TECHNOLOGY. THE NINE RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER TECHNOLOGY, TO DISCUSS A FEW OF THESE WE'LL TALK ABOUT ON-LINE DASHBOARDS. WE LOOKED AT AN EXAMPLE OF THIS WITH PERMIT SANOMA HAVING A ONE STOP SHOP ON-LINE THAT CAN BE OF GREAT CONVENIENCE FOR APPLICANTS AND HELP TO PROVIDE THAT PEOPLE CENTERED SERVICES EVEN FROM THE START WHEN THEY GO TO THE COUNTY DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. AND BE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET TO THAT DASHBOARD, GET TO THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED AND ALSO SO THAT THE PROCESS CAN BE QUICKER, EASIER AND MORE EFFICIENT. AND ALSO TO TALK ABOUT ESTABLISHING DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT. THIS IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE RIGHT NOW. COUNTY RECORDS ARE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. SO, FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY ARE WORKING WITH A PROPERTY OWNER AND THEY NEED TO GET RESEARCH ON THE PREVIOUS RECORDS, PREVIOUS PERMITS, THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, THEY COULD BE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. THEY COULD CAUSE TIME DELAYS. WHICH ULTIMATELY LEADS TO TIME DELAYS FOR THE APPLICANTS. WITH THE DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, THAT WILL PUT THE COUNTY'S RECORDS INTO ONE CENTRALIZED LOCATION WHICH SAVES TIME FOR THE STAFF AND APPLICANT. AND ALSO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AG WORKER HOUSING WEB PAGE. HAVING A ONE STOP SHOP LOCATION FOR AG WORKER HOUSING, SAN DIEGO, PERMIT SANOMA HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT YOU CAN GO TO ONE PAGE WHERE THERE COULD BE RESOURCES, TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL, AS WELL AS INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET THE PERMITS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR AG WORKER HOUSING AND HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT STEPS. NEXT STEPS FOR US WILL BE TO FINALIZE THIS BENCHMARK ANALYSIS REPORT AND PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION SUMMARY. AND THEN TO ALSO FULLY DEVELOP THAT FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT REPORT. AND THAT REPORT WILL INCLUDE SOME SPECIFIC ACTIONS THAT THE COUNTY CAN TAKE TO IMPLEMENT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND THEN ALSO THE STEP AFTER THAT WILL BE TO UPDATE THE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AND WE WILL BE THERE TO HELP SUPPORT THE COUNTY IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. AND WITH THAT, THIS IS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT ANY QUESTIONS. I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO MS. SYLVIA GILLEGOS.

>> DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT. WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS YOU MAY DESIRE. WE DO HAVE OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM WHO ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH BARRY DUNN. WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

>> Margaret: I WOULD LIKE TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?

>> WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS ON THE ITEM.

>> Margaret: WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. VICE-CHAIR, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

>> Sylvia: JUST A COUPLE. I'M WONDERING, I KNOW THAT YOU PROVIDED SOME COMPARISONS ON THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING TO ADDRESS AGRICULTURE WORKER HOUSING. I'M WONDERING IF YOU CAN HAVE A COMPARATIVE TABLE SHOWING THAT COLLECTIVELY, WHAT THE OTHER JURISDICTIONS ARE DOING VERSUS THE RECOMMENDATIONS YOU HAVE FOR US, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S POSSIBLE?

>> YES. WE ARE WORKING ON THAT.

>> Sylvia: WONDERFUL. I KNOW YOU CONDUCTED INTERVIEWS AND OUTREACH WITH JUST A COMBINATION OF FOLKS. I'M WONDERING HOW MANY OF THOSE WERE DEVELOPERS THAT ACTIVELY BUILD AGRICULTURE WORKER HOUSING.

>> DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION?

>> WE DID. I KNOW WE MAY NEED TO FOLLOW UP. THE WAY WE HAVE THE PARTICIPANTS IDENTIFIED, WE HAVE TO DO FOLLOW-UP TO ANSWER THAT. WE HAVE AN INVENTORY OF PEOPLE WE ENGAGE WITH.

>> Sylvia: WONDERFUL. I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION THAT'S GOING TO BE TOO DETAILED AND I KNOW WE ARE OVERTIME. I WILL TAKE IT OFF-LINE, I WILL ASK YOU LATER, SYLVIA. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. I'M GLAD WE ARE TAKING A LOOK AT THIS. I KNOW THIS IS AROUND AGRICULTURE WORKER HOUSING. THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING PROCESS IS GOING TO BE FOR EVERYONE AND FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THIS IS ABOUT TIME THAT WE DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY WITH A LIST OF BUILDERS REMEDY PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTING US AND THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN SET FOR US. AND IT IS SOMETHING EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING FOR IT, I THINK WE NEED TO BE VERY EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE ABOUT THE KINDS OF -- HOW WE INVEST AND HAVE ASKED TO BE IN SOME OF THE ON-LINE MODALITIES YOU INDICATED, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO. BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO COST US EVEN MORE NOT TO INVEST IN THESE AREAS. I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR HOUSING ELEMENT IS ALWAYS IN THE BACK OF YOUR MINDS AND MAY BE AT RISK IF WE DON'T MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE THOROUGH AND DELIVER THE ARENA GOALS ASSIGNED TO US. WITH GREAT CONSERVATION ON MY PART, TO LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE EFFICIENCY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE NOT ONLY FOR AGRICULTURE WORKER HOUSING, BUT PLANNING IN GENERAL AND TO REACH OUR ARENA GOALS TO PROTECT OUR HOUSING ELEMENT PLAN. IN THE END, FOR ME, THAT IS MOTIVATION. AS WELL AS ENSURE THAT WE HAVE MORE CLEAR, DEFINED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. THAT'S SOMETHING I'M LOOKING FOR. FORMER CHAIR IS IMPORTANT TO ME. WHAT I MEANT WAS CHAIR OF LAVCO, WE FINISHED UP DOING THAT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT ONLY HAVE A SHARED VOCABULARY BUT ALSO DEFINE THOSE POLICIES FOR OUR APPLICANTS SO THAT THEY ARE VERY CLEAR ABOUT OUR EXPECTATIONS AND TO HAVE DEFINED POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLARITY AND HOPEFULLY TO NOT FAST TRACK, BUT TO MAKE THE PROCESS AS EFFICIENT AND AS QUICK AS WE CAN. SO ANYWAY, THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AN OFF-LINE DEEPER LEVEL CONVERSATION. FOR NOW THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. IF YOU WILL SO HAVE IT, CHAIR, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT.

>> Margaret: THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND INITIATIVE IN STARTING THIS PROCESS. IT SOUND LIKE THE LENS OF AGRICULTURE WORKER HOUSING. BUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, IT WAS DUE FOR A REVIEW. AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE STAFF AS WELL AS BARRY DUNN FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEEN CONDUCTED. I WOULD JUST START WITH COMMENTS AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS. I KNOW WE ARE GETTING SHORT ON TIME. BUT I WOULD SAY HAVING DONE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS FOR QUITE AWHILE, I HAVE SEEN OVER 150 OR SO NOW. WHAT I OFTEN HEAR IS FROM THE APPLICANTS IS CLARITY. SO JUST BEING VERY CLEAR ON WHAT THE PROCESS IS. I THINK IT'S NOT UNUSUAL, BUT I HAVE HEARD FOLKS SAY, WELL, DEPENDING ON WHO I GET AT THE COUNTER, WHO I GET, THE RULES MIGHT BE DIFFERENT OR THE ANSWERS I GET ARE DIFFERENT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE REAL CLARITY AND CONSISTENCY EVEN IN TERMS OF TERMINOLOGY. APPRECIATE THAT'S ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS. DEFINITELY, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK WE CAN DO IN TERMS OF I.T. INVESTMENTS ESPECIALLY DURING COVID, WE WERE PUTTING A LOT OF THINGS ON-LINE. THE CONCEPT OF A ONE STOP SHOP, BEING ABLE TO PULL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS AND WHATNOT TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON A PROJECT AT ONCE IS VERY VALUABLE. SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN GET TO THAT POINT. I BELIEVE THERE IS AI COMING IN TO SOME OF OUR PROCESSES. I LOOK AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT WORK. LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. I KNOW THAT, AND I DID NOTICE IN THE COMPARISONS, THE BIG THING THAT STUCK OUT WAS JUST THAT OUR STAFFING IS MUCH LOWER THAN MANY OF OUR COMPARISON AGENCIES. I KNOW THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY A TIME WHERE WE CAN AFFORD TO HIRE MORE STAFF, BUT I WANTED TO ASK AT LEAST FROM MY PAST EXPERIENCE, LIKE WE ARE VERY FOCUSED ON COST RECOVERY. I KNOW WE JUST DID THE FEE INCREASES. BUT ARE THERE AREAS, OTHER AREAS, WHERE WE SHOULD BE PERHAPS CHARGING FOR STAFF TIME? I KNOW WITH SOME OF THE BIG PROJECTS WE HAVE HAD THE APPLICANTS OR THEY HAVE EVEN OFFERED TO FUND STAFF POSITION OR WHATNOT. ARE WE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES OR DO YOU SEE THAT WE CAN MAYBE DO MORE IN THAT AREA?

>> THAT'S AN EXCELLENT COMMENT. IN FACT, WE HAVE TAKEN THAT TO HEART. AS YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE DEPARTMENT HAS BROUGHT A SERIES OF UPDATES TO FEES AND CHARGES THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS LOOKING THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF ITS SERVICES TO FIND THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, I WILL SAY LONG TERM, THE VISION IS TO MOVE TO A MODEL MUCH LIKE THE CITY OF SAN JOSE WHERE ALL OF THE WORK IS FUNDED THROUGH FEES AND CHARGES AND WE WON'T BE DEPENDENT UPON THE GENERAL FUND GIVING THE HEADWINDS WE ARE FACING THESE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE WORK WE DO IS LEGISLATIVE. THE LAST, AT LEAST IN MY MIND, NOTABLE LEGISLATIVE WORK, WAS THE UPDATE TO THE STANFORD COMMUNITY PLAN. WE CAN'T CHARGE THAT OUT. BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO DO SURCHARGES FOR TECHNOLOGY OR THAT LEGISLATIVE WORK. THAT IS OUR LONG TERM NORTH STAR AND WE SUPPORT YOUR SUPPORT FOR THIS.

>> Margaret: WE HAD A SEPARATE FUND WHERE WE TOOK THE FEES AND WHATNOT AND FUNDED OUR STAFF THROUGH THAT. SO JUST TO KEEP IT CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT. ABSOLUTELY, I THINK WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT FULL COST RECOVERY IN THAT REGARD. REGARDING DESIGN REVIEW, DO WE HAVE A DESIGN REVIEW ADVISORY COUNCIL OR COMMITTEE? THAT'S SOMETHING MOST ALL CITIES HAVE.

And some of the other counties had something like that, too.

We do not have a design review committee. We have various committees in various air "d" reas. Within this jurisdiction we do not have a design committee.

Partly, to augment on the director's comment, my sense is that it's primarily driven by the fact that 99% of our land is rural. So there will be very site specific needs to ddress.

Margaret: I think the value is having professionals serve on the commission, committee, t's another point of community engagement or outreach so folks can come to give their public comment on. So something I would suggest we look at, consider. I know there is a lot more to talk about, I know this is going to come back to us at another point. I appreciate the people-centeredness. As ublic service, we are customer service and customer service oriented. I hope that we can continue to look at the work we do in that regard. So, yes, with that, may I get a motion to receive the report?

Yes.

I believe a motion has been made. We need to second.

Margaret: I will second that. With that, can we get a role call vote, please. (Roll call).

Motion dairy -- carries.

Margaret: Thank you so much. Thank you. Unfortunately we are past our initial time allotment. So I would like to ask that we defer item number 8 until our next meeting. And then item 10, the reports from the committees, I think the reports are -- are there, could we get them written reports if there is any?

Sure. We have one staff person we would like to introduce, if you don't mind.

If I may, we have our ag ally position filled. And we have with us, she began on the 4th of August. Erin Yata. We are happy to have Erin. We wanted to introduce her to you.

Margaret: Welcome aboard.

Thank you so much. Happy to be here.

Margaret: Apologyies for you waiting to present on item 8. We look forward to the update. It's going to be a meaty topic. We would like to be able to have the sufficient time to go through it.

If I can through the chair, we want to recognize one of our staff who has been a champion of our housing element. His last day, Michael's last day is next Thursday. So he will be venturing into a new opportunity. He made a wonderful choice to be closer with his family and children. So we will miss Michael tremendously. I wanted to acknowledge the work he has done. He has served in our department for seven years. He served this county for eight and a half prior to coming to planning he was wonderful in processing our silicon valley ag plan. He worked at the front counter has been a real joy to work with and we'll miss him tremendously.

Margaret: Thank you so much. Would you like to say a few words?

Sure. I will just -- appreciate the comments. I appreciate the opportunity to work with both Sill -- Sylvias here. I have hadn't opportunity to learn quite -- I have had the opportunity to learn a lot and it will go with me, the experience I have had here.

Sylvia: Absolutely. I'm surprised and also really sad that you are leaving. I wanted to just say I didn't say this in the previous item. The one we just finished, I want to thank you for all the hard work. I know there was a lot of research done with my office to get our agriculture worker housing bill together. A lot of fundamentals came from you and I just want to thank you for all the hard work and dedication. I'm sure the results of the team behind you that contributed to that and, of course, with Sylvia's leadership, you have been sheparding all of this in such a lovely way. I'm grateful and sad to see you go. If there was anything we can do to convince you, but when you need to be close to family, there is o other way to convince folks that you ave to make sure you are taking care of yourself and the people around you. Of course, those that you love. Congratulations on your new venture. I hope you do well there and take some of the lessons and wants and needs and priorities of our county to that next level. I look forward to seeing how we interface, interact. Congratulations once again.

Margaret: I haven't had the opportunity to work with you for very long. But thank you so much for your service and totally understand family irst. And so I wish you all the best in your next endeavors. Thank you so much. Any other announcements? All right. With --

I'm so sorry. I would be remiss not to say thank you to Lisa for your leadership for our agriculture worker housing. You are staying with us and I appreciate all the work that you have been doing and will continue to do under this. So thank you. I know Michael got us started, you were part of that as well. I have to recognize because hard work always needs to be elevated. And to Erin, congratulations on coming on board. I also understand that we have been looking for you for a really long time. Like a unicorn, have heard, you are so unique in what you bring to the county and look forward to also working with you. Thank you.

Margaret: Welcome aboard and best wishes to you. I'm sorry we don't have the time to do the verbal reports. If there is anything significant? Okay.

Quick announcement. South Santa Clara County is going to have three open streets events. The first one is September 21 dubbed San Martin County Roads, Open Streets on Sunday, the 21st from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. followed by Gilroy Open Streets on October 19 and Ride Morgan Hill on November 2. That concludes my comments.

I'm sorry. This is something that's come up out of our office and our love for the pen streets here in San Jose. They are celebrating their 10th anniversary, hopefully everybody gets to celebrate with them. Thank ou so much, Harry, for your work on this side of the county line to make sure our open streets down in South County are what they should be and I know we are going to have a lot of level of expectation out there. They haven't experienced it, right, so we are just going to bring all of it. So thank you for making sure that that happens. Thank you.

Margaret: I'm going to really, if you ever really quick announcements, just go straight down so we can -- all right. Great. With that we adjourn the meeting.

Two thing. We have no speakers on item number 10.

Margaret: With that we stand aadjourned at 12:30. Thank you so much, everyone.