Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Meeting – April 11, 2024
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Sacramento County Board of Supervisors Meeting – April 11, 2024
Note: The meeting transcript indicates the meeting was called to order on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. However, the official meeting date is specified as April 11, 2024, per the user instructions. This summary uses the April 11 date as directed, with the discrepancy noted.
The Board of Supervisors convened at approximately 9:30 a.m. (morning session) and reconvened after a break in the afternoon to address a full agenda including consent items, public hearings, proclamations, presentations, and policy discussions. Notable actions included approval of a $585,980 peer review contract for the Main Jail Intake and Health Services Facility, approval of a design-build contract for the Sacramento International Airport Terminal B parking garage (up to $229 million), and continuation of a requested liquor license (PCN) for Brothers Market after extensive public testimony.
Consent Calendar
- Items 2 through 32 were approved unanimously on consent, with several items pulled for discussion: Item 3 (ARPA fund reallocation) – clarified that unspent ARPA funds will be redistributed to health/homeless pots and new projects will come back to the board; Item 6 (Wildfire County Coordinator Grant) – acknowledged by Supervisor Frost; Item 10 (certification of March 5, 2024 presidential primary results) – congratulations offered; Item 23 (Mental Health Board bylaws) – sent back to the Community Wellness Response Team (CWRT) for revisions after all five supervisors expressed concerns about the seven-to-ten-year term and the categorical exclusion of law enforcement; Item 26 (Crisis Receiving for Behavioral Health grant) – supportive comments and request for a report on the “crib” program.
- Item 4 (appointment of Anita Maldonado as SETA Executive Director) was approved; Ms. Maldonado made brief remarks.
Public Comments & Testimony
- Mr. Stinson (Wilton resident) expressed frustration with zoning regulations and costs to split parcels; requested board consider changes to allow two-acre parcels in his area. He noted an estimated cost of $65,000 to split a property.
- Monica Madrid (National Union of Healthcare Workers) spoke about workers at Sutter Center for Psychiatry, alleging bad-faith bargaining, understaffing, and a suicide; she requested the board urge good-faith negotiations.
- Ryan Harris complained about the removal of remote public comment and voiced general criticisms of county leadership.
- On Item 44 (Brothers Market PCN), 17 community members spoke overwhelmingly in support, highlighting the owner’s positive community involvement, safety, and cleanliness. One speaker (Robert) brought a bottle of alcohol to illustrate economic opportunity. No speakers opposed.
- On Item 43 (Laguna Creek CFD funds), two speakers (Walter Hoppe and Tracy Slavin) opposed using funds for the McCormick Williamson Tract Weir Project, arguing it would not adequately mitigate flooding in the Beach Stone Lake area and that funds were originally intended for Lambert Road bridge improvements.
- On Item 45 (Jail peer review), three speakers from Decarcerate Sacramento (Keon Bliss, Courtney Hansen, Teddy Georgeoff) urged the third-party review to focus strictly on May’s consent decree compliance, not jail expansion, and noted that 63% of decree demands are already met.
Discussion Items
- Items 33 & 34 – Proclamations: The board recognized April 2024 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (presented by Sacramento State’s Title IX Office) and Child Abuse Prevention Month (presented by Child, Family and Adult Services and the Child Abuse Prevention Center). Key statistics shared: 238 instances of sexual misconduct reported at Sacramento State in 2023; 63% reduction in monthly foster care entries over nine years; 56.8% reduction in children in foster care; 60% reduction since 2015 through the Black Child Legacy Campaign.
- Items 35 & 36 – CSA Hearings: Public hearings for subdivisions (Gerber Creek Unit 2 & 3, Villages at Elder Creek 2) to change benefit categories and establish service charges; all ballots were in favor; motions approved unanimously.
- Item 37 – Technology Improvement Plan: CIO Rami Zakaria presented the five-year $54 million plan. Highlights: new property tax system replacement (on time, under budget, $48 million total, 40% complete, 25.4% spent). Project is on target for September 2025 go-live. Approved unanimously.
- Item 38 – Capital Improvement Plan: New and newly funded projects reviewed and forwarded to Planning Commission for consistency with General Plan. Approved unanimously.
- Item 39 – RAD Program Update: Informational. The Housing Authority is converting public housing to project-based vouchers; 104 units (Auburn Falls) in progress, with significant rehab costs. Supervisor Hume requested a workshop on voucher programs and financing.
- Item 40 – Auburn Falls (RAD): TEFRA hearing, bond issuance, and loan commitment approved unanimously.
- Item 41 – Terracina at Wildhawk: New construction of 145 units affordable to 30-70% AMI; bond and loan commitment approved unanimously.
- Item 42 – Airport Parking Garage: Contract awarded to Auto Construction (Sacramento-based, women-owned) in amount up to $229 million for a six-story, 4,500-5,500 space garage. Approved unanimously after public comment and recognition of local workforce.
- Item 43 – Laguna Creek CFD Funds: Approved use of $3.4 million plus interest for the McCormick Williamson Tract Weir Project (flood control alternative) after debate over fund origin and flood mitigation efficacy.
- Item 44 – Brothers Market PCN: Continued to a future date (likely May 2024) to allow exploration of mechanisms to impose conditions from the Sheriff’s Office on the liquor license. The board expressed concern about precedent, overconcentration, and equitable treatment of Environmental Justice communities.
- Item 45 – Jail Peer Review: Approved contract with CGL Companies for $585,980 to review the Main Jail Intake and Health Services Facility design. The review will assess May’s consent decree compliance, operational efficiency, and cost; results expected by September 2024.
- Item 46 – Jail Population Reduction Plan Update: Informational. Jail population down 6% since 2021 (mostly due to federal contract reduction); bookings up. Six strategies consolidated from 33 original components. Next report will be in six months. Discussion on court backlogs and need for pre-arraignment release.
Key Outcomes
- Approved consent calendar (items 2-32) with modifications: Item 23 sent back to CWRT for revision; Item 26 accepted with request for report.
- Approved all proclamations.
- Approved CSA service charge changes (items 35-36) and technology plan (37), CIP referral (38), RAD update (received), and bond/loan items (40-41) unanimously.
- Approved airport parking garage design-build contract (42) unanimously.
- Approved CFD fund use for flood control (43) unanimously after public comment.
- Continued Brothers Market PCN (44) to allow further exploration of conditions; board seeks to avoid setting precedent for future Environmental Justice communities.
- Approved jail peer review contract (45) unanimously.
- Received jail population reduction update (46); six-month reporting schedule adopted.
- Completed own-rank and nomination appointments (items 47-48).
- Adjourned in memory of Craig Rutledge, owner of Vick’s Ice Cream.
Meeting Transcript
Good morning. Welcome to the Tuesday, April 9th meeting of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. Would the clerk please call the roll? Yes, good morning. Supervisor Cerna. Here. Desmond, Frost, Hume. Kennedy. Here. And you have a quorum. This meeting of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors is Cable Cast Live on Metro Cable 14, the local government affairs channel on the Comcast Consolidated Communications and ATNTU versus cable systems. The meeting is closed captioned and is webcast at Metro14Live.sackCounty.gov. Today's meeting will be repeated Friday, April 12th at 6 p.m. on Channel 14. The Board of Supervisors fosters public engagement during the meeting and encourages public participation, civility, and use of courteous language. The board does not condone the use of profanity, vulgar language, gestures, or other inappropriate behavior, including personal attacks or threats directed towards any meeting participant. Seating is limited and available on a first come, first served basis. Each speaker will be given two minutes to make a public comment and are limited to making one comment per agenda or off agenda item. Please be mindful of the public comment procedures to avoid being interrupted while making your comment. To make a comment in person, please fill out a speaker request form and hand it to clerk staff. The chairperson will open public comments for each agenda or off agenda item and direct the clerk to call the name of each speaker. When the clerk calls your name, please come to the podium and make your comment. If a speaker is unavailable to make a comment, prior to the closing of public comments, the speaker waives their request to speak, and the clerk will file the speaker request form in the record. The clerk will manage the timer and allow each speaker two minutes to make a comment. You may also send a written comment by email to board clerk at SACCounty.gov and your comment will be routed to the board and filed in the record. If you need an accommodation pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act or for medical or other reasons, please see clerk staff for assistance or contact us at 916 8745451 or by email at Board Clerk at SAC County.gov. Thank you in advance for your courtesy and understanding of the meeting procedures. Thank you. Will you please join me in the Pledge of Allegiance? I pledge allegiance to the flight of the United States of America and to your repository for which it stands. Under God is law justice for our clerk, please call the first item. All right, your first item are public comments relating to matters not on the posted agenda, and our first speaker is Mr. Stinson. I'm a little nervous, so excuse me. Um I'm talking about zoning in the Wilton area. I've been to the planning commission several I mean, not the yeah, the planning commission each time I get confusion. I live on Randolph Road. I have 15 parcels on our side of the road with two-acre parcels. On the south side, there are 16 parcels with five-acre zoning with many people living in a converted barn or trader back of property away from public view. In other areas, there are 22 parcels zone, two acres. These parcels are located within one mile. My parcel is five two five-acre parcels, but they're less than that because the way they design it. No Swenson Hawk fees are required. But I still get the Swinson Hawk. Each time I met with the planner, I am told the Board of Supervisors make the decision to split my property. The estimated cost to split a property is around $65,000. Not including plot maps and other fees. Every thing I read and say that the board has the option to change. There is a demand for two-acre parcels in my area. The zoning change would not cause problems with large farmers or anybody else.
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