Okay, I'd like to call to order this meeting of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors

for Tuesday, May 20th, 2025.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll and establish a quorum?

Yes, good morning.

Supervisors Kennedy, Desmond, Rodriguez, Serna, and you have a quorum and let the record reflect

that Supervisor Hume will not be present today.

Great, thank you.

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Will you please rise and join Supervisor Kennedy in our Pledge of Allegiance?

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

and to the republic for which it stands,

one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Okay, again, I'd like to welcome everyone to today's board of supervisors meeting.

Again, I want to invite the public who's joined us here in chambers

to certainly petition your county board.

If you so choose, you're welcome to do so.

We ask you to keep your testimony to a limit of three minutes.

That way everyone has a chance to address the board if they desire to.

And if you would, please fill out a speaker slip

and give it to our clerk or one of the clerk's assistants.

That way we can make sure you're on the record.

I do want to start today by offering my gratitude to Vice Chair Rodriguez.

She very capably stepped in in my stead at the last meeting.

I was under the weather and was unable to attend and participate.

So I want to thank Supervisor Rodriguez for doing that.

I know it was kind of last minute, but she was very polished and did a great job.

So with that, Madam Clerk, our first item.

Yes, our first item is public comments relating to matters not on the posted agenda.

And we do have two speakers.

Okay.

And I'll call up Ebony Ward.

Good morning.

Good morning.

I came to a meeting on the 23rd of last month seeking help from you guys because of CPS.

As of now, I still don't understand.

I haven't received no help.

I'm asking who represents them when they are found to do something that is not okay, reporting false information.

Who governs them?

At the end of the day, I have disability.

I receive SSI.

And now they're stating that they don't want to give me my daughter back because I get a disability.

Now, to me, that's unfair because I have a disability.

How can you use that against me when the child is 14 years old and I've been taking care of the child the whole 14 years?

All I'm asking you guys is to point me into the right direction of who governs them.

They reported false information to the court, which is knowingly, and CPS knows this, and they still won't help me.

I'm asking you guys to point me in the right directions.

I don't have the money to get a lawyer.

If I had the money to get a lawyer, I wouldn't be here.

Again, my child, I have had a disability all my life for 43 years.

My child is 14 years old.

I've been taking care of the child with this disability.

Just because you have a disability, it does not stop you from being a parent.

It does not stop you from providing a roof over your child head, which I've done.

The child was removed from my household with a search warrant based upon lies.

I did not want her because I couldn't work.

I get SSI.

She was removed saying that I didn't want her because I was going to lose my housing.

I get Section 8.

I cannot have the housing without the child.

Who governs them?

When they right the wrongs, who do I speak to?

I've been asking you guys for over a month now.

Just tell me what department did I go to.

I did a civil rights, I did the abundance man.

I have written to anybody and everybody who will listen.

And I just don't know what else to do, but keep coming here.

Does somebody hear me?

Thank you, Ms. Ward.

We are unable to discuss at length the issue you bring before us.

However, I am going to ask the head of our DCFAS, Shelby Boston, she's over here in the pink top.

She will follow you out and give you a business card so at least you can have a face and a name

to associate with trying to resolve the issue.

That's all I'm asking.

Like I said, I completed the case plan to get the child back.

And they still won't give the child back.

We understand.

She's the one to help you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Next speaker, please.

Yes.

Luke Wilson.

Hi.

My name is Luke Wilson.

I rode my bike down here on this glorious morning for the first time that I've been to a supervisor's

meeting.

And I'm here because of the climate crisis we face.

And I'm speaking for my grandchildren as well as all of your grandchildren.

The board has had a hard time embracing the responsibilities for undertaking climate solutions.

Witness the amount of time necessary to put a cap into place.

But now with the federal government cutting all climate programs and even taking mention

of this existential crisis off its websites, this is the time for you to act.

Local and state governments must do all they can.

Well, what can we really do, you might ask?

Well, there's two things that the board can do.

Stop sprawl development and pass a new construction electrification ordinance.

You can stop hopscotch development that requires car driving to do anything.

Kids to school, work, fun, grocery shopping.

It makes no sense when there is so much infill development needed.

This will cut the county's carbon footprint.

And it would not hurt to support mass transit rather than building of more car travel lanes.

And the time has now come for all new construction to be powered by electricity.

Right now, there's plenty of money in the Inflation Reduction Act and SMUD to subsidize electrification

and to ensure the funding for electrification continues.

Please undertake these two simple policies.

It will make it easier for you to answer the question from your grandchildren that's coming.

What did you do to protect us from rising temperatures?

Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Wilson.

That concludes your public comments for off agenda.

Okay.

And I believe we are early even for our first presentation.

We are.

So you want to do nominations?

Yeah, that would be great.

All right.

Let's go to item 46.

I'll give everyone a second to get their notes.

Okay.

So for item number six, this is the board considering nominations to the following.

You're continuing to June 10th.

County Service Area 4B, Slough House, Wilton, Cosumnes, Galt Arno Cemetery District, North Highlands,

Foothill Farms, Community Planning Advisory Council, Sacramento County Behavioral Health Youth Advisory

Board, Sacramento County Treasury Oversight Committee, Sacramento County Youth Commission,

Veterans Advisory Commission.

And continuing to July 8th, the Cosumnes Area Community Planning Advisory Council, County

Service Area 4C Delta, Assessment Appeals Board, Sacramento County Alcohol and Drug Advisory

Board, Southeast Area Community Planning Advisory Council, and the Vineyard Area Community Planning

Advisory Council.

And your first item for today is the Adult and Aging Commission.

Chiefs are recommending continuing the item until June 10th.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Carmichael Old Foothill Farms Community Planning Advisory Council, Supervisor Desmond.

Please continue to June 3rd.

Thank you.

Actually, if we can hold this item.

I want to make a note on the record that the action for this item is contingent upon one

of the items that we have coming forth at the 10 o'clock time for timed items regarding the

Carmichael Foothill.

So if we could hold this and we'll come back to that.

Sure.

Mr. Chair, thank you.

Cordova Community Planning Advisory Council, Supervisor Desmond.

Please continue to June 10th.

And Mr. Chair, do you have notes for Mr. Hume?

For D5, I don't.

Okay.

I do have some notes here to continue to June 3rd.

Okay.

Equal Employment Advisory Committee.

Chiefs are recommending continuing the item until June 10th.

Thank you.

First five Sacramento Commission.

Chiefs recommend nominating Eric Guerra to the public health officer alternate seat.

And I'm glad to see that they made that recommendation.

Okay.

Great.

Human Services Coordinating Council.

Chiefs recommend continuing the item until June 10th.

Thank you.

Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Advisory Board.

Chiefs recommend continuing the item until June 3rd.

Okay.

And then we have Sacramento Housing and Redevelopment Commission.

I do have a note to continue this to June 10th on behalf of District 5.

Okay.

The record will show that.

Thank you.

Sacramento, South Sacramento Area Community Planning Advisory Council, Chair Cerna.

Please continue the item until June 10th.

And Supervisor Kennedy.

Please continue to June 3rd.

Okay.

And then this will conclude your nominations.

Very good.

Thank you.

All right.

Is there any other business we can take care of, Madam Clerk, between now and the time of our first presentation?

We could take care of the consent matters.

Let's do that.

If it pleases the board.

Okay.

So let's move to consent matters.

That would be items 7 through 37.

And I do have a couple of notes.

Thank you.

For item 21, you're acting as the Sacramento County Groundwater Sustainability Agency.

Introduction of an amended ordinance establishing a fee for the management of groundwater in the Sacramento County Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Cosumnes Groundwater Subbasin.

Setting a public hearing for July 22nd, 2025.

And so this is waiving the full reading and continuing to July 22nd for adoption.

And then for item 22, you're also acting as the Sacramento County Groundwater Sustainability Agency.

This is the introduction of an ordinance establishing a fee for the management of the groundwater in the Sacramento County Groundwater Sustainability Agency, Solano Groundwater Subbasin, and setting a public hearing for July 22nd.

Waiving full reading and continuing to July 22nd to adopt the ordinance.

That concludes my notes for the clerk.

All right.

Very good.

Does any member of the board wish to pull any item from consent for separate consideration or discussion or comment?

Seeing none.

I'll go ahead and move item.

Is it not shot?

Sorry.

Supervisor Kennedy.

Thank you, Chair.

I'd like to comment on number 30.

And I have a couple questions on 32, but it doesn't really necessarily need to be pulled.

Just one second.

I'll just read both of those into the record at the same time, Supervisor.

30 is the authority to execute a $0 memorandum of understanding with Sacramento Police Department and Wellspace Health.

And then 432, this is the authority to execute expenditure contracts with 15 medical personnel registries.

Thank you very much.

Number 30, I just want to mostly make a statement that I support this.

This is good for their cooperation with the various agencies.

I just want to put it on the record that I'm always concerned.

I don't want separate efforts going on at the same time and further separating the effort into silos.

And just want to make sure that what we do here is completely in line with what we're doing with all other agencies and ourselves.

Thank you for your comments, Supervisor Kennedy.

So this is actually a really exciting opportunity because what we're hoping for is to achieve this bilateral referral process between 988 and 911 for all of our law enforcement jurisdictions going forward.

So this is allowing us to pilot and work out some kinks in that so then we can spread it to the rest of the jurisdictions.

Perfect.

Thanks.

Thank you.

On number 32, I have a couple questions.

Probably, again, Siobhan, I would imagine.

Okay.

A couple of things.

First, this isn't going to, you know, prevent us.

We're not going to have any gaps in service due to the new contract, I'm hoping.

That is correct.

No, our intent is to get all of these contracts in place by July 1st.

If we find that as part of this process we lack some capacity, we certainly would go out for an RFP to add more providers to that.

At this time, we think what we're suggesting is sufficient in terms of capacity.

And we know that there was a situation in which one of our contractors that we've worked with in the past, in sync, which I love saying that every time, it was made some mistakes in their proposal.

And I understand that and I support staff's position on that.

But I've also spoken with yourself and other staff and that there's been a high level of satisfaction with their services in the past.

And I hope that there's going to be opportunities for them to continue to operate in the way they have or in a similar fashion.

I guess what I'm saying is I don't want bureaucracy to come before service.

Absolutely.

We totally agree with that.

And for any contractor, and I'll just make this on the record for any contractor who we enter into a contract with, they have the prerogative to subcontract with other people to bring more providers on.

It does take approval by the county, but we're absolutely willing to look at that in order to ensure we have necessary capacity.

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay.

Thank you, Supervisor.

I'll go ahead and move the consent calendar.

Okay.

It's been a second, Madam Clerk.

Do we have anyone sign up to speak on consent?

We do not.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Very good.

Then please vote.

Unanimous vote with those members present.

All right.

Now, have we exhausted everything we can take care of?

We have.

All right.

As such, we will then stand and recess until 10.15.

Okay.

I'd like to call back to order this meeting of the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors for Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

Madam Clerk, will you please call the roll and reestablish a quorum?

Yes.

Good morning, Supervisors.

Kennedy?

Here.

Desmond?

Here.

Rodriguez?

Here.

Cerna?

Here.

And you have a quorum.

All right.

Very good.

Next item, please.

Item two is the presentation of resolution recognizing May 2025 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month.

All right.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'm very proud of you as we do this every year to present this resolution recognizing May 2025 as Lyme Disease Awareness Month.

I think many of us are generally familiar with what Lyme Disease does and is and how it affects our constituents.

But this is always a great reminder for everyone that is here in chambers and that is watching about the severity of the disease.

And there are some precautions we can all take to protect ourselves from it and to understand some of the statistics around Lyme Disease.

For instance, there are almost a half million new cases that present each year in the United States.

And 40% of Lyme Disease cases do result in long-term health problems.

I know that we're going to hear from someone in a moment here that has dealt personally with Lyme Disease in her life.

We hear this testimony each year.

And again, it really serves as the best reminder absent the language in the resolution, which I won't recite all the whereases.

But again, this is an important moment for Sacramento County each year to, again, do what we can to prevent the spread of Lyme Disease and to make sure that our constituents have the resources necessary to grapple with it.

So with that, I'm going to present the resolution.

And we'll take a photo real quick and then I'm going to give you the floor here.

Okay, thank you.

Okay, we good.

The floor is yours.

Thank you all again this year for supporting us.

I'm Melissa Moya.

I'm the founder of Lyme Fight Foundation in Carmichael.

I am a patient of Lyme Disease as well, unfortunately now, as a parent of a child that has Lyme Disease.

Lyme Disease has over 100 different symptoms.

It's hard to diagnose your average test that you get at your doctor's office misses 65%.

So an accurate test with co-infections costs your family about $1,500 for which your insurance does not cover.

Treatment for Lyme Disease, the CDC only allows two weeks of doxycycline, which only helps those that have recently been bit and know they haven't been.

Not everybody gets that bullseye rash.

It took me three years to get diagnosed.

I had to go all the way to Minnesota to find that answer.

First year of treatment cost me $50,000, and I am on year five.

My daughter was just recently diagnosed in August.

She lost her college running career.

She was bedridden.

She was very sick.

To give you an idea of what her bills are, her doctor is $800 an hour, and it is not covered by insurance.

So it's very serious.

It's something you should take very seriously.

Our website has lots of different information and resources, including our pets and ourselves and our children.

What's the name of the website?

It's lymefightfoundation.org.

Okay.

Good.

Thank you.

So I appreciate your guys' support and allowing me to share my story.

We really hope the more we share, the more we can keep our neighbors and our friends safe.

So thank you.

Thank you.

And let me ask you a question.

So you mentioned the bullseye rash.

So I've been doing a lot.

My colleagues know this.

I've been doing a lot of walking lately.

And near my home, I do some walking in kind of a nature area.

There's tall native grasses, that kind of thing.

So, and of course, in our hot summers, I'm typically wearing shorts like most people would.

So what can we do to just kind of keep an eye on our bodies once we've been exposed to maybe an environment

that is more conducive to the presence of Lyme disease?

I mean, is there, do you kind of scan each time you go out looking for a particular marker in terms of the rash or size or color?

Can you speak a little more about that?

When you go out, if you can, wear long pants and socks and put your socks over your pants.

That's great.

I know not everybody can do that's hot.

It's a good look.

So, right.

So there's different sprays you can put on anything with deep.

There's some natural ones as well.

If you can stay on the trails, it's kind of your best bet.

But if you do go in, definitely check.

They like to go in warm places, odd places.

Check your pets as well.

Sometimes they will bring them into the house and you're petting them.

And then that's how, you know, it could happen for yourself.

If you don't get the bullseye rash and you all of a sudden kind of start feeling like flu-like symptoms,

definitely go to your doctor.

And then also when you come home, you can also put your clothes in the dryer on hot heat for about 10 minutes.

And then if there is anything left over, they will pass.

How's that?

It's all great advice.

And thank you for elaborating a bit.

I think that's invaluable and certainly want to take that advice to heart.

And I hope that others do as well as we approach the summer months.

So, again, thank you, Melissa, for being here.

Thank you so much.

Item 3 is a presentation by the Sacramento Area Council of Governments on the Blueprint Project.

Bless you.

Chair and Senator, good morning, supervisors.

Good morning.

James Corliss, Executive Director of the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, or SACOG.

I'm here this morning just to present you an update on our long-range transportation and growth plan.

The long name is the Metropolitan Transportation Plan Sustainable Community Strategy.

We have branded this as the Blueprint 2025.

We've been working for a number of years, as supervisors Desmond and Kennedy certainly know from being on the SACOG board and supervisor Hume as well.

And so we're in the homestretch.

And I wanted to give you an update this morning on where the plan stands, what it suggests, and where it points us to for the next 25 years since it is a long-range plan.

I think you all know this, but just a reminder, we are your council of governments.

So we represent across the greater six-county Sacramento region every single local government, 22 cities and six counties.

It's pretty unusual and unique that every single local government sits around our table twice a month.

But that is the case at SACOG, and we think we're much stronger for it.

We tackle transportation, growth issues, economic development, air quality, and climate change.

Our long-range plan, which we have to update typically every four years, started about two and a half years ago

and started with a triple bottom-line framework where we are trying to figure out how can we invest in the region and infrastructure and growth, development, jobs in a way that advances equity,

brings us economic prosperity, and a clean and sustainable environment.

So we've done more outreach than ever before on this blueprint plan.

And so I want to give you a little bit of the themes from this outreach and engagement.

It actually, by the way, includes presentations like this two and a half years ago to kick off the plan to every city and county.

We're now going out to every city and county again in this home stretch of the plan.

But it also included polling and surveys.

Oh, thank you.

Very helpful.

Full service here.

Very helpful.

Very helpful.

I don't get that treatment from other jurisdictions.

I just want you to know.

Keep that in mind.

It's becoming obvious.

So we've done polling and focus groups, and we've done pop-up events in every single county.

We've done more outreach and engagement than any other plan that we've honestly ever done.

And we had a number of themes that came out of all that, and these might be themes that you're very well aware of,

given how much you interact with your constituents and the residents of Sacramento County every day.

Access to opportunity for all residents.

Housing was probably the top theme in this whole plan.

Outreach was around housing.

And that was true across all corners of the region, making sure that we have enough housing options for all income levels and all life stages.

Safety was another huge theme, both public safety but also transportation traffic safety.

Residents really flagged not feeling safe walking, cycling, driving.

And sadly, that is borne out in recent data that our fatality and injury rates now in this region are going up.

They're going in the wrong direction.

They're going up faster than other regions in California.

These are cycling injuries and deaths?

These are cycling, pedestrian, but also car auto-related fatalities and injuries.

We could give you the breakdown on those.

James, do we know whether or not, especially the cycling statistics are a function of there's just more people that are cycling?

Right.

That is always the key on walking and pedestrian and bicycle fatalities and injuries, is we don't have usage stats.

We don't have decent usage stats.

We know from the census how many people walk or bike to work.

And by the way, we have a very high rate of people who do walk and bike to work in this region and in this county, higher than many others.

So perhaps we know over COVID, people got their bikes and started biking and started walking a lot more.

So it could be usage.

It could be that there's more exposure out there on the streets.

But frankly, we don't have great data sets.

None of us do to actually understand that this is more people out there.

We have vehicle miles traveled.

So we know from an in-occupant auto-related how that squares, but not so much on the bad thing is bicycle and pedestrian injuries are going up.

So other outreach themes there.

A big theme on public transit, and a theme that you all are very well aware of.

But a lot of residents saying, I would love to use public transit.

It's not convenient.

It's not reliable.

It doesn't come enough or it doesn't come close enough.

But we heard a lot about transportation choices.

And here's a survey that we did that really, just again, one of the instruments we did.

We worked a lot, by the way, with Valley Vision on a lot of this outreach.

But also on this survey, we did something a little bit different.

And we actually worked with a lot of community-based organizations across the six counties so they could get to their own constituents that administer these surveys.

So, again, much like I told you, affordable housing, safety, the lack of transportation options, and traffic congestion in the top four there for what's on people's minds.

So what did we learn?

James, real quick.

Yeah.

Can you go back?

The other category, so I assume that it was just another box that someone checked, or was there self-reporting that comes with that so we have a little bit more insight?

I'd have to go back and check.

I'm happy to do that.

I'd be curious, since that's not at the tail end exactly.

It's in the last third.

So it kind of strikes me that it might be helpful to understand that a little bit better.

Sure.

We've got staff taking notes on this presentation, so we'll capture all of those questions and follow up with you.

Thank you.

Okay.

So the blueprint plan is a plan that is what we want this plan to be is our region's aspirations, right, for what we want to be in the future.

And we're actually doing this plan quite differently than we've done it before.

I told you more outreach education.

We've often got a question about how every place, every jurisdiction shows up in the blueprint, because sometimes it feels at the very end of all of this work that it's sort of a one-size-fits-all sometimes.

But this time it's going to be different.

We've worked with your staff and jurisdictions across the entire region.

Every single jurisdiction will have a piece of this plan where they express their priorities locally that meet regional goals.

So that's going to be in there for the county, all the cities, every single county.

So we're doing this a little bit differently.

But the plan does meet and has to meet federal requirements and state mandates, right?

And one of those mandates that you all are very familiar with, especially you, Chair Serna, is reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation from State Senate Bill SB 375 administered by the California Air Resources Board.

But let's just talk a little bit about what we've learned on the analysis.

Again, the first thing that you might be very well aware of, the Sacramento region, the six counties, is the fastest-growing region in the state of California compared to other metropolitan regions.

That average annual growth rate there is above, as you can see, California statewide growth rate in the blue and even the national growth rate in the red.

It will, though, slow down.

So we are forecasting another 600,000 residents, 580,000 residents in this region.

We're at roughly 2.6 million now.

We'll grow to 3.1 million, about the size of metropolitan Denver for us in 2050 is today.

But those rates of growth, as I showed you, and you can see in this slide, are going to slow down through demographics.

Lots of things we cannot forecast accurately, immigration, migration.

But by and large, this is a familiar demographic curve that the rest of the nation is seeing.

So here are those numbers again.

In the region, another 600,000 people.

And then you can see the county statistics here.

More jobs that will require 278,000 housing units.

And if you average out those number of housing units, that is about 10,000 housing units on average every year.

We were below that and went way below 10,000 units a year from the Great Recession forward.

We've only just, in the last couple of years, ticked above 10,000 units again.

Excuse me, James.

Supervisor Kennedy.

Thank you, Chair.

Yeah, thanks, James.

That number, is that expected growth or is that need?

That is expected growth.

Okay, thank you.

Supervisor Rodriguez.

On the 606,000, is that unincorporated?

Yes.

Okay, thank you.

And, yeah, anyway, I'm happy to answer more questions on this.

The population forecast, as I said, there's a lot of things that are happening that are making this harder, right?

But if you actually look back at our 2002 plan, I believe it was, we actually forecast a regional population of about 2.7 million people.

So we're just shy of that.

We overshot a little bit from that plan.

20, some people ask, you know, how accurate can you be?

We were pretty accurate on the demographic forecast back then.

We were, we were, we did not, obviously, nobody did see the Great Recession coming.

But so we were pretty good on the, on the overall demographics.

But, again, there's so many factors in play that you all are very well aware of in terms of migration, immigration,

that some of this is, is pretty tough.

Okay.

I think, I think actually, yes.

Okay.

I'm looking at Todd Smith over here.

So, again, just a little bit, and I think you all have a sense of how closely we are partnering with your team here in the county.

And I want to just give a lot of credit to your team for really working really nicely with us over the last number of years on a number of things.

And Todd's going to give you a little bit more detail on that.

Before you leave the podium, Supervisor Rodriguez.

James, I have a question about the concern of pedestrian and bicycle accidents.

And so, you know, you hear one of the top concerns from constituents in not just Sacramento County, but the surrounding areas,

is that there are these crazy drivers.

People don't stop or stop, you know, stop signs.

People run red lights.

And there's a concern of the area, and I think there was a recent survey that put Sacramento at the top of, you know, not good drivers.

And so, is that something that we're seeing that a trend statewide, or is it predominantly here in the Sacramento area that is specific to our region?

So, I think the concern is nationwide, and the problem is nationwide.

And something seems to have happened after COVID to have, and perhaps it is a combination of higher usage.

And for some reason, anecdotally, people driving faster or running red lights or feel like they've got to get places quick.

I often tell my kids, you know, green means go, but red apparently no longer means stop.

The answer is a complicated one, and I think maybe even, you know, again, we could follow up with you on this.

It's a combination of engineering, enforcement, and education, right?

So, we have to get out there and do a lot of education.

You've heard this for quite some time, right?

We've got to try to get, somehow get at drivers that they've got to, they're not, you know, one minute does not suffice like potentially taking somebody's life.

Engineering is a really critical one.

So, how can we think about, as we reinvest and work with you all to fix Sacramento County's roads, which we've heard a little bit about, how do we do that right in a way that can actually make it safer for all modes?

And your staff is working really hard on that.

And then enforcement is the obvious one, but it is expensive.

It's expensive to enforce, right?

So, thank you.

Todd, good morning.

Good morning.

I fortunately don't need to use the clicker, but thank you, James.

This slide, I just have a few points here.

I don't need to belabor all the work that we're doing in planning and environmental review as it relates to infill prioritization,

how we're tackling kind of removing some of those barriers from a regulatory perspective, et cetera.

Sacramento County has a general plan that emphasizes a number of ways we can grow.

The previous slide had those forecasted growth amounts, jobs, housing, et cetera.

Our general plan growth strategy includes a robust infill program that this board adopted late last year.

In that program, we have several commercial corridors, I think 14 of them in total,

that were identified in our general plan as one of the main ways to grow.

The other way is obviously new growth, and those policies were developed quite some time ago with input from SACOG staff,

obviously trying to achieve VMT reductions and GHG emissions reductions, smart growth principles in those new growth areas.

We're already doing that successfully.

But for today, the infill opportunity that we have, I want to talk about two corridors.

The first one, Stockton Boulevard, and that's this sign right here, the San Juan Motel.

That sign, by the way, is I believe in Supervisor Kennedy's garage now, isn't it?

So the San Juan Motel site is along Stockton Boulevard.

We actually use Green Means Go funding, which is one of SACOG's pilot programs.

$2 million we received in partnership with the developer there for affordable housing to reuse that site.

That money went towards supporting off-site infrastructure for that San Juan apartments project.

Excuse me.

I guess it's contagious, this allergy thing.

The other work we're doing along the corridor, not just limited to that project, but the whole corridor, as you know, is shared with the city of Sacramento.

And so we're taking a comprehensive look, not just at the streetscape from a transportation perspective, but looking at a comprehensive approach.

We're trying to figure out what the infrastructure constraints are, whether that's sewer or water or drainage, trying to address really a more robust transit system.

Route 52, SACRT's heavily used route goes right through there.

Really a great opportunity for BRT along that corridor.

And really that touches on a couple of those highlighted needs from the survey that James shared.

The other piece here, obviously it's a long corridor, very linear.

We are actively working on updating that special planning area ordinance.

That's the land use document that looks at how we can grow and provide opportunities for infill housing within that corridor.

Ultimately, our vision is to be somewhat consistent from a regulatory perspective with the city of Sacramento because it is a shared corridor.

We don't want the residents or business owners to have a different approach depending on which side of the street they're on.

In fact, we're having active conversations with some property owners about their vision for certain properties and things look bright.

The second corridor I want to talk about is North Watt, moving up to the north part of the county.

This is one where we have an adopted corridor plan probably 12, 13 years ago.

But we're not seeing the amount of interest in that corridor that we want to see in terms of the type of growth and the housing opportunity that exists not being fulfilled.

SACDOT has done a tremendous amount of work in that corridor as it relates to transportation.

They're working on a complete streets project as well as the reimagined North Watt.

The broader vision that was looking at the corridors' multimodal aspects, the transportation needs for all of the users, really trying to figure out how best to leverage the tremendous opportunity we have with the existing light rail station at Watt and I-80.

On a parallel track, maybe not physical, but anyway, the corridor plan update is where we're focused on the land use, taking a fresh look at that corridor plan, trying to figure out why isn't it not working from a regulatory perspective,

making it so that it's easier to build housing in that corridor, making it easier for those business owners that are there to reinvest in their spaces, making it a more economically viable corridor.

Ultimately, similar to what we're doing in Stockton Boulevard, really tackling the infrastructure constraints, we know sewer is a big one.

We have had active conversations with the SAC Sewer District as well as we had partnered with SAC Suburban Water District to go after a grant, ultimately not successful,

but that's an example of what we're trying to do to tackle some of those infrastructure challenges.

Again, we have multiple infill housing opportunities, several vacant sites.

We're having active conversations with property owners up there as well.

Both of these corridors that we're working on right now represent the values that are embodied in the blueprint,

not just for the housing of all income types, but also for further economic development.

Great. Thank you, Todd.

Yeah, I see supervisor Desmond is in the queue, so we'll start with him.

Just real quick. Thank you, Todd. I know we're going to hear more from James.

What is the status of the infill coordinator position that we had approved?

We are, just before I went on vacation last week, we had completed first round of interviews,

and we hope to be making a decision in the next week or two.

Okay, because I know we're doing so much work to set the table, so to speak,

especially along these other corridors and a lot of other places,

but that will be obviously very helpful when we have that individual on board to help come up with some additional innovative ideas.

Correct. Thank you.

Okay. Thanks, Todd.

Just pause this slide for a second here, right?

And I think, as you all know, and Chair Cerna, you certainly know from, again, your time on CARB,

we don't want to have a regional plan that just sits on a shelf or a virtual website.

We actually want to implement.

And what Todd just described in Stockton and North Watt is actually implementing our last plan from 2020.

So we had infill assumptions, right, that were robust,

and the idea was we don't want to just imagine that that will happen.

We want to make it happen.

So what you're seeing in these corridors here is the result of our Green Means Go program.

And as you all know, we worked really hard at the state legislature,

and we eventually came up with a pilot program.

We were hoping for the Sacramento region.

It was statewide, $600 million.

We got $34 million.

That was part of that $2 million grant here for Stockton Boulevard.

We just applied last year and won a USDOT Reconnecting Communities grant,

$22 million for the next phase of Green Means Go.

$7 million of that is for the county in North Watt working with your staff.

So you're part of those grant applications as we put them forward.

So, I mean, you're in many ways the embodiment of the county,

the unincorporate county, right, of Green Means Go.

Let me just mention a couple of the things that are important.

So Todd mentioned infill, but also Todd mentioned new growth areas, right?

In this plan that the board adopted the land use forecast for last summer,

we don't have every single new growth area, not just in Sacramento County,

but in the entire region.

We see all of those.

We analyze them.

About a third of the growth in our forecast comes in Greenfield and new growth areas,

but not all were taken in.

Supervisor Hume put forward a couple of ideas last summer that the board and the staff worked on,

one of which is for the next plan update, the next major update we do,

let's do a deeper analysis of which of these new growth areas actually can contribute to lowering VMT.

The board adopted that principle in December of last year,

and it is now folded into the draft blueprint that's about to come out for public comment in June.

So I just want to address that.

The second idea was how can SACOG help the region win grants,

competitive grants for new growth in Greenfield areas,

because they're also very hard to do, right?

And many times you need a lot of infrastructure even for the new growth area.

I won't necessarily go into detail,

because I think you're all very aware of how difficult it is right now at the federal level to win grants,

but I will say I think a lot of our analysis, again, working with your staff very closely,

our analysis on trying to get infrastructure money competitively for new growth areas,

it's very difficult to do it internal to the development itself.

What we have to do is think about how is that new growth area helping the surrounding communities,

especially if they're disadvantaged communities,

whether it's the state level or the federal level now,

I think we're going back to the opportunity zones and areas of persistent poverty.

But if we can make a connection between the existing neighborhoods

and the new growth areas infrastructure and the eventual build-out being helpful to those existing residents,

we're going to have a better shot at that.

So I just wanted to address those two bullet points,

because I know there have been some questions.

Okay.

Oh, yeah, Supervisor Desmond.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, James.

I didn't know if you were going to bring this up during your presentation.

I knew it was possibly going to come up during some public comment afterwards.

But since you mentioned it,

I want to thank you first for the work on those two bullets or concepts that you just articulated.

I was part of the discussions that we had with Supervisor Hume

and with DOT folks, Mr. DeFonte, Todd Smith,

and SACOG about both of those things.

And I'm very happy that we were able to incorporate at least the first, I guess,

the first concept into the plan itself to acknowledge that we do have some developing community areas

that are helping us meet our GHG VMT goals in Sacramento County.

I think that's really important to acknowledge that.

And in terms of the other one is, you know,

I understand we had a discussion about maybe a more formal structure

for funding some opportunities in these new growth areas that perform very well,

but we ended up not incorporating that.

But we still have that discussion.

Where are we looking for funding to benefit any community,

infill, developing community that is going to help us meet our goals?

In terms of opportunities with this administration, you know, you alluded to that a little bit,

some things maybe on the periphery of developing communities,

but what are some other priorities we're hearing out of the new administration

in terms of projects that might compete better, you know, maybe more shovel-ready projects?

And what are you seeing and what are maybe some other opportunities

that we could maybe take advantage of?

I mean, obviously a lot of what we're focused on is the transportation and DOT side,

and we're trying to sort of understand that.

I mean, areas of persistent poverty is one.

So I think, you know, we have, and I know we work very closely with your staff,

so mapping and understanding what the new geographies are

that this new administration is going to care about,

which is the same as we had in the first Trump administration,

especially when we had the Tax Act and the Opportunity Zones that came through that.

So that's one is sort of what we call areas of persistent poverty.

The other one is actually high marriage and birth rates.

That is a screen that the USDOT is now using as a, and we have actually,

we've mapped now as much as we can the entire region for that,

and it really varies across the region.

So that's the USDOT side.

I would say on the land use and development side,

it looks like brownfields and Superfund.

If we have any areas that are, and that typically is a sort of a Republican administration priority,

so that seems to be something that is working its way up.

I don't think we have enough of analysis yet about how else we might compete on things like flood control

and other things.

So I'm happy to get back to you on that.

Okay.

No, that's great.

I appreciate that feedback.

I mean, I just wanted to get some assurance that we're obviously looking at,

and we may have to change our approach a little bit with this administration,

but I just want to make sure we're not leaving or not taking advantage of these new opportunities.

We should not hang up the gloves or think we can't get funding.

That is for sure.

And, you know, I thought we had a very positive set of meetings at Cap2Cap.

We had a meeting with the USDOT and many of the political appointees,

and we had many elected officials in that meeting,

and the feedback was you all are trying to solve your problems really creatively

because clearly you don't have a big checkbook,

but it's very impressive what you're trying to do across the six counties.

So we'll take that, and we'll run with it.

Thank you.

Supervisor Kinney.

Thank you, Chair.

James, just your later comment about how to address

and how to go after funding and so forth

and a strategy of simultaneously addressing the needs

and opportunities in new development areas.

Would you say, just so that we can visualize,

would you say that the new construction along,

the new development along the Jackson Corridor

and recognizing those needs and addressing those needs and opportunities

along with Rosemont would be a strategy that you were,

was that a good example?

Great case study.

Great case study.

And in part, right, because as we have learned,

again, working with your team and the stakeholders there,

there's some blood control issues that have real benefits downstream

and have benefits to what we would all call disadvantaged communities.

We've talked about the trail network, right,

and sometimes in new growth areas we have great trails,

but they connect within the community but not outside.

And so, again, we're working to figure out with your staff here,

your very dedicated county staff and the stakeholders,

on a trail concept that could be part of the regional trails plan

that, again, is part of the blueprint,

which is connecting the entire region

so that residents of existing communities like Rosemont

actually begin to benefit from more sub-regional, right,

but beyond the footprint of the development itself,

infrastructure investments.

Okay.

Thank you.

So let's just have some general...

Are you at the end of your presentation?

Well, I think we're...

We can...

Yeah.

Sure.

I just want to give you the timeline.

I'm sensing...

I'm reading the room.

I'm sensing you want to ask questions.

No, I wasn't trying to lead the witness here.

I was just...

Here's the...

Look, here's the timeline for the plan

just to make sure we're transparent about this.

Our land use committee of the board approved the draft plan.

It was up on our website last week.

That's where that first bullet point resides.

We have a full board approval of it for release for public comment

along with the EIR later this month.

And so June and July are the major...

It's the time frame for public comment.

We'll have a 55-day public comment period.

We'll bring that back.

We'll take all the comments along with the EIR.

We'll have a draft plan in September and adoption in November.

And that timeline, I think, again, if you're on the SACOG board,

you know, is important because we have to kind of keep moving

and keep our plan updated so that we can conform

and adhere to a lot of our federal and state requirements

and very importantly, keep transportation funding flowing

to the region.

That's it.

All right.

Thank you.

So I have some comments.

And forgive me in advance.

They may be a little disjointed.

But I'll just start with the fact that I think, you know, James,

that you and I probably go back further than anyone else

back 30 years ago in the Bay Area

when the likes of Sonny McPeak and Gary Binger,

the executive director then of ABAG,

were working hand-in-glove on the blueprint for that nine-county area.

And so when I returned home in 2000

and the initiation of the blueprint began here

under Mike McKeever's leadership at SACOG,

it felt a little like blueprint-itis was kind of following me around a little bit.

But I will say, you know, I think I'm generally a fan of what it attempts to do.

And I'm not just talking about the kind of the perennial updates here,

but kind of providing principles for us to all think about.

And when I say yes, I mean local government

because, you know, mostly for the public's benefit,

SACOG does not have land use authority.

We have land use authority.

SACOG does have some control over transportation funding

as it relates to land use decision-making.

It's kind of an interesting dance that we do.

But I guess where I'm going with this

is that based on kind of my experience

and what I know about your experience

and kind of understanding the progress

over the last at least three decades

of how especially greenfield development,

I would argue, has become much more responsive

and responsible relative to the principles.

I think in the original blueprint for SACOG,

it was seven principles.

Whether it be, you know, maybe more compact design,

more housing diversity,

incorporating more public transportation options

and alternatives, active transportation alternatives.

Those are all attributes that I think have certainly made their way

into the local and regional planning profession

as it relates to the character

and the anticipated function of greenfield developments.

I know we have a lot of focus on infill, and we should.

And if you do a lot of walking like I do here

around downtown and midtown,

you can really, really see how the city of Sacramento,

to their credit, has really taken advantage

of exploiting in a good way those infill opportunities.

That's just an example.

But I think you and I can both agree, too,

that not everyone is going to live in a three-story walk-up.

Not everyone is going to want to live immediately

in a townhouse, townhome environment.

And that's the market, right?

So we can certainly do our surveys

and be as in touch as we can be with public sentiment,

and that's a necessary part of a blueprint development

and updating and progression.

But it would be naive and foolish, in my humble opinion,

if we didn't temper that kind of continually

with understanding where the market is,

especially for housing.

It doesn't mean that you just leave it to the market

to plant our communities.

I think that would be a complete mistake.

But if we don't at least have some reverence

for what the market tells us,

especially as people progress through a life cycle, right?

You're single.

Maybe you have a partner.

Maybe you have a growing family.

Priorities change.

They go from, hey, I want to be near active nightlife.

Well, now I have a child or two.

Now I'd like to, you know,

I want to know about the quality of the school districts.

Maybe that leads me to my decisions about where we live.

So taking all of that into account,

what can you say generally about how the blueprint

and its evolution is given credence to the fact that, again,

our greenfield developments as well as our infill applications

and proposals is really attempting,

and I would argue achieving to a pretty large extent,

you know, respect for the principles

that are, you know, the kind of crux of the blueprint.

Yeah, thank you, Chair Cerner.

I mean, I really, I think all the way back

to the original blueprint you mentioned in 2004

that the region adopted voluntarily.

We have basically a diverse portfolio, right,

that we're trying to build in this region,

and I would maybe even give you the tagline,

we're trying to build great places that have lasting value, right,

that are in some ways timeless,

and that looks like urban infill.

It looks like suburban revitalization

and commercial corridors.

It looks like really great walkable new growth greenfield areas

that people want to live in.

They can raise families in, right, they want to stay in.

We've never, our, sometimes our blueprint from 20 years ago

is misunderstood in other regions of the country

as an urban growth boundary, a hard stop.

It's not, as you know.

It's really, I think it's a strategy, right,

to build great places no matter where they are,

which is why we took the board to Denver and even Salt Lake City.

There's a great development called Daybreak in the suburb of Salt Lake City,

which has every single kind of housing product you can imagine

and a brand-new growth area, right?

And it has great trails and active transportation.

So we are trying to do that in this region,

and, you know, that's what we're trying to achieve, right?

It's that balance.

But we can't, it's not an either-or.

Sometimes I think we get into this, you know,

back and forth of is it infill or is it greenfield?

That's not what the plan says.

The plan says we're building great places for a diverse region

and diverse communities and diverse residents, families, singles.

That's what we're trying to achieve.

And I think I agree with that.

I think, again, to the extent that it matters,

but I think the principles are actually more important than the maps sometimes.

And to your point, we get caught up on a quick glance at a map

and make some assumptions, unfortunately, about what it all means.

But if you don't take the deep dive into understanding the principles

behind what the maps graphically tell us,

then I think we're all missing the point.

But, again, the one, the point I'm trying to stress here, though,

is the fact that if you look at greenfield development today

versus when I was working for the largest home builder back in the mid-'80s,

it is night and day in terms of amenities and concern for, you know,

VMT even today, trying to minimize that.

And so I would just hope moving forward that we just keep our eyes wide open

to the fact that we have to be responsive in both, you know,

the infill space and the greenfield space.

And if I may, very quickly, Dave DeFonte, Deputy County Executive,

you know, Todd had alluded to our general plan earlier today,

and it is a multifaceted approach to accommodating growth,

infill, developing communities, new growth communities, et cetera.

But what I wanted to mention here along your comments was how the general plan

treats new growth areas.

And I am hyper-aware of that because I sat through 26 board workshops

in these very chambers to craft our general plan along with policies LU19 and 120.

And at the time, I personally, along with others in this room,

were working extremely closely with SACOG and Mr. McKeever

to essentially translate some of those blueprint policies

into local policy in our general plan.

And LU19 and 120 are the embodiment of that discussion.

And to your point, Chair, you know, what we're going to see out of,

what we're already seeing out of those policies

is new growth areas being planned in a fundamentally different way

than we've seen in the past, encompassing densities, transit,

amenities like parks, et cetera,

in ways that we probably would not have imagined 30 years ago.

So I would venture a guess,

and I think I feel pretty confident in saying this,

that our policy basis and our general plan

is probably the most aggressive in the region

related to how we are treating new growth areas

and what we are demanding of them.

Now, I think the next phase,

we've spent the better part of 15 years

master planning some areas,

and we're still bringing some of those to fruition,

but it's going to be how we implement those over time, right?

And making sure that as those areas grow out,

we stick to that policy basis

and ensure that they're constructed in a way

that was envisioned along with the planning process

pursuant to LU19 and 120.

Great reminder about our general plan, Dave.

Thank you.

All right.

Any more comments from or questions from board members?

Supervisor Desmond.

And I know we'll have some public comments.

We'll make a couple of comments now.

Thanks for bringing that up, Dave,

because I know that came up a lot

in some of the spirited discussions we had about the blueprint

and how Sacramento County, because of our general plan,

our developing communities are not necessarily the same

as developing communities in other jurisdictions

throughout this region,

and that was a source of a lot of discussions we had.

A couple of things I want to bring up

and highlight is one,

we're going to be doing the off-site meeting

and tour in Arden Arcade community,

and one of the reasons of that

is because it's an environmental justice community

and that part of the county having this tour,

this off-site location is consistent

with our triple bottom line approach

and our race equity inclusion efforts at SACOG.

So I'm very proud that we're going to be doing that

in my district,

but I think it's going to be a great opportunity

to highlight some of the challenges

that we have in Sacramento County.

I think unique challenges that we have

along some of these older suburban corridors

that have outlived their usefulness in a lot of ways

and are carrying a lot more capacity

than they were ever designed for.

And to hear from our staff about all the things

we're doing, for the other SACOG board members

to hear from staff about all the things we're doing

to set the table, so to speak,

and how that only gets us part of the way there.

So I'm looking forward to that.

And I also wanted, could you go back one slide, James?

I want to make sure, any chance, right here,

I want to make sure there's,

we always highlight prioritizing maintenance and repair.

Did you make this one?

On our roadways?

I know you glossed over that.

I was looking forward to this coming up

and never want to lose sight of the fact, obviously,

that this is one of our biggest challenges

in unincorporated Sacramento County

with our $1.4 billion maintenance backlog

and always trying to improve our multimodal roadways,

improve transit, improve all these things,

but our struggle is just getting our doggone roads repaired,

which is a disincentive to attracting more development,

whether that's housing or other commercial development opportunities

in these suburban areas.

So I want to just get that screen up there,

or that slide up there on the screen.

And final words, I appreciate you using that education,

enforcement, and engineering.

That was a mantra in my prior life in the CHP,

and it does take a combination of those three things

for traffic safety.

Thank you, James.

Thank you, Supervisor Desmond.

Supervisor Kennedy.

Real quickly, just because that slide is up,

I just want to make the point that a BRT lane

in Stockton Boulevard ticks off every one of those boxes.

Thank you.

All right.

Oh, all right.

I think that concludes our comments for the time being.

Stand by.

Madam Clerk, we have public speakers?

We do not, not for this item.

Oh.

Okay.

All right.

Then I will just conclude by thanking you, James.

Thanks, Todd.

Thanks, Dave,

for enlightening us and the public

about the blueprint update.

And responding to our questions.

Do appreciate it.

Chair, if I could,

I just really want to thank your staff.

It's been great working with them.

They're putting everything,

their heart and soul,

into the tour.

The Supervisor Desmond just mentioned.

But I think, in general,

when we talk about

how does Sacramento County show up in the blueprint,

I hope I gave you a couple of examples.

But we have a lot more examples today,

I think,

than we've had for quite some time.

And that's because you've got a great staff.

You've got a great team.

They're working with us really closely.

We're dovetailing into these competitive grants.

So it's not an either or, right,

as we've discussed.

But I just want to thank your staff

for being so engaged with us

and being great partners.

Thank you.

Great.

Thank you, James.

And great representation on the CACOG board,

of course,

from Sacramento County.

All right.

Next item, please.

Okay.

Our next item is item four,

presentation of resolution

recognizing Older Americans Month,

flip the script on aging.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Good morning, Chair Sterna.

and board members.

Good morning.

My name is Melissa Jacobs

and I am your deputy director

for senior and adult services.

I want to thank this board

for your continued commitment

to ensuring Sacramento County

is an age and disability-friendly community

for all.

Every year in May,

we have the opportunity

to recognize contributions

of our older adults,

taking note of the trends on aging

and renewing our commitment

to how we serve and support

our older adults.

This year's national theme

for Older Americans Month

is flip the script on aging.

This encourages us

to think differently about aging,

how we talk about it,

and what we think about aging

and how we value the aging process.

This theme sheds light

on the embedded

and subtle misconceptions

and stereotypes

and challenges us

to address the stigma

associated with aging

by honoring the contributions

of older adults,

highlighting the many opportunities

that we all have as we age

to stay connected,

to have purpose,

and to stay active.

Here in California,

our governor

and the Department of Aging

recognize this month

as Older Californians Month

and as the state,

our county's population,

a quarter of our county's population

will also be age 60

and over by the year 2030.

Thank you for approving

our local age

and disability-friendly action plan

earlier this year.

Our subcommittees

are already working on goals,

which will help us

to flip the script here

in Sacramento.

I'd also like to acknowledge

a couple of our system partners

in the work on aging services,

your Adult and Aging Commission,

who you'll hear from in a minute,

as well as our local age

and disability resource

connection program,

which is operated by three partners,

Area 4,

resources for independent living,

and ACC senior services.

So thank you so much

for being partners with us

in highlighting and valuing

our older adults.

And I'd like,

I think, Pam,

would you like to say

a couple words?

Our executive director

of Area 4,

Pam Miller.

Thank you, Melissa.

And I want to acknowledge

that Melissa is on our advisory council

and is a very active member

at the Agency on Aging.

But I just want to thank you

for always keeping people

with disabilities

and people that are aging

in the forefront.

I think that your aging

and disability resource plan

really does that.

I think that the ADRC,

the Age and Disability Resource

Connection that we have

in Sacramento,

which is a very, very active ADRC,

that provides services

like transition from hospital

to home and nursing home

to home,

short-term counseling,

case management,

all sorts of programs

that help people

stay in the community.

I think that's the goal

for all of us

is to have everybody

in the least restricted environment

that they can be in.

So thank you very much

for acknowledging this.

Thanks for your service, Pam.

And I'd like to also introduce

Dr. Abba,

your chair of the Adult

and Aging Commission

and present to her

this resolution.

Very good.

Thank you, Melissa.

Good morning, everyone.

Thank you.

My name is Teresa Abba.

I'm the chair

for the Sacramento County

Adult and Aging Commission.

And it is my honor

to also join today

in celebrating

Older Americans Month,

a month where the nation

comes together

to recognize

the invaluable contributions

of older adults

across our country.

So we extend

our deepest appreciation

to the Board of Supervisors

and for hosting

today's celebration

and for your continued support

in promoting programs

and policies

that uplift older adults.

And also,

this year's team,

Flip the Script on Aging,

calls on all of us

to rethink about aging,

how we view aging,

and to move beyond

the limiting stereotypes

that view aging

as a period of decline

and instead to recognize

the vibrant chapter of life

which the experience

of older adults

has to show.

So it encourages all of us

to celebrate aging

as a dynamic process

marked with opportunity,

connection, and impact.

So today,

we are proud

to honor

some extraordinary accomplishments

by some older adults

and also,

we also want to thank

all the agencies

that support

the service

for older adults.

So as we celebrate

this month,

Older Americans Month,

we encourage everyone

to please join us

to celebrate

the contribution

of older adults

and help us

flip the scripts,

honoring the legacy,

strength,

and contributions

of older Americans.

So thank you so much

for this opportunity.

We will be calling

our recipients'

awards soon.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And we do not have

any public comments

on this item.

And do you guys

want to do a picture?

Yeah, with the rezo.

So if the other commissioners

can join us

so that we can recognize

the recipients?

Oh, okay.

The pictures.

Okay.

Okay.

With the commissioner.

Oh, no, no.

For them to come back.

Oh, no.

Yeah, they should come back.

Sure.

May I?

Okay.

Thank you.

So, do you want me to stay?

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Mr. Chair,

are you ready for me

to read the next item?

Yes.

Okay.

For item five,

this is the presentation

of resolutions

recognizing the adult

and aging commission

five over 50 awards.

All right.

Thank you.

Good morning again.

So, today,

we are honored

to recognize

the adult

and aging commission's

five over 50

outstanding volunteer

awardees.

Volunteerism creates

opportunities

for purpose

and contribution

to our thriving community.

older adults

continue to highlight

Sacramento's progress

in being an engaged,

safe,

and livable community

for all.

The volunteers

recognized today

have volunteered

in Sacramento County

for a combined total

of over 70 years,

and I think that's

probably an underestimate,

but by my calculations,

I would like to express

sincere thanks

to these amazing individuals

who are not just

this year's awardees,

but also individuals

who embody the theme

of how to flip

the script on aging.

We have a short video,

I think,

as well.

Yes.

Yes.

Someone told me

about the ambassador program

here at the

International Airport

in Sacramento.

I said,

hey,

that would be great for me.

I'd love that.

I love the airports.

I love the activity there.

I love being

in the airport's atmosphere.

I enjoy coming.

I enjoy helping

the people here,

and it's just a,

something that

makes you feel good.

I think what I like most

of what I've said

is I just like helping people,

and that's what you do here.

We help people.

Customer service

is what we do,

and we want to give

the best customer service

we can.

We want folks to come back

to this airport

and say,

I love it here.

This is the best airport

I've been to.

The people are great,

and there's just,

there's something

for everyone, really.

You can deliver gifts

and get to see people's faces

when they get the gifts.

You can wrap.

I got started

because a friend of mine

wanted me to make

Barbie clothes

for her daughter.

Then I started

putting the boxes together,

didn't have anything,

any place to give them,

so my sister's

in Child Protective Services,

and she told me

about this program.

For all the gifts,

they send out

blank thank you notes

so the people

can thank us,

and some of them

are very touching.

There was a couple

last year

where the kids said

this is the first time

they ever got

a Christmas gift,

so it was

a little sad,

but it kind of

spurred you on

to do more.

I had an unhappy childhood

in elementary school.

Long story short,

as an adult,

I said,

you know what?

No child should be unhappy,

and that's one thing.

At lunch

and at recess,

I played chess

with the kids,

I played domino,

I played connect four,

checkers,

just about,

and I set up

a drawing table

for them,

so that is

my theme,

living the dream.

I think at the end

of the day,

we all should try

and give back

some kind of way.

Everybody has

their own niche,

you know,

and if once you retire

or you're even

not retired,

you got a lot

of time in your hand,

I think giving back

is a good thing.

It makes you feel

good about yourself,

makes others feel good.

very good.

So I will go ahead

and call each of them

and with their folks

who are here to support.

I'll go district 1, I'll go in order.

Okay.

Jean Intercom.

For those that don't know, the Intercom name is very prominent

and well-respected in Natomas,

where my wife and I have lived for almost 25 years.

I'm glad to see Jean is doing all that great work at the airport.

Thank you, Jean.

And district 2, Barbara Heinrich.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I know.

Is that Intercom High School?

Mm-hmm.

Yep.

Yep.

Yep.

Just go ahead.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Barbara, before you go, I want to thank you on behalf of district 2 for the great work you do in our community,

make our community better and thank you so much for your efforts your work and continued work

and all you do and and chair I I'm sorry I misread the agenda item when I saw this

uh as five over 50 I thought they were talking about us

that would be accurate

and then I think district three is Barbara Farley

I just want to say that it's it's wonderful to be recognized but uh as we that are recognized are

only good at what we do because we have so many people around us that help us to do what we do

and uh my two areas right now are Carmichael heart and uh the Carmichael food closet and

we couldn't do any of that without all of the other volunteers are here so we're just merely

representatives of a wonderful cadre of people who support us very good

thank you very much and Barbara I just want to add my thanks to you and everything you do in the

community and and the work you do with the the unhoused um but also your willingness to engage

with the the larger community about the challenges we face I've seen firsthand the work you do and

the impacts it has um and I know we had some grand designs on doing some bigger things in Carmichael

those have not gone away I mean we still have those opportunities but I'm so thrilled that you're

recognized today thank you for all your work

district four Bonnie Shuchuk

Bonnie

Bonnie

Bonnie

Bonnie

Bonnie

Bonnie

Bonnie

Bonnie I just want to thank you for all that you do you truly

embody the spirit of community and you have a heart for your community you're you

have exceptional leadership and the work you do is greatly appreciated thank you thank you so much

uh district five uh

tony uh ruchina

gina

gina

did you want to say

i just want to say thank you i'm i'm overwhelmed

you go by you go by coach tony don't you i well i do um back in fremont where i come from

i coached baseball for like over 30 years little league and it's just something that stuck with me

well uh district five supervisor uh pat hume is not here today but uh he did want me to certainly

pass along his uh his gratitude for your service especially in the galt and herald

uh communities and as we saw in the video all your great work uh you know managing after school

programs keeping young minds active is very much appreciated so thank you and congratulations thank you

thank you

thank you very much thank you all right

next item please okay your next item item six is the presentation of resolution recognizing may 18th

resolution through the 24th of 2025 as national public works week and the time capsule opening

new rob iy selens roger is uh right uh

uh colleagues members of the public it's my uh honor to uh be at the podium this morning uh recognizing our

public works uh professionals the rezo is uh actually uh declaring the week of may 8 of

to the 24th as National Public Works Week.

This is a well-deserved public recognition

of the women and men, our engineers, our managers,

our employees, those that are actually doing

some of the most important work

as it relates to infrastructure,

infrastructure maintenance.

Mr. Desmond, I'm sure you can appreciate that.

But it's a very wide spectrum of services and skills

that are applied, whether it be in the transportation space,

water supply, wastewater, certainly our airports

that we're so proud of.

All of it cannot be built and maintained the way it needs to be

to best serve our citizens without the people behind all of that.

And so this is actually the 65th Annual National Public Works Week.

And the theme this year is people, purpose, and presence.

And I believe there's even a reminder of that

in the corner back there.

So with that, I'm going to present the resolution

and then give up the podium to hear more about what you all do.

Oh, one more.

Thank you.

Floor is yours.

Thank you.

We're going to take one at the...

I'll just take one.

Thank you, Chair Serna.

Thank you, members of the board and honored guests.

On behalf of the American Public Works Association

and Sacramento County's Public Works Professionals,

I want to thank you for this proclamation

recognizing National Public Works Week.

My name is Claudia Wade, and I'm honored to serve

as the county engineer for Sacramento County

and this year's president of the Sacramento Chapter

of the American Public Works Association.

This year, we're proud to celebrate APWA's 60th anniversary

as the Sacramento Chapter,

six decades of advancing public works and community service.

This year's National Public Works Work theme

is people, purpose, and presence.

It's a powerful message,

and the one that truly resonates here in Sacramento County.

On behalf of APWA,

I would like to give you

this year's National Public Works Week coaster

with our theme.

People are the heart of public works,

the engineers, equipment operators,

analysts, inspectors, planners,

support staff who keep our roads safe,

our water flowing,

our neighborhoods clean,

and our public spaces accessible.

In Sacramento County,

these are the dedicated professionals

across the transportation,

water resources,

airports,

parks,

waste management,

recycling,

and community development

who work behind the scenes

and on the front lines every day.

Purpose

reflects the shared mission

we all carry

to build,

maintain,

and improve infrastructure

and systems

that our residents rely on

every single day.

whether it's responding to a storm,

upgrading a pump station,

reviewing development plans,

or ensuring ADA accessibility.

The work we do is rooted

in service,

safety,

equity,

and sustainability.

Presence speaks to the visibility

and impact

of public works

in the lives

of our community members.

In Sacramento County,

people,

purpose,

and presence

are not just words.

They're a daily commitment

to community,

well-being,

resilience,

and progress.

I'd also like to acknowledge

the many public works professionals

in the audience today

from Department of Transportation,

Department of Water Resources,

regional parks,

airports,

waste management,

and recycling,

and community development.

Thank you for all you do

and for being here

to represent the vital work

of public service.

To highlight the theme

of people,

purpose,

and presence,

we'd like now

to share a brief video

it features County Sacramento employees

from across departments

doing the critical work

that keeps our communities

moving and thriving.

Hello,

my name is Adrian Lozano.

At Sacramento County Water Resource,

we maintain stormwater

and drainage.

My name is Gustavo Palomar

and I work for

Sacramento County

International Airport

and I make sure

that all the painting

and the runways,

taxiways,

parking lots,

roadways

are properly painted

for the safety of the public.

Hi, my name is Sean Wolf.

I work in water treatment

for the County of Sacramento,

specifically Sacramento County

Water Agency.

Hi, I'm Julio

with the County of Sacramento.

I'm the bridge supervisor

that oversees operations

and bridge maintenance.

I'm Jody Hashigami-Contreras.

I'm a senior civil engineer

with the Department

of Community Development.

My name is Jason.

I work for regional parks,

America River Parkway

as a senior park maintenance worker.

Hi, my name is Paul Romero.

I'm with Sacramento County.

I'm a curbside collection operator.

I've been working with the county

for 18 years now

and I'm really proud

of maintaining the runways.

My favorite part of the job

is just showing up every day

and being able to work

with a good group of people

that all have like-minded goals

and trying to achieve something

like producing water

for the community.

I've been with the county

for 20 years now.

Been in the field for 14 years,

been a supervisor for six.

My favorite memory

or part of the job

was when I first realized

that we got to work

the aftershock event

and preparing it,

you know, trimming trees,

cleaning the area,

adding bark,

just making it prepared

so they can set up for the event.

Our job makes a difference

because we make sure

our neighborhoods don't flood

and we maintain our storm drain.

I got into this line of work

to help keep our communities clean

and work with the public.

Being able to work

with constituents

within our community

has really exposed me

to a new understanding

of what the term community

and public good means.

Thank you to everyone

for participating in that video.

I think it just exemplifies

just the everyday work

that's done

that we don't think about.

So with that,

recognizing APWA Managers of the Year.

This week,

we're also recognizing

outstanding individuals

that were nominated

by their peers

throughout the Sacramento region.

They were selected by APWA

for Manager of the Year Awards.

These awards honor

public work leaders

who exemplify excellence

in service,

innovation,

and leadership.

I would like to first

call up,

please stand,

Jenny Ramirez.

She is receiving an award

for the category

of Administrative Management.

Jenny Ramirez

of the Department

of Community Development

is being honored

for her exceptional

administrative leadership.

She is widely respected

for her professionalism,

reliability,

collaborative approach.

Jenny consistently delivers

complex HR

and budget services

with precision,

enhancing internal operations

and customer service

and fostering

a culture of innovation.

Our second winner,

we actually have three

in our county,

is Michael Menlanget.

You can please stand.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

She will be receiving

an award

for the category

of water resources.

Carrie Schmitz

has been the division chief

of water supply

in the Department

of Water Resources

since 2014.

She oversees

a system serving

over 69,000 customers,

managing a $100 million budget

and leads more

than 140 employees.

Carrie is also recognized

as a regional water leader,

holding roles

with the Water Forum,

the Sacramento Regional Water

and the Sacramento Regional Water Authority

and the Freeport Regional Water Authority.

Her steady leadership

is vital to ensuring safe,

reliable water for our communities.

Although these outstanding individuals

will be celebrated

and receive their awards

actually tomorrow night

at the American Public Works Association

National Public Works Week

awards banquet,

that was a handful,

we felt it was important

that these public servants

be recognized

in their very own county.

on behalf of Sacramento Chapter APWA,

congratulations

on this very well-deserved award.

Sacramento County

is fortunate to have you

and we are proud

to count you

on this well

among the finest

in our profession.

Please join me

in congratulating

Jenny, Michael,

and Carrie.

applause

So, now what's next

is the time capsule.

Actually,

we're going to go off script

a little bit.

Can someone go grab

the sign back there?

We're going to take a photo

with anyone in the room

that is closely associated

with public works.

Come on down to the pit

and I want my colleagues

to come down.

We're going to take

a group photo.

And then we'll open the capsule.

Anyone involved

with public works?

That includes planning too, Todd.

Does this mean

that all the bridges

are not being operated?

There's no water?

The 사용ittäin

is not being operated

and includes

花-throat

people around the placlined

there.

Drought Desmond

into the school

there.

Their connection

is but the

they're notставances

has been

their families

there.

Are you laughing at

the level this way?

So,

the

day

would

not speak

of the

place

and

of the

people

some

hum

I just use it.

I don't know whether they're

in the roll of this.

That would be it.

I see it.

Oh, there we go, really.

I was just talking to you.

I remember that.

Actually, that thing was like.

I'm talking to you.

Fun, Cheryl.

Oh, you're fine.

I was going to go to school.

I was going to go to school.

I was going to go to school.

I was going to go to school.

I got one.

I got one.

I got one.

I got one.

All right.

All right.

All right.

I got one.

I don't want to have the best beard in certain.

That'll work now.

All right.

All right.

Thanks again.

All right.

.

.

So Ron, I think I might take you up on the financial side.

Okay.

So Ron Mercari, our Department of Transportation Director,

is helping unseal the time capsule.

Now let's take a moment to travel back to the year 2000

when Sacramento County celebrated National Public Works Week

with a special time capsule.

I'm just telling you, this thing was welded shut

and it took a special ops team to open it up.

It was a different era.

Y2K had just come and gone.

NSYNC was in the charts.

There you go.

And GPS still required printed MapQuest directions.

The capsule was sealed by a team of county staff,

many of whom are here with us today.

I'd like to acknowledge and thank a few of those original contributors.

We have Christina Ragsdale here with us,

who was a public information officer for Public Works,

who covered eight divisions at the time.

And Cheryl Creason, who was the Public Works Director

or the Municipal Services Agency Director.

It's somewhere in there.

And I was told she was the first female Public Works Director

at Sacramento County.

Thank you for preserving a piece of our county's Public Works legacy.

So let's take a look at what they left us,

artifacts from a not-so-distant past

that feels like ancient history in today's tech-driven world.

So the camera is...

Oh, look at that.

Flip phone.

Motorola flip phone.

Wait, wait, wait.

How's Don Natoli communicating?

I have a business card from a Public Works inspector.

It was a state-of-the-art Motorola flip phone,

once used by one of her inspectors.

Back then, this was the peak of mobile technology.

This kind of phone, you flipped open with a dramatic flare

before saying, I'm on site.

It made calls, and that was pretty much it.

You guys recognize that?

Am I a Palm Pilot?

Palm Pilot.

Wow.

Holy smokes.

For those familiar, this is a handheld device

that could store phone numbers

and a calendar,

maybe include a grocery list.

Basically, it walked so your smartphone could run.

And actually, that Palm Pilot belonged to Christina Ragdale.

So after today, you can have it back.

So that is a model of an automated trash bin.

It's a replica of a standard single-can system

used by waste management in 2000.

Hard to imagine,

now with our three-bin sorting system

of food waste composting

and the ever-changing recycling rules.

This little guy reminds us of a simpler time

and fewer color-coded selections.

So this is the Watt Avenue Bridge.

This is an aerial of what it looked like in the 60s.

And then we have a rendering of what it was supposed to look like,

the ultimate configuration.

What's remarkable is the rendering from 25 years ago

looks nearly identical to the complete bridge today,

a rare case where as-built really did match as envisioned,

proof that long-term planning and public works pays off.

And actually, I was just told today

that it was the first project the county featured on a website.

It was the first in the region to do so.

Wow.

The fifth is...

I'm holding it backwards.

Here you go.

Oh, wow.

Is that Terminal A?

Yes, it is.

Holy smokes.

So it's a grand opening publication for Terminal A

when Sacramento officially upgraded from a quaint regional stop

to please arrive 90 minutes early.

A reminder that great public works doesn't just get you from 0.8 to B,

but sometimes they can help you catch your flight there.

Nice.

And the last item.

And there are several more items,

which I'll share with all the public works directors,

all the directors afterwards.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

The clouds parted and the angels sang.

And finally, that was the 2000 Water Forum Agreement,

a landmark collaboration among diverse stakeholders,

including water purveyors, environmentalists, businesses, community leaders.

This agreement marked a shift towards integrated sustainable water management in Sacramento,

balancing the region's need for reliable water supply,

while protecting the lower American River's environment for years to come.

These items show us how far we've come in technology,

system, and strategy.

And they're a great reminder that the work we do today may one day become someone else's legacy.

As I close, I want to thank you, our Board of Supervisors,

for your support of the people and the departments who keep Sacramento County running.

National Public Works Week reminds us that it takes a village.

Dedicated staff, visionary leadership, and the support of our community to build a better future.

Thank you.

Thanks, Claudia.

Supervisor Desmond.

Claudia, thanks for the presentation.

I just want to thank all the public works professionals in Sacramento County.

You know, it is, whether it's SACOG or CSAC,

people are really amazed by how large Sacramento County's staff is,

because we have such a huge public works responsibility,

such a huge municipal services responsibility.

And I am so proud of everybody who works for the county

and where I interact with them,

whether that's waste management or DOT or airports or community development or water resources.

I would stack our public works staff up against the staff in any city or special district

in this region or in the state.

They do tremendous work serving the residents of Sacramento County.

And I want to thank you and thank everybody who serves Sacramento County.

I would offer the same challenge, except my wife is a CBO for West Sacramento.

Supervisor Rodriguez.

On that same note, I want to thank you for all the work that you do.

When I was with the city of Folsom, I hung out quite a bit with our public works team

because it's so extensive and it's so big,

and the work that you do is so important to our county.

And so I just want to give a thank you, big thank you, for all the work that you do.

Thank you.

Mr. County Executive.

Thank you, Supervisor.

I just wanted to thank Claudia for bringing this to our attention.

You know, the Public Works Week is a great thing,

but we have such fantastic employees throughout our organization,

especially in the public works area and the great work that they do,

whether it's on the bridges or collecting waste

or all the different things that are included in, for the most part,

Dave DeFonte's agency and the great work that they do.

The funny thing on the time capsule was I think we lost it there for a little while.

We didn't realize it was on the third floor for so long.

It sat there for 25 years and right in the area where everybody had lunch

and we just kind of lost a sight of it.

So we hopefully will do it again in 25 years.

Maybe we'll have a host of folks coming up

and have Mr. DeFonte maybe sitting in the audience watching us.

All right.

Very good.

Thanks again, Claudia.

Job well done.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mr. Chair, they're going to put the other podium back.

Okay.

Can we just have a few seconds?

Okay.

All this time I didn't even know that thing moved.

Okay.

All this time I didn't even know that thing moved.

Okay.

Next item.

I'm going to read item 38 into the record.

This is to adopt a resolution establishing a community planning advisory council

for the Foothill Farms community

and amending the community planning advisory council consolidated bylaws

to include the newly formed Foothill Farms community planning advisory council

and to appoint members to the Foothill Farms community planning advisory council.

I just want to introduce this item just to give a shout out to everyone who played a role in this.

We worked really closely with Supervisor Desmond's office to bring this recommendation down to the board

to adopt a new CPAC in the Foothill community.

And I want to give a shout out to Alma Munoz who used to work for our office.

Now she works for our chair.

He stole her.

But Alma did take the lead on this and she worked really closely with your staff, Supervisor Desmond,

and met with all of the CPACs, worked very closely with the planning environmental review staff.

And then Nicole took the lead from there once you stole Alma and she took it down to the planning commission

and now we're here before you with the recommendation.

So I wanted to introduce Nicole Lee who is our assistant clerk and who will give the presentation.

All right.

Very good.

Thank you.

So good morning board members.

It's a pleasure and an honor to be here before you this morning.

As Flo mentioned, I'm Nicole.

I know most of you.

I'm assistant clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

And I'm here today to discuss the establishment of the Foothill Farms Community Planning Advisory Council,

otherwise known as CPAC, which I'll use for the remainder of this presentation.

And so currently the Foothill Farms community is split between two different CPACs.

It's split between the North Highlands and what they call New Foothill Farms, as I'm learning,

and then the, oh, I'm supposed to use this, so please forgive me.

I'm used to other people doing this.

And the Carmichael community and it's combined with the old Foothill Farms community.

And so around the fall of 2023, Supervisor Desmond was approached at various, and his staff at various events and community meetings with a desire from that Foothill Farms community to establish their own CPAC,

to provide a real more dedicated platform to voice their concerns concerning planning projects that occurred within the Foothill Farms community,

a more comprehensive approach as opposed to being split between the two different CPACs.

So following those discussions with Supervisor Desmond, our office just began to look at the process and the possibility of establishing a Foothill Farms CPAC for that community.

So currently there are 14 CPACs spread all around Sacramento County, as you all know, that represent the unincorporated communities within Sacramento County.

This CPAC should your board approve this recommendation today would be the 15th.

And Chapter 2.36 of Sacramento County Code, it provides that the Board of Supervisors by resolution may establish a CPAC, which is why we are here today.

And so I have some maps just for you to take a look at.

And just on the recommendation of District 3, we've proposed some maps and new boundaries for the Foothill Farms CPAC.

So if you look on this map, what you see in the middle in that pink area is what we are recommending as the Foothill Farms CPAC area.

And it's flanked on the left-hand side with the North Highland CPAC, and then on the bottom right-hand side, that Carmichael CPAC.

If you see that red line right through the middle of what we're recommending as the Foothill Farms CPAC, that was the delineator.

That used to be how Foothill Farms was split.

So that portion on the left-hand side of the Foothill Farms CPAC was part of North Highlands,

and the portion on the right-hand side was part of the Carmichael CPAC.

And so we are recommending just to put that together, make it one full CPAC.

And so then here you can just see a better idea of what North Highlands will be with these new boundaries.

It's just the removal of that Foothill Farms community from there.

And then on the next maps, it's the removal again of that Foothill Farms area.

And then for Carmichael, I'm making that.

And then, of course, our proposed, and I know this is so large that you can see them all,

but this is all 15 CPACs that it's adding in at the very, very, very top of that by the number 3,

that District 3, you'll see that Foothill Farms community with all 15 of those CPACs on there.

And so we did, as part of this process, visit the advisory bodies that would be affected by this change.

So we went to the North Highlands Foothill Farms CPAC on April 23rd of 2024,

and that was generally just a discussion.

They did not have a quorum that day,

and so they did not take a vote and pass forward any recommendations.

On May the 8th, 2024, we went to Carmichael Oath Foothill Farms,

and they did recommend unanimously that this board approve the establishment of the Foothill Farms CPAC.

We went back to North Highlands Foothill Farms on September 24th, 2024.

They were able to vote two yes to abstain,

but did not pass forward a recommendation to this board.

And then subsequent to that, the Planning Commission on April 14th,

who did vote unanimously for this board to approve the recommendations.

Some of the North Highlands CPAC members did have questions and concerns

regarding the member distribution and recruitment efforts when we met with them,

and District 3 staff was on hand to be able to answer those questions for them.

And then throughout the process, we have received one public comment

in favor of the proposal for this item.

And so I want to talk a little bit about the composition of the CPAC.

So what we are proposing for the Foothill Farms CPAC,

that entire area is District 3,

so all seven seats for that CPAC will remain in District 3.

North Highlands is the most affected.

When we removed the Foothill Farms community from North Highlands,

it took that District 3 distribution out a little bit,

so a nice little hefty chunk of it.

So we are recommending a change to that CPAC distribution

between the supervisorial districts.

So we are recommending that District 1 picks up an additional seat,

so they'll have two seats.

District 3 will give up two of their seats,

and they will have one seat,

and District 4 will obtain a new seat,

and they will have four seats.

And then the Carmichael CPAC, there is no change to that.

All of that was already all in District 3,

so all seats will remain in District 3.

So I want to talk a little bit about the implementation plan

should your board decide to approve this recommendation.

There currently are three members that are sitting on

the North Highlands Foothill Farms CPAC.

Those members currently reside within the Foothill Farms community.

And so with the amendment of the boundaries of the North Highlands CPAC,

they would no longer be eligible to serve.

It's the recommendation of our office today

that part of this establishment of the CPAC

is that those members be appointed to terms

as initial members to this CPAC,

of course subject to the bylaws and what those terms look like.

And then following or subsequent to the approval of this board

for the establishment of the CPAC,

our office will announce the four remaining positions.

I will say that we have received one application already

and for that board have received increased...

What's the word I'm looking for?

Increased interest.

There we go.

Thank you.

It's over there.

Thank you.

Increased interest for the Foothill Farms community.

Thank you to District 3 for getting the word out

and the current Foothill Farms community

for getting that word out in their community meetings as well for that.

And should we receive any applications,

we'll bring them back forward for a nomination and appointment

at the meeting of June the 9th or June the 10th, my apologies.

And so we have established a Foothill Farm CPAC implementation work group,

and that's just to work through all of the different components

to ensure that this CPAC can hit the ground and running.

There are 12 projects that are currently targeting that area,

and so it's important that we are ready to go for this CPAC.

There is two projects currently that,

should they be deemed complete today,

they would be ready to go before a CPAC sometime July or August.

And so we have found a location to have these meetings

should your board approve these,

and so we are targeting our first meeting for that CPAC

in either mid-June or mid-July for that CPAC.

So that brings us to our recommendation.

So the clerk of the board staff,

on behalf of Supervisorial District 3,

recommends that the board of supervisors today

take the following action,

to adopt a resolution establishing the Foothill Farm CPAC

and amending the common set of CPAC bylaws

that will include the Foothill Farm CPAC

as well as amending the boundaries

of North Highlands and Carmichael CPAC,

and then acknowledge the exempt status of this request,

and then appoint those three members

for an initial term subject to the bylaws.

And so I just want to thank you for your time and consideration,

and I am available along with some planning staff

and Supervisor Desmond to answer any other questions

that you may have this morning.

Very good.

Thank you, Nicole.

Before we get to Supervisors Desmond and Kennedy

who are in the queue,

I just want to offer my thanks to you,

specifically, Nicole, the clerk of the board's office.

As usual, very thoughtful way of looking at

how we were going to make this happen,

and it's obvious in your presentation,

it's very thorough.

I also want to make sure that I,

as you mentioned earlier,

Madam Clerk,

thank my chief of staff, Alma Munoz,

who I know is watching.

She helped educate me on a few of the different facets

involved with the new geography

and the addition of the CPAC.

So thanks to her and thanks to you all.

And with that, we'll go to Supervisor Desmond first.

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

And I'll start with thanks as well, Nicole.

I know it's, the staff hates to see

or hear about a harebrained idea

from one of the supervisors.

That causes a lot of work,

and I know that at various times,

a lot of us are sources of that,

but I probably more than others these days.

So thank you for all of your work

and Alma's work and your workflow.

And great job on the presentation, too, by the way.

It's good to see you up there at the podium.

I appreciate the opportunity to hear this

and bring this forward.

You know, this is really something

that was driven by the community.

It came up to me shortly after I took office.

Foothill Farms is a very distinct community.

It's two zip codes.

It's a census-designated place

and a very strong sense of identity in that community.

And I remember when I was a member

of the Carmichael Old Foothill Farms CPAC myself,

there was even discussion back then

by the Foothill Farms representative.

Why are we always kind of the afterthought?

We're attached to another CPAC.

Why can't we have our own?

It's a community of almost 40,000 people.

And like I mentioned,

they're very passionate about the community,

very distinct sense of identity.

And I think that's one of the inherent challenges

of these large unincorporated areas, right?

They're not part of a city.

They kind of stand on their own.

We all know, we've heard over the decades,

the criticisms about the county

really overlooking these communities

and not having the same intentionality

as they may have if it's a city.

And in my opinion,

this is an effort to kind of counteract that,

to acknowledge to the residents of Foothill Farms

that we really, we see you.

We know it's important

that you have your own sense of identity.

And I want to make sure that this is not,

I know it's kind of ironic

that we're having this discussion.

At the same time,

some of our community development review processes

are looking at ways, frankly,

to either streamline the approval of housing projects

and maybe even bypass CPACs in certain circumstances.

And I support those.

This is not, in my opinion,

any effort to prevent that from happening.

But it is really a way to,

I think, empower folks in that community

and make them more proud to have their own CPAC.

You know, there's no P-bid in Foothill Farms.

There isn't a strong chamber involvement in Foothill Farms.

This will be an entity,

I think, that provides an opportunity for the community

to be more engaged, more involved in the community.

So I thank you for the presentation.

I'm very happy to move approval of this today.

I actually have a Foothill Farms

Neighborhood Association meeting tonight,

and I would like nothing more

than to be able to announce our support at that.

And so with that, Mr. Chair,

I know there's more comments,

but I would move approval.

I'll second.

Supervisor Kennedy.

Thank you.

And thank you, Supervisor Desmond,

for putting me in a very uncomfortable position.

In that, you know, I completely,

for all the reasons you said,

you know, I applaud your efforts in doing this,

and I congratulate you

on getting it over the fishnish line.

I know things aren't easy.

I won't be supporting it,

not as any,

that I have any issue with the people of Foothill Farms

and their ideas of self-governance,

or my colleague and him representing his district.

And I,

I love to get involved with very district-centered issues.

However,

I feel like it's important that I remain consistent.

You know,

years ago,

I had an effort,

I headed up an effort,

along with Supervisor Peters at the time,

to decrease the number of CPACs,

because I don't think that a greater number of CPACs

is going to be conducive to addressing our housing crisis

that we see in Sacramento County.

In fact,

I think it,

in many times,

for a variety of reasons,

slows the process down.

So,

just in order to remain consistent with that position,

and I,

I will not be supporting it at this time.

I'm sorry to say that.

All right.

Any other comments or questions?

Seeing none,

Madam Clerk,

do we have anyone signed up to speak on this matter?

Yes,

we do.

Let me clear that.

Yes,

we do have one person signed up to speak.

Diane Kiefer.

Good afternoon,

board.

My name is Diane Kiefer.

I am a resident of Old Foothill Farms.

I'm also the vice president of the Foothill Farms Association.

I am here to speak and support agenda item 38,

establishing a dedicated community planning association,

our planning advisory committee,

as known as CPAC for Foothill Farms.

Currently,

our,

as you have heard,

our community is split between two different CPACs,

Old Foothill Farms and Carmichael,

New Foothill Farms and North Highlands.

This structure dilutes our input and pairs us with,

as it pairs us with the communities that have different priorities and needs.

A dedicated CPAC will ensure decisions are made by residents who actually live in the area.

It will restore public trust in the advisory process and ensure that the feedback reflects the real concerns of our community.

As you have already heard,

the unincorporated area,

we do not have a city council or other local governing body.

The CPAC is one of the only platforms that we have to participate in decisions about development,

zoning,

and land use.

I respectfully ask that you vote yes on agenda item 38.

Help us establish a CPAC that truly represents Foothill Farms,

allowing our community to be heard.

Thank you.

Thank you,

Ms.

Keeper.

Okay.

That concludes your public comments.

All right.

Very good.

We have a motion and a second.

Please vote.

Thank you.

Supervisor Rosario Rodriguez,

could you vote?

Mine is,

it's lit.

Yes.

Oh,

okay.

It's,

for some reason it's not showing up.

And then do it again.

There we go.

Okay.

Thank you.

And the motion carries with Supervisor Kennedy voting against this item and let the record reflect

that Supervisor Hume is not present.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'll review the application shortly.

I think it's there.

All right.

Next item,

please.

And then for our next item,

item 39,

let me grab my glasses.

It's county service area number one,

zone one,

public hearing on the benefit category change and levy of increased service charge for the Blossom Ridge subdivision.

Hello.

Something I haven't said before.

Good afternoon.

Members of the board.

I'm Dawn Pimentel with County Engineering.

The Blossom Ridge subdivision is located on the west side of Filbert Avenue,

approximately 650 feet north of Greenback Lane,

and consists of 32 single family lots and drainage basin parcel and associated site improvements.

The project was approved with the general plan improvement,

general plan amendment,

community plan amendment,

rezone,

subdivision tentative map,

special development permit,

title 22 exception,

and design review on August 8th,

2023.

In response to the project's condition of approval required prior to filing a final map,

the project's proponents submitted an application requesting the initiation of the benefit category change process.

In response to that request,

a notice and proposition 218 protest ballot was mailed to the property owner on April 4th,

2025.

Currently,

the project's is a single parcel in the safety light only category and is assessed $2.56

annually.

After the benefit category change to the enhanced street and safety categories,

the increased annual service charge will approximately be $2,062.50 total for the 33 residential parcels,

since the drainage parcel is considered residential.

If there are no questions from the board,

we recommend the board open the public hearing,

consider written and oral testimonies,

any objections and protests,

and close the public hearing,

then direct the board clerk to tabulate the returned protest ballot.

Very good.

Any questions of staff?

Okay.

Seeing none,

I will open the public hearing.

Madam clerk,

do we have anyone signed up to speak on this matter?

We do not have any public speakers.

I will close the public hearing and ask you to tabulate.

And I will do that now.

So the clerk received one ballot.

And the legal owner is Blossom Ridge 32 LLC,

parcel number 223-0091002.

Site address is 6331 Filbert Avenue, Orangeville, California.

And they are in favor of the proposed benefit category.

Okay.

Thank you.

Since there is no majority protest,

we request to the board adopt the attached resolution

to confirm the levy increase service charges

for the Blossom Ridge subdivision.

And I would like to read in the recorded fill-ins

for the resolution.

In section two,

at the close of the hearing,

the board received zero written protests.

In section three,

at the close of the tabulation,

the board received one protest ballot,

totaling 100% of the total amount to be levied,

of which 100% was in favor

of change of the benefit category

and zero was in opposition.

That's it.

All right.

Very good.

Thank you.

We don't have any public speakers.

The public hearing is closed.

I would entertain a motion at this point.

I will go ahead and move to approve the recommended action.

Okay.

It's been moved and seconded.

Please vote.

Unanimous vote with those members present.

All right.

Very good.

Before we break,

I just want to thank the clerk

and her staff for, again,

I think finally putting the dot on the I

and crossing the T

on how we're going to best manage our time.

I would have us all note the clock.

It tells us we're, I think,

more or less right on time.

So I think it's going well.

I want to thank you for all your work.

Thank you, Nicole.

The cheap seat, sir.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I have a quorum.

Yes.

Good afternoon.

Supervisors Kennedy.

Here.

Desmond.

Rodriguez.

Here.

Cerner.

Here.

And you have a quorum.

Very good.

Thank you.

First item.

Item 40 is the floodplain management ordinance amendment,

a zoning ordinance to amend the floodplain management ordinance,

a standalone component of the zoning code,

and the environmental determination is a notice of exemption.

Are we keeping the video rolling?

There we go.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon, Chair, Senator, and members of the board.

I'm Kevin Hsu, senior engineer with the Department of Water Resources.

I'll be presenting on proposed amendments to the floodplain management ordinance,

which is a standalone component of the zoning code.

Following a recent FEMA review of this ordinance,

amendments were identified to remain consistent with federal standards.

I've listed some of the amendments here,

but I'll go over them more shortly.