Board of Supervisors - Regular Meeting

Chair, we're ready. Yes, ma'am. Good morning. Welcome to the February 10th, 2026 regular meeting of the Cal Cal Board of Supervisors. Will everyone please stand for the pledge? Please stand, please. I aliance 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.

Hopefully the sun comes back out and as nice as it's been the last few days. Um, with that, staff announcements. Good morning, chair board. Lisa Medina Environmental Management Agency. Shauna and this is Barbara Anra.

As you can see, Barbara Anne is a little lively one. She's a spade German Shepherd mix and approximately 8 months old and about 39 pounds. She's not going to get too much bigger than that. As you can see, she sits for treats. She's really lovey. We found her as a stray on Gold Strike Road. And at first she was really timid and a little anxious and afraid of other dogs and humans, but through staff and our volunteer work, they've been working with her and she has become affectionate and gets along with other dogs now, too. She's not going to grow too much bigger. I think she's probably going to fill out a little bit, Shauna. Just a little bit. Um, but that's about it. But she's very sweet. She loves to sit on laps and she will bond deeply with her human family. So, as always, if you're interested in Barbara Anne, give us a call at 754-6509. If you have another pup, a meet and greet is required. So, our Valentine's event this past weekend was real successful. Uh, we had one two adoptions, one dog and one cat with very many. So, we have a few may that will be coming in. I think Sarah kind of likes Barbara Anne, too. She's been eyeballing Barbara Anne or Martin, perhaps. So, it was very successful. The event was fun. We got to see our community come out. It was a little cold and it was, of course, Super Bowl, the day before Super Bowl. So, we we didn't see as many people as we would have liked to, but it was still a great event for our community, getting our program information out there, seeing our people out there, seeing the kids have fun at the event. We had a few food trucks and people parttook in those. It was delicious. Um, and of course, I brought donuts for everybody, too. That was even I think I probably eat more donuts than everybody. Um, but it was very successful. Along with that, our partners Focus and CCTV also had another successful day. They brought in $1,658 for the event. So, it was really nice. Um, so that was very successful. We want

to thank our partners CCTV and also our focus partners for sponsoring the event. So, with that, um, we have our first focus free rabies vaccine and microchip clinic. And I brought a couple for everybody. I'll just leave them up here. This first clinic will be on Saturday, March 14th from 9 to 11:30. Uh, Dr. Mike Hayes will be the attending in DVM. Um, so thank you Dr. Mike Hayes for giving us your precious time. Uh, the event will take place from 9 to 11:30 here at the government center. And so we're really looking forward to that and I'm saying let's break the record and and get all our Calaveris animals, pups, uh, and cats, uh, rabies vaccines because it's real important. Um, and with that, um, I don't have anything else. Any questions?

Thank you. Thank you. Further staff announcements, Miss Kashi, good to see you. You look vibrant this morning.

Thank you. Uh Jennifer Cashew, director of integrated waste. Just a couple announcements. Um Calaveris County was recognized as the top uh carpet care recycler in all rural areas. So I wanted to extend my appreciation to businesses and residents for taking part in our um recycling program. So that's good news. Um, I'd also like to remind folks, um, on uh, January 13th, Megan Osborne, IWM director, uh, did a a staff announcement reminding of our, um, or actually communicating our interest in implementing a a tarp, a load tarp requirement at Rock Creek. Um, just wanted to remind folks that this will uh, be enforced on February 12th and the cost of the tarps are at the county cost, which is $8. So, just wanted to uh remind folks that that is on February 12th and that will be implemented.

Thank you. Yes, Micah.

Good morning. We just wanted to give a reminder and make sure the board is aware that CALR is going to be hosting an open house regarding the State Route 4 ADA improvements project. This will be on Wednesday, February 25th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Michaelelsson Elementary School. So, this is a ADA improvement project that CALR is doing on the state highway to improve pedestrian safety and add um curb ramps and a high visibility crosswalk with beacon. So, um the timing of this project is very critical for us because we have a project that's going to immediately follow on Pulse Road going towards um Beanie Park. So, uh we want to make sure everyone's very much aware of the two different projects and how they work together and the timing and schedule and so on. So, we encourage everyone who may be interested to attend the open house. Um, we'll leave some flyers here. Jen Hernand is the project manager working very closely with Calrs on this effort. So, if there's any questions about um timeline, schedule, or anything else, she she'd be a big resource for you.

Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Thank you so much for being Thank you so much for taking the time yesterday to show me the projects and to walk through them with me. I really appreciate it. And to remind everybody about the 25th and and meeting with Calr. I hope most of my constituents constituents will be there. Thank you. Great. Thank you.

Sheriff Whiting.

Good morning, everyone. Uh, our department recently shared information about the passing of former Cala Sheriff Bill Nuttle. He served as our sheriff from 1991 to 1994 and then he served as the Angel's Camp Police Chief. Uh so much like during uh during the meetings we give recognition and proclamations, you know, for leaders and people that have served our county and done a lot. Um we just wanted to say something and and just in recognition uh of Phil and just uh thank the public for their support. We have such a supportive community and we like to be able to uh recognize when pillars are leaders in our community that have contributed so much. um when there's significant things happen. So, we just wanted to say thank you. We also uh people were inquiring if there was going to be a celebration of life for anything and we're in contact with the family and they'll let us know. They're still in planning phases. Thank you.

Thank you. Further staff announcements.

All right, we'll bring it to the proclamations. Item one, proclamation. Clerk of the board of supervisors, proclaim the week of February 14th through February 20th, 2026 as K kindness week in Calaveris County and further deem the county as a random acts of kindness zone. Thank you, Stacy.

I'm going to go ahead and take this one. Um whereas National Random Acts of Kindness Week will be observed February 14th through 20th, 2026 and random acts of kindness day is February 17th, 2026. And whereas Cal County has participated in random acts of kindness week since 2010. And whereas all who live and or work within Calver County are encouraged to practice random acts of kindness, a tradition started in Angel's Camp by the the Jim Bergens family. And now, oh, I almost got ahead of myself. I almost pulled a supervisor handle real quick. Thank you for catching me. That was very nice of you. Um, we'll bring it uh some public comment or any comments to the to uh the ask kindness day, please.

Good morning. Sarah McBride, division 2, daughter of Kathleen Zen Canela that ran Calver County Airport for quite a few years and used to fly Mike Taylor around the elementary schools and all the youngsters would be out there with heart standing as a heart or standing and really it was wonderful. brought the youngsters together. Mom would be flying over with her little Taylor craft with Snoopy on the tail and Mike Taylor hanging out of that thing taking pictures of the youngsters. I knew Jim and his wife, some of the nicest people he ever knew his dad bants. I mean, those were a big part of Calvar's County Airport. Really, really good people. I'm so glad that our county continues to honor the uh effort and work that they put forth. Thank you.

Thank you, Terry. Mr. Stout,

I never come ready to speak, but I'm always prepared. Um, I have four Bibles. One of them is stolen. Um, and I draw from the Bible quite often because still in the in the West, it's the most uh widely read book. And when it comes to kindness, the Bible says, "May truth and kindness not forsake you." Um, notice that truth is in there. They're part and partial. They're not separate. Even though it says and, uh, they are part of the same thing. You So, when you're when you're out there doing out your kindness, make sure you're not not just doing out uh uh doing out niceness and your and only words. Pause for a moment when you ask how somebody is and uh listen. Um, it's very important that kindness begins with yourself. Make sure that uh that you take care of yourself, that you that you're whole, make sure that your family is taken care of. Then move out into the community and from there move out into the region, always centering on yourself, that it radiate yourself. I'm afraid that elected officials are on the fringes of those that we must be kind to. they're out there with potential uh alien beings from other p planets. So, and in fact in Calaver's account we often think you're from other planets. Um so with that I want you to just remember kindness is difficult at times but it's necessary.

Thank you. Further comments? Um, anything online? We have no online public comment. All right, I'll bring it back to the board. Is there anything anybody like to say or a motion? I'll move this item. Thank you, Mr. Tooffenelli. I'll second. A second by Miss Andal. All those in favor?

I passes on 50. vote of the board. Now, therefore, it be resolved that Calvary County Board of Supervisors designates the week of February 14th through 20th, 2026 to be kindness week throughout the county. Be it further resolved that the board of supervisors declares the county of Calvaris be deemed a random acts of kindness zone during the week of February 14th and continue through the 2026 year. I don't think we have any

actually chair ster we have um Debbie Strand here from or sorry Everybody's ready.

Perfect. Thank you. You know, you become Oh, I forgot my name. We'll kindly move on to the general comment public comment phase.

Any item of interest to the public that is in within the subject matter jurisdiction of the board and is not posted on the consent or regular agendas may be addressed during the public comment period. California law prohibits the board from taking action on any matter which is not posted on the agenda unless it is determined to be an emergency by the board of supervisors. If public comment is completed before the 30 minute allotted time period, the board may immediately move to the next order of business. If public comment is not completed during the allotted time period, it will be continued as the last item of business in order to provide an opportunity for the remainder of the comments to be heard. Terry,

good morning. Good morning. Beautiful day.

So, I'm going to bring my sign about elections and we want perfect elections that tell the true vote of the American citizen. And we do that with um ID, of course. one day voting in person when possible. Sometimes of course with health or if you're in the military, we understand that and that we don't have election machines counting the vote. But we the people once again we did our election uh November we had a great turnout as always. You know, it's the the reality is Calver County as well as the rest of the state want this. Um February 28th, we're gonna have a um town hall at the senior center in San Andreas. We're gonna have Paul Preston, who's the governor of Prompor. I am the senator for Cal County and also the president of the Senate Prompor. Of course, we'll have elections once um Congress approves our uh 51st state here. What I want to um mention is that we have an election coming out and I would hope that you will stand by your um uh des um magistrate, local N magistrate, you have the power to say we're going back to this. You have the power to tell California, we're done with elections that people don't trust. You absolutely have that power. It's a constitutional right. And I hope that all elected officials within this county will reconsider going back to what worked for us for decades. And also this is a matter of of community is bringing the community together when we go back to polling because we see people we haven't seen in a while. And um it's it's it was taken from us. You know, co took so much more than I wonder if you

guys really really understand. But one of the greatest things that it took away was community and it made people afraid to be with each other. When you go to events like this and you have usually we'll have treats, you know, but you hear people talking and all that. They have privacy when they do their vote. Nobody sees how they vote. It goes into a clear box. Nobody touches that. And then at the end of the election, then we count out. Yeah. It's all being recorded. Anybody can stay and watch. Nothing is hidden. So the citizens of this county are aware of what the vote is and needs to be that way statewide. We will have our state of secretary of state there at our meeting on the 28th explaining again why this is so important to go back to it. I invite you as always please come. I I think that you'll be pleasantly surprised by the meeting. Thank you so much.

Thank you Terry.

Mr. My name is Christopher Butner, publisher of Calaver's 2026 election.com. On January 29th, 2026, I emailed Sarah Edwards, Calaveris County Council, and Ben Stopper, Calaveris County District 5 Supervisor and 2026 board of supervisors chair lodging a formal complaint concerning Mr. Stoppper's capriccious enforcement of established rules and procedures for public comments. The infraction occurred on January 27th, 2026 during the board of supervisors regular meeting when he allowed an individual 3 minutes and 22 seconds of uninterrupted speaking time, later depriving me of equal time by interrupting the final words of my summation precisely at 3 minutes. Miss Edwards, a cure and correct response from the county is not optional. It is mandatory. Shifting now to Mr. Huberty. In retrospect, it is not looking as though it was a good long-term strategy for you to have overplayed your connection to the British royal family, basking in Sarah Ferguson's reflected glory. No more reflected glory for you, just the wreckage of your five decade association with Sarah Ferguson amid the collapse of her image and her brand with disturbing new revelations last week detailing previously unknown aspects of her long association with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. How long did you consider it would take before I sleuththed out the unredacted smoking gun email thread connecting you to Jeffrey Epstein from the latest US Department of Justice file dump? Or had you even considered that? You know the email thread I'm referring to from June 23rd, 2009 with you as Sarah Ferguson's direct intermediary and emissary initiating correspondence with Jeffrey Epstein's direct intermediary and emissary, his longtime executive assistant Leslie Grath. Do you now feel any unease or remorse for having initiated correspondence with the convicted pedophiles executive assistant

on behalf of the Duchess seeking to facilitate a same-day meeting between the Duchess and Jeffrey Epstein during his work release hours while he was serving his jail sentence for a sex crime against a minor? When you emailed a quick note to Leslie Grath on June 23rd, 2009 on behalf of the Duchess asking if Jeffrey would be available to talk to the Duchess today, you surely would have known that Jeffrey Epstein was a convicted sex offender serving a jail sentence in Florida for a child sex offense following his plea deal in 2008 for soliciting a minor for prostitution. Did you accompany Sarah Ferguson to Jeffrey Epstein's office on more than one occasion or on just one occasion during which time you believe you met his longtime executive assistant Leslie Gra in person? Did you and Sarah Ferguson meet with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in his office while he was on daily work release from jail or was it prior to him reporting to jail on June 30th, 2008 for a sex crime against a minor? My name is Christopher Bunner, publisher of Calaver's 2026 election.com. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Further public comment, Mr. Stout, I have to give everybody else a chance first being kind. Um, next week, uh, we're going to have a storm come in. It's going to be rather a low snow level cold. And, um, it would be very nice if you reminded the community that if they, if they see a homeless person, contact Health Human Services and see if they can do something. the sheriff department if they see a uh know of a person in need, a health and human services, ATKA, ATCA um needs to be notified. I no longer do a free wood program for the elderly. I used to do that on a regular basis. Um I'm afraid my I'm not as robust as I used to be. Uh I'm not as fat. fat seems to bring a lot of energy and uh and since I lost 27 pounds over the last year, uh I just don't uh I just don't have the vigor to do it anymore. Um so the people of the county uh should look other places. Um over in AOR County, there's Wood Angels. They do a fantastic job. Um they're not as robust as they once were. Uh ADK does not have a program. Um look to your neighbors. uh if you see somebody that need in need, please go out there and help them. Um with that, uh you know, there's there's been a lot of um news and the Valley Springs news in fact, regarding Mr. Ben Stoppurn and very sorry that uh it's taken place uh in your life. Um, we are not all blessed at all times. I've had, you know, health issues. You've had your issues.

Uh, one thing I can tell you about Ben Stopper is he does something you folks don't do. Um, 80% of your job, 90% of your job is answering the phone. You call Ben Stopper, he answers the phone. Okay. Um, I know the whole thing is not going to play out well, but uh that doesn't mean you shouldn't be treated respectfully. That includes by you folks, too. I saw something on the um the video. The video was left on the other day in which uh some of your colleagues were mocking you. Um, it's not it's it's not uh it's it's not appropriate. Some point you're going to have to apologize to Mr. Stop.

So, with that, I'm going to leave you. Thank you for further public comment. Mr. Sable, could you want to speak? Forgive me, I'm a little slow.

My name is Roger Sable and I live at 328 Demen Court Valley Springs, which is in Rancho Caliber. We had our house built in ' 89. We moved in in 90. And I'm here to present a signed petition because although a lot of these people might not have lived the whole time there, but I've lived there since 1990. And our road has never been touched, sealed, paid, anything. It has the old oil and gravel, which now if you drive on is like cobblestone. Of course, they come in once in a while to fix the uh water problems we have. Uh they've come in they came in and uh put in some ditches for uh natural gas which we cycle but the road has never been sealed paved or anything other than spot problems. We still have down near the It's 600 ft long. It has no curbs. Uh I'm not asking, but uh I've been complaining since um maybe two three years after we moved in constantly. I've complained to public works. I've written a letter to uh my supervisor stopper. I don't see he's he's here, but I never got an answer. I

never got an answer from the engineer I talked to at uh public works. Uh it's it's been frustrating. In the very beginning, Palmer had its own uh little group that you had to get in complain to about problems with your roads. That's no longer in effect. But, uh, I hope at least we get some answers. I've got everybody on this petition uh except one. Oh, who's a hard man to catch, but uh like to turn this in. I have a couple neighbors that came with me. Give me some moral support.

Absolutely. And thank you. Um, Micah, when you have a chance, any further public comment?

Good morning. My name is Todd White and I work for Senator Marie Alberta Gil. And I think I'll be one of your more boring speakers this morning, but I just wanted to let you know that uh we are this time of year we are getting out to all our board of supervisors meetings and city council meetings and uh just reintroducing ourselves. District state senate district 4 uh goes all the way from the Nevada state line down through the foothills down through the central valley and ends at Death Valley National Park. So geographically it's the largest part of the district but Calaveris County is uh very important to the state senator and it's a very important part of California. So with that being said later this month we'll be doing a mobile office hours in district 4 in Angel's camp and then we'll also be uh continually engaged in the uh state route 4 issue. I know my colleague Valerie Spake has uh been involved with that with Calrans and that's been an interesting adventure. we've all been on. Um, you know, we're generally uh under reppresented here in the more rural parts of California and the legislaturator's dominated by folks that have urban interests at heart. So, uh, the senator is dedicated to representing you in the state senate and, uh, her her issues continue to be relatively the same. uh public safety, uh wildfire prevention, lowering insurance costs, and lowering uh the cost of living particularly for people in the rural areas. So, uh I've said this before, I was born and raised in Plerville and uh Elroa County Board of Supervisor meetings are interesting, but they're not this interesting. I'll have to make it out here more often. So, thank you for your time and I appreciate appreciate it. Have a great day.

Thank you, sir. Is there anything online, Miss Simpson? No. One last chance for everyone in the room. All right, we'll move on to the consent agenda. Consent agenda items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. They will be acted upon by the board at one time without discussion. Any board member, staff member, or interested party may request the removal of an item from the consent agenda for later discussion.

Um, first of all, before uh we have any staff pull anything up, Mr. Mau, is anything the public, our former planning commissioner would like to pull? I mean, not commissioner, but director. Thank you, sir. That's apologize about that. Um, anything the board would like to pull? staff.

Good morning. I'd like to pull number five to come back at a later date. Thank you, Janine. Anything from the public that would you would like to pull? All right. Um, we don't have to do a vote on the later date for number five, do we? in the middle. That's fine. She's right. Excellent. Perfect. With that, I'll entertain a motion for the I'll move a motion by Mr. Hovery. A second. A second by Miss Andal. All those in favor? I passes on 50. Thank you.

Yeah. We'll do a fivem minute break and while uh major

Miss Simpson. Item 14, agreement behavioral health. Authorize the board chair to execute agreement agreement 10622563 with right of passage adolescent treatment centers and schools, Inc. for the provision of behavioral health services for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30th, 2026 and amount not to exceed $750,000. Uh Miss Miss all

good morning board chair. Um, this item was originally on as consent in August 2024 and it was pulled so that we could tighten the language and meet with council regarding some other things. And so now it's brought back before you today and it is backdated. So it's now on regular agenda being backdated. Any questions? board members. That's seems like there's a lot of questions.

Um, public comment, is there any questions, Miss Alt, that you would like to answer? All right. And chair, chair, there's no public comment online. Okay. Thank you, Miss Subsci. I got a I got a question answered. That was very kind of you, Miss Simpson. Um, sure. I mean, if you're gonna Well, I'll move it. If you're second, I will. I think that's where we're at. I'll second. Okay. We have a motion by Miss. I'll second. Nailed it. Second by Mr. Roberty. Um,

I think you're supposed to say make sure they're on time. Like something telling no more back date like Yeah. I I I turned it around backwards, didn't I? Yes. Okay. The motion second. Yeah. Second. Um, okay. All those in favor? I. Doesn't seem there's any opposed. I can uncomplicate this even more next time. I hope so. Thank you. Thank you, Miss Simpson.

Item 15, informationational item. public health received part two of a presentation from the Calaveris County Public Health reporting on the state of health in Calaveris County and the department's goals for addressing it. Colleen, wonderful to see you this morning. Public health leadership here today and they all have great smiles like you do. So, they are good. Fantastic. so much. Appreciate it.

Well, good morning everyone. Um, it is a pleasure for us to be presenting to you this morning. My name is Colleen Rodriguez. I'm the director of public health here in Calveris and we are um your public health leadership and so we are going to be presenting um a variety of what we hope is going to be really interesting information for you today. Um and um I think you can see up on the slide all the things that we're going to cover. I think we'll just go ahead and get started.

Good morning. Carrie Biker, business administrator for public health. This slide provides a snapshot of who lives in Calabaris County and um sets the context for the health indicators that will be discussed later. Our population is 45995 which reflects a slight increase from last year. Um while growth is modest, it's important uh to note that our community continues to trend older. Uh the median age in Calvary County is 52. Um and 29% of our residents are 65 or older, uh which is nearly double the California average. This aging population has significant implica implications, excuse me, for healthcare demand uh chronic disease management and access to services. Uh the uninsured rate in Calvary County is 6.6% which is an increase from last year of from 5.8%. Which represents um while this may seem relatively small, even minor increases can place additional strain on emergency services and our safety net programs. The median household income in Calvary is 79877 showing a slight increase from 2024 as well. Um however this countywide figure can mask um disparities particularly for seniors on fixed incomes. Calver County has 27,579 housing units which is also a slight increase from last year. Housing availability and affordability remain uh key factors influencing workforce retention, access to care um and overall community stability. So overall, these demographics highlight a county that is aging, largely rural, and experiencing gradual growth. All of which will directly shape our public health priorities and service planning. All right, Haley Bubarren, health education program manager at Calvary County Public Health. Next, we're going to take a look at our social drivers of health. These are also kind of known as our roots of health but really known as our non-medical environmental conditions where people live, work and play and essentially in the long-term impact or

have significant impacts on health outcomes. So similar to some of points but on top of that we have food insecurity where we sit at 13.1%. This is a slight um bit higher than our neighbors in Amador and Towalami which sit at 11.9% and 12.3% respectively. Additionally, we have our housing insecurity which measures the percentage of adults or households that are unable to pay rent, mortgage or utility bills in the last 12 months. We sit at approximately 10.6% um which is very similar to our neighbors as well in Amodore and Toalamy. And then for unemployment rates, this actually is a different number that we have more updated for 2025. This is a uh conglomerate of the past 5 years, but um we've actually improved significantly to about 6.3% for unemployment rates. Um although that is a slight bit higher than Amador and which sit at 5.2 and 5.9% respectively. On top of that, we have our poverty rate which is currently 13.4% 4% and um this is very similar um to our neighboring counties as well although a slight bit higher than uh Talami County at 10.4 and Amodore at 8.2. Thank you.

Hi, good morning. My name is Sher Murbach and I'm a public health program supervisor. Um and we're going to start talking about some key health indicators in the county. Um, first up is the top 10 leading causes of death. And for our county, those are cancer, heart disease, and unintentional injuries, which includes things like opioid overdoses, motor vehicle accidents, falls, and accidental poisonings. When we talk about health outcomes, we like to talk about factors that increase our risk of developing those outcomes. Um, and what of those can we actually impact, right? things like age and genetics we don't have control over and those things do increase our risk for some of these outcomes but they all h there's a lot of things that we can modify to prevent our risk. Um and so specifically for cancer that's things like tobacco and alcohol use um diet and environmental exposure. For heart disease again it's tobacco use, activity level and diet. And then even for unintentional injuries things we can modify are related to things around substance abuse, access to safety equipment and also environmental hazards. Next we'll talk about the prevalence or rate of chronic disease in the community. And so these are more of those like long-term lasting health issues that residents are dealing with. The top four in this county currently are diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD. Again, there's a lot of different things that go into people developing these age and genetics do play a factor, but again, all chronic disease really has some modifiable things related to activity, nutrition, um, and preventative screenings that we can do. And so while it's really important to also do education to impact individual knowledge of preventing these things, it's also really important we look at systematic or policy level changes that impact the environment to support more healthy behaviors.

Morning supervisors. Justin Barnes public health program supervisor. So Sher mentioned some of the physical aspects of key health indicators, but it's also important to consider things like behavioral health, behavioral health, and mental health as these also have downstream consequences to our physical health. So in Calvary County, we see a rate of binge drinking that sits at around 15%. We also have tobacco use that hovers around 13.4% and we have opioid emergency department visits that sit at 23%. Now when we look at mental health, it's important to consider that loneliness figure right there that sits at 32.1%. We highlighted our demographically older population and one thing we know uh we have lots of evidence that has shown uh the surgeon general in 2023 highlighted this that social isolation and loneliness has tremendous impact on downstream health. So when we think of our older adults that may be geographically isolated, being lonely can cause negative health outcomes. So we see a rate of depression at 23% in Calver County, our loneliness figure at 32% and we have mental distress that sits at 16.7%. All of these can have profound impacts on our downstream overall health. Now we also have health indicators for our maternal child and adolescent health. A fancy way of saying moms and their children. So when we look at live births, Calvar sits right in between our neighbors in Talami and Amador at about 1,141 live births. We look at medical payments as a health indicator as that indicates the insurance status of this population and we do trend a little bit higher than our neighboring counties. And unfortunately a figure of note here is our child poverty rate which sits at about 5% higher than our neighbor and about 10% higher than our neighbor in Amador County. Uh obviously child poverty can have tremendous effects on their overall health and their ability to achieve optimal health as they grow up.

Good morning. My name is Courtney Atnib. I'm a HHSA program manager with public health. And mine kind of ties it all together as the end result. It's the healthcare access. Um 32% of Calver County members are covered by ME medical, which the statewide average is 33%. Um, so that means one dentist for every 1,667 Calveris County community members, one primary care provider for every 2,380 Calaveris County community members. Um, and Cal Cal uh California has an average ratio of one primary care provider for every 1,639 community members. Also the disparity is with mental health. They have one mental health per care provider for every 301 community members. So there it kind of shows a huge disparity with

morning Amy Eaves first five Calaveris executive director. While we've outlined some health challenges, it's equally important to highlight what Calaveris County is doing well because these strengths are what makes progress possible. First, collaboration is our defining strength in our county. Agencies consistently work across departments and sectors to build a healthy community. By coordinating services and using funds efficiently, we reduce duplication and improve outcomes for the people we serve. This partnership approach allows us to do more with limited resources and ensures families experience more seamless support. We also benefit from committed leadership that understands the realities of rural public health. County and community leaders are willing to support innovative locally driven solutions when state and federal approaches don't fully meet our needs. That flexibility allows us to address gaps proactively and tailor programs specifically for the people of Calaveris. And most importantly, our residents themselves are a major strength. Across the county, people look out for one another, pitching in, providing support, and sticking it out when times get hard. This resilience strengthens prevention efforts, improves trust and services, and creates a culture where families are willing to seek help when they need it. Together, these strengths, collaboration, leadership, and community resilience, give us a solid foundation to address the challenges we've discussed and guide our next steps forward. So, as you can see, we have an amazing group in public health. I'm really proud of the work that our group uh continues to do and um particularly in these um interesting times. Um, so looking ahead, our future goals really focus on continuity, uh, datadriven planning and

strong community partnerships. Uh, we will finish up our 2024 26 community health improvement plan, also called a CHIP. Um, we'll be continuing to work with community partners and to implement the identified improvement strategies. Uh, we're also going to initiate our 2027 community health assessment or a CHA. We like to abbreviate everything in public health. Um, this process will allow us to collect updated local data and community in and get community input to identify emerging needs that will inform our next chip. So, it's CHAW then CHIP and it just goes on. Um, we will also be adapting services within health and human services to respond to the rapidly changing landscape. Um and we are going to need to be prioritizing critical needs, making strategic adjustments and um really adjusting things within existing resources. Um resources are changing pretty quickly. Um and uh really addressing the things within our township that we will find. Finally, we will be hosting the 2026 health summit. All of you will receive invitations to that. Um, more details to come, but it is an opportunity for us to bring our partners together, strengthen those collaborations, and really share successes and challenges from across the region. Um, and together, these efforts are going to support informed decision-making and improved health outcomes for our community, which is our goal. Uh, we really appreciate the opportunity to present to you today. Um, and we are happy to take any questions. We also encourage everyone in our community um to visit our website which is here, give us a call or even stop by the office. Um we have a lot of resources. We have a lot of information and as you can see we have amazing staff who are really passionate about serving our community and are happy to do so. So happy to take any questions.

Thank you Colleen. Mr. Roberty. Yes. I had two quick questions. One for Haley. How do you factor or what constitutes the poverty rate? So it's 150% below the federal poverty line. Um so whatever the median or whatever the income of that individual is. Got it. And so if they are 150% before or below the FTL. Thank you. That's count.

And I had a quick question for Justin. Um regarding tobacco on the e- health page kids versus adults. One of the things that I saw when I went to um Bret Hart the other day was the the vaping and that's an issue with with children. Um I was I just was curious to know how much how much of that percentage was kids versus adults

in that particular figure. We'd have to examine the data to parse out that information. All this data is aggregated to give you a holistic picture. Uh I can say anecdotally we are aware of tobacco use on campus. uh vaping in particular, we know it's on the rise. Um and it's getting younger and younger in age groups. And uh Sherry Murbach, our new Oh, there she is. program supervisor vaguely gesture over here. She's uh actually the supervisor for our tobacco program and she's uh paying special attention to that population and efforts we can do to mitigate their tobacco use.

Super. Thank you. And I will just add to that um that tobacco use by adults and youth but very much with adults um is historically really difficult in rural communities because we are aggregated together. Um and so that's where the CHA is going to be helpful. We may be able to get more local information about that. So thank you. All all these acronyms you know I hear chaw after smoking and it's like oh they switch over to chew for a second. that is also an issue very much so and it goes along h hand inhand with the the other vaping things and

um but uh oh statistics and coming down these numbers they're very important for how we address things

in the community were you done miss um but we we do miss things like you know the the median po poverty line or household income you know, only know they're only going off of what numbers you have. And there's a vast amount of people out there that aren't in the numbers because they don't have an income. And so, you know, from my perspective, when you actually go through these type of numbers and put these type of things together, you're you're missing a whole factor and you're actually rising the median household income because these people just aren't on the radar. So, so yeah, and I mean it jokingly, but you know,

uh, 89% of statistics are made up on the spot and if you put a tense position behind it, 92.3% of people are more likely to believe them. But, you know, that's not saying your statistics are wrong. It's just there there's a you there there's so many factors into going out and you're only hitting a portion of the population. So I think it's worse than what you're saying in some instances slightly better in others.

And if yes um statistics are not perfect particularly in rural communities uh r getting data in rural communities is really hard. We also know that portions of our population aren't going to respond to a survey. They're not going to respond to a knock at the door. They're not, you know, so I think um for us in public health data gives us it's just that it gives us a baseline and it gives us an area to look at where we can improve and start. I also want to say though a really important part about data is that behind that data are people.

So they're not just numbers. There are community members. are our neighbors or our friends or our family, they're us. And so, um, but again, in we if we can't measure something, if we won't really know if we're successful, you know, I think a lot of times we like to tell stories and stories are an amazing way to communicate information. We also need though to make sure that with our limited resources that we're really putting them in the best way we can. Um but I agree for the most part rural communities are dramatically under reportported in almost every single um data point across the state and uh we advocate that point all the time to the state. They are very aware. They see me coming and they say okay I know yes

and thank you for bringing up behind those numbers are people and it's like even with campaigning canvasing you know and getting actually getting out and talking to those people is huge because you really get to know your community. So, thank you for all the great work you do. Any further mafia?

Well, well, thank you for all that information that kind of shuts down a little bit of what I was going to say because all the information is very good information and it shows we're a little bit behind our other counties that surrounding us. But the one data that sticks out to me which is very positive because um nowadays there's a lot of it going on and you hear about it is the diabetes data that we have here. It shows that we are below state with diabetes and it is just overwhelming right now all over not only California the United States. Um so I'm very proud of that. Thank you.

And I think um Supervisor Toanelli and and everyone, there is actually a lot to be proud of in Calaveris. We would not want you to see this presentation um and think this is all bad news. Again, it data is data. Um but what it does for us in public health is help figure out us figure out how we're going to steer the ship and how we're going to use the limited resources we have. we would love to to address all of the needs of the public health needs within our community. Um but we can't do that. So we have to make decisions and those are data driven decisions. So I appreciate you highlighting that as well. Yeah. Thank you.

Yeah. Addressing all the issues for the community. Um a lot of times I see you using the limited resources you have to be able to help people facilitate them helping themselves which is another Great tact. Thank you.

Um, yeah. Ready? Um, I just wanted to say I appreciate the response that you have to the data. Um, and I know I've told you this before, I love the street medicine going out and doing that because of our lack of providers. Um, I've talked to countless people that discovered they have high blood pressure, for instance, at one of your clinics. So, I think that's huge. Keep doing that. And I think it's kind of having that community outreach. U the loneliness 32% is super concerning to me and I know that at one point you had tried a senior program and it didn't have a ton of success but

would love to steer the ship that way somehow someday and reach those people. Um and yeah, just the chronic disease other than diabetes. Gosh. So, thank you for responding to that and trying to reach people.

Yeah. And I um the street medicine I really want to acknowledge the passion of our health education team. Without the health education team, that model wouldn't have happened and it wouldn't continue. It takes a tremendous amount of work um to get folks onto the van, but then get folks to come to the van and be willing to come and get their blood pressures taken or get the different things. So um we're going to keep doing it. you know, we believe that uh it's our responsibility to get to the community, not expect them to come to us. And so, we're doing our best to be able to serve everyone in that way. So, thank you. Public comment online,

we have no online public comment. Thank you so much all of you. We appreciate the work you do for the community. Thank you. Simpson. Our next exciting agenda item,

item 16, action item, human resources, adopt a revised county telecommuting policy, effective February 10th, 2026. Good morning board chair, members of the board. Nick Marvin, human resources manager for the county. Uh we are bringing forward to you today a updated policy to our uh telecommuting policy. Uh as you are aware, we had a temporary policy during COVID. We then came out with our permanent version of that policy. Uh we've had a few years to go through it. We've seen what works, what doesn't work, worked with the departments, talked to the employees, see what we can do to make it better. And so those are the changes that we are bringing forward today to try and help that out. A lot of it is clarifying language such as the definitions. Uh really identifying what is telecommute, what's remote work, what's telework, all that. Uh just trying to clean it up so that everybody's so it doesn't confuse people on how that language is in there anymore. Uh we've also added in the language regarding out of state telework. This is something some departments already have in place. They already have their own separate uh procedures in place for that with this policy. uh we are just putting that in this policy so that it uh everyone can see it and so it is uh does apply to all of our employees. And so with that I just wanted to see if you have any questions on that uh or if there's any further direction with this item. I just liberty.

Thank you. One silly stupid question. I did see and I apologize if I missed it that they that there is a line in there that says you can't charge back for utility usage if you are but I didn't see anything about there about office space and I would want to make sure that we weren't being charged. No, we are not. But I didn't see that in there. Is it in there just out of curiosity? No, I don't think uh there's nothing specific to office space. Uh the point of it is that it's mainly their office from home, but there is nothing in there about specific office space being charged back. I just want to make sure we don't get charged. Right. Yes. They have to provide pictures of where they're working from and everything else. So if it was an office, we'd be able to say no.

Yes. And we have uh that has happened in the past and if they're not working from home or if it's we uh that those the photos come straight to us in HR as well. So I review those or uh they go to Judy if I'm not available to review those as well. And we do we have called them on that before saying like okay like can you send better pictures from further out like so we can get a better idea of what that space looks like. Thank you. Yes.

Thank you. I mean pictures that's uh that gives us an idea of the work environment. Yes. Um I mean beyond what we already have here, is there any further uh ideas on how we can make sure people are actually working dur during that time.

Uh with that we do have some departments uh not all of them are probably as capable of doing this. We do have uh procedures in place like eligibility specifically where they are able to track who is in the calaws at what time when they log in when they log out and making sure that they are actively working in the systems. Uh as far as that goes uh there's not much more else we can do or what everybody else can do with that. It's kind of an integrity system making sure that they are reporting their time correctly. and the direct department h how how who and when they implement it and everything else. I think that that's part of it is the the uh understanding.

Yes, exactly it. And we do have in there uh that they do have to be able to be uh they have to respond within a certain amount of time. Uh they have to be reachable by the department. They can't be uh not returning phone calls. They need to be available during work hours. That that's probably a good thing, right? Yes. Ideally, yes. Um, if there's nothing else from the word, I'll ask for public comment. Public comment.

Judy Hawkins, HR director. I did just want to kind of clarify one of the things when we talk about making sure people are working from home. It is up to the department heads, the managers of the staff to put procedures in place um making sure people are meeting their work goals, things like that. So it is up in up to the departments because each one has different ways of monitoring the work and so it is up to them. It's impossible for us to put in a policy exactly how each department's going to monitor their staff. So, they do need to make sure work's getting done, goals are being met. Okay. Um, online comment.

We have no online public comment. And thank you, Judy. Yeah, that's right. For for the input on the staff side of it. Um, thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Is that it? Sure. That's what Oh, here. Yeah. Do I have to twist your arm a kindly twist? Okay. I will make a motion. I'll second that. It was painful for you. Let's say

No, I won't. We have a motion and a second. All those in favor? I Thank you. Thank you. Thanks, D. Thank you. Next item.

Item 17, action item, economic and community development. Provide staff with direction on whether to support Stannis Regional Housing Authorities's request to amend the existing agreement to include its partnership and the transfer of the Foothill Terrace Property to Great Valley Housing Development Corporation. Good morning, chairs stopper, honorable four, Kathy Galino, economic and community development. Today I have an item before you to discuss the Stannis Regional Housing Authority Project at Foothill Terrace. This is a grant opportunity through the regional early planning um grant process that we were awarded. So, um, first off, I'd like to talk a little bit about the project and the background. On September 12th, 2024, the county executed our housing and community development grant agreement in the amount of 1,747,9721. Um the REAp funds were designated are designated for pre-development activities including including securing land entitlements, property acquisition, studies, surveys, permit fees, utility connections, and infrastructure improvements. These funds will allow the county to promote the construction of housing to assist the needs of our workforce housing earning up to 120% of area median income. and it also will help us with our uh reena numbers which are our regional housing needs allocation numbers that we are assessed by the state. Um the REP funds are there was an extension provided at the end of last year. Initially the funds were to be expended by June 30th of 2026 and they extended it to December 31st, 2026. Um, in March, the board approved the county's notice of funding opportunity

and the competitive grant process. We um released a solicitation to several um public organizations as well as posted it in the newspaper, social media. We received um two responses to that notice and one of them was selected and taken to the board on June 24th, 2025. The board executed the agreement with Stannis Regional Housing Authority. Uh the project proposes constructing 26 housing units at the Foothill Terrace subdivision here in San Andreas. In September, uh Stannis Regional Housing Authority submitted their first reimbursement request to the county. And at that time it was discovered that some of the reimbursements they were seeking were prior to the deadline of June 2021 um for property acquisition that occurred in 2017. So we notified them right away and let them know that those funds or that request was ineligible for reimbursement. Then in December, Stannis Regional Housing Authority reached out to us again to discuss the possibility of creating a limited partnership with Great Valley Development Corporation, Housing Development Corp. in order to transfer ownership of Foothill Terrace property from Stannis Regional to Great Valley. And I do have Kimberly her from Stannis um to talk more about what that partnership looks like. Um I believe it's a limited partnership. Um so um staff had conversations with um CEO Hitchcock and Sarah Edwards uh county council and we discussed this idea of this property transfer to help facilitate this project and for them to receive Stannis to receive the reimbursement for the housing cost or for the housing property acquisition costs.

Um I reached out to HCD on January 23rd uh very concerned that this the appearance of this did not seem an eligible experience or eligible expense. So, I reached out to HCD and asked for their legal determination whether this um acquisition, this re um packaging of the property would be eligible and they did respond back that it would be an eligible expense. Again, having some concerns about the project and the program, um, I am seeking direction from you and a discussion about how we want to potentially do a new agreement with this partnership with Stannis Regional Housing Authority. Um, have other discussions about how the REA 2.0 funding could be allocated. Um, or we could postpone this item. But given the short timeline, I believe that it's best to have the conversation now. Yeah, I have I have a question. I need some clarity on it. Um, says in September 2025, SRHA submitted their first funds request in the amount of $773,000 plus. Um and it was determined that 676 of it uh was for property acquisition. Um did we actually buy the property?

No, it was Spanish purchasing the property from the original developer. So they purchased the property. Stannis Loss Regional Housing Authority purchased the property in 2017 which was prior Stannis Los did. Mhm. Okay. So then it says um we want to create a liability partnership with Great Valley Housing Development Corporation in order to transfer ownership of the property. So we now want to transfer Stannis Los Regional Housing Authority wants to transfer and I'm going to have Kimberly.

Yeah. I'm just trying to understand what's going on here because it looks to me like and I'm not sure you're going to get that cleared. And then there's this bill that's been somebody stuck with for $676,000. You're not going to get refunded through the grant. So, so that property's I I was trying to understand what's going on here. So,

yes. Um, so Stan Class Regional Housing Authority purchased a property several years ago. um we want to um be able to get reimbured for those funds. So to do that, we're creating a partnership that will include Santaas Regional Housing Authority and Great Valley Housing Development um corporation. That's a nonprofit. Together that'll make an LP for Foothill Terrace LP. That'll provide a nexus for the transfer and um purchase of that property, making that um date come back up into where we were able to be reimbursed for those funds. or for that purchase. Am I is there more questions on that?

Yeah, there there there looks like there is I was hoping for more information before I make any statement and maybe public comment, but I I guess I would like to learn more about from you what what this plan is. If you could elaborate some more on how Dana Ross housing plan to meet the deadlines. I I have questions, but I feel like maybe my questions might be answered by um your com you you guys first. Sure. Is that okay with the board? Can I Okay. Okay. Okay. I'll continue to speak. Okay.

Um so I do have some comments and maybe this will help. Um I feel like I'm reiterating what um Kathy has said, but um good morning chairperson stopper and members of the board. My name is Kim Ryan and I'm here on behalf of Stannis Loss Regional Housing Authority regarding action item 17. This item requests approval to amend the REAp agreement to add a limited partnership to Foothill Terrace LP. The LP is a partnership between the Housing Authority and Great Valley Housing Development and Nonprofit Corporation. that transaction will be able to um uh provide a purchase date that will be within the parameters of the reap agreement. Um with this amendment, we can transfer the property to the partnership allowing the acquisition cost to qualify for for reimbursement. The refunding is essential to the project and without it this affordable housing project would be put on hold. The project is in good position with approved plans and much of the development work already underway, including not limited to submitting applications for sewer and water and connections, working with the sanitation district on sewer line modifications and payment of building permits. Currently, over four $545,000 in pre-development costs are ready for reimbursement. And depending on the timing of the amendment, the acquisition cost of around 700,000 would be eligible within two to three weeks. We'd have to do the transfer and get that all done. Um, combined over $1.2 million will be expended in the next 30 days if this all works out. The remaining refunds of about $330,000 will cover the following eligible costs in engineering, project management, legal and consulting fees, um utility connections, and financing costs through September of 2026. All occurring prior to the December 31st, 2026 expenditure deadline.

I also want to thank Kathy and the other staff members for their time and efforts on this project. Kathy was available to answer questions throughout the process and leveraged her contacts with HCD to provide quick responses, helping to keep the project on track. Your approval today will keep the project on track to expend the refunds prior to the expenditure deadline and help deliver much needed affordable housing. Thank you for your time and consideration. Miss Fore said uh what she had to say. Did you want to go public comment real quick first? Yes. Okay. Yes, that's Yep. I writing questions done, but yes. Any public comment or staff comments that um anybody would like to add?

Mr. Mau, our pleasure.

Good morning. Peter Mau. I'm representing Hat for Humanity. I'm now on the board of directors for that organization. Change my public sector hat for the nonprofit sector.

Awesome. Um, I don't want to put any shade on Santa's Housing Corporation, but um, that project has been kicking around for 20 years, and I really don't see a lot of movement on that. Um, you know, Kathy's done a great job of looking for funding for a variety of different uh, housing opportunities. Um but I think that um a project that is going to immediately provide housing for community members uh in Calvary County is the Eureka Oaks project in Angel's Camp. I know it's in the city limits. It doesn't help our reena numbers, but the majority of the applicants for those homes that are going to be built are county residents. I don't know the exact numbers. Perhaps Emily on our staff can can provide that for you. Um, this is a multi-year project, but we have uh we are ready to start building homes in the next couple of months. Um, we've got uh outstanding um costs uh for the infrastructure that meet the requirements for the reap um re 2.0 funding and um this will help us move forward with this project. Um this is not a one-off project. This is uh you know habitat for humanic calver has been around for a long time. We intend to be here for much longer. Once this project is done, we will be looking for similar projects in um other communities in the county. We already provide services throughout the county with our rehab program and our veterans uh build programs. So, we're here to stay. Um, and we have the immediate need for whatever funding is available to help build these homes to allow moderate income housing to be uh

constructed and families moved in almost immediately. So, I'm asking that um the board direct staff to put this back out or um re revised I don't know what the terminology is, but to to ask for other applicants to be able to apply for this money. Um you know, it it almost seems like a sight of hand. uh you know the properties required years ago by um Status Regional Housing Authority um they don't qualify for the money under the current setup. So they're you know making an arrangement with another organization to buy it but there's no no real movement on the development um yet Habitat is moving forward and we could really utilize these funds. So uh that is our ask. One final thing, Ben, I'd like to reach out to you. All the other supervisors have been to the site if you'd like to view the site. You know, I'd love to coordinate with you and take you on a tour of the site. So,

excellent. I would love that. Miss Miss Gotchi also also wrote wrote me an email. I need to touch bases with her and you and let's let's get let's get out there. I mean, all right. Great. Thank you. Um, I'm not going to leave Angel's camp without the frog, though. You've been out there. Yeah. I think all all of you have been out there. You were at the our event home for the holidays event on in November. That was great as Martin, Amanda, and Autumn have been as well. So, any questions of me? Yeah, I I recognized the voice, but I really didn't recognize you right away. Um, a little winter growth here. All the years you were here, you never had a beard. So, thank you, Peter.

Thank you. And you did say you're at a loss for words and that coming from our former wordsmith. I'm having a hard time

speak again or we're still on public comment and then we we'll we'll bring this is an ongoing consideration.

Good morning. My name is Tim Oski. a proud business owner serving all of Calaveris County and beyond. I'm a board member for Mark Twain Hospital Community Board. I'm current chair for Destination Angels Camp, an economic development nonprofit that serves all of Calaveris County, an appointed board member for the 39th District Fairboard. And last but not least, I am a board president for Habitat for Humanity of Calveris County, an affiliate of Habitat International, serving all of Calaveris County for the last 20 years. As you can see, I'm a man who wears many hats in this community, and I'm proud to call Calaveris my home and pay taxes here. There are many people less fortunate than myself who cannot afford to own a home in Calveris County, which brings me here today. It is the intention of Habitat's board to ask the board of supervisors to grant our affiliate current REA funds for shovel ready project in Calaveris County. And if it so pleases the board, I would also like to read a letter from the current mayor of the city of Angel's Camp, Miss Caroline Sherado. Can I help accept this vote? This board was written on February 9th, 2026. Address to the Calaveris County Board of Supervisors in reference to support Habitat for Humanity Calaveris to receive reap funds to whom it may concern. I am writing to express support for the Habitat for Humanity Calaveris to receive REAp funds. As mayor of the city of Angel's Camp, I have seen firsthand the important role Habitat for Humanity Calaveris plays in serving Calaveris County residents through housing assistance, home repair, and community-based programs. Habitat Calaveris has an established presence in our county and a strong history of collaboration with local partners. Their current project in Angel's Camp, Eureka

Oaks, is a 107 unit workforce housing development, which is shovel ready and will support the workforce both in the city and the county. Habitat for Humanity's mission is to provide decent, affordable housing for lowincome homeowners while improving neighborhoods and property values. Habitat Calaveris and the home repair program are a crucial service for our community. I encourage you to consider Habitat for Humanity Calaveris to receive reap funds. Should you have any additional questions, please feel free to contact me at 209-736-2181. Sincerely, Caroline Sherado, Angel's Camp Mayor, City of Angel's Camp. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thanks, Em.

Hi there, chair and vice chair. My name is Emily Dondo. I'm the resource development manager at Habitat for Humanity Calveris. I'm uh happy to be here. For those of you that don't know me, I just want to give a little background to the fact that I grew up here in Calveris County in Valley Springs and now I live here in Murphy's uh California. Um I think it's also important as you understand as the resource development manager for Habitat for Humane Calveris, I wake up every morning and I think about how we're going to uh fund Eureka Oaks. Uh it's I'm very passionate about this project. I know the impact that this project will have um for our community and beyond. Lots of family and friends are applying for these homes. So for to me um looking for funds and figuring out how to move this forward is very important. Also, I just want to um a little background as well. The past 20 years I've been working on looking for funds and bringing them back to Calvaris County in different capacities. I've uh received Puny funds, California Energy Commission funds and uh state and federal funds for our water agencies uh Udica Water and Power Authority. So um this is something that I I've been doing for the past 20 years. I just want to um say that our Eureka Oaks project, it's shovel ready and these refunds would help us start building homes in the next month. We have homeowners lined up. They're in the pipeline. Um we're speaking with people right now that are ready to have homes. And I think it's very ironic as well just after the public health presentation talking about seniors, talking about our families. These homes are going to have a great impact. And so whatever we can do at a county level and a city level and as a community level to support this project is very important. Um and I look to all of your guys'

leadership to uh make you know help this project and help Habitat for Humanity Calvveris because we are you know looking at a long-term partnership with the local jurisdictions and everyone here. And I personally on a daily basis continue to look for large fundings specifically for unincorporated areas and for the next project after Eureka. So thank you for your time. Any further public comment online? We have no online public comment. Make sure I got everyone out here. Um we'll we'll we'll bring it back to you momentarily. So, um, were there more questions you want to ask specifically this full?

No, I'll with the Okay. Um, I I I have some more questions real quick before you come up. Sure. Uh, the we No, no, it will be up to you so you can answer them at the same time as you as you do the rest of your song and dance. Um, 2017 the property was acquired. Oh, right. Um, yeah. No, I was I was in here over there at that time, Gary. You you were part of that part of that work. Um, where did the funding come from at the time? General fund general funds from Stanis

Stlos Regional Housing. Okay. And where? So, so Stansel Loss Regional H housing authority where they get their general fund from various programming um grants uh affordable housing projects that we do just it's a it's a question. Yeah. It's so it's not a general fund in the sense that we have a general fund in the county because it's specific to uses that you you facilitate and needs to not those general funds or grants are specific to the counties that's a question these like refunding is that what you mean like

yeah the grants are specific like let's say this one was specific to the development that was bought here Uh, no. The grant the money is used to purchase a property. Yeah. No. Okay. Okay. That's that's part of my questions right now. So, just you wanted to say you wanted to say something. So, I was going to let you talk, but

yeah. I just want to, you know, reiterate that we are in a really great position and um I know there's projects going on in Calaveris other than op um uh but it's a good project and we're 26 homes, you know, to be sold or low low-income affordable housing. So, we just want to make sure that you guys um also, you know, embrace that. Um Stas Regional Housing Authority wants to put their best foot forward creative and trying to make sure we can expend the refunds and all that good stuff. Um so just you know just hoping for uh consideration on all of the things that we've already done to this point and ready to start construction and um so just asking for more consideration on that. Um, could you elaborate on construction because most of the money that's being proposed here is to repurchase the property that you already own, but where does it factor into actually starting construction? Um, the other funding will be typically what we're going to be using is um conventional loan uh to start construction. So, that will be separate. These funds are for pre-development costs which include acquisition which include sewer connections, water, um meters, uh all of the things that you do pre-construction, right? Architecture, engineering, those types of things. So, all of these funds go towards that. Okay.

So, why I'm going to put you on the spot, and I know you may not have the answer. Um, in the past, the county had expressed interest in buying this property from your organization. Um why during this process was there not consideration for the county red dialogue for the county to purchase it? Um and or instead p part partnership with Habitat. Say the last word

partnership with Habitat. Why? I I understand that you have a long-standing relationship with the current developers that you want to do this acquisition with, but and and but we haven't seen anything. The county has expressed interest in buying this property so we could hit the ground running and partner with the partners that we currently have knowing and seeing results in just the last 10 years. We've been begging for this buildout. Um, and I'm concerned that with this acquisition, it's going to further delay the pre construction. I understand that it needs to be for those things, but the acquisition is going to take a big chunk. So, has there been any dialogue or would there be interest from Stanos Housing to reconsider um a different acquisition process um and or and or partnership with another and I'm I'm using Habitat as an example, but maybe another local um entity here in Calves County. Um I know you guys have a lot of other projects going on in the central valley, but we need it now. Um we're we're struggling. we can't get enough um provide that housing currently. So I I just what is that thought process there? Because we are as a county want to see development now on those projects. We don't want it sitting there for another 20 years. Um just a little back history that I know of the foothill terrace. There's been definitely you know start and stop sort of because of funding and those types of things and we need to keep it affordable and those those come with restrictions and obstacles right and the grant funding all these types of things you know put restrictions on the property and how to move forward. Um, of course, um, I can't speak completely for the housing authority by

all by myself, but I I would say what we'd be interested in in learning about, you know, uh, partnerships. I I didn't know that the county was wanting to purchase the property. Um, maybe that was discussed prior to me coming along. Um, but it would be something we could discuss as well. Okay. Um, but also, you talk about the timing of it. this this right here, this agreement and and and amending the agreement will move this project along and we're in that spot where it would it would just kick us kickstart us over and um and be and and allow us to move forward with the construction.

Okay. Um I think that was more that was all I had. I just and I'm asking those questions because I was surprised that now another nonprofit is coming in with this acquisition when we've been begging for Santa Rosing. reasonable housing authority to sell it to us. Um and so I just I I'm I just question that. Um you know I I'm I'm Yeah. Right. Okay. That's all I have for right now. Thank you, Tony. No problem. Uh was there something further? Mr. Hovery,

I just had a question for County Council. Uh what would be the process if we were to um look at the habitat request today? I mean, how does this pan out?

So, um, as Miss Gino mentioned, um, this board did approve, we we issued a notice of funding availability. Um, we had two applicants, one of which was a regional housing authority. Habitat was not um, one of the applicants at that time. Um, the board did enter into this agreement um, to subawward the grant funding to uh, the regional housing authority. that agreement, the contract between the county and the regional housing authority um can be terminated by either by either party on 15 days notice. So, I mean that's it's the board's prerogative um if for whatever reason either because you're uncomfortable with this transaction, which as Miss Galino said, she did run it past um HCD and they did say it would be acceptable. Um but if the board is not comfortable either with this transaction um or just for any other reason or quite frankly no reason um the board does have the ability to terminate this agreement at which point um the board could then direct another competitive process or however um you would want to proceed.

Thank you. Um, so we originally with this agreement, we approved the money. You said we approved the money through through going through the board of supervisors for the for St. Law Regional Housing Authority. Correct. When was the date we did that? Um, it was I believe June of 2025, but don't June 25. I'm trying to remember around the time. Yeah. So, we we're we're a little past 6 months.

Okay. I'm going to go ahead and uh turn off my filter. And uh look, you you I said something during the last meeting on a different issue is some something I prefer to uh collaborate than debate. Um but something when it comes because when it comes to uh debating is AAM's razor. You know, the in a debate, the simplest answer is the right answer. And right now, it seems like the simplest answer right now is the ones that are doing successful uh affordable housing in Calveris County. And we've continually worked to work with Stan Sloth Regional Housing Authority. And I'm what 20 years I'm still looking for results. And I I'm I'm having a hard time with that. And that seems pretty complicated to me for us to do a shell game so someone can get their money back for a piece of property. Which this is what I heard. You're getting your money back for a piece of property so you can get your so because you got other things you're doing successful in the valley. I'm not asking for an answer to this. This is what I heard.

You got a lot of successful things going on in the valley. and uh you're trying to reacquire the money back to move forward with this project in partnership with someone else so that they can do the project for you. That seems pretty complicated to me. That's all. I'm I'm having a hard time after 20 years sticking with the complicated route to uh nothing. All right, that's the end of my filter.

Uh, one other thing I'd like to mention is looking at the Great Valley Housing Development website. A lot of these projects are not, frankly, what we need. This, uh, Foothill Terrace is next door to an elementary school, next to our government center, next to our hospitals where we need family housing, two to three bedrooms. So, it it just seems um the model really isn't fitting in addition to the other uh concerns of just dragging on for years and years.

I heard you, Mr. Huby. I I actually would like to motion that we do discontinue the agreement with Stannis housing and we'll look at so that's um not on today's agenda but we can certainly but yeah give direction for that to sub do that okay for other may I make a suggestions council

not so much that we're going to you know that's one of the options but moving forward uh what are the options and who's willing to partner with us and where can we go with a contract like this with people that are willing to Yes. where we It's not so much terminate right away because we got have to have our options, right? Well, no. So, right now right now there's a contract to pass through the grant funds to a particular organization. So, if the board is interested in altering that, throwing those the grant funds back out for a different sub award. That's what

first you would have to terminate. You would have to terminate the contract. Gotcha. So, there you go. That but we can't terminate. So, termination of the contract is not on today's agenda, but giving direction, but I think the Miss Gino agenda is this item to get board direction on next steps. So certainly cool. All of that direction is is that your suggestion on direction for the next steps?

It is mine. Yes. And I would like to add to still continue discussing with Dennis Ross Housing what to do with that property. And if that means that we look at alternative partnerships within our own community or even the county being the lead to take ownership of that property so we can get the correct type of housing we need in that. I want to re I would like to see that dialogue relight lit whatever you again with Dennis lost housing and figure out a path forward. But we need housing tomorrow and I believe the biggest return on our investments is is what um supervisor he recommended.

Good morning board of supervisors. Brett Samson, your planning director. I think that's very good uh point. Supervisor Fondorf when we if the direction is to terminate the contract, I believe the next step would be to then authorize going back out with another NOA um notice of funding availability and then Stannis Loss Housing along with anyone else who's interested could put together, you know, proposals and options. It wouldn't just be, you know, we're going directly with Habitat for Humanity. It would be open for everybody and people could propose that. Um, one thing I wanted to make sure is, you know, um, any kind of affordable housing project that happens within the county, we do get Reena credit for. Um, the Habitat for Humanity project, we would not get uh, Reena credit number. what we'd be looking to do is if we did get down that road and um if we did go with funding of availability um and that Habitat for Humanity applied and the board was so inclined to move forward with that option um we'd be looking to negotiate with the um city of angels on some type of Reena um swap or memo of understanding that would be approved through the state where we would get hopefully some Reena credit or some some kind of tradeoff there. So, I just wanted to make uh sure the board was aware of that is that as it stands right now, we wouldn't be getting RENA credit, but we would be looking to to negotiate that in the future if that was the pleasure board. So I just wanted to make sure that was clear

and I understand those credits and they are valuable to the jurisdiction but that aside I feel that that's an unrealistic mandate that the state push on to local jurisdictions and doesn't look at it collectively as a at a at a global what because at the end of the day regardless of what jurisdiction it is it is investing in Calis County as a whole is providing housing as a And if that means that at the end of the day we don't get that credit, I'm okay with that because that means we just provided over 100 homes for people. We have created another property tax base, sales tax base, an investment into our community. So to me, I see that more of a win than trying to fit into a mold that the state has created for all of us that is just unrealistic. So, I personally am okay with that and I'm not gonna lose sleep over.

But I think exactly to your point, I think the state the state would be accepting of a transfer because of exactly what you said before. I have no problem going back down to Sacramento and standing in front of that housing board again and reminding them of the unrealistic mandate that they put on the on jurisdictions. I've done it once, I'll do it again. Yeah,

Miss Fullenorf, thank you for saying that because I think Mr. Mau, you were in 2019, you were at a SEESAC uh convention where you sat down with the LA planning director and we're talking this very issue and it was a one-size doesn't fit all conversation and then and then LA back to your one size doesn't fit all combination up with a one size doesn't really fit anybody. And so to the same exact point you had, Miss Fondorf. So, thank you very much. Um, so right right now I'm in a position to start feeling like I could support what Miss Bondorf and Mr. Huberty are talking about. Um, is there further conversation or questions you'd like to ask? All right. With with that, I'll entertain a motion for direct Oh, sorry. Direction.

Yeah. So I just to clarify, I mean um so I think the the sort of the primary ask um that Miss Gleo had was whether or not the board um is open to an amendment to our existing agreement to allow for this transaction. And it sounds like the answer to that is no. Um so I think you have your direction there and then the question is what you would like to bring uh staff to bring back.

I I do have one one question. um they applied for $773,000 for the on the grant and denied 676 of it. So there's about $100,000 there. Are they going to get reimbursed at $100,000 because it was acceptable for the grant? So that lowers the amount that's available. Um that is a decision. If you terminate then it terminates. I mean then it terminates. Okay. I I just wanted to make sure that so their original they wouldn't they wouldn't get credit for that and get uh reimburseed from the grant. They could that amount

they could I mean that's a decision for the board. I mean it depends at what point you terminate. So they did submit a reimbursement for the property and for permit fees. So technically, um, I could we could reimburse them for the permit fee because that is an eligible expense. Um, I would want to reach back out to HCD to because then we'd be re potentially doing another notice of funding opportunity and either getting a new partner or another set of partners.

I think it would be for Miss Gino to get direction from the state on that. Okay. And I mean I don't and I mean questions I because I saw that they was only 676 of the 773 they were asking for. Correct. I'm I'm in agreement the rest of the board. So then the direction is to come back with I'm gonna who who who who's given directions? I'm I'm listening.

Okay. So somehat between the two of us I I think the direction the not I think the direction is to I guess the word Sarah used would terminate the current agreement. put it back out and see even if Stan Housing wants to bid again this is not stopping them if they have another plan they want to put in the proposal of actually getting some of this stuff done not age I think none of us my understanding is consensus is we're not comfortable with this acquisition so that's where I would like to see did that acquisition look differently between the county or another developer in this county to ensure that it gets done what is that partnership when you're saying partnership what is that partnership look like I don't know so direction is staff explore that more with housing the meantime put it back out see what applications we get that gives it and then those application I guess I'm using the right terminology we look at those applications and whatever is the best opportunity the board will redecide and if it is Dennis sizing again then it's dinosaur sizing if it's habitat is it's appetite but put it right back out and bring it and then the board will decide at that time what what uh what measures the

the only thing I would add to that is what is the time frame for this happening because obviously time is of the essence so I mean the termination you said could be done yeah so I mean I think the way I would frame it is um the ask was whether the board was willing to amend the existing agreement which my understanding is that is um a necessity for this to move forward forward with our current agreement. And so the board is saying no, they're not comfortable with this amendment. So I think that is going to then necessitate a termination which we can do on on 15 days notice. Um and then I I would have to defer to Miss Gal on what the timeline for putting out another um notice would be.

So the notice would need to go out after the termination. Correct. So 15 days from today tomorrow, whenever you decide to do that or does that action need to come back? That's what needs to come back, right? That was so I can bring that back, right? So, um, seeing that the next board meeting is in 14 days, that's not 15. Correct. Well, we have to vote. I apologize. I got myself Susan turn on my own mic. Um, it would be 14 days before we made the decision to move forward with a termination. Right. I would, um,

and then it would go 15 more days after that. I think that uh both items could hypothetically be brought back at our next meeting. Okay. So, the next meeting would be February 2. No, no, 15 days makes it March uh 3rd. Yeah. And so, no, no, it's not. Both items can come back coincide. Yeah, I I think that they can come back. I was saying 15 working days is is Well, yeah, we meet on Tuesdays. That's only 14 days away, Martin. I mean, that's going to I guess what I apologize if I wasn't being clear. I think that the board could take action at the same meeting to provide the 15 days notice of termination and to take whatever the next step is. Okay.

So, um then that could be on February 27th, 4th. 24th. Thank you. 24th. February 24th. Then I can return it February 24th and then there's more work. Y and hopefully we can wherever it may go, we can simplify this and get something that's substantial in the near future. What? I I can I can support that type of direction. Amanda, uh is the board in favor for for that direction as Yes. as a whole? Yes. Yes. Yes. Looks like we have Yes. Apolog

Can I I I know I have a motion by supervisor, but who is our second? I just want to make sure we're okay. There's no motion. We're given direction. It's in action. I like I'm ready to go. Right. Okay. Move. Move. Everything I said moved by me. Martin second. I'll second. There we go. All those in favor. I It seems like we got consensus of the board no matter how painful we made it. Yes. Okay. One more.

Item 18,formational item, economic and community development. Receive a presentation on the 2025 2029 permanent local housing allocation program and provide direction to staff on the housing activities to be pursued. Good morning. Good morning, chair stopper, honorable board, Kathy Galino, economic and community development. And today we have a presentation to give an update on where we are with our current PLHA, which is our permanent local housing allocation funding and a discussion on what we should do for the future. And I have Marcos Munoz here to meet with me today.

Good morning, chair, members of the board. Glad to be here. And we've just got a quick presentation. Marcos, can we take a five minute break before this one? Is that okay? Kathy, can we Absolutely. All right. Uh that we've been told. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Five minute break. Five minute break.

Good. Ready.

We're back. We're back. Thank you. The boss has spoken. Okay. I was just to know if you wanted usually you read out the item. We already did. He does. She already did prior prior to us taking a break.

Awesome. Well, thank you. Um, good morning uh, chair stopper, honorable board Kathy Galino, economic and community development, and today with me I also have Marcos Munoz. And we're here to talk about our permanent local housing allocation, where we are today and looking forward for our next five years. um and direction from the board. Um start this. All right. So, a little bit about the permanent local housing allocation or PLHA. Um the county receives funds back from the state from every real estate transaction. When there's a $75 assessment fee on each transaction, those funds come back to the county of origin. Um, it's a continual funding stream that can that can be used for our local housing needs and our initiatives. Um, our upcoming five-year cycle will begin 2025 through 2029. It will require a 30-day public notice period, a board resolution, and a work plan submitt. There are 10 eligible activities that these funds can be used for. as included in your packet. It looks very similar to that. Um so the 10 items are pre-development um or extremely low very low uh lower moderate income households um for predevelopment acquisition rehabilitation for workforce housing earning up to earning up to 120% of AMI. There are 10 other items or seven other items on here. Um, but wanted to provide you with those options, all 10 of them, and then also provide you with some feedback on where we are today and what the needs

are as we see them for the county, for um, housing for our communities. Um, I'm not going to go through all these, but there's there's some other options um that we in the past have not been directed to go towards. So, um, going back to the process here. So, current currently the county will receive $1.29 29 million of PLA funds for years n 2019 through 2024. We have three current pro programs that we're administering now. One of them is pre-development, which is 50% of the funding for promoting workforce housing creation. Again, it's for um people making between 80 and 120% of area median income, which is quite a bit of the population in Calaveris County. Um we also have um eligible activity number seven which is the home modification assistance program. 10% of the funding that we were allocated has been um moved for that purpose. Then we also have eligible activity number nine which is the down payment assistance program and 33% of our funding was allocated for that for grants up to $30,000 for down payment assistance. Um this round of funds need to be expended by 2030. So, we had several meetings um with Marcos and and Lee and and Brett and folks to discuss what we're seeing as the needs in our county for housing. Um pre-development, especially the cost of infrastructure for housing construction and development seems to be a continual need. Uh we're recommending that 60% of future funding be maintained for that

purpose. Um we want to add um um eligible eligible activity number six which I will let Marcos talk about.

Sure. I'm going to uh take a quick step back and um going back to the previous slide. You go back one. Um so currently we run the home modification assistance program. Um to date we've had two completed projects and we have three that are currently in process. Um for the down payment assistance um we have completed one application. We are currently finding it hard to um find people who meet the requirements um that are able to actually get a loan. Um because the down payment assistance is essentially a grant anywhere from $10 to $30,000. Um but you have to meet the income requirements and you have to be able to uh be approved for a loan through the bank. And uh unfortunately um that has proven to be um difficult at this time. So

um so moving on to our ask um in looking at the services we have been providing um we have looked around to see if it's already um been offered and the home modification program is offered by other uh nonprofits not just by us. So we did not include that in our ask for the next uh 5 years. Um we did um include number six and the reason why we included number six uh number six is for um those who are experiencing risk of homelessness. Um we have in health and human services funding sources that are specific to um families with kids, specific to uh foster kids, um older adults, but we don't have any funding sources specific to single adults. And so many times um it we get people referred to us that are single adults and we just don't have a funding source. And so that's why we put number six as a request in um under the PHA activities. Um we did put uh number nine again and as I just mentioned we are having a hard time. Um the only reason why we put this in is because we don't have another program like this. Um, but I do understand if the board has different direction, we're fine. If they want to see this in pre-development, I would like to see more in number six or if they if you guys want to see um home modification program. Um, I just put this on here as what we are proposing. Um, but again, it is up to the board on what you would like to see done. Um, so those are what we put on there. Number six, Health and Human Services is asking because we don't have another funding source. We are asking to discontinue number seven because it is offered amongst other um programs, other nonprofits. And number nine, we are asking to continue. And then I'd like to talk a little bit more about number two, which is the pre-development. Um, currently we do

have not allocated any funds. I'll be very honest, I was been very focused on REAp and being that this funding has a 2030 deadline for expenditure, but I have received several and I have them listed here. Um I have 1 2 3 4 five projects in Q. Um the applications are not completed. There's still some data that's missing. Um but I have project in San Andreas. um a project in Valley Springs. Um Habitat for Humanity has submitted a request for PLHA funds as well. Um there's one in Arnold. Um and um another investor or another developer is looking at a couple of different locations for individual housing. So I've got a queue ready to go. All uh public comment online.

We have no online public comment. Okay, I'll bring it back to the board. Perhaps the question, Miss Baldor. Okay, pull the trigger.

Okay, so hold on. I'm sorry. Um I'm going to go back to number seven. Um I recognize that there's other um organizations that do this and I understand that philosophy from staff. However, don't they need this funding to execute those projects? I mean they're also seeking out grants. So could we not be the pass through agency to continue to support their work? Um, I mean in our county alone, well, I look at the newest neighborhood and the newest neighborhood in the city of Angels is the same age as me. I mean, housing houses are aging fast and um, we need to support that develop, you know, keep that value in those homes and but some of those individuals inflation's going up, but their paychecks are not and so they need that support. Um so I guess my question for seven is can we be the pass through agency if we were to reconsider number seven not just my personal um to support those modifications for home. Um

absolutely we could um and we don't have to administer it in health and human services. We could work with an organization that already has a program and we could subcontract with them to administer the program. Um but absolutely that can be considered. Yes.

Okay. So that's number seven. Number nine, um I'm concerned with the data. Um if we're only having one, I feel that more of the need is stabilizing existing homes, which would then lead back to number seven and getting more development. Um if no one's using it, I I don't want to throw money at something that we consistently have seen the data not not with no results. I mean, why hold a funding for one one, you know, even if we get two, to me, the money doesn't justify than the return. Um, and I'd rather put that investment into one of the other options that are um in the board um in the proposal, but that's a that's all I know. There's some other shocking numbers that you guys have, but based on the staff report, we're only pulling one. Um, I feel like we're going to get more of a return on investments in the other options.

Okay, that's what I have thinking. Um, yeah, we can help out Angel's Camp a little more.

No, no, I'm not. Or you're No, I'm not. Amanda, let me finish. you know, because I do see a roadmap to success there in certain instances and seeing that money being realized and provided to the community is is important to me. Um, so I would retract some of my previously st said statements over the years because success is what we're all working towards. But also, I mean, Kathy, you you've heard it. The rest of the board's heard this. All you have in the past. Uh, you know, while the Miss Fondor's newest development is potentially her age in Angel's camp, we have a lot of quite a bit newer developments in district 1 and district 2. Uh, and she also has newer developments inside the Copper area and everything. So with that, our biggest struggle is infrastructure because we can, you know, put all this money to build homes and if we can't provide water, we can't, you know, process the the wastewater so on so forth throughout communities such as in San Andreas because even Stance brought up earlier that, you know, negotiating with uh San Andreas San District is a thing because to get in that you have to convey that step to the plant. You have to have capacity. So I that's that's part of the account. So definitely keeping number two for pre-development in there is crucial to the whole of success. So I would just say that and then in support of what she said, you know, we have to keep predevelopment in there. Absolutely. or

we're not going to be able to realize anything after that. Yeah, I'd like to reiterate what Supervisor Fondorf said and also point out that agency I mean area 12 does support four counties in total and this would be money coming directly to Calaveris. So I'd like to revisit that if we could. Any other

I will uh also um you know I'm definitely in favor of two. I think that's very important. We do need that pre-development work. Um I think nine could be useful if we promoted it more and had like a basic fact sheet on it or um something to that avenue. Uh but we don't have the homes to buy. Maybe it's not the time isn't necessarily now. when we if we were to choose you know four of these and say in 2028 29 if it's not being used in one area can it move in between can it come back to us and say okay that hasn't been touched and this area is greatly being used can we reallocate placehold these things for now and then that's a possibility okay yes you can

good to know that's been the shell game we've been playing all along we have okay because I think there like you said there's a need for all of these things. Um it's just finding the people to fill and and maybe we there's an opportunity for us to partner with another entity for the loan readiness program or the the down payment assistance. Um it's about, you know, doing some counseling and getting folks loan ready, right?

What's your credit score? Are you pre-qualified? What do you qualify for? Uh, and so, you know, there might be an opportunity to partner with another financial organization or counseling. And I from what I heard what you said earlier is, you know, getting someone that qualifies for a loan at the same time within the parameters of, you know, meeting affordable housing is kind like what what you know, it doesn't doesn't work out because the bank's like, "Oh, you don't make enough, you know, for this type for this amount of a home." and then they have to be making less than that amount. And that's that's what I'm hearing is that is a major obstacle. And at the same time also with not no new homes, but the new no new homes is not the issue 100%. Because it's past residents that homes have been built 20 years ago, but when someone's selling their house, they're going to want to lower it for affordable housing. So that fits within you know so so it's low enough so that the bank will approve it based on the lower income you know just so it is it is challenging I do want to point out that our current allocation does go through 2030 um we have till 2030 to spend so the activities for the home modification the down payment assistant and the um pre-development does have until 2030 30. Um the new activities are not changing those past ones. Um but it is moving forward. And so um what I'm hearing is number two is definitely we should be moving forward with that. Um and I've heard potentially number nine should be shifted back to number seven. Um just real quick reopen

public comment real briefly for Mr. Mau if you would like.

Thank you for doing that. Um I just want to reiterate what you've been talking about as far as uh number um nine. We are now in that phase. It's exactly what Habitat does. Uh we have a four-part education program that each potential buyer goes through and these are for sale homes. They have to be able to qualify for a loan. And so in the past we weren't doing that because we weren't ready in this stage of the development. But now we are. We're interviewing pro prospective applicants. We're working with them on the joys of home ownership, the financial requirements, and how do you get a loan, and working with our financial um uh institutions to help these people qualify for loans. And this would be sort of a perfect fit for getting people into these these homes that we we will be building at UA. Thank you. But I would recommend that you keep number nine

as long as it fit you guys fit within the parameters. It's a consideration. You have to work with Marco on that. So, um all right. We Okay, it it's very quick. I won't use three minutes or anything. Okay.

Do it then. Just from my experience with with Habitat and addressing number nine and I believe number six which is fixing homes, we have found that down payment assistance can can be very effective tool for limiting se limited segments of buyers. It's very tough. Um but it does not address the core challenge which is our most e urgent need of increasing housing and fixing up the houses that we currently have. So, it's nice to know that you can reallocate the money. So, I appreciate that question that you proposed and I do I agree with Mr. Mau that you should uh keep all of those categories especially with the knowledge that you can reallocate the money.

It's always good to keep our options open. Thank you, Kim. Okay. I said I'm asking for direction from the board on how we want to move forward. I think we pretty much said it. I you you want to reiterate it one more time, Marco, so that the board can tell you you're right.

But I heard pre-development is definitely we need to move forward with that. Um there was discussion that maybe nine should be moved over into number seven. And I do want to point out currently um looking at my numbers here, we have approximately $400,000 of the down payment assistance that we have to spend by um by 2030. So that is what is currently in the pot from the previous. So going forward, what I heard is um potentially moving nine back to number seven, which is the home modification. And then um and and outside of that, keep everything else the same. So

I have a question on what you just said about that 400,000. May I um if we get and I to Autumn's point, we can reallocate that 400 if we don't get anybody. Okay. I'd rather see it sooner than later. I don't want this board to be put under again with a six month, you know, timeline. So if we're not seeing something in a year, I'd rather modify that and then remodify this alloc the 2025 2029 allocation and reinvest back in the number nine if that means increasing. Does that make sense? That just Yeah, create like an update. Yeah.

Yeah, we need I agree. We need an update. you could, you know, see where we're at in the year and bring it back, show us the percentages, where we're at, what's going on, and if we need to move things in, but we do have currently $400,000 to in the last allocation for the number nine. This is talking about future allocation that we're deciding right now. Yes. Awesome. Thank you. Okay. Is everyone in agreement? Marcos is right. All right. Oh, that's 41.

I appreciate your your time. Thank you. Thank you. Again, this one this one was interesting information. Yeah. Look forward to uh putting together some success in the future. Absolutely. I'll go and do this next part if you're okay with it, Miss Simpson. Sure.

Okay. We're gonna we're going to do supervisor's announcements and then we're going to I'm going to let Miss Simpson read uh the the report back from last close session and then we'll move up have her read out this close session and we'll adjourn after this close session in the next meeting. I guess I don't know how that goes. How do we adjourn? Uh we will recess into close session. We'll have close session. Then we'll adjourn today's meeting and we'll report out it at our next Okay. Okay. There we go. Uh Martin, you're number one.

Thank you. I'll be fast. 29th I I attended the fires safe council uh in Murphy's. On the first great idea for a fundraiser in our county was a bootleggers tour. This came from the uh Ames Camp Museum Foundation and it was a distillery tour of five different places, but they did it all in places that the general public wouldn't normally go. So, for example, we saw the inside of the Oddfellow's home, I mean a lodge, which I'd never seen. Uh we went into old historic buildings. It was a walking tour. Nobody was driving. Um and it was just a really smart way of of making some good money uh for the foundation. Um on the third, I attended the behav behavioral health. On the fourth, the epoch meeting, which is the Ebotts Pass property owners. On the fifth, I did a speech with the Rotary. Uh yesterday, I signed up to run again. And I wanted to

I'm sorry. This guy's amazing. His name is Michael. He It lives in Arnold. He just uh came up with this game. This is his eighth game. It's called Hop Hazard. And you have to take your little logs and you have to start off in the mud puddle. You have to go across the sidewalk, three lanes of traffic, intermediate, but this one's a grass one. And then another is to end up on a lily pad. It's actually a really fun game. It's very smart and I just love the ingenuity. Um I'd also like to give a shout out to Chris and Brendan of Posterity Cider Works. They've now opened in Arnold. So now they're in Moill and in Arnold, which is so cool. Both ends of the county. Um and then just to remind everybody that Calrans is the 25th at 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thank you,

Miss Handel. Where do you get the hop hazards? You can get them a little bit at the um they're 1999 down at the uh museum. These will be fun buyer gifts for fair. Any of you fair families watching? Um okay. On January 31st, I attended the Milkill Lions Club Enchilada fundraiser. Great attendance there. On February 3rd, I attended the strategic planning meeting. On February 6th, I attended the first five commission meeting. And on February 7th, I attended the San Andreas fire crab feed dinner. That's all. Miss

um I'm trying to think. It's been a couple weeks. Um so after the last board meeting that night area had a town hall in district 4 um regarding um safety um that we all attended in each of our districts. Um the one in copper also included the city of angels. We are still looking for comments on that. Um next I attended with uh supervisor topelli. Um the cog meeting last week and um we the board was recognized by um supervisor toelli on all their hard work with phase one of wagon trail. Um and so that was a really amazing um just kudos to the board for staying um together for so long to support a project and um going on to the next next phase of things. Um that's all I think that's all I have. Yes. Oh and supervisor to LA is not a vice to call

Mr. Tooffen LA. Well after that I have nothing to report. fan. Next time you do distillery um stumble, um this pallet would definitely like to taste and also see the sides. Um you know, sees sack later this week. And with that, I'll hand it over to the boss.

Okay. So, report out from close session from our last meeting on January 27th. It was um pursuant to government code 54957.6 conference with county designated labor negotiators Terresa Hitchcock and Judy Hawkins regarding the following employee organization. Deputy Sheriff's Association. Board action. No reportable action taken. Close session. Um for today we have item 19 pursuant to government code 54956.9D2 conference with legal counsel reant anticipated litigation one case significant exposure to litigation. Item 20 pursuant to government code 54957.6 conference with county designated labor negotiators Terresa Hitchcock and Judy Hawkins regarding the following employee organizations. Calaveris County Public Safety Employees Association, Calaveris Management Union, Union, Calaver Supervisors Union, Deputy Sheriff's Association, Service Employees International Union, Local 1021 Sheriff's Management Unit.

Um, with that, sorry, chair, we also have no there's no online public comment. Oh, thank you, Stacey. Anything in the room? No. No. Okay. With that, I will recess into close session and report out at the next meeting. Thank you.

All right. Okay.