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Fresno County Board of Supervisors August 6th,2019! On the agenda:
Appeal to overturn the animal shelter The Supervisors approved near Grantland. (Fresno Humane Society pulled out of the project too); 80 unit housing project at Millerton Lake that trades a 5-acre open

conservation space for 1.2 open space; Consent Calendar item that forces employees to take leave in order to run for office. Receive verbal report from BNSF Railway, formerly the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, regarding homeless encampment cleanups in Fresno County and

approve Certificate of Appreciation. Accept $85,000 donation from Thompson Family Trust for Clovis &Reedley Capital Construction of Libraries. Also accept $9500 from Esther/Wayne Brooks Estate for new library facilities. David Ellard an IT for County will lead invocation. He is

from Peace Lutheran Church. He also leads a moment of silence for El Paso and Dayton shootings. @LincolnSeward Chairman Magsig also asks for moment of silence for County Social Services Leader Benjamin Dean. Animal Shelter item removed from agenda as project has been abandoned.

Adopt resolution in recognition of the Department of Human Resources on their achievement of receiving the 2019 Aspire Award: Creating Opportunities for County Employee Retirement Readiness
Attachments: Resolution Administrative Office. The creative process was awarded. Boosted

the employee participation rate from 30% up to now 50%. Helps with retirement plan for employees. Sam came up with many creative ideas.

Receive verbal report from BNSF Railway, formerly the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, regarding homeless encampment cleanups in Fresno County and approve Certificate of Appreciation
Attachments: Presentation - Project Safe Distance 2019 Homeless Encampments Fresno Co.

BNSF Deputy Israel Salazar is responsible for 28 states. He believes their program is compassionate. The tracks are not a safe spot for humans. Their program is environmentally sound. 50 encampments have been safely removed. He thanks Supervisors and says this is the best county

he works with. Sonia says they also work with Caltrans , HSR, Flood Districts, property owners etc in this clean up. Service providers help many weeks before any removal. Salazar says removals happen within three weeks of noticing.Have to involve whatever entity that is adjacent

Brandau thanks Salazar and BNSF for their help when he was on City Council. Neighbors often felt homeless would take advantage of the fact they were not technically in City but on railroad property. BNSF did a good job dealing with that. Brandau says many homeless are sharp and

know who the boundaries belong to whether Caltrans , County , City etc Asks Caltrans for help. Sonia says Caltrans is cooperating although social workers can’t go into Caltrans property due to safety issues with Freeway.Every time homeless are spoken to they become a little more

willing to find an indoor shelter. May take ten times. @BuddySupervisor Mendes “advises Brandau to forget everything he learned at Fresno City Council. Sonia has it down. She can coordinate with all the entities. The other major railroad is hard to work with. “Approve certificate

Approve Salary Resolution Amendment for Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Association (FCERA) as reflected on Appendix “C”, on file with the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors, adding one (1) Office Assistant position to Fresno County Employees’ Retirement Assoc. Approved.

FCERA administers the retirement benefits to over 18,000 plan members and five plan sponsors. The system integrates reciprocal retirement benefits, investigates claims for disability benefits, processes monthly retirement benefits and demographic changes to over 7,000 retired

recipients, monitors changes in statutory and regulatory requirements that impact the operation of the retirement program, and maintains the contribution and service records for over 11,000 active & deferred members.

The Office Assistant (OA) plays an important role as the first

communication with the members of FCERA. The new OA position will fulfill the front counter duties along with the current OA and provide coverage for leaves of absence, as well as fill a portion of a recently downgraded full-time OA position to a part-time position. These duties

include, but are not limited to: scanning, assisting with retirement system workflows and new employee orientation, member record compilation, and other office support services. Passed with very little discussion.

Approve Ordinance pertaining to Amendment Application No. 3831 thereby rezoning a five-acre portion of the subject 40-acre parcel from O (Open Conservation) Zone District to an R-1(c) (Single-Family Residential, 6,000 square-foot minimum parcel size, Conditional) Zone District;

and rezone a 1.5-acre portion of the subject 40-acre parcel from the R-1(c) (Single-Family Residential, 6,000 square-foot minimum parcel size, Conditional) Zone District to O (Open Conservation) Zone District;
Approve Vesting Tentative Tract Map No. 6226, Conditional Use Permit

and Site Plan Review No. 8108 authorizing a Planned Unit Development consisting of 80 single-family residential lots on an approximately 25-acre portion of the subject 40-acre parcel in the R- 1(c) (Single-Family Residential, 6,000 square-foot minimum parcel size) Zone District.

The subject 40-acre parcel is located within the Millerton Specific Plan approximately 1,163 feet south of Millerton Avenue, 880 feet west Marina Drive, and 2.2 miles east of the unincorporated community of Friant
The project consists of an amendment to the Millerton Specific

Plan and rezoning of certain areas within that plan to allow the development of a Planned Unit Development consisting of 80 single-family residential lots. The project also includes of the renaming of Saubrice Avenue to Morningside Way and eliminating Captains Hill. Planning Com-

mission approved. No letters of opposition. Assemi Group Representative Jeff Roberts is here. “Concurs with indemnification agreement. Not increasing the density by this project over what was proposed. Cultural sites have been found and this moved it away from those sensitive

sites. Approved 5/0. Pulled Consent item # 50: streamline housing approvals and production state grant SB 2. Leslie Martinez of Leadership Council (?) says would like more specific details. Appreciates County for reaching out for this grant. Advocates for these funds and wants

to assure these grant dollars actually reach these disadvantaged communities. Approved.
Consent Item # 57.Magsig pulled this. Wants to know what amount the contractor has to bond up to? “ This is a pilot project. Will be used for Sheriff substation. This worked well with

Cal Trans etc. Approved. Board Comments: @LincolnSeward Magsig says :August attended MACO conference and re-elected as Vice President. Public Comments: Elisa Billios of new non profit “Forgotten Fresno” speaking on animal shelter near Grantland. Knows the animal shelter project

has been pulled. Neighbors had discussed recall efforts of Supervisors. This did bring the neighbors together. They were able to have Planning Commission to vote down a 176 unit Apartment project due to traffic concern at Shaw and Grantland. Granville pulled almond trees and will

start building apartments with new Central High School opening.” Next neighbor says traffic is horrendous. Supervisors don’t approach the constituents/neighbors well. We won’t be Forgotten again. They vote and are active. Traffic goes by his house on Grantland and it will only

get worse.” Next Mark Brooks: Developers says they are putting in deferred fees. Shouldn’t those fees be put into roads leading up to those developments and not just those in front of those developments?? Veterans Blvd has been on books since 1984. And now those funds are being

pulled. Common sense should prevail in regards to traffic Next: Rosie Gutierrez of West Fresno residents near Church and Mark. PIX. An agenda item was supposed to be on today’s list but is not. There is chemically poisoned water in that area and some areas have no water. Purchase

water in order to drink. Thanks Pacheco for his meeting with them. Wonders why it isn’t on agenda according to Public Works. Magsig says “this water challenge is found all over County. “ Victoria from Rural Legal has been working with these West Side residents and was told the

the item would be on agenda. Next: Forgotten Fresno Neighbor says “squeaky wheel gets the grease. Being in Construction he wonders why Apartments being built brings in lots of construction sites. Do infrastructure first before construction crews arrive. Clovis does it that way.”

Yonis Palo helps Homeless Veterans. A homeless baby passed away recently due to heat. Vets get $126 to live on. Not enough for sure. 600-1000 homeless vets in Fresno-Madera. It is caused by a system that allows those to fall thru the cracks. SEIU: Mr. Ayala took care of his mom

until she died of Parkinson’s. It was 24/7 care but paid. It effected his father’s health as well as his own. A ten cent increase would have been nice. Next: a ten cent increase is too little for the work they do and the respect they bring to their patients. August 17 is a party

for Supervisors to see what the health care workers have to do. Next: every-time she wakes up in the middle of the night to care for her sick husband she thinks of the Supervisors, their next meeting or conference.The ten cent increase they offered was too little for the work

they do caring for others. She loves animals but it hurts that millions were used to fund animal shelter site but we got ten cents. She is paid for 4-5 hours of work but actually work 24 hours. Magsig says limit to 15 minutes on one specific item. SEIU leader said it shouldn’t

as this item is on Closed Session. Counsel Cedarborg says it still applies. Magsig says all the Supervisors are attentive and he reads all emails sent to him. Next: “begs Supervisors to come to her house as she takes care of a Down Syndrome child. She is up every two hours. She

insulted with ten cent salary increase. Need to see what she goes through. Every other California City has been able to increase the fee to adequate wage. Better wage! Who of the Supervisors will come to my house??” Next: drops ten cents on the podium for the Supervisors.

SEIU chant as they leave the room. Magsig will close public sessions now. Supervisors going to Closed Session now. Some of the items on consent calendar: Pacheco
18. Adjourn in memory of Kelly Porterfield who was dedicated to educating, enriching and improving the lives of

children in Fresno County and the Central Valley
Attachments: Certificate Supervisor Mendes
19. Adjourn in Memory of David Hill, a farmer, dairyman and life long resident of Riverdale
Supervisor Quintero
19.1 Adjourn in Memory of Fr. Finian McGinn, who advocated for farmworker

farmworker rights and conducted
multilingual Masses
Retroactively authorize the Sheriff’s previous submittal of an application to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) for the FY 2019 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP):
“WHAT DOES IT FUND? The purpose of this program

is to make payments to states and units of local government that incur certain types of costs due to the incarceration of undocumented aliens during the reporting period “The recommended changes to Personnel Rule 7025 separate and distinguish a County employee’s duties and

responsibilities as a civil servant and steward of public funds and his/her role as a public citizen choosing to exercise his/her constitutional right to declare and run for elected office. The updated policy clarifies expectations for all County employees by mandating that an

time frame during an election cycle for which they are running, and allows for the voluntary use of extended leave to be used for campaign activities. Furthermore, employees seeking elected office are restricted from campaigning on County time. NEXT MEETINGS:
August 20, Sept 10,

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