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Down at September 24,2019 Fresno County Board of Supervisors! On the agenda today:liquor license in Sanger;Report on State changes to structure along with new legislation for In Home Care Workers;Closed Session continue negotiation with local In Home Care Workers;

Selling “As is” old Valley Medical Center Hospital for low income housing for $4 million. Please “Heart” if you like these reports. Forgive any typos or mistakes!

Consent Calendar
*Adopt resolution recognizing the 50th anniversary of the San Joaquin College of Law
Attachments: Resolution Supervisor Quintero
*18.1 Proclaim September 17, 2019 as Jose Carlos Ramirez Day in the County of Fresno Attachments: Proclamation
18.2 Adjourn in Mem-

-ory of Ray O'Canto, Central Valley native, former Fresno State baseball color commentator, & DineOut Along the Road series host Adopt a Resolution approving the City of Parlier’s request for the County Clerk/Registrar of Voters
City of Parlier’s one cent ($.01) Sales Tax Mea-

-sure.
to conduct a Special Municipal Election on November 5, 2019.

American Library Association for additional grant funds for the “Great Stories Club: Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation Series,” effective upon execution, with no change in term to December 31, 2019, and

and increasing the maximum by $1,100, to a total of $2,400 are among the items on the Consent Calendar. (No tape barriers this morning). Invocation by Pastor Terry Townsend of People’s Church. @stevebrandau and father went to Swaziland onmission trip ten years ago with Townsend.

Proclaim September 16-27, 2019 as High School Voter Education Weeks by @BuddySupervisor. Fresno County’s Clerk of Voters Registrar Brandi Orth says 16-17 years age can register early to vote. They can also work as paid precinct officers for election. Daniel Chavez served as one.

He loved meeting the people of Fresno on Election Day. Today is National Registration Day too. League of Women Voters here too. Quintero thanks all of them for their outreach. Not voting is a vote against Schools.

Proclaim September 23 - 29, 2019, as 4-H Week in Fresno County by Supervisor Pacheco. He says it is appropriate that this proclamation just prior to Fresno Fair. Georgine Decher says leadership skills and craft/project skills are developed. “Attitude is not taught but caught”

Sierra Zito is incoming Ambassador. Mendoian is the outgoing ambassador. They represent 4-H at Meetings such as these. USDA provides funding sent down to State grants and then to Counties. She has learned leadership skills at Clubs and Camp counseling. Reading Hearts provides

books to children in hospitals. @BuddySupervisor says he thought Georgine has been doing this even longer than 20 years as is his sons were in the program!

Consider and take action on request for determination of public convenience or necessity on application for Alcoholic Beverage License Type 20 filed by Manjit Multani and Rajwant Kaur, 25425 Trimmer Springs Rd., Sanger, CA 93657

ABC allows 4 in the census tract but only 3 exists. But there is a moratorium so all type 20 must go thru this process. Passes 5-0

Receive Verbal report from California Department of Transportation:District 6 regarding homeless encampment cleanups. Cal Trans Work reps are here too. Jason Mao says camp has doubled in size. This has put strain on budget. 79% of money spent is in City of Fresno. Gives 72 hour

notice to vacate. CHP then does an initial sweep. Personal items are tagged, bagged for 90 days. Challenges:only one Hazmat coordinator in district , increased administrative work; $100,000 to $150,000 monthly burn rate with contract. @LincolnSeward Magisg asks what is the coordi

-donation between County and Cal Trans ? “Meet every 8 weeks. Public Health and Behavioral Health are included at site. This allows services to be given to those displaced so perhaps they won’t just go elsewhere to camp.” Pacheco says CHP is a great law enforcement that can help.

Cal Trans had meeting with City of Fresno yesterday regarding to trash. Pacheco knows homeless encampments are difficult.@stevebrandau was at meeting with City too. Brandau at first felt like Cal Trans was initially not very helpful but they have stepped it up. Measure C money

was matched by Cal Trans. This will put all freeways on a 30 day clean up plan. Adult prisoners maybe used to help clean trash too says Brandau. He thinks systemic change at upper level of Cal Trans. Newsom is coming to Fresno soon. Hopefully it won’t be just a rah rah speech but

helpful”. Quintero:” what is State budget for Cal Trans homelessness statewide?” A: unsure. @BuddySupervisor are we lowest funded District ? A: hard to compare depending on how rural or # of freeways. Mendes: allocation is less for trash cleanup in our District. @stevebrandau

are there other agencies statewide that we need to get involved with? A: navigation centers in Cal Trans right of ways are used in San Jose to get Services to homeless. Brandau: statewide cal Trans workers responsible for 40 acres of cleanup. Fresno Cal Trans has to handle 50 ac.

Magisg: would like to see how many tons of trash are hauled out. Public: don’t blame government but get volunteers to help with that. Relying on community more. Magisg: this is just a receive report action.

The presentation will provide your Board with an update on recent legislation and funding structure changes for the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority. We are employer of Record. And legally separate from County.

The County Supervisors in this rile is Employer for collective bargaining. However the care receiver is responsible to hire , train, supervise and fire individual. Care givers are “providers”’and not “employees”. 73% of recipients are provided care by a family member.

CCI was enacted in 2012. This is le cost effective and County cost is now 17% share. MOE gave a net increase to a County to net 27%. IHSS provider wages can only be increased by local negotiation. State will cover minimum wage changes. If County goes above that cap State will

reduce its share. County paid $37 million in 2017 as their share. Current wage is $12 per hour and 0.85 for benefits. Minimum wage will be $15 beginning 2022. Magisg:59% growth of providers hours in last five years. Can’t be sustained by County. Staff: elderly living longer, more

disabled. Public: Daniel O’Connelll director of Central Valley Partnership who support unions. He also wants to thank Sheriff Deputies who did a professional job at the SEIU demonstration at last Supervisors meeting. Lots of state and federal dollars for In Home Care providers

He knows Supervisors have got a recent pay increase and Imagines their benefits are good. Perhaps they should return their wage increase as the optics are terrible. Next: SEIU 2015 Leader says 4% inflation hit. The County will need to deal with increase of need as population ages

Other counties like Sacramento and Los Angeles have made better benefits and/or wages. Why not Fresno? Next: she is a provider but doesn’t care for a family member. She deserves a pay raise. She may not be a county employee but she works hard. County will get Holiday Pay but she

won’t. Next: I care for a former Fresno Unified Employee who became sick and have no family members to care for her. Other jobs get raises based on merit but why not this job? A fair raise is appropriate. Thanks supervisors for their time and effort. Closes public portion.

Quintero: are they independent contractors or employees? A: they are employee of the recipient (the care receiver). Quintero: Governor Newsom Just signed a law on independent contractor. How does this effect this? A: effect of that is still work it’s way. Should not effect this.

Magisg: will recipient have to pay benefits? These are low income families. CAO Jean Rousseau says back fiver years ago the big jump between 2016-2019. This could bleed County and lead to B word (Bankruptcy). AB 85 off set helped but it hurt other county health departments.

Consider and approve Without Cause termination for remaining services to be provided by Megabyte Systems, Inc. in Agreement No. 17-153 and Agreement No. 17-154 to implement the Megabyte Property Tax System; however only one milestone was met by Megabyte. Property Bills can still

go out since core mainframe is still stable (although 45 years old!). Magisg: Assesor and CAO recommended Megabyte back when this contract was proposed. Assessor and Recorder Paul Dictos: his Employees told him this wasn’t working and time to cut all ties. Tax Collector Oscar

Garcia says it doesn’t work appropriately. Magisg: we should have figured this out years ago. Vote 5-0 to terminate contract.

the County-owned real property known as the University Medical Center Campus (Property) can be used to provide housing affordable to persons and families of low or moderate income, and that this use is in the County’s best interests and consists of approximately
33 acres, in “as

is” condition, to CMG Construction Management, Inc. (CMG), for the sale price of $4,000,000, with a refundable deposit of $500,000). County has worked hard to figure out what to do with the old hospital. Low to moderate income housing. 800 residential units and 320 low income

Magisg: due diligence period. Deposit stay refundable after that? A: 30 days after escrow. Magisg: December ? Doesn’t want it tied up. A: CMG has already started doing walk thrus. City of Fresno will maintain low income housing covenants for 30 years. City will be doing hard lift

This will count towards their low housing numbers and are very interested. Behavioral Health will remain for awhile until they move out. Rent is $1 a year. Key utilty Plant on-site still but needs to know how that will be worked out. CMG will tie to PG&E eventually. Property Tax:

It has been worked out to county satisfaction. Triple Net Lease and county will have full control of the county portion until they move out. No Public Comments. @stevebrandau when he was on City Council lots of low housing proposals came but not very cost effective. This project

was a good concept. He is keeping his fingers crossed that CMG can pull it off. This is much better than what is currently happening at VMC. Pacheco: has some concern about refundable deposit but the hard close of December makes him feel better. A: December 2020 will Be First

County department phasing out and last by 2023 ( maybe able to renegotiate that of extension needed). Pacheco: why if they don’t meet housing goals? Doesn’t want to sell otherwise A: The City is fine with the project. County’s obligation is done once property is sold. City has

more experience in large housing projects like this with former RDA. Pacheco: this is a bit of a risk. He is surprised this didn’t come back to Closed Session to work out small details. Must be a time sensitive issue? New behavioral unit still remain? A: yes it will be divided

off from this parcel. Rest will be annexed into City now. Mendes: if State and Feds come after City if they don’t make housing quota are we still off the hook? A: Yes. All private money (no CDBG) in this case it makes it easier. If not done by December 24 the deal is done.

Magisg: common roads? A: County will take care of their portion. Inyo Ave especially. Who paves? Passes:5/0. Quintero: one of the CMG Tom Fuller is in chambers. Fuller:Private financing is hard after December 24th for them. Wants to repurpose Hospital Towers. Pacheco: says it has

has been a burden for County. Fresno Unified wanted property for zero dollars so nice to get $4 million. Quintero thanks colleagues for selling Old Juvenile Hall (new site for school) and now UMC. This new site will have retail portion for grocery and pharmacy and providers.

Thanks @stevebrandau and his staff for his connection to City to help make this work. Next: 8. Conduct first hearing to amend Master Schedule of Fees, Charges and Recovered Costs Ordinance by amending Sections 1000 - Computer Services (EMIS); 1500 - Parks and Recreation; and

and 2200 - Public Works; and waive reading of Ordinance in its entirety. Passes 5-0 with little discussion. Next : The recommended actions pertain to 13 road locations, or portions of the road defined by the boundaries, otherwise known as speed zones,

Pacheco jokes District One always wants to go faster not slower. Passes 5-0.

Pacheco :Amore event coming soon. Mendes: Camp out at his property with 100+ bbq Watched the air show from the ranch. He could see Kern County from there. Magisg: says jets were loud but he enjoys the “sound of freedom”. Also tomorrow is State of the County. On sad note Clovis

lost Police Captain Dan Sullivan to cancer. Will have a Certificate next Board Meeting in his honor. Supervisors going to Closed Session. NEXT MEETINGS:
October 8, 2019 - 9:00 AM October 22, 2019 - 9:00 AM Please “Heart” if you like these reports. Forgive any typos or mistakes!

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