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First Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting of 2020! Buddy Mendes will be replacing Nathan Magisg as Chair. On the agenda are Ground Water Sustainability Plan for Delta-Mendota; teeth sealing for elementary students; Jensen Road Transfer from County to City of Fresno for

Darling Rendering Plant relocation; Hiring 11 new security officers ; Pistachios and chocolate covered almonds are part of the ceremonial spread this morning. Thank you @BuddySupervisor !

On Consent Calendar this morning: 33.Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Public Health’s Local Oral Health Program (LOHP) to work with Fresno County Economic Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC) to implement an evidence- based program increasing the

school aged children in grades K-6 receiving preventative oral health services with no increase in Net County Cost. This item is countywide.$130,000 = Year I (Jan. 07, 2020 - June 30, 2020) $195,000 = Year II (July 01, 2020 - June 30, 2021) $195,000 = Year III

37.
Approval of the recommended action will adopt a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP)for the Westside Subbasin, as required by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), to maintain and manage local groundwater resources. The GSP covers the entire Subbasin, including

portions of Fresno County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) areas. This item pertains to location in District 4.
.Approval of the recommended action will authorize JP Marketing, a division of Two Q, Inc. (JP Marketing), selected following a Request for Proposal (RFP)process

assist the Department of Public Works & Planning to increase outreach and education about departmental programs. JP Marketing will

provide professional media marketing, advertising,and public relation services to programs throughout the Department.The recommended agreement will

funded with the Solid Waste Surcharge (Solid Waste and Household Hazardous Waste), Enterprise Funds (Special Districts and American Avenue Disposal Site, and Grants (Parks and Roads) with no increase in Net County Cost. This item countrywide.

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Full house for transfer of Officers. Mendes cousin Father James Moore a native of Coalinga with Invocation. @LincolnSeward Magisg mentions Country Charter the rotation of Supervisors into chairmanship. @stevebrandau slides into Vice Chair spot. Mendes “proud of Magisg’s work as

chair. Mendes says Pacheco and himself have been on the Supervisors the longest of the current ones. Also jokes that Quintero is the Senior as far as age 😝Mendes presents Magisg a bicyclist clock as a thank you. Magisg says Brandau even though he is a rookie is still outspoken

and a small business owner. Magisg says he enjoyed the last 12 months as supervisor chair. Quintero enjoyed Magisg’s leadership as chair and jokes Magisg survived and his hair is still the same color. Pacheco: congratulations on a job well done even in some tough times. He is

looking forward to getting thru the labor contract issues and jokes because you don’t want to know what it is like when Mendes has the gavel. @stevebrandau is looking forward to 2020. He felt Magisg has run a meeting better than anyone he was under even while at City of Fresno.

Sorry. Had bad wifi reconnection so I lost some comments.

Mendes: a lot has changed since Pacheco and himself joined Supervisors. It had gotten better and work as a team. New CAO during that time. County departments get along better too. He is aware of what was here before. Mendes says his cousin Jerry worked for City of Fresno and

Quintero was only councilmember who spent a day with Code Enforcement so Mendes knew he was getting a good person. Mendes says of Pacheco they get along great and families have know each other for three generations. On Brandeau: still working on him and realizes we work as a team

Supervisors back from ceremonial break. Hopefully I have good connection for rest of meeting. Consent items 37 and 40 pulled for discussion.

Proclaim the month of January 2020 as "National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention
Month” in the County of Fresno. Magisg says this doesn’t happen just in distant countries but here as well. Sara Johnson of EOC says many here today including DA Smittcamp office.

Over 1000 victims. A standard of care is hopefully established this year. Hoping victims can get reestablished in society and help give back. Palm and Shaw awareness event.

• Adopt resolution recognizing and supporting the Fresno Madera Continuum of Care in their efforts
to conduct the annual Point-in-Time Count in Fresno County. Magisg says volunteers go out to count the homeless. January 28-30 is weekend in order to get approximate number.

Shelters are used more at this time and so easier to get a head count. Volunteers are needed. Continuem Care social media if you want to volunteer. @stevebrandau asks if homeless are counted at bottom of San Joaquin River? A: yes.

Robert W. Bash, Director, Internal Services/Chief Information Officer Salary Resolution Amendment - ISD, Security Services adding 11 positions
in the amount of $370,026 .
ISD-Security provides for the 24-hour physical security of County facilities and safety of employees

and administers the County parking program. @stevebrandau Overtime currently? A: yes among other things. County has also done a better job of securing their property. Passes.

@stevebrandau *5Adopt Resolution adopting the Groundwater Sustainability Plan for Fresno County Management
Areas A and B within the Delta-Mendota Groundwater Subbasin
as required by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), to maintain and manage local groundwater resources

@stevebrandau and provides $581,186 to Luhdorff and l, Consulting Engineers for GSP preparation, offset with the receipt of $207,505 for GSP planning and development from the Proposition 1 Grant awarded to the GSAs within the Subbasin by DWR,
In addition, the Groundwater Sustainability Agencie

@stevebrandau GSA) within the Subbasin, including the County, have applied for the Sustainable Groundwater Management (SGM) Planning Grant - Round 3, funded through Propositions 1 and 68, which the County anticipates receiving approximately $40,000 to further offset costs.

@stevebrandau

@stevebrandau Consent Item 37: .
Approval of the recommended action will adopt a Groundwater Sustainability Plan (GSP) for the Westside Subbasin, as required by the California Department of Water Resources (DWR), to maintain and manage local groundwater resources. The GSP covers the entire

@stevebrandau ortions of Fresno County Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA) areas. This item pertains to location in District 4.
.Approval of the recommended action will authorize JP Marketing, a division of Two Q, Inc. (JP Marketing), selected following a Request for Proposal

@stevebrandau (RFP) process, to assist the Department of Public Works & Planning to increase outreach and education about departmental programs. JP Marketing will

provide professional media marketing, advertising, and public relation services to programs throughout the Department.

@stevebrandau The recommended agreement will be funded with the Solid Waste Surcharge (Solid Waste and Household Hazardous Waste), Enterprise Funds (Special Districts and American Avenue Disposal Site, and Grants (Parks and Roads) with no increase in Net County Cost. This item is countywide.

@stevebrandau Mendes says changes to land use may occur later on this issue. Public comment: Ted Miller is in favor of GSW as Wells cost a lot. Maximizing ground water recharge. Is necessary. Ground levels are going down and down. More energy is needed to pump father down Stick part is needed

@stevebrandau but so is recharge of water. Passes. On to Consent item 40 pulled by public. Using $1,947,000 for trimming / removal of trees on Kearney Blvd. Public from Historic society says trees are dead. Allocation of money for new trees to keep trees Scape. Theo. Kearney planted the

@stevebrandau trees as part of his long long driveway. Mendes says it was for Kearney’s wife’s carriage. Public said plan was for a trolley too. 20 dead trees identified. @LincolnSeward Magisg says he is not aware of any historic trees left. @stevebrandau says it is a

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward a great historical road to drive down and we need to save it. Passes.
6. Board of Supervisors' Committee Reports and Comments: Magsig reached out to surrounding cities to come to ceremony this morning. He is also on FSERA (?) board and that they want to be more involved with

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward Supervisors going forward. Next: 7.Approve the Chairman’s 2020 Appointments of Board Members to various Boards, Commissions and Committees

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward NOTE: Darling Rendering Plant item was continued to another date.

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward @stevebrandau appoints Lisa Wolf to County Planning Commission. Passes 5-0. Public presentation portion : says area behind his property is going to be incorporated for development and his property will be as well. He doesn’t like that.

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward Dry Creek Reserve area. We don’t want to be annexed. Only a small group agreed to be annexed. Traffic getting worse due to number of developments. Bottlenecks out of small developments plus added pollution, speeders. Need better developments. Mendes says we can’t talk on this

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward today but just hear comments. Magisg: It will go to Clovis City Council Monday and then to LAFCO. NextTed Miller:an appeal of a cell tower defense that was put on farmland with 25 year lease. Lease expired. Crown Castle has not paid rent for past 3 months. It wants to move tower

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward 1500 feet north. It will be placed near mobile home and an informational company. County Planning Commission denied the move. Crown Castle is now bringing this to Supervisors in two weeks. They are using it as a “baseball bat to landowner”

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward This will come back in two weeks to Supervisors but Mr. Miller wanted to give Supervisors heads up.

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward CLOSED SESSION
Sitting as the Fresno County In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Board of Directors and as the Fresno County Board of Supervisors:
14. Conference with Labor Negotiator (Government Code, section 54957.6): Agency Negotiator: Joy Cronin; Employee

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward Organization: SEIU-Local 2015 - Hours, Wages and Terms and Conditions of Employment.

@stevebrandau @LincolnSeward This meeting was short with the Ceremonial portion and Darling portion continued.
NEXT MEETINGS:
January 21, 2020 - 9:00 AM February 4, 2020 - 9:00 AM

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