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Down at Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting February 25,2020! Among the items are: update on Voters Choice Act; census count; vacation of public land to ensure ULTA warehouse complies with condition of approval; Closed Session item PG&E bankruptcy; Appeal of Planning Com-

-Mission Denial of a 150’ wireless radio tower; and finally deal with accumulation of access livestock carcasses! 😱

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CONSENT CALENDAR
Approve Certificates in Recognition of Wall of Honor Honoree: Monique S. Kelly, Yolanda Randles and Dolphas Windell Trotter, in Honor of the State Center Community College District for their dedication to service and empowering citizens in

our community
Supervisor Magsig
Adjourn in memory of Jack Schwass who was a student at Gateway High School in Clovis

Adjourn in memory of Thomas Brown who was a student at Clovis High School

Adjourn in Memory of Margaret Hudson, local native and artist

Adjourn in Memory Enrique Reade, local businessman

Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Agreement No. 19S10055 with the State of California for reimbursement funds for the Voter’s Choice Act implementation effective upon execution by the California Department of General Services through December 30,2020 ($760,911).

passion for his work. He is one of a kind! Lots of energy and good leadership. “ Magsig: @lincoln

Helped to secure site for new Animal Shelter. Wayne” Fresno Co. has been good for him. We help protect the citizens doing environmental health. We touch everyone every day.Action Club is a great group of people.” Quintero says “say it ain’t so! Wayne provided advice and has a

passion for his work. He is one of a kind! Lots of energy and good leadership. “ Magsig: @LincolnSeward “Wayne never hesitated to tell him that he had a bad idea !” Pacheco: “he is 4th generation of being regulated by him! He did do everything with an even hand”

@LincolnSeward Presentation of Retirement Plaque to Oladehinde B. Sangokoya - Department of Social Services - 25 Years of Service “Bolagi”’as he is also known. Started as a groundskeeper and worked his way up to Welfare to Work division. He says “he enjoyed his time with the staff at County.

There are very good people here as well as his clients “

@LincolnSeward 5. Proclaim the month of March 2020 as Professional Social Worker Appreciation Month in Fresno
County. Each of the two divisions have selected outstanding workers to be honored. They help clients remain at home. Caregiving, mental health, Adult Protective Services. Cal Learn

Helps pregnant clients to succeed before and afterwards. Recognized 33 clients that were able to graduate high school. Stand By Team helps with emergency response. Hotline, visit at hospitals if abuse is suspected. 50,000 calls to hot line. Tip of the spear of those protecting

the vulnerable in our community. We cannot function without them.”

County Clerk/Registrar of Voters
6.1 Provide update to Voter's Choice Act Implementation by Registrar Brandi Orth: 70,000 voters have already cast their votes with a week still to go! Security will kick in if a breach. Electrician checks the Vote Centers.

Right of Way approval to install drop boxes around the county. Vote Centers have to be ADA compliant and open several days in a row. New equipment was secured and learned how to use. Caged until election. 81 version of ballots times ten and then into Spanish. 6000 Crossover

used the voter could then contact registrar office. If they voted twice it will be caught. Magsig: petitions signatures often have voters who found their voter registration was changed. Orth: typically paperwork is found to show they had indeed changed their registration. They

can still change it if they want. Matching criteria is used. Up to 15 if these criteria is used. @stevebrandau “how many duplicate ballots? A: less than half a percent. Additional procedures were put in to catch the duplicates. Brandau:Voter Rolls often show similar names

Why can’t the rolls be cleaner? A: Voter Choice Act has helped expose these factors. Another IT position maybe needed to help solve these. Brandau:number of voters who haven’t lived at that home for a while. How can that be solved? A: forms are available but not used anymore.

or used often. Inactive roll and if voter asks to be reinstated it will happen. When people move they are supposed to notify registrar. Brandau: it was scary we gave DMV more authority to do Motor Votor. Letter that there have been problems with Motor Voter. So if a problem

occurs we will have shown we have reached out. Pacheco: last four number of social security and drivers license to check your voter status. Why do I have to do that but not to registrar to vote? A: we will clean that up as we change systems.

@BuddySupervisor Real ID will help clean up some of these duplicates. Pacheco: 70,000 ballots? A: 52,000 at this point in 2018 so we are up at this point.

#60 Agreement with Housing Authority and Centro La Familia Advocacy to provide homeless services. Pulled from Consent Calendar by @stevebrandau staff Delfino says we can pull from vendor if not working out.

If they are not performing we can pull them And / or find other vendors. There could be days where beds are unused but we check over length of time and not day to day.

Brandau: State is finding lots for Homeless. Governor is allowing doctors to write prescription for being homeless (?) “ Quintero: what happens to money when unfilled beds? A: it depends on where money came from. Unspent money is typically returned. Sometimes they are allowed

To use it for another purpose or shifted to surrounding counties. Quintero: can we get more updates as we as Supervisors are constantly asked from public. CAO Rousseau says his office has worked hard with Magisg and Street to Home effort so electeds are moving in same direction

8. Changes to Federal County Federal Legislative Platform with Washington DC. : Oppose Sanctuary State and City; promote robust border security; allow law enforcement to work with Federal and State; America First manufacturing.

Brandau: Sheriff Mims not in support of Sanctuary State and City over Federal policies. Pacheco: these policies were not in our packet. These appear to be just political campaign statements. I want to get rid of these. Just political fodder and I don’t want this in our chambers

Mendes: we can get more done by not adding political statements. As much as I hate it to be nice we need to cooperate with State. Quintero: manufacturing We always tried to focus on Fresno businesses first before approaching other cities when he was on Fresno City Council.

Brandau: makes motion to add these four additional points. No Second is given. Brandau makes motion to accept original points. Magisg: possibly tweak these to make them more acceptable. Public: Sheriff Mims she can see why as a group Supervisors May not want to do this. We do

want LE agencies speaking to each other. What happens at border doesn’t stay there. Not meaning the hard working immigrants but those that prey on those immigrants. Next: Ted says 70,000 ballots have already been cast. Ag will be crippled by heavy handed to our farmworkers.

An even hand is needed. Economic consequences of this doesn’t happen. DA Lisa Smittcamp says border security policy is needed due to mexican cartels. Not enough federal resources put into curtailing this in California. She is not talking about building a wall. Drugs is most

significant problem in County. It effects everything. She is going to Dallas in Safe Neighborhood conference because Fresno is a model because we work best with Federal agencies. Next: america first policy is already exists. Local no reference is not allowed in federal dollars.

Mendes: would like an ad hoc Committee to work on this platform. Approve the current fixes but come back and tweak changes to verbiage. Approved :5-0

8.1 Adopt Resolution proclaiming a Local Emergency as a result of accumulating livestock carcasses. Mainly cattle carcasses. Boiler is leaking steam leading to no longer picking up these carcasses. By declaring an emergency State can allow onsite burial. Pacheco: for farmers

this would be like fire department not answering calls for a week. Animals die every day. This is only rendering plant between here and Bakersfield. May take a week to repair. Passes 5-0

Item 9 this would prevent the Applicant from meeting the condition of approval required by the City of Fresno for the ULTA Distribution Center. Hearing To Vacate Public Road Right-of-Way of Mary Avenue Vacate approximately 0.16 acres of excess public road ROW along Mary Avenue,

from the north right-of-way line of Daleville Avenue, continuing northerly approximately 178 feet, as shown on the Vicinity Map. Approved with little discussion 5-0

10.Retroactive Assignment Consultant Service Agreements Approval of the recommended actions will assign two agreements to the consulting firm Dewberry which has acquired a consulting firm Drake Haglan currently under contract with the County. This item is countywide. to provide

engineering design services for the Little Dry Creek Bridge replacement project. Approved with little discussion. 5-0
Item 11 on 150 ft wireless tower was pulled by Applicant.

.Lease of Office Space for Department of Social Services for 138,290 square feet of office space, located at 380 W. Ashlan Ave., Clovis, CA 93612, This will locate all social service workers on one site. Magisg: tenant improvements. Maybe a way to fund it more efficiently with

lower interest rates using CEFCERA. (Sp.)Delfino says he would like to check into that. Approved 5-0

13. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Opt-In Letter to the California Complete Count - Census 2020 Office for an additional allocation of $157,350 for county outreach activities to promote participation in the 2020 Census

Trying to reach out to hard to count communities. $157,000 contingency fund for outreach and printing. Those precincts that have 70% or higher will be focused on. Will work with long established service providers. Language support and digital access. Census will be sent out in

March 2020. Mendes: at beginning of republic 1/3 favored the king,1/3 wanted revolution and 1/3 didn’t care. Still exists today.

Board Comments: @stevebrandau asks on update on Rowell Building. No tenant improvements yet due to landowner not hiring firm. DA Smittcamp: Looking occupying by end of 2020. Developer and General Contractor are having issues with each other.

@LincolnSeward Thomas Brown was a friend of his son. He was killed along with another teen.

Magisg: hiring a person to his staff. Former tight end for Fresno State. Clovis North and Granite Ridge going to National science competition. Quintero: thanks LE for help with fire at Calwa Park. Two teens caught. Asking now for help from businesses to repair bathroom.

Community Organizer Anne Gaston Passed away. He will further honor her at next meeting. Public comments: Sheriff Mims says it is the tenth anniversary of Minkler shooting that killed two deputies. Please adjourn in their memory.

NEXT MEETINGS:
March 10, 2020 - 9:00 AM
March 24, 2020 - 9:00 AM

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