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March 10, 2020 Fresno County Board of Supervisors meeting! (I am going to attempt to watch or listen from home. I have satellite tv so I am unsure if I can watch it or not ).

Among the items is mid-year budget report; State Lobbyists Report;formerly repeal Jessica’s Law on residency requirement for registered sex offenders; allow CAO/ Internal Services to approve leases/licenses rather than Board,Speed limit changes

CONSENT CALENDAR
25.1 Adjourn in Memory of Anne Louise Gaston, local community advocate Attachments: Certificate
25.2 Adjourn in Memory of Arther E. Wahlenmaier, local resident

26.Grant permission for Assessor-Recorder Paul Dictosto absent himself from the State for more than 30 days for a personal trip.

On May 8, 2018, the Board approved Agreement No. 18-251 with Granicus (formerly GovDelivery, LLC) for agenda management, creation, and publication. The Agreement also authorized the Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer to purchase additional

products and services that enhance the provision of government services. The recommended amendment increases the total agreement compensation amount by $145,000, to allow for the purchase of added functionality offered by Granicus, such as Granicus’ closed captioning

functionality for Board meetings. This allows hearing-impaired members of the public to read what is being spoken during Board meetings. The increase in compensation also allows the County to continue purchasing other additional products and services not specified in the

Agreement, such as media encoders .

Approve designation and placement of the San Joaquin Gurdwara on the County’s Register of Historic Places; Despite the first Sikhs residing in the County of Fresno as early as 1927, it took nearly 56 years for first Gurdwara to be built in the County in 1983. Once the San Joaquin

Once the San Joaquin Gurdwara was established, it became the only Gurdwara between Stockton and Los Angeles. Chair of Historic Commission David Rodriguez says it is a worthy group. Magisg says there are some additional hurdles once they are designated. Counsel says this is local

designation. Sikh Spokesman says they have been in San Joaquin for 50 years. Farm laborers funded it. Some took loans in their own houses to fund. In 1980’s half of San Joaquin were Punjabi Sikh. Now most have moved to Kerman or Fresno. Still holds a soft spot for them.

9. Adopt resolution to fill a Sheriff’s Forensic Pathologist position with Extra-Help retiree Dr. Michael Chambliss, part-time, effective March 22, 2020,

8. Adopt resolution to fill a Sheriff’s Forensic Pathologist position with Extra-Help retiree Dr. Michael Chambliss, part-time, effective March 22, 2020. Six month waiver as he retires. Critical need. Approved with little discussion

9. Receive presentation from Paul Yoder and Michael Corbett, State lobbyists, regarding legislative actions. “Hodge podge of items. State has not released its financial report. Coronavirus will have an effect. Governor has talked on prevention but as budget talks ramp up there

May be less money going into rainy day fund. Dramatic increase in lab testing for coronavirus soon. County Jail oversight of non compliance. Proposed: If not fixed it will be agendized at Board monthly until fixed. Did not go over well with sheriffs. Jails are inspected every

two years. Governor wants that increased. Fresno County Jail has too many deaths. Borgeas and Patterson made objection due to not much time given for audit and County had made own audit already. Sacramento Bee article on how money was being spent by jails led to these proposals.

Seismic safety commission and put it into Emergency department. Is it well planned, a good reason , etc. Concerns on both sides of aisles. May be turned over. Prop. 13 bond for schools was defeated by 100,000 votes. Prop 3 had also failed. What will voters approve? Legislators

Unsure at this point. Sustainable Agriculture. Bill to fully fund Williamson Act. Would help Valley. April meeting with Governor. Lobbyists hope Board can attend. Homelessness: LA wants $2 billion rather than $700,000. Governor maybe reluctant to go for more. Regional break up

Into 8 counties. Is this too large? Maybe two counties are better. Lobbyist says mea culpa. A bill slipped thru. Won’t happen again.

Pacheco: State told us how to bite last week with Voters Choice Act. Not sure it brought in more people to vote. He likes to go to polls. He believes in local control and less government. He wishes he could have proactively spoke on the bill. It probably would have passed any

-way but he could have been proactive and not afterwards. @LincolnSeward Magisg:fees and costs for builders especially with General plans of cities. Vehicle Milage plus more affordable housing. Often $100,000 just to go into a vacant lot before concrete laid just to mitigate fees

“We have upper class and lower class Only way to solve it is local control” @BuddySupervisor Water is still a big issue. Governor against Federal Government’s idea for More water. Why be in a smaller counties region? A: some counties want to be less. Mendes: 8 is better.

Prop 13 People are tired of being fooled by soviets at State level says Mendes. A: lobbyist says two bills to retire “13” as a Proposition #. Magisg: Fresno and Madera working together on homelessness.Pacheco: Better to be small with this and not 8 counties.

10.
Jean M. Rousseau, County Administrative Officer Fresno County State Legislative Platform Update. Board member requests transitional homes. Brandau says State allows up to 12 people to live there. Neighbors are concerned. In Fig Garden and Sunnyside due to large lots and

and Cheaper. Quintero: recalls a group home was created on Huntington Blvd and neighbors were not notified. Brandau: it is by right now. Would like to have more oversight. Magisg: Agrees with Brandau. Seems to be concentrated in large homes. Maybe it can be limited to every half

Mile rather than being allowed to be next door to each other. Changes neighborhood otherwise. Mendes would like to have local control on land use. Motion to approve as amended: 5-0

the rate has not been changed. @lin

the ordinance code and are maintained online, available for public access. Subsection 403 - Search & Retrieval of an Agenda Item is deleted as the Clerk’s office now uses advanced computer programs to maintain county records, making the search of county records more

efficient

and manageable. Subsection 412 - Photocopy Charge is deleted as the Clerk’s office will use the Countywide photocopy fee. Due to fee descriptions being deleted, the remaining fee descriptions have been renumbered to maintain numerical order.
Subsection 410

Audio of Board Meetings is amended to be specific to Audio of Assessment Appeals Board Meetings and renumbered to Subsection 408.
Subsection 404 - Video of Board of Supervisors Meetings is added to recover the cost to reflect current costs for salaries, benefits, services,

services, supplies and overhead. Some of these are no longer needed. Approved 5-0

12.Amendment to Section 4400-County Administrative Office of the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs CAO hourly rates have not been adjusted since 2014. On April 29, 2014, the Board adopted an Amendment to the Master Schedule of Fees, and since then, the rate

the rate has not been changed. @LincolnSeward Magisg these items in Exhibit A seem high but it does include everything.

Magisg and CAO says these Really should be updated every year. Approved 5-0

12.Amendment to Section 4400-County Administrative Office of the Master Schedule of Fees, Charges, and Recovered Costs CAO hourly rates have not been adjusted since 2014. On April 29, 2014, the Board adopted an Amendment to the Master Schedule of Fees, and since then, the rate

13. FY 2019-20 Mid-Year Budget Report

Revenues tend to come in latter part of year. 2/3rd not collected in first half. General Fund is running 4% less. County counsel and Registrar of Voters are only running ahead.

Serious fiscal challenges. Retirement costs will spike, worker’s comp and liability as well. Auditor Oscar Garcia is continues to clean up. $1.5 milion needed to fill budget holes. Maybe too optimistic. Average last 4 years was $2.4 million.

Nice step stools of increases over the past 7 years. Net County Cost=NCC Upstaff public defender department led to the increase in 2019-2020.

Nine million deficit that will be covered by one time costs. $2.7 million increase for In-Home care contract. Coronavirus May take a hit on economy. County is not prepared for a downturn. Need to be careful going forward. Prop 172 is budgeted in public safety. Dropped 20% in Rec

-cession. Retirement and Workers Comp. Stock Market dropped 2000 points recently. Fell 10%. Beginning of a bear market. Not good for retirement. CAO doesn’t think volatility is not over. Coronavirus is not factored in yet. Wage freezes are being considered. Rebuilt our relation-

Ships with Unions and have labor peace. Need to prepare for next downturn though. Healthcare costs are a concern. Property tax won’t be effected too much by coronavirus. State Budget will change in May. $20.5 billion in reserves

Some in state wants to redirect mental health dollars to Homelessness effort. County Budget Rollover budget in June and then continue in September for 2021.

Magsig: “thinks State will end with surplus. Doesn’t Count coronavirus and stock market crash. He thinks it will grow 1-2% Consumer spending is vital. Possibly some austerity for County but want to continue to hire best and brightest.”

Quintero: need to run part of County as a business. Assessor office is vital. 77% of County revenues Comes from assessor and may be we should increase their budget? This can increase revenues.

Public: “tax collector put County over $90 billion evaluation of property tax for the first time. Coronavirus is a panic and will be a short time thing. Rest easy.” Next: SEIU 521 Labor took a cut during recession. 9% cut has been restored over past Three years. Hard to retain

employees with the low pay. Understaffed now. Approved 5-0 to accept mid year budget.

14.Amend the Ordinance Code of Fresno County, T by repealing Chapter 10.42, Residency Restrictions of Registered Sex Offenders, in its entirety On November 7, 2006, the voters of the State of California approved Proposition 83, commonly known as Jessica’s Law, which amended

Penal Code section 3003.5 and added subdivision (b), to prohibit registered sex offenders from residing within 2000 feet of any public or private school, or park where children regularly gather.
In 2015, the California Supreme Court found Penal Code section 3003

and the blanket residency restrictions it imposed to be unconstitutional. However, the Court preserved the ability of the State of California to impose residency restrictions on an individualized basis for registered sex offenders released on parole.
The imposition of residency

restrictions is now a matter exclusively for the State of California as it may continue to impose individualized residency restrictions on registered sex offenders as a condition of parole. Can still be put on individuals too. Approved 5-0

15.authorize the County Administrative Officer or Director of Internal Services/Chief Information Officer to approve and execute leases and licenses of real property with private entities or governmental agencies which the County This is a change from prior County policy, which

required any agreements with governmental agencies to be approved by the Board. The recommended amendment will expedite leasing and licensing of locations for conducting elections, and entering into leases and licenses with local, State, and Federal Agencies. A clean up item

that leaves smaller leases not having to have to come to Board. Approved 5-0
16.Conduct a public hearing on the Annual Water Conservation Report; In the Report, Department staff recommends the implementation of an identified Stage for two Districts in
the 2020-21 water year

April 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021), based on relevant information regarding their specific water supply and demand during the past few years. The Districts for which staff recommends a Stage are CSA 39AB and WWD 40, in addition to Normal Water Conservation regulations for all

regulations for all other Districts.
Through an agreement, CSA 39AB purchases treated water from the City and as a customer the CSA is expected to comply with the current water regulations enforced by the City. The City’s water regulations, outlined in Appendix C of the Report,

of the Report, most closely align with “Water Conservation Stage Two” under Ordinance, section 14.01.090 (Stage Two) from May 1 through November 30 and with “Water Conservation Stage Three” under Ordinance, section 14.01.100 (Stage Approved 5-0 with little discussion

Initial Study Application No. 7185 and Amendment Application
The subject parcel is located on the north side of Auberry Road approximately 350 feet northeast of its intersection with Morgan Canyon Road, within the unincorporated community of Prather
The Applicant is proposing

rezone the subject parcel from the RR (Rural Residential, two-acre minimum parcel size) Zone District, to a C-6(c) (General Commercial, Conditional) Zone District. The subject parcel is designated as Mountain Urban in the County-Adopted Sierra North Regional Plan, where Mountain

Urban shall mean areas considered appropriate for concentrations of residential development, various intensities of commercial development, industrial uses where appropriate, and continued foothill rural residential uses. Although there is no development proposal at this time,

this time, the Applicant expects the site may be developed with shops in the future. Approved with little discussion 5-0

18. Amendment of the Fresno County Ordinance Code to Modify the Chapter on Speed Limits

Approved 5-0. 19. Board Comments Magisg was at NACO conference. Bond Ratings and up coming census Met with electeds too. Stock market may effect FCERA. Mendes: saw the President and he spoke for an hour.

Next meetings: March 24, 2020 - 9:00 AM April 14, 2020 - 9:00 AM

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